Comments on: Commencement speech http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/07/commencement-speech/ A Mormon Blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:12:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Latter-day guy http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/07/commencement-speech/#comment-87560 Sun, 27 May 2007 20:51:39 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/commencement-speech/#comment-87560 How… classy.

]]> By: Chino Blanco http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/07/commencement-speech/#comment-87559 Sun, 27 May 2007 09:22:59 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/commencement-speech/#comment-87559 Anybody catch the the UMass commencement action?

Wonder if Andrew Card was regretting he hadn’t asked BYU first?

]]> By: Eric Russell http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/07/commencement-speech/#comment-87540 Sat, 12 May 2007 01:31:39 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/commencement-speech/#comment-87540 Well she is Maxwell’s granddaughter; apparently an inclination towards such language is in the genes.

]]> By: Neal A. Maxwell http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/07/commencement-speech/#comment-87541 Thu, 10 May 2007 15:34:37 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/commencement-speech/#comment-87541 What’s wrong with a little alliteration?

bunch of nattering nabobs of negativism …

]]> By: Melissa http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/07/commencement-speech/#comment-87558 Wed, 09 May 2007 18:30:30 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/commencement-speech/#comment-87558 The first 3 or 4 uses of alliteration in this speech were cute, the following 20 or 30 not so much.

]]> By: DavidH http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/07/commencement-speech/#comment-87555 Tue, 08 May 2007 15:52:48 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/commencement-speech/#comment-87555 “No matter where you stand on the issue, Nader’s remarks were polarizing”

Well, they weren’t polarizing from my perspective.

Congratulations Ashley on putting together a fine alternative commencement.

]]> By: Latter-day guy http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/07/commencement-speech/#comment-87557 Tue, 08 May 2007 15:38:32 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/commencement-speech/#comment-87557

All of the people invited to speak are outstanding examples of following beliefs even when unpopular, challenging the status quo, and taking action to make a difference in the world.

That’s as may be, but under this criteria Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would also qualify. He follows his beliefs, challenges the status quo (most of us think the Holocaust really did happen, but his brave leadership is “challenging” that), and if he is successful with Iran’s nuclear program, there will be a huge “difference in the world.”

]]> By: MAC http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/07/commencement-speech/#comment-87556 Tue, 08 May 2007 15:27:18 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/commencement-speech/#comment-87556

Even modern society needs to push the odd goat over a cliff now and again.

Ah the nuance, not only do they not drive Chevettes, but they don’t drive any of motorized vehicles in Israel during Yom Kippur. Isn’t Nader Lebanese?

but because he is a good representative of the value conveyed throughout the program. All of the people invited to speak are outstanding examples of following beliefs even when unpopular, challenging the status quo, and taking action to make a difference in the world.

Dissent for the sake of dissent? Nader is a quack, an anti-consumerist hypocrite who has amassed a multi-million dollar personal fortune through stock market investments. He is certainly not someone to be held up as an example.

]]> By: riverstone http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/07/commencement-speech/#comment-87554 Tue, 08 May 2007 07:17:22 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/commencement-speech/#comment-87554 First of all, I would like to commend Ashely for her amazing courage. Not only for helping to organize and carry out the alternative commencement, but for giving voice to the importance of struggling for change even when it is uncomfortable and painful. This is not something most people want to confront and it is not a popular idea. Furthermore, she expounded on the idea of yearning for a better world by connecting it to the universal, innate desire to love. In my experience, loving myself is synonomous with a continual striving to be better. Seeing the good, but also seeing the many parts of myself which hold me back and keep me from being who I really want to be. Why is it that I have not loved my community in the same manner? Is it because I am afraid I will be treated like others who stand up and admit all is not well in our communities? Is it because I am too lazy? I think it is a mix.
Thank you Ashley for reminding me in such beautiful language that I need love to others as much as myself and be willing to lose myself in the process.
My take on the Ralph Nader invite is that he was invited not because he is the most inspirational speaker, or person for that matter, but because he is a good representative of the value conveyed throughout the program. All of the people invited to speak are outstanding examples of following beliefs even when unpopular, challenging the status quo, and taking action to make a difference in the world. They are not always right, but they are trying.

]]> By: Latter-day guy http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/07/commencement-speech/#comment-87553 Mon, 07 May 2007 22:06:30 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/05/commencement-speech/#comment-87553 What a cryptic thing to say. Do you envision Nader as the odd goat?

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