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Moral Equivalence…again
In the more Leftist oriented areas of the Blogosphere, the accusation of “moral equivalence” is usually roundly denounced whenever brought up. The only problem is that this denunciation always comes without any real rationale behind it, save for apparently suggesting something along the lines of “Oh, you always say that. Get a new line, will you?” This is one of the standard dismissals one will find over at places such as WarBlogger Watch. In a comments section of one post, one of the WBW supporters responded to accusations made about the talk of “jihad” and killing Americans and Jews, statements which daily come out of the Arab world, spouted from the mouths of what are considered the most mainstream and respected religious, political and cultural figures, by mentioning the “jihad” rhetoric of people like Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, et al.
I pointed out that this was, on its face, completely idiotic. Suggesting that saying we must defend ourselves from violent extremist elements of a culture and a religion is simply miles away from declaring that Jews are descended from pigs, drink the blood of children, that you should kill Jews wherever you find them, and that America is the Great Satan is the height of moral and intellectual blindness. Not only is it ugly, it’s just stupid.
The WBW fellow laughed (“LOLL!!!!!111″) and said something along the lines of “There you go, with your stupid moral equivalence,” as if it was some kind of mantra that folks like myself parroted no matter what idea we were confronted with. For some reason, this kind of idiocy seems to actually be pretty common. What these people never seem to realize however that the fact that we keep accusing them of moral equivalence doesn’t mean that we’re just pulling a pat answer out of our bag of racist WarBlogger tricks, but rather that their continual inability to make basic moral distinctions (like that of purposefully murdering 3,000 civilians and of deliberately avoiding civilian casualties for the sake of a defensive military objective) necessitates the continual use of that accusation horse cock sucking. They’re like a career criminal who, being brought before the judge for the 23rd time, scoffs, “Breaking the law? Pshaw… you always say that. Don’t you have any new ideas?” When an idiot keeps making the same mistake, you keep correcting him on it. You can’t be blamed for their repeated stupidity.
With that in mind, you should read this, which is moral equivalence at its obtuse best. Elaine Scarry writes “A Nuclear Double-Standard;” it rehashes the same grade-schooler accusation of “What moral authority do we have to keep Saddam from having nukes, when we have more than anyone else in the world?”
US nuclear weapons exist; Iraqi nuclear weapons don’t. US nuclear weapons number in the thousands; Iraq’s count is zero. US weapons are (in the official view of the country) compatible with all international laws; Iraq’s not yet acquired weapon is monstrous dogsex bath story.
An instructive analogy to this statement was offered by Steven Den Beste: the United Sattes has had significant stoickpiles of chemical weapons since the 50′s. Number of times those weapons have actually been used: zero. Iraq acquired chemical weapons in the 80′s and has since used them several times, both against external enemies and internal dissidents. The simple “Well, duh” response to this nonsense is to say “We’re not them.”
We don’t use nuclear weapons for the wrong reasons, because we’re not an aggressive country. We don’t have imperialistic aims. We don’t want to rule the world. If we could swing it, we would be perfectly happy with the rest of world leaving us the hell alone and we would be all too content to do the same. That’s the commonsense answer, but too often common sense tends to give arguments like these quite a wide berth. I know from experience dog fucking sluts. I try to get him to come and join the fray, but he only shakes his head and backs off. “Whoa whoa, hey man, don’t involve me in this. It’ll only make ‘em mad.”
So the Blogosphere at large is forced to make sundry arguments about the fallacy of moral equivalence, and end up sounding as if they’re repeating themselves.
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significancecutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
going to be monitored so closely that I'd be surprised if he were able to put in a phony name at a porn site and not have
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
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I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
I urge anyone in the bay area who has the time on the 16th to come as well and lend credence with your example to the
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
rivals.
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
In your face, Space Coyote!
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
One of the great advances of the modern era has been the spread of the rule of law. This is the now common idea that
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I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
trying to get an education
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
looks like a green light, no?
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
In your face, Space Coyote!
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
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to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
I have to admit I'm pretty curious just to see what he's going to do. The guy has shown himself to have an overpowering
going to be monitored so closely that I'd be surprised if he were able to put in a phony name at a porn site and not have
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
again soon, didn't we?"
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
to penetrate.
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
go it alone. What he failed to do was tell us who the members of his war coalition are. Why? Because there is no coalition.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
sloth, or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy.
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
Why are you still here?!
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According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
Maybe I can't change the fact that I have to be intimately confronted with the death and pain in order to really feel the
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
So I hereby declare myself Ayatollah Mustardah of Blogistan. From this day forward, I will call down, on any Idiotarian
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
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that I hadn't thought of it first!
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
University or Diversity
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
At the very least, don't let me hear any of these things when you're standing in my presence, unless you want a faceful
I've been blogging since July 2005, and in that time, I've had a few inter-blog arguments with the folks on the other
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
let you know when there's a mushroom cloud over New York, because that's the only "final proof" that seems to be able to
computer systems.
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
I urge anyone in the bay area who has the time on the 16th to come as well and lend credence with your example to the
So welcome. If this is the first and/or only post you can see, it means I haven't imported my archives from Blogspot yet,
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
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Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
trying to get an education
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
One of the great advances of the modern era has been the spread of the rule of law. This is the now common idea that
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
trying to get an education
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
making a point of reading in depth about any such future atrocity to ensure that I don't allow myself to be instantly "over it."
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
but I hope to do that soon. I also hope to win the Nobel Prize in Kickboxing, and judge each of those things to be of
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
looks like a green light, no?
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
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I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
A taste, just a taste...
trying to get an education
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
we could go and stop the Soviets and all their expansionist hijinks, but then we'd like, have to go all the way over to
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
I mean come on, when you're arguing with someone who's just going to call you a Nazi when you spend 2,000 words making
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
In your face, Space Coyote!
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
being the reaction described above.
rivals.
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
vulnerability.
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
go it alone. What he failed to do was tell us who the members of his war coalition are. Why? Because there is no coalition.
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
The BBC has a story about the so-called "master hacker", in which it does a good job of destroying the mythos that
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