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Re:Who is G.K. Chesterton? by ixtli on Friday June 19, 2015 @05:07PM (#9747683)
I've always felt uncomfortable with the discussions I've had with people about Chesterton because I find that they use the _fact_ that he attacked scientific determinism and moral relativism as _proof_ that they are on the right side. He was very eloquent and brilliant, but so much of his writing is used by well-read apologists to confirm their biases instead of having the arguments on their own.
Re:Who is G.K. Chesterton? by cmccart on Friday June 19, 2015 @05:23PM (#9747748)
Agreed, and I think it's especially uncomfortable because that sort of reasoning is exactly the sort of thing Chesterton would've hated.
Re:Who is G.K. Chesterton? by Mithaldu on Friday June 19, 2015 @04:58PM (#9747645)
Chesterton may have been a great guy, but the person who wrote that article dearly needs an editor and to learn how to get to the point.

Is the entire website like that?

Re:Who is G.K. Chesterton? by cafard on Friday June 19, 2015 @06:40PM (#9748115)
The English computer scientist Martin Ward has a Chesterton site, if you'd care to read more: http://www.tech.dmu.ac.uk/~mward/gkc/index.html