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HUMAN SHIELD GONE WILD
Peace activist and former human shield Christiaan Briggs—personal motto: “Centre your life around making others happy”—makes himself happy by putting a teenager in a coma:
Christiaan Taylor Briggs, 30, is accused of punching Billy Leeson, 19, the lead singer of young British band Les Incompetents after an argument on a city bus.
British media reports says Leeson was on his way home on a No. 29 bus after performing at a sellout gig when he confronted a man harassing his girlfriend.
The two men got off the bus together in Camden Road, north London, and Leeson was punched.
He fell to the ground, hitting his head on the footpath and fracturing his skull, just before 11pm on June 22. His attacker ran off laughing.
Florida Cracker has all the details, including Briggs’s selfless reasons for his human-shielding mission in Iraq. And in other news of the unexpected:
A group of tourists was inadvertently introduced to Norwegian hunting practices during a whale-watching trip in the far north of the country.
As they were admiring one of the animals, a Norwegian whaling boat came along and harpooned it.
I hope—no, pray—someone taped their reaction.
UPDATE. Briggs is also a former Green candidate for Parliament.
As they were admiring one of the animals, a Norwegian whaling boat came along and harpooned it.
Perhaps the footage will make it on to Funniest Home Videos, with plenty of accompanying “boing!!!”, “squelch” and “thar she blows!”-esque sound effects.
Posted by James Waterton on 2006 07 06 at 10:53 AM • permalinkpaco, I bet that you wish “Ahab’s Revenge” was there!
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 07 06 at 11:06 AM • permalinkA thousand shekels for a link to the video of the whale-burger getting its comeuppance!
Nay, two thousand shekels and a ride in my shiny V-Dub limo.
Posted by Stop Continental Drift! on 2006 07 06 at 11:07 AM • permalinkI hope that peace activist Briggs, who nearly killed a young man protecting his girlfriend, gets ass-fcuked a hundred times in jail- as he said he wanted to centre his life around making other people happy. What a fucker.
Posted by Wylie Wilde on 2006 07 06 at 11:19 AM • permalinkOnly fourteen years for killing someone?? Sheesh, that aint near enough.
Posted by -keith in mtn. view on 2006 07 06 at 11:53 AM • permalink#6: paco, I bet that you wish “Ahab’s Revenge” was there!
Oh, very much so. We could probably have beaten the Norwegian to the whale with our modified nuclear engines, and even if not, we could have cleared her decks with grapeshot, boarded her, and taken both ship AND whale. Unfortunately, we were following the humpback mating season migration in the vicinity of the antipodes, where our successful harpooning led to quite a few instances of, er, humpus interruptus.
As they were admiring one of the animals, a Norwegian whaling boat came along and harpooned it.
Harpoon? Did it by any chance resemble my stolen Zulu spear?
(suspects Andrea of yet one more example of egregious villainy)
Posted by wronwright on 2006 07 06 at 12:55 PM • permalinkIt’s hard to say what will happen with this…it is Weird Britannia after all.
Briggs could probably sue for bruising his knuckles on the kid’s skull…and win. Using a skull as an offensive weapon is illegal in England, along with using pillows, marshmallows, and hamsters as offensive weapons. That English farmer is still in jail because he is considered a ‘danger to burglars”.
I saw one the other day were an old man got a year in jail for rescuing his invalid wife and dog from their burning home after the bobbies tried to stop him from doing so…he pulled out a toy cap pistol, waved the cops off, got his family out, and went to jail.
Wm. Koehler, in his beginner’s dog training book : Because you, in influencing your dog to be happy, composed and well-behaved in public places, must do some of your final polishing in distracting situations open to scrutiny, it is inevitable that you be bothered by overly sensitive spectators. It is important that you be equipped to deal with these eyebrow archers - and deal with them you must, lest you be confused by their protests and weakened in your purpose of thoroughly training your dog.
These supersensitive observers are ``kindly’’ people, most of whom take after a ``kindly’’ parent or an aunt ``who had a dog that was almost human and understood every word that was said without being trained.’’ They range over most of the civilized world ; generally one or more will be found close to where dogs are being worked.
They often operate individually, but inflict their greatest cruelties when amalgamated into societies. They easily recognize each other by their smiles, which are as dried syrup on yesterday’s pancakes. Their most noticeable habits are wincing when dogs are effectually corrected and smiling approvingly at each other when a dozen ineffective corrections seem only to fire a dog’s maniacal attempts to hurl his anatomy within reach of another dog what could maim him in one brief skirmish.
Their common calls are, ``I-couldn’t-do-that I-couldn’t-do-that,’’ and ``Oh myyyyyy - Oh myyyyy.’’ They have no mating call. This is easily understood.
He calls them ``humaniacs’’ and recommends carrying hard candy for them to suck on.
Miraculously, the book, ``The Koehler Method of Dog Training,’’ was banned in Arizona when in came out in 1962.
Whalers could use the advice though
Thank you Tim. The whale post just made my night. I can see the scene clearly…
Slowing drifting along we see a young minke whale breaking the surface just of the starboard side. We all watch it reverent silence as the majestic beast blows a mighty blast. Brea, barely containing her emotion, speaks for us all when she whispers, “Its so spiritual!”
BOOM! Oh the humanity!!A group of tourists was inadvertently introduced to Norwegian hunting practices during a whale-watching trip in the far north of the country.
As they were admiring one of the animals, a Norwegian whaling boat came along and harpooned it.
That reminds me of this story:
The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later, in full view, they were both eaten by a killer whale.
Posted by Randal Robinson on 2006 07 06 at 04:06 PM • permalinkThe Norwegian minke whalers had - and hopefully will still have in the future - a substantial home market. The major part of the meat has always been sold on this market, and the consumption of whale meat is particularly high in the coastal areas where whaling takes place.
This also applies to Japanese coastal minke whaling. In Norway whale meat has never been a luxury product. Prices have been on the same level as those of other types of meat.
So to the question of needs. Is it possible to explain why there should be less need for whale meat than for pork, beef, lamb, chicken, reindeer etc? Would it be ethically commendable of the Norwegian coastal population to renounce a local resource like the minke whale and import pork from other areas instead?
From an environmental viewpoint there is no other type of meat production that is so “pure” and that requires the use of so little fossil fuel as minke whaling. Any definition regarding what kinds of meat there is a need for, will always be a purely subjective assessment.
People in the northern coastal communities would have no problem in saying that there was no need for turkey, there being no traditions there involving the consumption of turkey. The English would hardly agree.
It is true that whale meat of best quality fetches a high price on the Japanese market. This proves that the meat is in great demand - that there is a need for it. Is saddle of reindeer or first class steak an immoral product because it is expensive?
Whaling provides jobs in coastal communities where there is often little or no alternative work. For those making a living from whaling it is hard to understand that other people can define their livelihood as “unnecessary”.
That being said, I will gladly risk whatever dubious “credentials” I may have garnered through my contributions to this site by saying that I do not support the extension of commercial whaling to the larger cetaceans.
As a long time resident of various littoral regions around the world, I know the difference between a “herd animal” such as the minke—including its importance to the culture and diet of indigenes —and the larger, more solitary greys, pilots, rights, humpbacks, sperm and blue whales that I maintain should be left alone.
So, have at me if you will—but I challenge anyone of you to go to the breeding grounds in Baja, stare a humpback in the eye, swim along with them, listen to their song and then stab it repeatedly until it finally dies.
So say I,
MentalFloss
Posted by MentalFloss on 2006 07 06 at 05:51 PM • permalink#25: MentalFloss, you have won me over. (Down harpoons, mates!) The “Ahab’s Revenge” is now rechristened, “Scourge of Decatur”, and will henceforth only be used to pursue and destroy elements of the Islamofascist navy.
Save those harpoons, boys; might come in handy if we encounter a Hamas landing party in a rubber raft.
To me, the really telling piece is the running off laughing part. The insane giggle one hears from the guilty when confronted with the reality they’re in deep shit. Ever notice the mad smiling you see on dangerous prisoners when they’re being transported somewhere? It’s a compulsive thing, the laughing. There is no other answer. This guy, drunk as he must have been, could see his work as Mr. Peace and Human Shield down in NZ going all to shite as he ran off down the Camden Road. And then the more important information leaking in: I’m going to be some giant guy’s bitch! And he’ll have to do that because that guy who’s plugging him in the arse every night is his human shield. That’s how they really work. It’s almost like an old Irish ballad. Tragic for all to be sure.
May I then, oh Captain, my Captain, apply for the post of Rabbi’s Mate (Second Class) on the Scourge of Decatur?
(for those unfamiliar, Decatur fired the first salvo in America’s long running War on Terror (Islamic Theatre) in 1804 during the Barbary Wars in the Mediterranean. Under cover of darkness, Decatur led a group of sailors into Tripoli Harbor and seized control of the recently captured U.S. frigate, Philadelphia. Decatur ordered his men to set fire to the vessel and then fight the crew in hand-to-hand combat. Thus, the Philadelphia could never be used by the Tripolitan Pirate against the Americans and others)
Posted by MentalFloss on 2006 07 06 at 06:23 PM • permalinkI loved these quotes:
>“I want to go and help the Iraqi people. I want to let them know we’re not all ignorant fools,” he said at the time.
Not ignorant fools, no. But punchy little pricks when they’re drunk, yes.
>“Although political activist sounds like some kind of mundane job
It doesn’t sound like any sort of job, let alone a mundane one (I mean, do you have to punch-in your card when you picket McDonalds?)
>when really most of my political activity has been pure indulgence in life,” he says.
No argument there.
Posted by Blithering Bunny on 2006 07 06 at 06:28 PM • permalinkbtw: Briggs made Fox News a minute ago. Britt Hume reckons the “sucker punch” will get him 5 years at least.
Posted by MentalFloss on 2006 07 06 at 06:35 PM • permalinkFor those of you who aren’t friends or family, I’m from Aotearoa New Zealand. I currently live in England, where I’m an architectural technician, designer, uncle and some might say political activist, although political activist sounds like some kind of mundane job, when really most of my political activity has been pure indulgence in life. What better way to indulge in life than to undermine those who seek to stamp it out?
Posted by Kyda Sylvester on 2006 07 06 at 07:14 PM • permalinkI used to debate Christiaan at length on nz.politics about many issues. He was one of the most Orwellian “good is bad” Greenies I’ve ever come across. He went remarkably silent for a VERY long time after his attempt to keep Saddam the mass-murderer safe and sound. He obviously knew that any time he ventured back on usenet he’d be crossing swords with people with VERY long memories, especially of how he tried to co-operate in the self-defence of a fascist regime.
Of course, he never learned a thing, and now that he has his own blog, he can make fun of every American soldier’s death in Ira in the comfort of his own delusionary world.
Posted by AlburyShifton on 2006 07 06 at 07:15 PM • permalinkbtw: Briggs made Fox News a minute ago. Britt Hume reckons the “sucker punch” will get him 5 years at least.
Now there’s irony. Christiaan would have loved to have been featured on Fox for his activism. I wonder how he feels about this exposure?
I see his molly-coddling parents, who loudly supported Christiaan’s every anti-American, pro-Saddam rant, are declining to comment in this case. I wonder why?
Posted by AlburyShifton on 2006 07 06 at 07:31 PM • permalinkMentalFloss.
Just 1 nit pick in your otherwise laudable note:
“It is true that whale meat of best quality fetches a high price on the Japanese market. This proves that the meat is in great demand - that there is a need for it. Is saddle of reindeer or first class steak an immoral product because it is expensive?”
High price doesn’t necessarily mean great demand. ‘Luxury products’ may be priced deliberately high to create snob value or even to restrict the market. Nor do they necessarily mean that there’s a “need” for it - in the sense of sustenance. Beluga caviar priced high, but only poseurs “need” it for show.
This quibble doesn’t detract from your overall thesis. I’m just trawling for an argument.
Posted by Stop Continental Drift! on 2006 07 06 at 07:39 PM • permalinkwronwright—You can have your Zulu spear back if you can pronounce the word ‘ilkwa’ three times fast, and name the movie where the lead pronounced the line, “He was brandishing an assegai.”
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 07 06 at 08:13 PM • permalinkI nominate wronwright as cabin boy on the Scourge of Decatur.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 07 06 at 08:18 PM • permalink“For those of you who aren’t friends or family, I’m from Aotearoa New Zealand.”
Having lived in EnZed for a couple of years, I will tell you that calling it “Aotearoa” is a sure sign of lefty hate- your-own-culture moonbattery. It represents the canonization of the 2nd wave of “indigenous” noble savage immigrants to those fair isles, who simply wiped out the first wave. Made our Indian Wars look like a church picnic. Not that its out of character for lefties to glorify the elimination of unwanted people or anything…
Posted by Vanguard of the Commentariat on 2006 07 06 at 08:57 PM • permalinkSCD, I am disarmed of any criticism of your observation. It was poor wording on my part. You’ll get no argument from me.
Although whale blubber is a delicacy in Japan, I have read that many older Japanese equate whale meat with school lunch programs and poverty following World War II, when protein was at a premium. Others simply don’t like the taste.
And, while the Japanese have a long whaling tradition (their recent, so-called “scientific” cull generates about 2,000 tons of meat annually for the market), whale meat consumption in Japan is showing declining trends.
Suffice it to say, I would attack the dishonest and illegal (vote buying) means of Japan’s government in propping up an ailing industry, and trying to get it restarted fully (people don’t want the few hundred whales they catch now), with a family of animals that can’t easily have population rebounds (long reproductive periods, long young rearing time) so they can sell the shit to fancy restaraunts.
Hell, I pretty much skipped over the emotion/cognative abilities argument altogether.
Posted by MentalFloss on 2006 07 06 at 09:01 PM • permalink(glances meanly in the general direction of The Real Somebodyorother)
~ sighs ~
(makes bid for Zulu spear, hopes to win it back, will lock it up so Andrea never gets her greedy little mits on it)
Posted by wronwright on 2006 07 06 at 09:27 PM • permalinkAhoy on the blog!
Catch enemy pirates!
Come on mates, line up and sign up to sail on the Scourge of Decatur, and continue the time-honored American Privateering tradition.
Signing up gives you three squares a day of the superior culinary skills from the galley of ship’s cook, RebeccaH (Brilliant Wit, 1st Class); and, the most generous daily rum rations of any vessel sailing the Seven Seas, alloted by yours truly.
All booty is to be divided into equal shares - after expenses. If we are successful, and I know we will be, there will be the daily entertainment of pirates walking the plank, being keel hauled, hanging from the yardarm, and providing chum for the catch of the day.
Just put your mark on the line, here….
(Does that pass muster, Paco, sir?)
I hate whales. There, I’ve said it. Whales turn otherwise intelligent people into gibbering imbeciles. Whales are not intelligent, they are a natural resource to be managed and harvested like any other lump of protein. I speak from the top of the food chain. I don’t care much for dolphins either…
Posted by Daniel San on 2006 07 07 at 02:13 AM • permalinkEach to his own, there, Daniel, me old…
I guess I have displayed imbecilic gibbering as you describe because I reckon creatures I don’t eat and don’t eat (or otherwise discommode) me should be left in peace.
Personally, I reserve my dislikes to such things as brussels sprouts and lima beans.
(oh, and you may be top of the food chain on land, but there’s a few white pointers round these parts that might dispute that should you go for a swim.)
Posted by MentalFloss on 2006 07 07 at 02:37 AM • permalinkI guess I have displayed imbecilic gibbering as you describe because I reckon creatures I don’t eat and don’t eat (or otherwise discommode) me should be left in peace.
I’d add a third requirement to that list, that they don’t eat what I eat. Since I’m not that big on plankton (but paradoxically, a lot of hippies health nuts are), I’m happy to let them harvest the colder bits of the ocean. It’s a pity they don’t eat stuff like Great White Sharks, but if they can’t be useful, then neutral is fine.
Posted by AlburyShifton on 2006 07 07 at 03:01 AM • permalinkI say let the green weenies rabidly defend the whales. (taking the leftist approach here) Whatever keeps them from rabidly defending the life of cows is fine by me. But if they ever try to come between me and my brisket-stuffed-smoker I’ll be on em like a mountain lion on a baby goat.
Mmmmm, cabrito!#52 and #53,
Eat it or don’t eat it, that’s your choice. I just resent seeing whales deified as some kind of uber-intelligent ocean gods, these creatures are deeply stupid and should be treated as such. Can anyone think of any other creatures that routinely commit mass suicide (apart from some humans) yet are labelled as intelligent?. And as for sharks, that’s what big guns are for.Posted by Daniel San on 2006 07 07 at 05:32 AM • permalink#24—um, yeah, some of that Paco Brand Bonding Agent would be handy about now. Except the last time I used it, I accidentally glued my fingers to one of Andrea’s Sabertooth Tiger teeth and the explanations and damage were pretty unbearable. I had no idea those teethies would still be so sharp after all this time…
I’m so on the Sourge of Decatur! What position do you have for someone who’s a trifle clumsy? And can I have a shark gun?
Stop Continental Drift! - I don’t entirely agree. You’re right when you say a high price does not indicate great (aggregate) demand, however a high price does indicate great demand relative to supply. You can’t just price something high - for the snob value - and expect that alone will attract buyers. Goods that have a luxury premium built into the price are almost always different to those that don’t.
And the fact that something has tangible value indicates an inherent “need”, because “need” is relative. If price was determined by your elemental definition of “need”, then the basic necessities of life would be considerably more expensive than luxury items.
Well, you did say you were trawling for an argument, and I’m bored.
Posted by James Waterton on 2006 07 07 at 06:07 AM • permalinkFrom Brigg’s blog :
“...What signature could truly capture the complete origins of a work, anyway, considering all the disparate and ancient components that make up any given work of art, and all the human relations and innovations that were necessary to arrive at them? For that matter, if the notion of the fixed, distinct identity of individuals is also a superstition, that renders ever the possibility of an individual signature preposterous! If one wanted to be honest, one would sign the name of one’s entire civilisation to one’s poetry or pottery, and add to that the seal of the cosmos from which it arose—effectively communalising the work.
This being the case, if the signature is just another element of the composition, it makes just as much sense to sign with another’s name, or with a false name (complete perhaps with a fabricated identity), depending on which can offer the context that will best enhance the content of the work. For once we are through with the delusion that we can own expressions—context and all—that will best serve to help us find ourselves and each other and, then, to transform what we find.”
I guess for him, ego is a dirty word.
And, unsurprisingly, he has a Wikipedia entry and believes that capitalism should be replaced by participatory economics which actually looks even worse than socialism.
Posted by Jack Lacton on 2006 07 07 at 07:05 AM • permalink#58,
I believe this freak is the very definition of moonbat. I wonder what his beliefs will be when he gets out of the joint.Posted by Daniel San on 2006 07 07 at 07:53 AM • permalinkYou’ve changed, Paco. It used to be about the whaling. Drop me off at that island over yonder, the one we meat-seeded last year.
Posted by Daniel San on 2006 07 07 at 08:11 AM • permalink#62: Well, to tell you the truth, with sales of Paco-Brand Blubber Helper taking off among the eskimos, a little blubber goes a long way, so prices of that staple are down. Also, the 90-day futures prices of sperm whale oil are falling for some reason, and our liability insurance was cancelled because a narwhal decided to introduce himself to Huck Foley at the precise moment that the latter was sitting down in the head.
#63: Blue Hen, I was saving the post of Captain of Marines for you, especially. As you know, your primary repsonsibility will be to oversee your lobsterbacks in peppering the decks of enemey vessels with small arms fire. We have stocked premium brand pipe clay and boot polish for you and your contingent.
James Waterton, SCD — Never underestimate the power of stupidity in pricing. My boss routinely looks at our quarterly sales and says, “Hmm, title X isn’t moving so well. Better raise the price.’ Which, of course, is a guaranteed sales booster on slow-moving items. But apparently, raising the paper value of unsold inventory in the warehouse is almost as good as income, somehow.
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 07 07 at 10:07 AM • permalinkJW @ 57
Goods that have a luxury premium built into the price are almost always different to those that don’t.Yes, almost always. But I’m thinking ‘designer’ labels on clothes, & other ‘fashion’ type items. Sometimes identical in all respects to the <cheapie retailer, eg Target in Australia> brands, but priced x 50% ++ because some trash ‘designer’ has put his/her name on it. Yet cretins with more money than sense can’t get enough / pay enough for ‘em.
Posted by Stop Continental Drift! on 2006 07 07 at 10:30 AM • permalinkSign me up for Master (Mistress?) at Arms. *waves around a glaive-glaive-billhook-glaive with cheerful abandon* Weapons from all eras available since I ‘recovered’ the tardis key from wronwright (that was easier than I thought it would be—for some reason he was sucking down Sumerian mead as if it were Arbor Mist).
#28, 47, 48 - Now now, he’ll be in a British prison, which mean’s his arse will be totally safe. It’s an established fact (one might even say there’s a consensus) that all prisons in the world are wonderful, kind, enlightened places populated with poor souls forced onto misguided paths by racist imperialist oppression. That’s except for any prison run by Americans, of course, where such, uhm, rampant abuse as you describe is universal.
#61 Captain Paco,
Flogging! Call me Ishmael, how in hell could I forget the flogging! (I’ve got to stay out of the rum stores.) Flogging has to come before the walking of the plank, and keel hauling. That will make fine chum for the catch of the day and the pirate won’t be drippin’ blood all over the deck when hung by the yardarm. It’s always good to save the swabbies some work when you can.
(And I’d suggest everyone give ushie a wide berth when she’s got the weapons locker open. At least let her get her sea legs before approaching her, especially when she’s oiling the cutlasseseses. She’s a good mate, but tends to list to starboard at odd times and for no apparent reason.)
P.S. Isn’t ol’ Huckleberry off on special assignment for two or three weeks. Something secret that ties up his computer and won’t let him on the interweb during that time (or so he says). I’m thinking he’s going through another personality change, cuz you know, something’s not right with that boy. Kafkaesque, if you ask me.
#71: I’m thinking he’s going through another personality change, cuz you know, something’s not right with that boy. Kafkaesque, if you ask me.
Kafkaesque? Good lord! You don’t mean Huck’s going to be reincarnated on this blog as a big cockroach, do you? He would do something like that! Just showing off, that’s what he’s doing! I’m going to make sure that I keep the transmogrifier padlocked.
#72, Captain Paco,
Kafkaesque? Good lord! You don’t mean Huck’s going to be reincarnated on
this blog as a big cockroach, do you? He would do something like
that! Just showing off, that’s what he’s doing! I’m going to make sure
that I keep the transmogrifier padlocked.That is probably a good idea. Now I didn’t say he was going for a cockroach. I did say “Kafkaesque”, not Kafkaite (or whatever it would be if it were exactly like Kafka). After the Huckleberry mutation, there’s just no telling who or what he may be when he returns. Maybe I shouldn’t have called him Huckleberry, but it was just too much of a temptation. Maybe he thinks he’s not being taken seriously; you know what that does to him.
(By the way, do you think Huck knows I’m a lady saltydog?)
By the way, do you think Huck knows I’m a lady saltydog?
Y’know, now that you mention it, I bet he just recently found out. That, plus the stress of going through the molecular-level change from “Stoop Davy Dave” to “Huck Foley” (plus, of course, the trauma of having his pretentions to superior humility blown away by my world-class, star-quality, St.-Francis-of-Assisi-Eat-Your-Heart-Out variety) probably caused him to retire somewhere for a while, to pull himself together.
But I’m thinking ‘designer’ labels on clothes, & other ‘fashion’ type items.
Even then, the actual item itself is not the only component comprising the value placed upon it - especially so in the luxury goods market. Usually (though not always) a “designer” piece of clothing is of better quality than its anonymous brethren - even if that quality increase is not commensurate with the price difference. However, the cost of marketing, packaging and retailing these goods to maintain the “luxury” aura is greatly more than their humbler stablemates.
Thus, whilst luxury goods are considerably more expensive than other non-luxury goods of the same nature, the same forces apply to operators in the rarified portions of the market that Gucci and co occupy. Take luxury goods giants LVMH and PPR. Competition still erodes margins in the luxury segment, and I think you’ll find the profit margins of these firms are comparable (and possibly less than) manufacturers pumping out non-luxury items of the same function.
Posted by James Waterton on 2006 07 07 at 04:13 PM • permalink#76: James, O/T, but I had intended to mention that I read your comments at Leftwrites and I found them reasonable, measured in tone, and corrosively logical.
Also, I thought Whale Spinor’s comments were very much on target and his (or is it her?) opinions set out in a civil manner. They really just don’t know what to make of genuine facts over there, do they?#53 Your insightful comment
“I’d add a third requirement to that list, that they don’t eat what I eat.”
slots neatly into the category in my post at #52, to wit:
“don’t eat (or otherwise discommode) me.”
And Daniel San, far from deifying them, I generally ignore them. As for their unfortunate tendency to commit mass suicide, theories abound, but I daresay their reasons are less disturbing than those which motivate the many such mass suicides committed by certain land dwelling mammals ostensibly possessing higher cognitive functions. Just sayin…
Also, hating something just because the left loves it does not (I’m speaking for myself here) serve as a reliable structural member upon which to hang my moral/ethical framework.
Posted by MentalFloss on 2006 07 07 at 05:35 PM • permalinkPaco - why thank you, kind sir! Kyda Sylvester also left a particularly perspicacious observation of the Left that I enjoyed - but it was deleted. You’re right about the Leftwrites crew’s comprehension levels; all these people are interested in is creating an echo chamber to convince themselves that they aren’t a tiny, isolated minority.
I must add that I was tickled pink to see Kath Wilson* advising us to “get a job” in the tail end of the thread that you mentioned, Paco.
Regards,
JW
*Kath Wilson was the chick who wrote that ridiculous post about “Astroturf”, based around a minor scuffle between the Two Tims Blair and Lambert which occurred in June 2005. Yep, she loves the fresh news. She then went on to blatantly lie about the organisation she had in her sights, and also about TimB’s commentariat - us! - regardless of the fact that the links provided in her post plainly displayed her dishonesty. This was such a trainwreck of a post that it was unceremoniously deleted, along with her membership of the Leftwrites brainstrust of contributors. Good news is she’s got much more time to work at that job of her. She’ll need to sign an AWA if she wants those extra hours, though.
Posted by James Waterton on 2006 07 07 at 06:25 PM • permalinkThe Scourge? Of Decatur? Did you get approval for this paco? My god, someone has to put a stop to this insanity. People, don’t sign up for this ship. It’s unsanctioned. It’s immoral. It’s probably illegal.
I think I’ll tell Karl.
Posted by wronwright on 2006 07 07 at 08:54 PM • permalink
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Briggs was just showing that he’s from assault ministry.