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I couldn't finish reading Syderus, but if the Quran is propagandistic (and damn if it is, it couldn't be otherwise, it came last and is still the most recent among organized religions), then the Old Testament is no less so. Is the biblical God that likable or similar to Christ? Look, I took a Biblical Anthropology course ten years ago for a semester focused solely on analyzing the translation/interpretation errors perpetrated over the centuries from Aramaic. Since it seems to me that you understand this issue a bit, one thing opened my eyes: that Yahweh (or however the hell it's spelled) has a Babylonian derivation, which means "deity" in general. In other words, the name we give to the one true God is simply a borrowed term that means the exact opposite! Then the discussion about the "invasion" doesn’t say anything to me, nor does it scare me. Historically speaking, peoples have always moved; residents have been conquered by nomads (and nomadic deities are the first warriors, in a "religious" world that was once dominated by fertile figures, etc.), so trying to oppose immigration is, in my opinion, pointless. We need to seek to mediate and take what is good from another culture, period. Using all this as a cultural bogeyman is criminal, and generalizing, as in the end of so many beautiful words, is a reaction much less lucid and analytical than what you want to convey in your unnecessarily lengthy intervention. Answer me this question so we can end the discussions: are you a believing Catholic? Because if you are, we will probably continue to not speak the same language; if you're an atheist like me, and therefore able to analyze religion from a somewhat broader (not that those who believe aren't, but they obviously have more barriers and boundaries to overcome, and fewer doubts to dispel) and historical perspective, in short, someone who doesn’t reason like a football fan. Then, I'm not a historian of religions; I've studied them, I'm interested in them, they fascinate me. BUT I don't understand why we keep giving them all this fake social relevance, as if they were a problem for everyone, and it’s even more laughable in Europe now. Is the structure of the fairy tale borrowed from Propp? Or was it that other book… you’ve piqued my curiosity.

Damn, pass it to me or tell me where to find it!

Indeed, I do not justify the attitude of various fakes or anyone who dismisses things out of hand that are far from their tastes, and I do not consider you a do-gooder. It was a general reflection on the tendency to expand relativism as much as possible (I am a monstrous relativist), with the risk of the aforementioned do-goodism at all costs and a lack of opinions. This dynamic leads to disturbing phenomena of revisionism. I reiterate, however, that specifically I was not referring to you, even if we may see certain issues differently.

here's good old chris helping Lewis: XX

I stumbled upon it by chance; at the time, it slipped by me... just like the concert in Milan did, but not the performance at Tunnel (which my mother promptly erased from the VHS to make room for some damned B-movie soap opera). Honestly, after reading the lyrics of In Utero and the backstory, I had already placed my bets on suicide, and the live reports were exactly as you described. Who remembers a live show from a couple of years earlier (the Nevermind period) broadcasted by Videomusic? I can't find it anywhere! At this point, I’ll review the 95 Kyuss/Soundgarden live show.

Okay empathy, but beware of a terrible downside of too much empathy: goodism. One can consider all positions respectable (I sincerely doubt anyone truly does, deep down they hope to know what they approve and what they don’t), but at the same time one must have an opinion; otherwise, we enter the party of "everything is fine." @Geeno: explain comment #49 to me, was it ironic or are you sadly serious?

welcome back Sharunas, we missed your beautiful reviews, and this one is no exception

Ah ok, well yes, you're not entirely wrong, I thought it reminded you of the stripes in terms of sound.

I arrived yesterday, then I'll listen and let you know, Don... and I'm also going through a nostalgically grunge period, I'm thinking of buying (given the unavailability of the tapes they were recorded on) Mad Season and Temple of The Dog.

I had absolutely no idea about the existence of all this, except for the Potheads! I'll make a note of it and try to get it. Welcome back, Sharunas.