tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post3731904310743626803..comments2024-01-13T10:12:47.756+00:00Comments on Ranting Stan: The tallest tree attracts the whingeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-43477710057652190102007-06-22T19:13:00.000+01:002007-06-22T19:13:00.000+01:00Stan..that was heavy, man. But..true enough.Here's...Stan..that was heavy, man. But..true enough.<BR/><BR/>Here's a chinese proverb I learnt at primary school...just to cheer you up:<BR/>'He who goes to bed with sex problem on mind, wakes up with solution in hand'.bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362820080676686546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-19387631379671351462007-06-22T14:41:00.000+01:002007-06-22T14:41:00.000+01:00I never quite understood why people find Chinese s...I never quite understood why people find Chinese sayings so wonderful - they can be quite lyrical, but sometimes it just sounds like gobbledegook.<BR/><BR/>Typically, it's lefties who like to refer to these sorts of things like "the tallenst tree attracts the wind", although I don't think Andrew is a leftist. Equally typically, the lefties tend to ignore the two Chinese who are eminently quotable - Sun Tzu and Lao Tzu - who produced two of the best quotes ever.<BR/><BR/>"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach him how to fish and you feed him for life" - which is, of course the antipathy of socialist welfarism which provides handouts over handups.<BR/><BR/>"Know your enemy and know yourself and you need not fear the outcome of a thousand battles" - which is probably the single most relevant quote today - given that our refusal to acknowledge the very real threat of militant Islam for what it is combined with our inability to recognise that the collapse of our Christian heritage has created a moral vacuum which that militant Islam is keen to exploit.<BR/><BR/>We don't want to know our enemy or ourselves - and until we start finding both we're certain to lose a thousand battles or more.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15007863347348182876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-66116964757382235482007-06-22T13:40:00.000+01:002007-06-22T13:40:00.000+01:00China seems to be much in vogue these days. For so...China seems to be much in vogue these days. For some reason a bloke called A. MaCann on an otherwise erudite blog called AWT, has also started to quote stupid chinese sayings like 'don't eat chickens before they hatch or you'll get an oxe through the door'...or something.bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362820080676686546noreply@blogger.com