- I shouldn’t laugh. That’s an awful way to die. But at least his family can proudly accept his Darwin Award in his memory.
- The climate change people have been shouting, “The end is nigh!” Well, if they’re honest (big “if,” I know) the end is nigh — for them.
- Is this like leaving handy nooses tied to lamp posts? Or is it something very much else? Only the doers know right now.
- This guy never heard of backups? Fifteen years and not a single backup?
- I don’t know whether this is rare, as some say, or prevalent throughout parts of Africa. It almost sounds like a sick parody. But it’s disgusting in every way and for every reason: ironing the breasts of adolescent girls.
- Microaggression! MACROaggression! Cultural appropriation on a global level! What the rest of the world has “appropriated” from the West.
- Just in case you ever need to know, here’s how much your stolen data is worth.
- ADDED: Two new commentaries at TZP: “How I learned to stop worrying and love the Second Amendment” by New Class Traitor; and Carl-Bear Bussjaeger’s observation that the F-word in Medal of Freedom doesn’t seem to mean what it says.
On the negative side, the Western world has appropriated Religion and the institution of Faith with unprovable Conclusions, along with its concomitant necessity, Wars of Honor to combat perceived Insult.
I think the Third World got the better deal in appropriation.
[To all you believers out there: The soapbox is yours. I have errands to run.]
“Breast ironing” instead of working together to actually defend themselves and their children. How long would the terrorists remain if each parent and responsible teen had a gun – and knew how to use it? What a sick, sad shame that they think mutilation of their children is the only answer instead.
Had the same thoughts, ML. If this business is for real (and it seems to be), it appears to be a longstanding cultural “birth control” tradition adapted now for the age of organized gangsters. Can you imagine the degradation of people who would prefer to routinely, repeatedly, and painfully mutilate their children to make them unappealing rather than mount a self-defense effort?
I do like the idea of nooses tied to lamp posts; give the ruling class something to look at on their way to work every morning, heh. But it’s hard to beat Portland, with the dildoes hanging from telephone wires. I guess I don’t see the point of the bats.
Everybody is negligent in backups, but 15 years does seem extreme. There was a saying in the computer business a while back, “There are two kinds of people; those who do backups, and those who will do backups.”
As to the vile things that go on in Africa, Kim du Toit had the classic response: “Let Africa Sink”:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/924795/posts
Paul, I can’t see the point of hanging anything around like that. Dildos on telephone wires? How silly. The spiked bats might come in handy for some, but it only seems rational to carry one’s own self defense tool. There would probably not be a bat available when needed, and they are seriously ugly. I do carry a stout stick now too and occasionally wonder what people think when they see an old lady, only five feet tall, come down the street with a heavy walking stick AND a 9mm on her belt… then I chuckle… 🙂 I really don’t care what anyone else thinks about it – except would be muggers. So far, none have been that stupid.
If you’ve seen “The Italian Job,” you’ve seen something similar: a quartet of marble “pillar gallows” on St. Mark’s Square in Venice. One of the characters incorrectly identifies them as being used for common criminals, but the truth is that there is a good reason for the location and materials used.
You see, thise marble gallows are not for hanging highwaymen or murderers or forgers- they exist for the sole purpose of executing the Doge Of Venice and members of his staff (or family, potentially) should the Doge engage in treason against the Venetian Republic. They sit outside the windows of the Doge’s bedroom, office, and dining-rooms, so that anytime he looked up from his work, his wife, or his wine he would be reminded of the fate which awaited him should he turn traitor.
I like those rennaisance Venetians.
I guess I don’t see the point of the bats.
In San Francisco? Personally, it would be worth putting them up (without leaving fingerprints) to see the “Spiked bats are Felonies OMG!” police hyperventilating.
But not worth visiting SF.
I loved the ‘stop worrying and love the Second Amendment’ piece. That statement at the end about the third world folks intuitively understanding the point of keeping guns against tyranny was a sort of ‘Aha!’ moment for me. I immediately thought of Idi Amin machine-gunning his own citizens for fun, after disarming them all.
Pat: It is pretty shocking just how far some people will go with the cultural appropriation of religion. I mean, listen to Richard Dawkins discussing his hypothetical death on a desert island in this interview:
Interviewer (32:23): "But what what about if you were in that kind of condition [near death] lying alone on your desert island poisoned by a venomous snake or something do you think if you were alone and dying a slow and painful death and had no way out do you think you’d ever be tempted to call on God for help?"
Dawkins (32:38): "No I think I’d be more tempted to find some poison if that seemed like the best way out. I don’t think I’d be tempted to call on God, no."
Interviewer(32:48): "You’d never revert to your early childhood beliefs"
Dawkins (32:51): "I can’t imagine so, no."
Interviewer (32:53): "Last record"
Dawkins (32:55): "The Aria ‘Mache dich, mein Herze, rein‘ from Bach’s Matthew Passion."
Wanting to appropriate that sort of thing while dying on a desert island? Simply shocking! What’s next? Subjecting poor, innocent Star Wars fans to the Lord’s Prayer? Will it ever end?
Dana — From the Star Wars article:
Despite being closer to Dawkins than I am to you on questions of religion, I sometimes think he’s an ass (or a fool) for being so very, very positive about something he doesn’t have sufficient knowledge or perspective to be positive about. But I thought his defense of the CoE was pretty good (even though I agree that theaters have every right to bar all religious or political ads).
As to his “last record” … do you suppose he appreciates the irony?
I don’t know if he appreciates it, but I certainly do and I hope you and the rest of the commentariat here at least gets a chuckle out of it.