Upon hearing an Eric Clapton guitar solo

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At times like this, I really do feel sorry for atheists. One has to be grateful for artistry so miraculous, but they have nobody to be grateful to. (And don't give me any crap about "the human spirit" - that is what we owe the Murdoch press and robotic dance noise to.)

Comments

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

Dude, I wouldn't know Eric Clapton from your mom. I have zero appreciation for music, so this is kind of a bad example for me. But there's nothing wrong with appreciating someone's talent and hard work, and usually someone's enjoyment of something has very little to do with how well it was produced. I get just as much joy, or often 5 times as much, from looking at my little sister's magnificent crayon drawings as I get from studying Picasso. I'm sure Eric Crapton, as I cannot stop calling him, spent many hours practicing the guitar anyway, and I'm equally sure that there were hundreds of geniuses who had more talent than him but who never were heard by a wide audience. And that's irrelevant! Eric Crapton made you happy with a stringed instrument! It's not complicated; just joyful.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

This sounds to me like refusal to reason. I am not even going to start unpicking all the contradictions and pointless statements in it. I fail to understand your obvious anger, but as I know that you have a hard life - both on the obvious and on the health side - I suggest you do not throw yourself into a polemic that you do not enjoy and that is doing nothing to make you happier.