Notices by M. Grégoire (mpjgregoire@mastodon.club), page 49

@bgcarlisle
Maybe the reason the Star Trek future looks like a utopia is that we're seeing Starfleet – maybe the message is that the real utopia for humans is in a military society.

#Straussian #StarTrek

How Trigger Warnings Are Hurting Mental Health on Campus - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/

#The_Atlantic
#SafeSpaces #microaggressions

Sorry my words weren't constructive, @dankwraith . Be well.

@dankwraith
I agree about the virtues of muting, but it's also healthy to read people with whose politics you disagree. If you read patiently, you realise that your political foes are rarely fools or knaves, and perhaps you would share many of their opinions if you had had the same experiences.

But if you want to learn from others, listen more than you argue.

#SeekTruthTogether

@Are0h Would it be better off like in hockey, with the talented kids going straight into the minors, no detour to university?

(Rarely some players do go to university, but that's not where the top teams are for young players.)

@derek Please elaborate. I was thinking of watching that movie again...

Chris Selley: Preston Manning has answer to carbon problem, but clout with conservatives seems in decline | National Post
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/chris-selley-preston-manning-has-answer-to-carbon-problem-but-clout-with-conservatives-seems-in-decline

#CarbonTax
#canpol

"This means that in some contexts the Greek adjective chloros should be translated as ‘fresh’ instead of ‘green’, or leukos as ‘shining’ rather than ‘white’. The Greeks were perfectly able to perceive the blue tint, but were not particularly interested in describing the blue tone of sky or sea – at least not in the same way as we are, with our modern sensibility."

The Sea Was Never Blue - aeon - Pocket
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-sea-was-never-blue

#classics #colour

@kai @allan We write for different purposes and different audiences. Lawyers, for instance, deliberately write in a way that is supposed to avoid ambiguity about who or what is being referred to, and they use words redundantly to ensure all appropriate senses are treated ("give, devise and bequeath").

Avoid infelicities, but do not fear the uncommon word if it is the appropriate one.

#EnglishStyle

@ink_slinger Well of course the US 2nd amendment is a "negative right": not a right to have society or the government supply you with arms, but a limit on the government's power to restrict them.

The US Bill of Rights is largely restrictions on government action.

#USConstitution