Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Response #7

Ok, so I just had the definition of ethos explained to me again. This time, I think it was correct. Ethos, while it might mean culture in Greek, it deals more with your reputation. A person's ethos is the way he presents himself. Therefore, in all following response, I will resolve this issue.

The next three entries I will be examining are from j-walkblog.com . While it has some interesting issues, I cannot condone reading it because at times it is pretty anti-Christian. It would be interesting to debate the author.

Anyway, the first entry of the next three is entitled "Pakistan President Sacrifices Goats" and it appeals to culture, and logic... wait, culture isnt necessarily a category anymore... idk, I think culture as a category is generally more useful than ethos as it is now defined. I am unsure of the date when this blog was written or posted.

The article talks about how the president of Pakistan has been sacrificing goats each day to ward off "evil eyes" and "black magic". After a few quotes, the author of the blog, (who I assume is "J-Walk",) writes "Uh... the entire religion is based on superstition". Unfortunately this seems to be J-walks stance on religious practice in general, however, the entry was still pretty funny.

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