tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post1203798983813243005..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: Waiting for SantaLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-85377741564130015422012-11-18T23:33:25.498-05:002012-11-18T23:33:25.498-05:00At least with Santa there is empirical evidence he...At least with Santa there is empirical evidence he exists, or was, when I was eight.John S. Wilkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417266986565803683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-17968162810074401822012-11-18T18:42:31.106-05:002012-11-18T18:42:31.106-05:00We had our Santa Claus parade here in Hamilton las...We had our Santa Claus parade here in Hamilton last week. It passes by just a block away from our house. This makes the traffic in our area impossible resulting in many Bah! Humbug comments from me.<br /><br />One thing I never forgave my atheist/agnostic parents for, was trying to convince me of the existence of Santa Claus. Even as ayoung child (aged four I think) the physics clearly did not stand up. If Santa and his sled were going to visit each home with a child and there were millions of children in the world it would have to exceed the speed of sound to do this all on Christmas eve.<br /><br />We never heard the loud "crack" this would produce. The Santa Claus hypothesis was disproved. It was not science and I drew the obvious Marxist conclusion:<br /><br />"There is no Sanity Clause!"chemicalscumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00456611765432242326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-57744883125269750742012-11-18T18:30:12.245-05:002012-11-18T18:30:12.245-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.chemicalscumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00456611765432242326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-54721994683756750572012-11-18T18:05:41.163-05:002012-11-18T18:05:41.163-05:00But who would want to live in a world without Sant...But who would want to live in a world without Santa Claus ?<br /><br />Life would have no ultimate meaning, value, or purpose, without Santa Claus life becomes absurd.<br /><br />If there is no Santa Claus then all things are permitted.<br /><br />Without Santa Claus there can be no objective standards of right and wrong, who is to say which values are right and which are wrong.<br /><br />If Santa Claus did not exist that means that man and the universe exist to no purpose since they are only blind products of chance and life is utterly without reason. <br />steve oberskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-33181546557835959862012-11-18T16:43:17.413-05:002012-11-18T16:43:17.413-05:00Nope. See A Halloween Witch.
I never miss an opp...Nope. See <a href="http://sandwalk.blogspot.ca/2012/11/a-halloween-witch.html" rel="nofollow">A Halloween Witch</a>. <br /><br />I never miss an opportunity to get presents even if I have to compromise a few principles from time to time. I'm actually an agnostic about Santa Claus!Larry Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-90653049659885607272012-11-18T15:09:59.260-05:002012-11-18T15:09:59.260-05:00Aren't you a little old for tales of imaginary...Aren't you a little old for tales of imaginary gift giving friends?John S. Wilkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417266986565803683noreply@blogger.com