Funny enough, a number of blogs that I read only very occasionally but regularly, if that makes sense, have had a big wide-ranging discussion about ontology and politics at the same time as I’ve gotten into an argument with some friends in my offline life about this very same subject, friends who I’m pretty sure don’t read any of these blogs. (more…)
November 14, 2009
… justifies turning conversation toward ontology?
October 21, 2009
… have I been (mis)believing for so long?!
October 17, 2009
… is going on here?
Check this out - university takes legal action against student for anonymously voiced criticisms. Wild.
October 3, 2009
… did your father tell you this morning?
September 18, 2009
… makes the kids today an argument for gun control?
okay so I got home kinda late from a work thing and my wife was a bit frazzled cuz the baby had been crying a lot and the dog needed to go out and my wife wanted to walk around anyway to decompress so after a while I held the baby and my wife had the dog and the leash and we walked up the street outside. The baby fell asleep. It was nice, we went like 3 blocks up.
On the way back at the corner right by our place while I was entering the crosswalk this white convertible went by and threw something and hit me in the foot. It felt like a snowball. I sort of lost it. I ran into the street part way then followed the car, bellowing at the top of my lungs “I’ve got a fucking baby in my fucking arms motherfuckers” or something to that effect. I kept going up the street to see where they went and I called the cops, a futile effort.
I know, just some idiot teenagers fucking around. If I’d had a gun I’d totally have shot them, I had this like gut level “you remotely threaten my baby I’ll kill your fucking family” reaction.
And so, here’s my argument in favor of gun control.
1. The kids today! Bastards!
2. ARGH KILL SMASH DESTROY!
3. Therefore, making available the means to kill people in fits of strong emotion is a bad idea.
August 21, 2009
It’s about time someone stood up to them!
The Obama-kkkrats and their nazi marxist death panel fascist socialism… they must be stopped! The roots of their power lie in an institution whose communist tinge is only too obvious: the fire department, with their red trucks and their identical uniforms. We must band together to stop them! Only by abolishing fire departments can we truly prevent socialized medicine.
August 20, 2009
… makes someone else’s health my responsibility?
So on one of those stupid social networking sites I got into an argument with a guy I know. I quipped something to the effect that let’s say we agree for the sake of argument that ‘the public option’ for health care is socialist, and that anything socialist is bound to fail. The same basic reasoning (or rather, “reasoning”) would mean that the fire department, police, and military are both socialist and bound to fail. A guy I know responded with a version of my titular question. I wrote a long reply, long enough that I figure I’ll toss it up here. (more…)
August 19, 2009
… is the minimum needed to have a conversation?
I don’t like politicians but this is pretty awesome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYlZiWK2Iy8&e