define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Comments on: The will to nice http://www.makingchutney.com/2004/06/10/the-will-to-nice/ One part facial hair. Two parts moxy. Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:24:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: chutney http://www.makingchutney.com/2004/06/10/the-will-to-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-783 Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:24:02 +0000 http://www.makingchutney.com/posts/2004/06/10/the-will-to-nice/#comment-783 Kindness is great. No bones about it.

Sweet is okay if it’s sincere and you’re genetically disposed to it, but it seems a personality thing more than anything else. You wouldn’t want to expect it of everybody.

But I still have to agree with Evil Chutney. I think it’s telling that Jesus never said, “Blessed are the nice.”

]]>
By: 'if' ... http://www.makingchutney.com/2004/06/10/the-will-to-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-781 Sun, 13 Jun 2004 02:36:45 +0000 http://www.makingchutney.com/posts/2004/06/10/the-will-to-nice/#comment-781 Nice?
“Nietzsche taught that nice is the cardinal sin of Christianity.

]]>
By: CP http://www.makingchutney.com/2004/06/10/the-will-to-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-779 Sat, 12 Jun 2004 21:00:27 +0000 http://www.makingchutney.com/posts/2004/06/10/the-will-to-nice/#comment-779 Yeah, I still have problems with this. I don’t think nice is bad at all. How do you feel about ‘sweet’ and ‘kind’? Politeness can be very cold.

]]>
By: dave rogers http://www.makingchutney.com/2004/06/10/the-will-to-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-778 Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:56:22 +0000 http://www.makingchutney.com/posts/2004/06/10/the-will-to-nice/#comment-778 A very interesting post. I’ve linked to it from my weblog, with a brief comment there. I’m withholding judgment, but I think you’re on to something.

]]>
By: makingchutney.com » Dry fundamentalists http://www.makingchutney.com/2004/06/10/the-will-to-nice/comment-page-1/#comment-808 Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.makingchutney.com/posts/2004/06/10/the-will-to-nice/#comment-808 […] this stance. I too hate fundamentalism. (And certain fundamentalists, when I’m not pretending to be nice.) I too am quite certain that I’ve moved beyond that stage in my life. How a […]

]]>