Well, lost quite a lot of time due to a) starting up my contract again and b) babysitting a Pug for two weeks. Especially b. Pugs are cute and affectionate, but affectionate in a you-are-my-property-and-will-never-leave-me psycho kind of a way. Good thing they only weigh about 15 pounds.
Since then, and since my frustration post over the palestinians, the muslims have selected that hotbed of intolerance, evil, and hatred in the international community to pick on: Denmark. Over a bunch of cartoons and free speech. Plus apparently the Taliban have decided to bomb and destroy fellow Afghani schools and public works, since they aren't having success with the US troops. Same thing is happening in Iraq.
Wow are muslims totally and completely crazy. Seriously. I think we should go back to the original strategy toward Muslims we had in the 80s: since people this intolerant, absolutist, and crazy hate each other as much as outsiders, we should be supporting those groups that are in civil wars with other muslims. Ahhh, the days of the grand Iraq-Iran Sunni-Shiite hatefest.
We also really really really need to stop giving money to the Muslims for their oil. It's clear these societies are completely beyond reformation using rational means. Look at Syria and Egypt, "moderate" muslim countries that are decades in the making. Their population is still utterly insane and a powderkeg.
We should just invade these oil-rich muslims and take the oil from them. It's the only power they really have. It would have a double effect as well. Muslim countries act as if they can inflame and insult the Western world as much as they want to since we respect their free speech. It's true that we should accept the principle of free speech and expression - for our citizens that operate and behave in accordance with our civilizations. But if the populations of foreign nations have declared us our evil enemies and heretics that must be destroyed, why can't we view the burning of flags, bombings, and torching of embassies as direct acts of war? Why aren't these countries our enemies? The governments of these states tolerate, tacitly approve of, and use this sentiment to their own ends. That's an act of war.
These people are barbarians with oil money. Take away their oil money and they are no threat at all. The experiments with moderation have failed. The only thing left is to treat the barbarians to barbarian warfare: neuter their military capability, take their oil, displace the populations. This means: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iran. We could have conquered the necessary resources, displaced the populations, and secured the arab-less territories in less time and money than we've wasted on Iraq, for a far better return on our money. Georgie-poo's Texas Oilmen would love this plan.
The funny thing is, this is still far more civilized than what the Mongols did. I suppose this reeks of the imperialist attitudes of the 17th and 18th centuries, but the muslims are different. This isn't a peaceful society. It just isn't. It is a backward society totally and violently resistent to reform. Islam is cancerous, more dangerous, destructive, oppressive, irreformable, and counterproductive than America's out-of-control consumerism.
Also, as a vague taoist, I dislike the absolute us-good, them-evil of typical wars. It is inevitably a matter of point of view. The lopsided morality of World War 2 Hilter/totalitarian/holocaust is pretty rare, usually wars are morally quite even. We fought the indians for resources. We may have been invaders, but they fought among each other with equally base motivations. We just had gunpowder. England and France battled for centuries over power, resources, and influence.
But in this struggle, it's clear that the West has done its due diligence. We've tried to reason with them. We've financially and diplomatically supported "moderate" regimes. We've bought their oil. It's apparent muslims want a big bloody war, regardless of the glaringly obvious fact that they will be the ones spilling blood in vastly assymettric ratios. I'm sure the crazy christian conservatives will be on board, I'm sure the oilmen will be, and so will most of the muslim- and terrorism- weary american populace.
Next, big HDCP discussion on slashdot. I have problems explaining to people that HDCP is bad, since HDCP Blu-Rays will drop HD content to normal resolution if your monitor/TV doesn't support it. Then Majick Sheff said that he sees this word every time he sees HDCP:
HanDiCaP.
Perfect. Dead on. Fark-style humor probably has the best modern marketing catchphrases in existence.
Since then, and since my frustration post over the palestinians, the muslims have selected that hotbed of intolerance, evil, and hatred in the international community to pick on: Denmark. Over a bunch of cartoons and free speech. Plus apparently the Taliban have decided to bomb and destroy fellow Afghani schools and public works, since they aren't having success with the US troops. Same thing is happening in Iraq.
Wow are muslims totally and completely crazy. Seriously. I think we should go back to the original strategy toward Muslims we had in the 80s: since people this intolerant, absolutist, and crazy hate each other as much as outsiders, we should be supporting those groups that are in civil wars with other muslims. Ahhh, the days of the grand Iraq-Iran Sunni-Shiite hatefest.
We also really really really need to stop giving money to the Muslims for their oil. It's clear these societies are completely beyond reformation using rational means. Look at Syria and Egypt, "moderate" muslim countries that are decades in the making. Their population is still utterly insane and a powderkeg.
We should just invade these oil-rich muslims and take the oil from them. It's the only power they really have. It would have a double effect as well. Muslim countries act as if they can inflame and insult the Western world as much as they want to since we respect their free speech. It's true that we should accept the principle of free speech and expression - for our citizens that operate and behave in accordance with our civilizations. But if the populations of foreign nations have declared us our evil enemies and heretics that must be destroyed, why can't we view the burning of flags, bombings, and torching of embassies as direct acts of war? Why aren't these countries our enemies? The governments of these states tolerate, tacitly approve of, and use this sentiment to their own ends. That's an act of war.
These people are barbarians with oil money. Take away their oil money and they are no threat at all. The experiments with moderation have failed. The only thing left is to treat the barbarians to barbarian warfare: neuter their military capability, take their oil, displace the populations. This means: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iran. We could have conquered the necessary resources, displaced the populations, and secured the arab-less territories in less time and money than we've wasted on Iraq, for a far better return on our money. Georgie-poo's Texas Oilmen would love this plan.
The funny thing is, this is still far more civilized than what the Mongols did. I suppose this reeks of the imperialist attitudes of the 17th and 18th centuries, but the muslims are different. This isn't a peaceful society. It just isn't. It is a backward society totally and violently resistent to reform. Islam is cancerous, more dangerous, destructive, oppressive, irreformable, and counterproductive than America's out-of-control consumerism.
Also, as a vague taoist, I dislike the absolute us-good, them-evil of typical wars. It is inevitably a matter of point of view. The lopsided morality of World War 2 Hilter/totalitarian/holocaust is pretty rare, usually wars are morally quite even. We fought the indians for resources. We may have been invaders, but they fought among each other with equally base motivations. We just had gunpowder. England and France battled for centuries over power, resources, and influence.
But in this struggle, it's clear that the West has done its due diligence. We've tried to reason with them. We've financially and diplomatically supported "moderate" regimes. We've bought their oil. It's apparent muslims want a big bloody war, regardless of the glaringly obvious fact that they will be the ones spilling blood in vastly assymettric ratios. I'm sure the crazy christian conservatives will be on board, I'm sure the oilmen will be, and so will most of the muslim- and terrorism- weary american populace.
Next, big HDCP discussion on slashdot. I have problems explaining to people that HDCP is bad, since HDCP Blu-Rays will drop HD content to normal resolution if your monitor/TV doesn't support it. Then Majick Sheff said that he sees this word every time he sees HDCP:
HanDiCaP.
Perfect. Dead on. Fark-style humor probably has the best modern marketing catchphrases in existence.
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