tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20021454.post1544512582710972694..comments2023-08-22T11:22:33.878-04:00Comments on barefoot anthropology: Liberate your Facebarefoot anthropologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13970145508727214726noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20021454.post-19057039826721485982010-05-27T14:06:01.168-04:002010-05-27T14:06:01.168-04:00Tyler!
Nice to meet you. Now the conversation ca...Tyler! <br /><br />Nice to meet you. Now the conversation can begin. Though I don't to dwell on it too much. The post was a few years ago, but I must say, I disagree as strongly today as I did then with the parts of the honor code that equate physical appearance with righteousness. <br /><br />I truly believe that enforcing the honor code through a system of peer-denouncement does not foster a true conviction to the spirit of the Gospel, but a fear of retribution. It also shifts the focus of our morality away from how we act in the world to how we appear. <br /><br />I think you and others are right to criticize me for signing the honor code and then breaking it. There is a degree of integrity in keeping one's word, even in a crazy thing like the honor code. But once I was living at BYU it became clear to me that my integrity was being violated by the honor code itself. Now you can disagree with that, but that is sincerely how I feel about an enforced code of honor (an oxymoron). Just as civil disobedience requires us to break laws that are unjust, I believe that certain parts of the BYU honor code need to be challenged. There is nothing immoral about challenging a current practice. That is how progress is made. The kind of visceral denouncement that you exhibited, seems typical of defenders of a dogma that needs challenging, or at the very least discussion. <br /><br />Good luck in your endeavors,<br /><br />Jason Bbarefoot anthropologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13970145508727214726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20021454.post-21304863788177753092010-05-27T10:28:16.173-04:002010-05-27T10:28:16.173-04:00I've never commented on a post before. When I...I've never commented on a post before. When I was entering my google username and password I believed that my name would show up. My mistake. My name is Tyler Brown.<br /><br />Nothing in my response dehumanized you at all. I'm curious why you would even use that word to describe my tone. <br /><br />So, now that I've identified myself, I suppose I can no longer be compared with this roommate of yours. I also don't like it when people hide behind anonymity and that wasn't my intent.<br /><br />And no, I can't say that I've ever had occasion to speak to someone like that in real life. As I mentioned in my response, this post was the most inane and ignorant commentary I've ever read, hyperbole or no. <br /><br />Rest assured, though, that were I to hear someone speak this way in casual conversation that I would be firm in my denouncement. <br /><br />Having said that, the harshest words I used were idiotic, ignorant, and inane. Upon further review I am sorry for the word idiotic as I can see how that is an inflammatory word. I stand by the other words I used, though.<br /><br />Upon further review I noticed that your post was written 3 years ago and my only hope is that somewhere along the road in the last several years you've reached a place where you find it more difficult to find similarities with a voluntary shaving rule and dangerous terrorists.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07314499741502610473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20021454.post-47117641635788054022010-05-26T01:54:58.775-04:002010-05-26T01:54:58.775-04:00Dear Anonymous 2,
If that is your real name! It ...Dear Anonymous 2, <br /><br />If that is your real name! It sure makes me sad when people like you dehumanize bloggers and lash out at things you dont agree with. I blog to learn from others, not to be ridiculed. <br /><br />Your tone reminds me of a roommate of mine at BYU who reported me to the honor code tribunal instead of actually talking to me face to face. While BYU may not breed physically violent radicals, it sure breeds a whole heck of alot of psychologically violent radicals. And while my post was written at a time of great frustration and may contain hyperbole, I sure hope that you dont talk to real people the way you talked to me. <br /><br />Good luck brother or sister.Jason Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20021454.post-17478750508806812152010-05-25T21:19:54.318-04:002010-05-25T21:19:54.318-04:00Perhaps the most idiotic thing I have ever read. ...Perhaps the most idiotic thing I have ever read. I can't believe you would compare BYU with the Taliban. What ignorance.<br /><br />YOU are the one who AGREED to shave your face when you entered the school. You gave your word and signed your name and then YOU broke the rule.<br /><br />Regardless of whether it's a good rule or a bad rule the fact that you would compare your obligation to shave with a radical terrorist organization is about the most inane thing I've ever heard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20021454.post-6030110301624854182008-02-06T10:58:00.000-05:002008-02-06T10:58:00.000-05:00I like most of your posts, but this entry seems so...I like most of your posts, but this entry seems so skewed my head is spinning. BYU's focus on appearances is irritating and unchristian, but the "you signed it" argument <I>does</I> hold, and your counterargument is illogical: "Of course I signed [the honor code]; I had to in order to get in ... I think we would be fooling ourselves if we thought that everyone who signed it fully agreed with its restrictions." Disagreeing with the terms of a contract does not justify breaking the contract; this is the same logic followed by those who exploit the working class: "Of course agreed to pay minimum wage and follow OSHA standards; I had to in order to get a business license. Not every business owner <I>agrees</I> with the laws, so my disagreement justifies breaking the contract and my workers." I've exaggerated for emphasis, but I hope you see my point. Keep up the good fight, Brother Brown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20021454.post-11126880841354831172007-05-18T16:08:00.000-04:002007-05-18T16:08:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.FRANK RICHARDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11747951618530803342noreply@blogger.com