A La Carte (11/13)

  • Tim Challies
  • 11/13/09
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Women Fighting Owen Strachan looks at women who fight and says "Femininity is a contested sphere nowadays, both literally and figuratively."

Porn in Public An article in the Washington Post deals with the phenomenon of public porn (or drive-by porn)--inadvertently seeing porn on another person's portable device. Christian Publishing Allan Fisher, writing for Tabletalk Magazine, asks "Looking for things for which to thank the Lord this Thanksgiving? Start by asking this question: Where would my church be without Christian publishing companies?" The Greatest Scot STV is asking people to vote for the greatest Scot of all-time. Eric Liddell is in the running, as you might expect.

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a comment from J.P.H. • 11/13 @ 11:06am
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I predict the porn in public thing will become more newsworthy once all the airlines start offering in-flight WiFi.

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a comment from J.P.H. • 11/13 @ 11:09am
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Oops. I should have read the article first. They talk about exactly that.

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a comment from Andy • 11/13 @ 11:29am

Where's John Knox on that Great Scot list?

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a comment from BetioChaps • 11/13 @ 12:50pm

Eric Liddell is in the running? Nice pun, whether intended or not.

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a comment from Andrew • 11/13 @ 3:10pm

Great Scott!

Scottie from Star Trek.

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a comment from donsands • 11/13 @ 4:43pm

Hoot Man! How about Alistair Begg?

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a comment from Brendt Waters • 11/13 @ 10:49pm
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"Eric Liddell is in the **running**" ?!?!?!

My respect for you just increased 100-fold!!

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a comment from Gary Ware • 11/13 @ 11:36pm
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The nominees for Greatest Scot:
Arts and Entertainment
Robert Burns; Robert Louis Stevenson; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Charles Rennie Mackintosh; Lord John Reith; Billy Connolly; J K Rowling
Inventors and Entrepreneurs
John Law; Andrew Carnegie; Alexander Graham Bell; John Logie Baird; Sir William Burrell; Ann Gloag
Leaders and Thinkers
Sir William Wallace; Robert the Bruce; David Hume; Adam Smith; John Muir
People's Choice
Alex Harvey; David Tennant; Sir William Alexander Smith; Annie Lennox; Sir Sean Connery
Scientists and Engineers
Joseph Lister; Sir James Young Simpson; James Clerk Maxwell; Sir William Arrol; Sir Alexander Fleming; Sir James Whyte Black
Sport
Eric Henry Liddell; Jim Clark; Jock Stein; Sir Alex Ferguson; Liz McColgan; Sir Chris Hoy

The name John Knox is absent. Now if someone wants to vote David Tennant as Scotland's greatest contribution to the world that's their business, but Knox doesn't even make the list. I couldn't see any explanation for it either.

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a comment from Susanna • 11/14 @ 2:17pm
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I hope Eric Liddell wins!!!!!! And you said he is "in the running"...an accidental pun?!!;)