tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post4713019630867926299..comments2023-10-30T19:03:59.225+01:00Comments on David Seaton's News Links: America and the "tragic sense"David Seaton's Newslinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-74838323900681660382013-06-27T11:10:02.041+02:002013-06-27T11:10:02.041+02:00No thank you for linking to it, I'm flattered....No thank you for linking to it, I'm flattered.David Seaton's Newslinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-87309379525617844252013-06-27T09:32:21.007+02:002013-06-27T09:32:21.007+02:00Thank you for sharing that beautiful poem. I'...Thank you for sharing that beautiful poem. I've reproduced your translation on my own blog, with credit and a link back. If you'd prefer I didn't, let me know and I'll take it down. bingregoryhttp://www.bingregory.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-58711413599226416142008-05-16T21:45:00.000+02:002008-05-16T21:45:00.000+02:00Coming from a long line of emigrants, Jay, may I s...Coming from a long line of emigrants, Jay, may I suggest that when the conflict presents itself as one that can't be overcome, the secret is to hit the road, Jack.<BR/>Vote with your feet.<BR/>Never hang around for that final scene in the opera where everyone stabs everyone else.<BR/>Not my idea of fun or integrity, even if they all sing while the boards turn crimson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-87610204013686591332008-05-16T01:47:00.000+02:002008-05-16T01:47:00.000+02:00I love reading your blog because your analyses are...I love reading your blog because your analyses are right on, but too damn dark.<BR/><BR/>Yes, yes, we’re fated to keep confronting our destiny over and over endlessly. And I guess that’s what gets to you.<BR/> <BR/>Warren Zevon has a feel for it:<BR/><BR/>“Well, I've seen all there is to see <BR/>And I've heard all they have to say <BR/>I've done everything I wanted to do . . . <BR/>I've done that too <BR/>And it ain't that pretty at all<BR/>Ain't that pretty at all <BR/>So I'm going to hurl myself against the wall<BR/>'Cause I'd rather feel bad than not feel anything at all”<BR/><BR/>Look, if we’re tragically fated, then what choice have we but keep on doing it over and over? <BR/><BR/>Anyway, it’s all mostly soap opera, isn’t it? Things only turn ugly in the last act.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-60432877899477972352008-05-16T01:10:00.000+02:002008-05-16T01:10:00.000+02:00I's always nice to read Machado, but you bury his ...I's always nice to read Machado, but you bury his credit in that lower paragraph.<BR/>America has turned its back on complexity and tragedy, instead there is therapy, pharmaceuticals and pop psy delivered via all media. The tragically hip are accused of being negative persons. Been there, am that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com