tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18369530.post114064463904979256..comments2023-06-29T13:25:30.567+02:00Comments on The Editrix' Roncesvalles: He took up the White Man's BurdenThe_Editrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07529769143608862966noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18369530.post-37703643925164838142010-07-09T10:44:45.066+02:002010-07-09T10:44:45.066+02:00I am sure my friend Syler went for meaning 1). Tha...I am sure my friend Syler went for meaning 1). That poem is much analysed, probably over-analysed, and often taken in a transcendent, spiritual meaning that Kipling maybe didn't intend it to have. If that is the case, it would be an unsuitable quotation indeed.The_Editrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529769143608862966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18369530.post-30743391284899487452010-07-08T17:44:59.764+02:002010-07-08T17:44:59.764+02:00Two major problems:
1) Father Gajere was black, as...Two major problems:<br />1) Father Gajere was black, as is the whole Nigerian Church. "White man's burden"? You mean the burden of the cross of the Jew Jesus of Nazareth, as defined by people such as the Africans Augustine and Athanasius?<br />2) The original "White Man's Burden" poem was written by Kipling in approval of America's imperialist war against Spain; the "captives" whose "needs" they were supposed to "serve" were the Catholics of the Philipines and Puerto Rico. Most unsuitable quotation here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18369530.post-1140725569127600022006-02-23T21:12:00.000+01:002006-02-23T21:12:00.000+01:00I enjoyed your blog but I don't post on blogs that...I enjoyed your blog but I don't post on blogs that approve my comments so...ta ta.c nadeau & t johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15814689078894266728noreply@blogger.com