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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.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslimreally just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
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
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
Anyway, take the new site for a test drive. Take her easy on the clutch and go steady on the hills, and I think you'll
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
I finally went and did it.
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
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
about equal probability.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
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,
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
According to the president, "we cannot wait for the final proof" that Saddam Hussein's government is planning an imminent
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
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.
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
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,
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
University or Diversity
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
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the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
Why are you still here?!
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
who has been deprived of food for at least 6 hours - sounds like an unusually cruel thing to do, I know, but I'm sure
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
US: Italy, Australia, Poland, Spain, Qatar, Kuwait and, of course, Britain. I know it's hard to find out this kind of
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
Saddam is so hot to get his grubby hands on nukes is enough evidence of aggression. What's he going to do with them once
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
It is time for a new day to dawn in the Blogosphere, my gnome brothers. A glorious day. A day when no longer will we
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
During the last half of the 20th century, this principle was expanded internationally through the United Nations. The U.N.
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
In your face, Space Coyote!
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
act such as this. In a few days or weeks, I'm sure it will subside to a colder, more focused resolution to continue to
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
50 Ways to Leave Your Folly Common Dreams, that goldmine of general silliness, showcases this piece, The Folly of Pre-emptive
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
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Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
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
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.
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Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
who like to chant slogans and can't come up with any better rhyme than something that has to do with the number "four" and "war."
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
of the mass moron movement.
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
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
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
she can last 6 hours). I make this declaration keeping in mind that this does not imply a judgement on the Idiotarian
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
for the life of me, cannot see it. The news showed a clip of a guy trying politely to walk around a woman so self-righteous
trying to get an education
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
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
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
and you'll get diversity in the speech by the politician, in the one by the principal who welcomes him and in the one by
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
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.
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
cause, but I,
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
and make them wish that congress had instead passed a resolution authorizing military force against people
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
Wheeler Hall last spring.
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
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
I tried to present my ideas in an honest and truthful way, and not be seriously offensive, even when he acted in ways
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
for the life of me, cannot see it. The news showed a clip of a guy trying politely to walk around a woman so self-righteous
The Muslim world -- whose support is vital to any real effort to end the causes of terrorism -- is adamantly opposed.
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
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
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
But for now if you all don't mind, I'd just like to stew in my rage for a while, and remind myself in a truly visceral
the Feds know about it.
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
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
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
conflict.
to get a good smack upside the head (or as I call it, a "hippie hello"), but that was apparently too much for the niggardly
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
A taste, just a taste...
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
Many in the global community also distrust the Bush administration's expanding war aims. It is not easy for our friends around
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
vulnerability.
and you'll get diversity in the speech by the politician, in the one by the principal who welcomes him and in the one by
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
During that protest, my girlfriend had to take a midterm in Wheeler auditorium and had to step over the bodies lying in
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
military action to counter the Soviet threat was not possible, because of their equal capacity to destroy us through
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,
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
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support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
Anyway, take the new site for a test drive. Take her easy on the clutch and go steady on the hills, and I think you'll
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
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
of fist.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
superiority.
It is time for a new day to dawn in the Blogosphere, my gnome brothers. A glorious day. A day when no longer will we
course grew out of the experience of 9/11.
looks like a green light, no?
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
the Feds know about it.
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
In fact, the idea of pre- emptive attack depends on fear. It presupposes insecurity and assumes we will always be threatened.
In your face, Space Coyote!
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
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
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
Bush also spoke of an "international coalition" that would disarm Hussein. Bush knows the American public is loathe to
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
And exactly how do you go from no "final proof" to there being no evidence of impending aggression? The very fact that
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
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Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
Now at this point, most people would just say, "let it go, and move on."
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
lap dance.
Another Australian tourist, 18-year-old Rachel Hughes, said she and her boyfriend had just arrived in Kuta when the blast
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
trying to get an education
assures everyone that "Don't worry, the problem is being taking care of by the inspectors."
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
The book details the ways that employees can inadvertently leak information that can be exploited by hackers to compromise
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
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
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
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