Michele over at A Small Victory helpfully provides a pointer to this story describing the final sentencing of David Westerfield, the killer of seven-year-old Danielle van Dam. Michele provides all kinds of appropriate vitriol for such a sack of human waste as Westerfield, but in reading the article, I was struck by this bit:
Brenda van Dam called the convicted killer of her 7-year-old daughter Danielle van Dam, a “monster” just before David Westerfield was sentenced to death.
The use of the word “monster” reminded me of the times that I have read admonitions in the mainstream (”enlightened” and “right-thinking”) press that the usage of such words is a simplistic moral crutch, a part of a binary code of good-evil ethics that hampers our logical reasoning and ability to discern complexity… blah blah blah hot animal sex fantasy. You get the idea.
Needless to say, I’m not exactly a hard and fast believer of that camp. My personal belief about the death penalty is as follows: there are acts of such immorality and horror whose barbarity is sufficient for your membership card to the human race to be revoked. There is, of course, a vast shade of grey about whether certain actions, under certain circumstnaces fall within that designation.
Westerfield, however, doesn’t even come close to that grey area, and making the decision to classify him as a monster, and thus as being outside of the realm of humanity, is actually a more complex mental decision than to frame his actions in the context of some infinite spectrum of human deeds, where raping and killing a child is somehow just a far outlier on the same gradient of moral action as stealing a loaf of bread, or working at a soup kitchen, for that matter.
Words like “evil” and monster are derided as being crutches for those too stupid or lazy to notice complexity women who fuck dogs. But how much complexity is there in a moral system that can’t distinguish as fundamentally of a different nature actions that should make a civilized person vomit? To say that there is good and evil is not to say that there are only two exclusive camps and you are one or the other, period. Certainly morality exists in gradations of right and wrong, but the point is there IS a right and a wrong, and it’s not hard to see that Westerfield’s degree of “wrong” so far overshoots every other minor classification to the point that he lands firmly in “monster” territory.
In other words, the review board has examined your actions, and has decided to suspend your status as a member of the human species.
The things he’s done puts him beyond the pale of humanity. And yes, of course, in legalistic terms, we must still treat him with that sacred cow of due process, but not, as some might think, in order to protect him and his rights. Fuck him my k9 bestiality story. He doesn’t have any rights. It’s to protect us and the rest of the innocent.
There are some who have got the silly headed notion that those guilty of such crimes deserve the law’s protection. Get this straight: they don’t. They don’t deserve protection, they don’t deserve quarry, they don’t deserve to breathe the same air we do. We deserve all those things, and an unfortunate consequence of us being fallible beings is that we have to extend most of those protections under most circumstances to inhuman excrement like David Westerfield so that one of us does not mistakenly suffer the fate that is so deserving of him, like, say, being drawn and quartered dogsex bath story.
All of that is what is legally proper. But what is legally right and morally right don’t always coincide. It is a sad necessity of the fact that the law, a creation of humans, is an imperfect thing. It doesn’t mean I don’t think there could be useful changes made to the process of the death penalty, but fine, I’ll let him have his several years (perhaps decades) in prison while he waits out his death sentence. I’ll even stomach the fact that he’ll get three squares a day and books and movies to bide his time and make his stay in prison more “humane.” But that doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t, in a more perfect world (I say “more perfect” because a perfect world would never have a David Westerfield) delight in seeing him undergo exactly the kind of torture he inflicted upon his victim, right before the parents of Danielle van Dam were allowed to put a bullet through his skull.
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."Wheeler Hall last spring.
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
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
why she thought there weren't more stories about protests going on in the news, "Well, because the media is corporately
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
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he revealed himself to be a seriously dishonest debater (that, or he was so stupid that it wouldn't be safe for him to
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
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nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
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
I finally went and did it.
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
to roost," those sniveling, carping appeasers,
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
Either that, or I now have to admit the existence of clairvoyance.
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
By tossing out any reasonable standards of evidence as a prerequisite for military action, the White House puts us in a state
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
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
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
However, several of the exchanges I have had have definately been with those you might describe as "challeneged" in
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
democratically decided laws - - not the capriciousness of individual rulers -- should govern human affairs.
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
about equal probability.
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
when you apply your own internal calculus of death and suffering and conclude that it isn't something that you need
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
and eastern Europe, Australia and the middle east. Is that not multilateralism?
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
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.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
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
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
cause, but I,
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
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
I was already in a state of "moving on" and being "over it" before I even heard about the Bali attacks, with the result
Finally, long after the fad has grown tiresome, everyone's attention turns to another scrap of dogma for the next decade.
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
cause, but I,
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?
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
nothing may stand in our way!
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
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."
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
the Feds know about it.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
I finally went and did it.
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
conflict.
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
nothing may stand in our way!
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
A taste, just a taste...
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
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,
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
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
conflict.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
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
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
"The death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
by both Instapundit and Cold Fury (and probably by sundry others by now):
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
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
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
to really concern yourself with, except in a somewhat general, theoretical way.
A taste, just a taste...
vaunted proof of yours. Then you could be really sure.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
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
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
I figured that was the way to go. But then I read this.
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
computer systems.
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
rivals.
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
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.
world that even today harbors and offers succor to the same groups that piloted the 9/11 planes, right?
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
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
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
Wheeler Hall last spring.
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
slope proposition, claiming that because we go after Saddam, we'll suddenly be all aggro-ed up to obliterate any country
Stand up to these thugs This Wednesday, the 16th at noon, an apparent composite of the Students for Justice in Palestine
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
chanting in his face and moved in front of him every time he tried to get around her.
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
only be revealed as more useless than it already seems), there is right now a coalition prepared to go into Iraq with the
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
Heaven forfend them not being on board with us!
Why are you still here?!
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
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
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
Shiite Muslim clerics in Lebanon and Iran have reacted with rage at the Rev. Jerry Falwell for calling Islam's prophet
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.
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
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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Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
In your face, Space Coyote!
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
Russia and shit. Besides, it's just the Russians. Why don't we just contain them or something? Hey, who's up for some
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
nuclear weapons. Containment was born out of a realization that we were effectively restrained by our lack of strategic
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
Sorry folks, but slippery slope arguments don't hold water by themselves. We're going after Saddam because he 1) has shown
owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
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
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 constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
lap dance.
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
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
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"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
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
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
way why we're doing all of this, and why, if they still choose to berate us about "root causes" and "birds coming home
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
President Bush says he wants to avoid "a future of fear." It's an admirable goal, but one hardly served by this new doctrine.
Well I wouldn't be surprised if this Wednesday at Sproul there will be similar behavior, and I plan to be there. Maybe
"I said it's being taken care of, dammit. Mind your own business."
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
economic stupidity, especially when their ideas would do such a better job of it by themselves. Case in point:
of the mass moron movement.
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
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,
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
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
vulnerability.
I'll get a chance to ask why they've been glorifying images of Hamas murderers on their flyers.
morally, that this is the right thing to do.
curiosity that trumps any sort of legal resriction placed on him, but it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that he's
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
or any other simply crappy country in the world, because none of them satisfy both those propositions.
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
Wheeler Hall last spring.
conflict.
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
jerkwad I encounter, an order for them to be beheaded with extreme prejudice until the the point at which they are dead
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
agree that [insert additional badly-forced car metaphor here]!
If and when you find one, that means that I'll be perfectly willing to advocate an attack against them as well.
Don't worry, I'll sit here with my rifle ready to take out any airborne porcines, should they come flying by.
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
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,
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
vulnerability.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
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
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
that boiled up to the surface when I read things like this.
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
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
to penetrate.
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
conflict.
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
that continues to characterize the US as the Great Satan and preach jihad against all things Western? Oh I know, the Muslim
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
When I first heard about the bombing in Bali, my initial reaction was, "Another terrorist attack? Well, of course."
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
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
I strongly suspect TR had access to some sort of time machine and traveled into the furture about a hundred years.
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
nothing may stand in our way!
Already, even if the UN thumbs its irrelevant nose at the idea of going after Iraq (and if it actually does, then they'll
Well I'm far far far too petty a person to do that.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
being the reaction described above.
The fact that this is being published in the Chronicle is no small feat. Even more reason for you to go read it.
without end is causing traditional friends of the United States to
coming off them. It was really a terrible sight," she said. "You could just hear people crying up in the Bounty foyer -
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
last update : 5-2-2012
