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Argumentum ad Guardium
I’ve commented before about how the Maryland sniper does not hold any significance for us in the War on Terror. Now that it’s become pretty clear who the sniper actually is, and that he was inspired, at least in part, by Al Qeada and radical Islam, that statement must be amended slightly: the Maryland sniper holds almost no significance for the War on Terror. Indeed, I’m not really sure what, if any, proscriptions the revelations about John Muhammad entail. Be more aware of the possibility for homegrown copycats, I suppose?
But fundamentally, I believe my original proposition holds true: the fact that catching the sniper took so long and that so many individual attacks were allowed to happen before he was stopped does not have any bearing on the WOT, because those very same factors that made him difficult to catch or stop also effectively limit him in the amount of harm he can do, so that he is confined to the realm of pinprick annoyances in terms of his effect on society. He didn’t cause damage to our financial institutions or deliver a blow to our military, and he didn’t paralyze the public with fear. Giving him the benefit of the doubt, it can be said only that he killed a handful of people and made a lot of people around Maryland a little more tense than normal (And indeed, many it did not affect at all: my girlfriend’s uncle lives in Maryland and he never gave a second thought to the sniper. Admittedly though, he’s a statistician at the Pentagon, and is probably on the end of the spectrum in terms of perspective on the relative danger of the whole situation. For instance, he was well aware of the fact that he was more likely to die driving to work than getting shot by the sniper).
I don’t want to downplay the suffering of those people who were injured or killed and that of their families, but I grieve for them with the mental framework similar to when I learn a shopkeeper or bank teller has been killed by a robber. They are individual tragedies, not wholesale dangers to our society.
When I wrote that post, I was responding to a typically thick-headed editorial in the Guardian, which basically trotted out the “We are all doomed” line, saying in effect, “If those bumbling fools can’t catch one little sniper, how are they supposed to stop Al Qeada?”
Yes, yes, I know. They can’t help it, they are the Guardian, after all. I imagine they have editorial meetings where they all come up with ideas for opinion pieces and judge whether or not they’re dumb enough for publication.
“Listen here chaps, I’ve got one: ‘DC Sniper Reveals Deadliness of US Gun Culture.’”
“Hmmm. dog sex women.. I like the silly reference to a deadly gun culture, but the connection just isn’t tenuous enough. After all, the leftie yanks say that kind of thing all the time. We’re the Guardian! We have to raise the bar.”
“How ’bout this then: “‘DC Sniper Shows War on Terrorism is Hopeless.’”
“Now you’re thinking like a Guardian writer!”
Well, not surprisingly, they’ve trotted out something based on similar silliness: “All men are equal in the sniper’s sights”. The subtitle further informs us, “Americans need to face up to some frightening home truths.”
Thanks, I’ll take it under advisement. It seems that daily the Guardian is selflessly informing us of some truths that we need to face up to, be they frightening, disconcerting, alarming, ominous or scary. And what are these truths?
The two weeks of the DC sniper were a preview of a different kind of terror: unpredictable, unpreventable, rendering a whole population terrified and helpless. In the city where the director of homeland security has his office, his department’s name was made useless. This is the terrorism of the future: bullets pinging through innocent air, poisons in the water supply, gas attacks. The arrests cannot make that vision of domestic defencelessness - and its future implications - go away.
Unpredictable? Yes.
Unpreventable? Well, they did catch the guy after all, right? And they would have caught him a lot sooner if they had disregarded that profiler silliness about him having to be white, married, etc.
Rendering a whole population terrified and helpless? Don’t think so, friend first dog sex experience. See above.
And the Department of Homeland Security, for all the silliness that agency embodies, was not in any way “shown up” by the sniper. The sniper was a homegrown criminal who killed, admittedly, because of similar motivations that spur on Al Qeada and the like, but his crime spree was just that: a crime spree. Suppose a man and his son go on a three-state odyssey of robbery and mugging, taking more than two weeks to catch them. Does that mean that Homeland Security has failed? Please.
A few “bullets pinging through innocent air” is of a fundamentally different operational caliber than “poisons in the water supply” or “gas attacks.” The two latter threats require significant resources, planning and personnel to be carried out with any kind of effectiveness, and those points of logistics are also points of exposure where they are liable to stick out and be noticed by law enforcement. And there of course is the little fact that our water supply has not been poisoned, nor have we experienced any gas attacks. That’s a non-trivial point. It’s hard to poison the water or obtain and successfully use poison gas, and thus requires a lot of work to go into it. It’s easy to cut a hole in your car, buy a $700 rifle and snipe at random people standing perfectly still from a few hundred yards away.
Hopeful voices might interject that the two suspects do not seem to have been terrorists in the accepted sense: no links to an organisation have been proved. But the fact that they are reported to have expressed sympathy for America’s enemies and that one is a convert to Islam touches on another of the country’s deepest fears: the enemy within. American racists have in the past had to contend with the inconvenient fact that American serial killers are almost always white. In an increasingly paranoid nation, the sniper case will be used as ammunition by the bigots who host and phone radio talk shows.
Wow horse cock sex.
I have to admit, this one really caught me by surprise. I’ve heard this reaction before. Over at WarBlogger Watch, when the sniper’s identity was revealed, the general sentiment was “Oh, that’s just too perfect for all those racists over at LGF. They must be squealing with delight at this.” I wasn’t really surprised by that when I saw it at WBW. After all, those guys are idiots. I expected just a little more from the Guardian (but not much).
The comment is mighty stupid, of course, but it’s also just ugly in its bigotry. After reading the whole paragraph, I was surprised that he didn’t use scare quotes and say, “the enemy within,” because really the only reason he brings it up is so he can show his disdain for the idea and suggest that the entire concept as only existing in the fevered minds of a bunch of rednecks with gunracks in their rear windows and confederate flags painted on the hoods of their trucks, who will now of course go out and start beating any black/muslim/person of color. It’s doubly amusing (in a pathetic sort of way) that he chooses an instance in which there really was an “enemy within,” and furthermore one who wasn’t caught sooner specifically because no one thought it could have been a black man doing it, while trying to portray some sort of ill-concieved mass hysteria about a brown fifth column in the US.
And then he closes it out with an offensive swipe at “red” America. You know who I’m talking about: people who listen to talk radio! Most of them voted for Bush, I hear. What a jerk.
The third piece of bad news for America and its president is that those airwave ranters and others on the right will surely now at least have to discuss the fact that the sniper came out of a culture legislated to be a marksman’s paradise.
We will? Ok, let’s discuss this. Would you like to talk about how Maryland, and also just about every corner of America was and is still a lot safer than London with it’s enlightened “total ban” of all firearms? Is that the discussion you had in mind?
Well, I didn’t mean to go on this long, but there were just too many points of idiocy watching animal sex.
Sigh. Oh well, at least I can take heart in the fact that it will probably be a whole nother week or maybe even 10 days before the Guardian reprints the same silly argument by a different author. I wonder if they have some sort of “form article” template they’re using…
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
Quite the contrary, Bush's aggressive rhetoric, disregard for international law, and his lack of any vision other than war
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
alternative economy." I suppose that's better PR than saying they want to impose a grab bag full of sociialistic silliness
Sure, it'd be nice to be a leader...
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
vulnerability.
them into a thin paste of protein on a cave wall, to wipe out every last vestige of the disgusting stain they have left
Why are you still here?!
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
lying in order to gain information that gave him access to restricted systems.
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
they're done, hang them on his wall next to the framed heads of Iraqi dissidents and say to himself, "Well, I can check
It may be a sad illustration of my lack to find sympathy within myself without reading descriptions or seeing pictures,
You mean everyone in America aren't like San Franciscans?
and the UC Divestment folks will be holding a rally for what looks like the primary purpose of protesting the fact that
obviously they have lost loved ones or friends."
vulnerability.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
over the heads of the world's nations as threat so that he can act willy-nilly in whatever new adventure captures his
a terrorist and an envoy of Iran's supreme leader reportedly called for his death.
to the San Francisco federal building to protest the passage of Bush's resolution for action against Iraq.
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
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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United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
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."
rivals.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
I see. Did you talk to this "everyone" at your International Socialist Organization direct action planning seminar or
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
My sentences, thus decreed, will be subsequently carried out by my elite brigade of Beheading Gnomes, whom I made up
cutting-edge performance art group impersonating real anti-war folks, as the whole ordeal seemed to approach parody. No,
So seeing as how we've got massive approval from the House of Representatives and similar support in the senate is likely,
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
the All Men Are Rapists self defense workshop? Surely that must be a representative sample of the country!
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
superiority.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
looks like a green light, no?
you could see stink lines of self-satisfaction coming off her so that he could simply get to his job. She of course started
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
that off my list of things to do. Now, on to learning how to square-dance."
Replace "powerful" with "crazy and armed with nukes" and you'd be right. Otherwise, your statement is nonsense.
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
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
"The lethal combination is when you exploit both people and technology," Mr Mitnick told BBC News Online.
be replacing the old site that was hosted on that evil of evils, that bane of banes, that something-really-awful of
Please. I can't swing around a dead Saddam on a rope without hitting this argument these days. At bottom, it's a slippery
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
again soon, didn't we?"
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
serves? As far as I can tell, all they did was take some people who were probably overwhelmingly against the war anyway,
the world to stomach the imperial scent of our newly enunciated military doctrine that proposes pre- emption of any powerful
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
conflict.
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
Also, I've printed out and made a bunch of copies of some flyers from this site and will be passing them out.
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
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
attack against the United States. Even though President Bush acknowledged in his speech that Iraq does not currently
again soon, didn't we?"
find testimonials to diversity. Flip through any recent social sciences or humanities textbook and diversity pops up with
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
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
conflict.
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
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
Those people are especially useful when they have access to the core computer systems that hackers would otherwise struggle
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
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
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.
again soon, didn't we?"
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
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
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
(or to have their genitalia eviscerated by a rabid Rosie O'Donnell
"to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality"?
it is shoved, in all its detailed horror, right into my face.
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
some of their cohorts are actually being held accountable by the university for their disruptive, illegal actions at
anger that is so justifiable -no, demanded- by these despicable acts, but if that must be the case, then from on, I'll be
computer systems.
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 death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
threaten the United States, he said we must "assume the worst." Essentially, the White House is proposing that the
Well that's not really true. People on a different side of the debate than I are not necessarily jerks, just wrong.
predictable frequency. Follow a politician to a school photo-op,
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.
be harried by idiots who have full compliments of heads and genitals! With the ranks of my imaginary gnomes rallied,
After 3000 of your countrymen die in a couple hours, anything less than that is wont to be downplayed in significance
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
Eventually he got a little ticked off and said roughly, "Get away from me!" I was hungrily anticipating the energetic dissenter
to elicit empathy had been raised considerably since 9/11,
of constant uncertainty and increased insecurity where almost anything could lead to war.
lap dance.
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
side of the political spectrum... what are they called?
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Hey, didn't there used to be a city where this smoking crater is?
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
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owned," she pontificated, in that snotty "52% of my clothes are made of hemp which therefore makes me morally superior
weapons inspections in Iraq represent a good example of how the rule of law has been used, and can be used again, to avert
vulnerability.
Well, being the abject conformist that I am, I would like to welcome all new and oldcomers to my new blog, which will
on the civilized world. And when I resort again to that frame of mind, it will be because I realize, intellectually and
Meanwhile, the fact that we are able to use pre-emptive action when deemed necessary is a fact of our strength, not weakness
Such as this quote by Teddy Roosevelt concerning his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, posted now
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
Diversity. More than motherhood, it is the one unassailable concept these days. Open any teaching publication, and you will
news editors of Cannel 7 to allow, as the segment ended right there.
That is, until this morning. Now I'm glad to say that I've gotten over getting over it, and am thoroughly pissed again.
that has the temerity to look at us cock-eyed.
Falwell was a "mercenary and must be killed," the Farsi-language daily Abrar reported Saturday.
Peace is generally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
support (in the small, mostly insignificant ways that are possible for one such as myself)
destroying the technological infrastructure of Western civilization again. And it's only 3 months away!
rivals.
he is willing to act aggressively and recklessly and cannot be reasonably deterred and 2) is working to get and use nukes
, "I don't believe the American people support this war. Everyone I've talked to is against it!"
I guess not. The fact that the UN is anything but democratic since the vast majority of countries represented there do not
Containment and deterrence were responses to US weakness, you silly-headed dunderpate. It was obvious that using direct
something-really-awfuls, BlogSpot.
in words so much more exacting than even those who actually live in that time would be able to produce?
and the decisions to do so would based on (as in this case) measured calculations of the relative benefits and costs,
off a bunch of secretaries and other office workers who probably agree with them on the war anyway will further their
But anyway, right there you've got yourself eight nations total in the coalition, hailing from North America, both western
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,
about equal probability.
the real fault of that government or its citizens, or the West in general, or capitalism, or any other ridiculous boogeyman
Wheeler Hall last spring.
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
the not-being-a-jerk department.
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
psychopathic fancy without fear of retribution.
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
Now of course I'm sure that these open-toed folks have a flurry of perfectly well thought-out reasons as to why pissing
information with your heads crammed so far up your asses, so I'll give you a pass.
No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
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
University or Diversity
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
And perhaps because of the collective weight of all those accumulated exhortations, perhaps from the psychic weariness
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
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
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 don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
To quote a boozed up, cynical and misanthropic individual whom I greatly admire: "Making fun of these people is like
But I am thankful that at least for now, I've been able to summon that deep-seated, personal wrath so appropriate to an
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
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
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
a representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying.
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
vulnerability.
the teacher trying to impress both of them.
Saddam will use these nukes when he gets them, whether that use takes the form of vaporizing a city or merely being hung
hacky-sack?"
Watching Channel 7 news today (the Simpsons were in a commercial), they reported on a wad of dingbats who blocked access
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
to penetrate.
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
of righteousness; and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and
Whereas the Cold War doctrine of deterrence and containment rested on strength, the new idea of pre-emption insists on U.S.
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
"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
Kevin Mitnick will be able to use a computer again in approximately 3 months.
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
conflict.
"What I found personally to be true was that it's easier to manipulate people rather than technology," he said.
fact that these people are thugs, bullies and liars.
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 death of that man is a religious duty, but his case should not be tied to the Christian community," Shabestari,
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
For that reason and others, I didn't actually start reading the news coverage until this morning.
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.
of a lack of imagination or basic humanity; the fact that it's difficult for me to feel deeply for people suffering unless
both at home and abroad, can go heartily fuck themselves, or jump off a cliff, or shoot themselves in the head. I don't
to all of you warmongering neanderthals" tone of voice. She then struck a pose of righteous exasperation when she asked
Yes, well I suppose you're suggesting that we would be well-served to wait for this "final proof," then? Very well. I'll
the not-being-a-jerk department.
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
Iranian cleric Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, addressing weekly Friday prayers in the northwestern town of Tabriz, said
has been built up around Mitnick, a basically curious guy who just as often used old face-to-face (or voice-to-voice)
The experience made me think of the instructions from all corners of the media after 9/11 that what we, as Americans,
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
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
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but
You must be triple jointed to be able to twist words like that.
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
Really, how often is someone able to so perfectly crystallize the dilemmas that will exist a century in the future
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
"A bunch of people died from terrorism over the weekend? Sure, that's awful, but we all knew this was going to happen
And at most, UN weapons inspectors have delayed conflict by a few years, not averted it. In actualyity, I think they have
Now could someone please tell me what concrete purpose that woman's behavior, and that of her great chanting unwashed bretheren,
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
not just "fear," as if we're going to indiscriminantly nuke the floor under our beds because monsters might be hiding there.
United States invade a distant country without any evidence of impending aggression.
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
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
to make the first world poor and make sure the third world stays that way.
care. Just don't let me hear anything about how this bombing that specifically targeted Australian civilians was somehow
a careful, precise argument, what point is there in engaging them verbally anymore?
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
that extended anger and sadness bring, or maybe even from just the fact that my threshold of human suffering sufficient
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
One middle-aged woman who looked like she hadn't combed her hair since Jerry Garcia died had this to say, when asked
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
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
getting an education. When she tried to talk to one of the organizers after her test about how some people were just
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
You try to make it seem as if the Joint Chiefs were lying around on a Sunday afternoon and said to themselves, "Yeah sure,
about equal probability.
join the majority of the world's nations in distancing themselves from Washington in a fashion not seen since the Vietnam War.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
satisfy you. I'd be much more amendable to the idea however if you were willing to be a personal eye-witness to this
Do you mean the Muslim world that celebrated 9/11, saying the US deserved it all along? Or perhaps you mean the Muslim world
If a good education is meant to produce independent thinkers, I've seen precious little evidence it does. Education is
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
...but there's no shame in being a follower when those you're following make such damn good points.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism,
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
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
It seems the Muslim version of a slander suit is cutting off your head. Now when I read this I was shocked, just shocked
Mr Mitnick even had to get permission from his probation officer to use a computer to write his book, The Art Of Deception,
I suppose you mean that it's not "multilateralist" unless France says so?
faith at large, since many of them are peaceful, albeit intellectually stunted, people.
When they aired some actual interviews with the protesters, I started to honestly think they were part of some sort of
I wish that I could just be told "Hundreds of people died in a terrorist bombing today," and instantly feel the kind of rage
I don't know about you people, but I'm already stocking up on extra food, water, and electrons.
the way. Apparently that wasn't enough for the however, because they then started pulling at her legs to keep her from
have democratically elected rulers I'm sure doesn't throw any flies into your ointment.
being the reaction described above.
but they make up for any lack of actual existence with pure unadulterated enthusiasm.
the Feds know about it.
"Standing in the foyer of the Bounty Hotel, people were just walking in, blood dripping off them, burns to their face, skin
which is all about the biggest threat to the security of all companies: their own employees.
needed now was healing, closure; in short, to "get over it" and "move on."
the efforts to find these people and eradicate them, to ferret them out from their cowardly hiding places and vaporize
Heh. Didn't Nostradamus write something about "a bespeckled plague rising in the West..."?
But it's not really fair to denigrate someone's ideas just because they themselves come from an organization riddled with
of the mass moron movement.
I'm going to be checking the weather channel for reports of snowflakes in Hell, but meanwhile you should go read it now.
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
use grown-up scissors), but nevertheless, even though he really didn't deserve it,
just now. Admittedly they do face significant challenges in carrying out their duties due to their imaginary nature,
In theory, I was of course angry, but I had a vaguely detatched sense about the whole thing. A large part of that of
occurred, smashing the window of their hotel room.
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
and that it wasn't fair for these people to stop them, the girl started literally screaming at her about selfish she was.
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
The article also points to this site, which maintains a running clock of how long it will be until Mitnick can start
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
of the mass moron movement.
An insightful, well-written and quite simply excellent column somehow found its way in the SF Chronicle's website today.
we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight
Hesiod over at Counterspin Central is one such fellow. Not only with myself, but in his conversations with Den Beste,
one of the most fad-driven enterprises imaginable. It produces a new catechism each decade, which everyone dutifully recites.
"approach parody" is too mild. They sprinted towards parody, jumped on top of it and proceded to give parody a spirited
I simply love it when my case is made for me.
What it does not mean however, is that this suddenly signals that we are going to be going after China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope."
really just put Saddam in a better situation than he was before because the presence of inspectors invites complacency and
that blatantly called for some rhetorical bitch-slapping.
War, by three fellows that hail from Global Exchange. You know who I'm talking about. The folks that want to "build an
Don't you people ever get tired of just pulling shit out of your asses?
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