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hillaryjacques · Jan 16, 2013

Black-Marlin said:
Aha - two birds, one stone. I had considered the English Civil War, but that conflict has more to do with the extent to which the King was able to exercise personal authority in the governance of the state. Parliament was not happy about that, and so....

No, I was thinking of a theologically-motivated conflict in the sense of "you are no longer fit to rule because your interpretation of this holy book - which forms the basis of our legal and governmental systems - is not in accordance with ours. When it comes to the state religion, you're doing it wrong, and therefore you must go."

My suspicion - although, again, I confess my ignorance - is that the clearest examples of this are to be found somewhere in Islamic parts of the world, either with the usurption or founding of caliphates, or in more sectarian divides such as that between Shia and Sunni interpretations of Islam.

Does that clarify things?

BM

I am aware of no circumstances in which a theological disagreement led to a revolution or rebellion against a sitting government. But then, I find it impossible to define an argument as theological - academic versus economic, power-based, etc - when it comes to government. :Shrug:

Sorry.

Liosse de Velishaf · Jan 16, 2013

Apparently the best way to get traffic for a writing blog is to get linked to on tumblr... I didn't realize the writing community was so strong there.

aliwood · Jan 16, 2013

Black-Marlin said:
No, I was thinking of a theologically-motivated conflict in the sense of "you are no longer fit to rule because your interpretation of this holy book - which forms the basis of our legal and governmental systems - is not in accordance with ours. When it comes to the state religion, you're doing it wrong, and therefore you must go."

Ah yes, I see.

Er, what about the Catholic schism, does that fit? Hmm, no. What about the German Peasants War of 1524?

Andelana · Jan 16, 2013

Fenika said:
He loves that, btw

Heh. That's really the only bird noise I can make.

I had a parakeet called Kara for almost 9 years and she and I used to twitter back and forth like that. She was lovely; just a green and yellow one, but had a sweet disposition. She liked to sit on my head and preen my bangs/fringe and her very, very favourite food was scrambled eggs! She also loved to sit on the curtain rods and dance all around to Poison and Bon Jovi and Alice Cooper.

Liosse de Velishaf · Jan 16, 2013

Andelana said:
Heh. That's really the only bird noise I can make. I had a parakeet called Kara for almost 9 years and she and I used to twitter back and forth like that. She was lovely; just a green and yellow one, but had a sweet disposition. She liked to sit on my head and preen my bangs/fringe and her very, very favourite food was scrambled eggs! She also loved to sit on the curtain rods and dance all around to Poison and Bon Jovi and Alice Cooper.

You fed a bird eggs...?!

aliwood · Jan 16, 2013

Liosse de Velishaf said:
You fed a bird eggs...?!

Many birds will eat the eggs of smaller species or pinch them for food for their chicks. We see it around here every Spring, the crows pinch pigeon eggs for their own chicks. Lots of protein and vitamins in eggs.

Liosse de Velishaf · Jan 16, 2013

aliwood said:
Many birds will eat the eggs of smaller species or pinch them for food for their chicks. We see it around here every Spring, the crows pinch pigeon eggs for their own chicks. Lots of protein and vitamins in eggs.

Ruining my illusions.

maxmordon · Jan 16, 2013

About the theocracy... mmm...

I was remembering Persepolis and the comment on Iran having overthrown the Shah falling into fundamentalism as a backlash of the perceived westernization and secularization of the Shah's rule as a matter not entirely theological but more as a form of nationalism and cultural heritage and the creation and abuse of an elite after the demise of an old one.

aliwood · Jan 16, 2013

Liosse de Velishaf said:
Ruining my illusions.

No. I think this is called 'education'.

Er, have you never had the opportunity to see a Foghorn Leghorn cartoon Liosse? They feature a character called Henery Hawk a lot of the time, he's a chicken hawk.

In this country, we have sparrowhawks. Must have got their names from somewhere.

Tifferbugz · Jan 16, 2013

Morning...err afternoon, all!

BigWords · Jan 16, 2013

Liosse de Velishaf said:
Ruining my illusions.

aliwood said:
No. I think this is called 'education'.

The behavior of some species are very, very strange - you might be surprised at what the grackle does with its' eggs...

Fenika · Jan 16, 2013

Andelana said:
Heh. That's really the only bird noise I can make. I had a parakeet called Kara for almost 9 years and she and I used to twitter back and forth like that. She was lovely; just a green and yellow one, but had a sweet disposition. She liked to sit on my head and preen my bangs/fringe and her very, very favourite food was scrambled eggs! She also loved to sit on the curtain rods and dance all around to Poison and Bon Jovi and Alice Cooper.

Nice. Blueberry loves yogurt. He used to get lots of junky treats but I substituted healthy things.

LadyV · Jan 16, 2013

Our local community college is offering photography classes. Although I'm interested, I don't know if I feel like spending the $80. Plus, I always end up being the youngest person attending these things, which makes me feel awkward.

Fenika said:
Heh.

Ion, Blueberry has an appointment on Monday with an avian board certified vet.

Oh good, Fen. Glad you found a certified vet.

What kind of bird is he again?

Liosse de Velishaf said:
Ruining my illusions.

Not only crows, but magpies and jays will raid nests.

I should work on my chapter some more, but I'm tired. Maybe I'll try after dinner. If not, I have tomorrow off.

hillaryjacques · Jan 16, 2013

Tifferbugz said:
Morning...err afternoon, all!

NOPE STILL MORNING

I need wine.

aliwood · Jan 16, 2013

BigWords said:
grackle

Isn't that how Cornish people refer to tourists?

Fenika · Jan 16, 2013

Blueberry is a budgie.

Reservoir Angel · Jan 16, 2013

Listening to the BSG soundtracks has filled my mind with two things:

1) I really want to write some kind of complex, high-concept science fiction novel.
2) Why is the UK's version of the show's main title theme so much worse than America's version?

Andelana · Jan 16, 2013

Liosse de Velishaf said:
You fed a bird eggs...?!

aliwood said:
Many birds will eat the eggs of smaller species or pinch them for food for their chicks. We see it around here every Spring, the crows pinch pigeon eggs for their own chicks. Lots of protein and vitamins in eggs.

This. Plus, OMG, dinosaur descendants! Kara was my itty-bitty dinosaur.

Fenika said:
Nice. Blueberry loves yogurt. He used to get lots of junky treats but I substituted healthy things.

Cool... I never thought of giving her yoghurt. Then again, we never had it in the house when I was young.

(Dunno why...)

10trackers · Jan 16, 2013

On Monday, a wise woman told me to take a writing break.

Now, I'm hurrying through my work to get to plotting :Shrug:

maxmordon · Jan 16, 2013

Reservoir Angel said:
Listening to the BSG soundtracks has filled my mind with two things:

1) I really want to write some kind of complex, high-concept science fiction novel.
2) Why is the UK's version of the show's main title theme so much worse than America's version?

Every time the topic of new theme songs in foreign releases pops up, I feel compelled showing the Mexican Spider-Man theme song from the 60's cartoon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIoTtl0FDAY

It's both awful and awesome.

_Sian_ · Jan 16, 2013

Morning all. Kittens spent their first week out, allowed to roam the house at night.

No messes, or at least none I've found, so I call this a success.

Funny thing happened yesterday - I was at work, serving a customer, when a group of paramedics walked by. Nothing unusual about that, but the student they had on placement with them was a second year I know.

But I don't know her all that well, so I was sort of stuck in that limbo where you just stare at someone's face trying to place it. It was a bit awkward

Fenika · Jan 16, 2013

We need kitteh video.

And I'm careful not to give too much yogurt but I'm also now remembering I have some wheat contaminated yogurt I can give to the chickens.

_Sian_ · Jan 16, 2013

There are kitteh pictures though *points at twitter link*

I'm not sure they'd stay still long enough for video.

10trackers · Jan 16, 2013

_Sian_ said:
I'm not sure they'd stay still long enough for video.

Isn't that... the whole point of video?

aliwood · Jan 16, 2013

Tomorrow is chocolate fiesta day people. Looks like it might be too cold to go down the pub for chocolate. Luckily, I already got a supply in so I can eat and drink here.

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