just woke up. yay! anyhow, if you want news go here
just woke up. yay! anyhow, if you want news go here
ever heard the saying Shoot The Messenger? what, that's not it? well are you sure you want to give me the right message? heheh, didn't think so.
anyhow, Alan is the monkey messenger. *bang*
Andrew Sullivan found this
so i hear sum ppl think The Americans murder Innocent Iraqis.
damn. they caught us. out of saddam's torture chambers into our death camps. we invaded cause saddam was too much of a pussy to do it right.
Frank J writes:
Al Gore decided to support Howard Dean when he found out that Liberman is a Joooo!
Read the whole post here.
Tom comments:
Howcome they are good values then? Surely faking worse values isn't the only way to win respect. The majority of people admire courage, for example. Upholding good values takes courage, among other qualities. Why be a hermit, a Ben Kenobi? All hermits go a little bit crazy in the end, even those with lightsabers and/or broadband.
So it's hard to be good and popular. But whoever said that virtue doesn't require cunning? (And good PR)
PR helps of course, but I posit it can only take you so far. there are limits to how much of a worldview gap PR alone can bridge. after that you need to either act on different values or change society.
a simple example is people who find it natural that criticism is a gift to be cherished, may find it hard to get along with those who find it scary. yes, this particular issue isn't that hard to fake -- just don't criticise people who won't like it. but it's not very easy to enjoy faking it.
update: also, ppl who think criticism is scary, probably won't give you any useful criticism. lovely.
sum1 (*else*) mentioned incest (stop looking at me like that!) and I thought: Aren't married people related?
just saying
i'm not joking. (link) i read like half of it so far, and they say what they mean, and are being fairly intellectually honest so far. they supported Operation Iraqi Freedom. here's a quote: