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utee94 · « **Reply #2744 on:** September 17, 2021, 03:10:55 PM »

You yankee folk are so violent. Must be all those decades of snow and winter, that'll sour pretty much anyone.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #2745 on:** September 17, 2021, 03:32:50 PM »

My hunch is the stories about "civic virtue" in the past are oversold, and the lack thereof today is as well.

Read up on the election of 1800 for example.

We barely made it. 1876 was nother whopper.

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #2746 on:** September 17, 2021, 05:20:52 PM »

Quote from: CWSooner on September 17, 2021, 01:22:02 PM

I hope this thread doesn't turn toxic the way the one on the Big Ten board has.

Here's a different question for you. When do the American people rediscover the concept of civic virtue?

Looks like we're doing pretty good to me. We've got some different views going on here and yet I think if the larger world discoursed as well as we're doing here we'd all be a lot better off.

Second sentence....great question. I had written something much longer and more thoughtful, but now I've decided to spare you all and not bore you to tears again with a wall of text. Short answer is civic virtue (or virtue of any sort) will follow when people rediscover a sense of Judeo-Christian beliefs. You can't really say that anymore. It's "offensive."

I am prepared to back that up with up a nuclear arsenal of philosophy and history.

You might enjoy Eric Metaxas' "If You Can Keep It" and Os Guinness' "A Free People's Suicide." They're good in their own right, but portions dealing with your question include rehashing ideas Alexis de Tocqueville laid out in his seminal work "Democracy In America," which I'm willing to bet you've already read.

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #2747 on:** September 17, 2021, 05:45:44 PM »

Quote from: Cincydawg on September 17, 2021, 03:32:50 PM

My hunch is the stories about "civic virtue" in the past are oversold, and the lack thereof today is as well.

Read up on the election of 1800 for example.

We barely made it. 1876 was nother whopper.

If you mean many examples of lack of virtue exist in the past, and that many examples of virtue exist today, I agree.

If you mean society at large, which is what I took CW's question to be about, I disagree.

And just because I'm ornery....I keep seeing the 1800 and 1876 elections brought up. I think there's definite distinctions between what American society faced then and what it faces now. Although the upheaval was real, society's ability withstand such and eventually settle down into something resembling "American life" is not what it once was, imo. I'm not dismissing the shenanigans of the past. I won't overlook the newer and steeper cliffs we've found to direct ourselves towards either.

utee94 · « **Reply #2748 on:** September 17, 2021, 09:36:43 PM »

So I'll be hitting not one but TWO football games tomorrow. It's one of those rare occasions when we can see both Texas and A&M play on the same day.

So we'll be hitting College Station, TX to see the ags play New Mexico tomorrow at 11 AM Central, and then headed back to Austin to see the Horns play Rice at 7 PM.

Best thing is, we got free tickets from friends/family for both games. The tickets for the A&M game are actually in a luxury suite.

Gonna be a good day, yay football!

longhorn320 · « **Reply #2749 on:** September 17, 2021, 09:45:17 PM »

Quote from: utee94 on September 17, 2021, 09:36:43 PM

So I'll be hitting not one but TWO football games tomorrow. It's one of those rare occasions when we can see both Texas and A&M play on the same day.

So we'll be hitting College Station, TX to see the ags play New Mexico tomorrow at 11 AM Central, and then headed back to Austin to see the Horns play Rice at 7 PM.

Best thing is, we got free tickets from friends/family for both games. The tickets for the A&M game are actually in a luxury suite.

Gonna be a good day, yay football!

youll need the Texas game to rest up cause youll be standing during the aggie game

course you get to kiss your wife a million times so alls not lost

utee94 · « **Reply #2750 on:** September 17, 2021, 10:15:58 PM »

Heh, I've been to quite a few aggie games. Only the students stand the whole game, and these days, not really even them.

We'll definitely be kissing though. My kids will no doubt be embarrassed.

Gigem · « **Reply #2751 on:** September 18, 2021, 12:40:33 AM »

Jealous. I haven’t been to a game since 2013, JFF’S last home game vs MSU.

Probably will make one this year, but not tomorrow. Got a lot of post hurricane things to do.

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #2752 on:** September 18, 2021, 11:31:04 AM »

Enjoy!

I'll be spending today installing a new dishwasher for Mrs. DeLonghorn, hopefully with one eye on the games.

utee94 · « **Reply #2753 on:** September 19, 2021, 08:37:41 AM »

That was a LONG day of football, but a productive one. Both teams did what they're supposed to do against overmatched opponents.

Thumper · « **Reply #2754 on:** September 19, 2021, 10:45:03 AM »

Back to the Covid thing. The wife had the Pfizer booster shot a few weeks ago. At the time her antibodies were 96. She was tested last week and her antibodies were >2500. We know antibodies are not the only relevant indicators but it is some relief to know she has more resistance than she did.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #2755 on:** September 19, 2021, 01:01:05 PM »

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MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #2756 on:** September 19, 2021, 01:50:56 PM »

Quote from: MikeDeTiger on September 18, 2021, 11:31:04 AM

Enjoy!

I'll be spending today installing a new dishwasher for Mrs. DeLonghorn, hopefully with one eye on the games.

Wrong. Thing was delivered damaged and I'm having to negotiate its return. That shouldn't even be in question. There have been other fiascos in the purchase of this thing. I won't be using Lowe's again for appliances. Unfortunately there's no more Sears here.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #2757 on:** September 19, 2021, 01:52:03 PM »

I had good luck with Lowe's appliances in Cincy. That was a good Lowe's generally, I imagine they vary.

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