Punctum Saliens

 More from the Trothkeepr:

[UPDATE: It's curious that the gentleman who penned the following paragraph should now have removed his entry---especially since I did not link his piece. What? Could it be that he now finally recognizes the evil of the slaughter of the innocents? But if he claims that he was simply "thinking outloud" when he penned that piece, then why would he---ashamedly?---pull the post down (when I posted this originally, his entry was accessible via Google; now it is not). If I am thinking outloud, I am not definitively taking a stand. And I can update my post indicating more clearly that what I have written is a mental wrestling, rather than a definitive statement of what I believe. And if "nobody" reads your blog, Sir, then why bother Final Solutioning a post that's been quoted?]

A few comments in rebuttal:

It is somewhat irksome that I was not given credit for the original quote. Citations are just common courtesy, I think. Plus, it’s always nicer to know who said something (even if you have no idea who that someone is) than have it be ascribed to no one. At least with a citation, an interested reader could visit the blog and see what else this chap has to say.

The post Trothkeepr references is still and always has been on my blog. The link is right here.

(when I posted this originally, his entry was accessible via Google; now it is not)

As wonderful and awesome and complete as Google is, Google is not perfect. If something is not found with a simple Google search, that something may still exist. For example, I just Googled “Ken’s pituitary gland” and got no results. Now, I’m pretty sure that I have a pituitary gland even though I have only a vague sense of where it is and what it does. So I would recommend exercising caution when basing statements on Google search results alone.

If I am thinking outloud, I am not definitively taking a stand. And I can update my post indicating more clearly that what I have written is a mental wrestling, rather than a definitive statement of what I believe.

My post ends — now and when I originally posted it — with the line:

Well, unfortunately, I don’t have the answer … yet. Comments, anyone???

I feel this conveys my unsureness and indefiniteness about this topic. Perhaps my banter was too banal, my verbiage too vexing, my prose too pejorative and you were unable to finish reading the post. My apologies but my “mental wrestling,” as you put it, was stated. Furthermore, this post was and is (as all of my posts are) open for comments. So, please feel free to share your thoughts with me directly instead of covertly posting on your blog and not linking back. I do not have moderation turned on and do not mind contrary views in the comments. In fact, I prefer it! Nothing makes you think more than a well written opposing viewpoint.