tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post4228979573485547607..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: What’s the Matter with “Triumph of the Will”?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-47691526620808975442013-02-25T16:04:24.750-05:002013-02-25T16:04:24.750-05:00Godwin's Law doesn't apply if you start wi...Godwin's Law doesn't apply if you <i>start</i> with a reference to Nazis. ;)Peter Dormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093399591393648071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-19671741432122200682013-02-25T15:49:08.561-05:002013-02-25T15:49:08.561-05:00Peter: I like this, but I hear someone getting rea...Peter: I like this, but I hear someone getting ready to invoke Godwin's Law. (-;kevin quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880872194080353414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-32604800791865610112013-02-24T16:34:57.334-05:002013-02-24T16:34:57.334-05:00Thanks. The article linked to and the quote remin...Thanks. The article linked to and the quote remind me of the use of "history" by Supreme Court Justices that many times can best be described as "law office history." Lawyers' briefs filed with the Court are often loaded with "law office history" in contrast to historians' and linguists' briefs. Alas, the Court's 5-4 decisions (e.g., Bush v. Gore, Heller and McDonald on the Second Amendment) become the law of the land aided by the Constitution's supremacy clause. The "truth," however, cannot be provided well by journalists and politicians. Sometimes "We, the People" come through with elections that possibly might result in the appointment of a Justice to shift the tide.<br /><br />As to the quote and movies, unfortunately may moviegoers end up believing what is depicted despite the historical corrections of journalists.Shag from Brooklinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07312591102812315460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-59158136476973092372013-02-24T15:58:32.361-05:002013-02-24T15:58:32.361-05:00Shag, click on the blockquote -- it's a link.Shag, click on the blockquote -- it's a link.Peter Dormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093399591393648071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-32602935766701874702013-02-24T14:05:11.562-05:002013-02-24T14:05:11.562-05:00Is the block portion in blue a quote from Herr Goe...Is the block portion in blue a quote from Herr Goebbels? Or someone else? A cite would be appreciated to determine context better.Shag from Brooklinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07312591102812315460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-31991461147273365092013-02-23T20:45:27.936-05:002013-02-23T20:45:27.936-05:00"Films are about entertainment and beauty, no..."Films are about entertainment and beauty, not truth."<br /><br />Oh is that it, is it?<br /><br />As I have gotten older I have come increasingly to believe that Tolstoy was right. Art is not about beauty. It is also not about literal truth. It is the transmission of emotional content. Good art needs to say something worthwhile.<br /><br />Tolstoy also contended that established art was often bad because the successful artists of his day had lost their moral compass. They were corrupt and their art was bad.<br /><br />Triumph of the Will may contain many pretty pictures, without doubt. But it's a poster child of Tolstoy's idea of bad art.highlowbrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11002382237785888286noreply@blogger.com