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GUEST: Dick Field, Writer, Political Activist, Owner/Editor: blancosblog.com
What’s Really Behind The Census Debate?
Census By Race? What A Disgrace!
Affirmative Conservatives – A Minority View
Blanc Out – The White Man’s Burden?
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Shockingly Dishonest Pricing – Hydro Rates Don’t Rate
Drawing The Line – Property Rights And The Aboriginal Question
Native Voices – To Make You Smile, To Make You Think
A Taxing Question: Do Your Economic Choices Hurt Others?
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Oh. Canada Day.
G-8 and G-20 Summits – Lessons Learned / Lessons Never Learned
Violence And Anarchy! – So Where Are The ‘Anarchists’?
Summit Summary – Socialism, Socialism, Socialism
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The History Of Black History Month
The History Of History
Poverty And Race
No More Aid For Africa – The Curse Of Foreign Aid
Negative! – To Affirmative Action!
Our philosophical journey through love reveals its ancient power as both cosmic unifier and destroyer of reason. From Hesiod’s primordial eros that unnerves gods and men to Plato’s heavenly and earthly forms, where the lover—not the beloved—gains virtue through pursuit of ideal beauty, love emerges as a force that shapes religions, institutions, and governments. Aristotle grounds it ethically and psychologically while linking it to the unmoved mover that later influences Christian concepts of divinity. Judaism and Christianity shift love from irrational passion to a voluntary attitude that can coexist with reason, yet the tension persists: emotion versus rational control.
These insights sharpen our view of today’s battles. Human Rights Commissions weaponize “hate” to silence debate, as seen in complaints against Maclean’s for publishing Mark Steyn, demanding forced publication rather than open rebuttal. City Hall pushes symbolic gestures like Earth Hour, low-flush toilets, and sustainable-energy surveys that treat conservation as virtue while ignoring the need for production, property rights, and expanded energy to meet rising demand. Sentencing inconsistencies expose a justice system more concerned with deterrence messages than individual fairness.
A listener’s thoughtful email on religion and virtue prompts reflection: morality springs from rational codes of behavior, not mere belief or professed faith, echoing Richard Dawkins’ point that religion deserves no special immunity from criticism. Comedy clips and external voices underscore the absurdities without becoming endorsements.
Reason prevails when passions earn their place and facts trump fear. That balance is Just Right.