tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post7411816900963033823..comments2024-03-10T00:00:31.355+00:00Comments on BRIAN SIBLEY : his blog: HUMBUGGERY!Brian Sibleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-7354262335469717092007-12-04T14:19:00.000+00:002007-12-04T14:19:00.000+00:00Malthus is such an optimist. By his reckoning, th...Malthus is such an optimist. By his reckoning, there will be a population adjustment before we can do any serious damage to the environment ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-79554143799489966102007-12-04T11:51:00.000+00:002007-12-04T11:51:00.000+00:00Many thanks for the Chanucah wishes Brian (will tr...Many thanks for the Chanucah wishes Brian (will try not to overdose on the doughnuts). Thanks also for the link to the Chanucah site - we can have the tune playing in our office all day.<BR/>As for your play - today Greenwich, hopefully the West End one day.SharonMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369769107190148944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-4067665258007007582007-12-04T10:32:00.000+00:002007-12-04T10:32:00.000+00:00Boll (2) - Songs?? Well, yes... The running-time f...Boll (2) - Songs?? Well, yes... The running-time for this production had to be rather shorter than on it's last outing (commercial expectations, apparently) and the songs - along with one or two scenes or parts of scenes have had to be cut... But I'm sure that, one day, someone, somewhere, WILL reprise the version with your songs...Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-56201773592952932852007-12-04T10:26:00.000+00:002007-12-04T10:26:00.000+00:00BOLL (1) - Yes, thanks for that amplification. And...BOLL (1) - Yes, thanks for that amplification. <BR/><BR/>And, as you rightly say, the Spirit of Christmas Present comments on Scrooge's Malthus-like philosophy with considerable passion: <BR/><BR/>"Forbear that wicked cant until you have discovered What the surplus is, and Where it is. Will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die? ... Oh God! to hear the Insect on the leaf pronouncing on the too much life among his hungry brothers in the dust."Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-54939555363054791802007-12-04T10:16:00.000+00:002007-12-04T10:16:00.000+00:00LisaH - Happy Chanucah! And for anyone who doesn't...LisaH - Happy Chanucah! And for anyone who doesn't know: Chanucah (or Hanukkah) is the Jewish 'Festival of Lights' which commemorates the re-dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem in 164 BC at the time of the Assyrian-Greek Empire.<BR/><BR/>Read can more about this festival <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5493/hanuka.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-38055619887424955772007-12-04T09:32:00.000+00:002007-12-04T09:32:00.000+00:00Btw, my post is to continue Mr B's comments rather...Btw, my post is to continue Mr B's comments rather than to enlighten Mr B himself. As he is our leading light on the text,there might have been an element of grandma and egg sucking in that....<BR/>Good luck to the production although I can't help thinking it needs some songs ! I still have the arrangements of how the music should be used in my head so one day maybe....Boll Weavilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03858122220880954456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-27086355807739169232007-12-04T09:29:00.000+00:002007-12-04T09:29:00.000+00:00I think the core of Malthus' philosophy was that p...I think the core of Malthus' philosophy was that population growth would be checked by the ability of a society to sustain itself so if there wasn't enough food,the surplus population would die off and redress the equilibrium.Dickens attacks Malthus directly during the visitation of Christmas Present when he suggests that he actually looks at some of the suffering involved in this 'natural' stage of depopulation and sees the people behind the statistics.Good point Charlie but I still don't think we've done that !Boll Weavilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03858122220880954456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-26214063802553768562007-12-04T07:33:00.000+00:002007-12-04T07:33:00.000+00:00I suppose we should all strive to make the lives o...I suppose we should all strive to make the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves better, not just at Christmas (or Chanucah - see below), but all year round.<BR/>I hope the play is a great success Brian.<BR/>And can I wish any fellow bloggers to whom it may apply Happy Chanucah tonight!SharonMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369769107190148944noreply@blogger.com