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Submitted by The Fire Inside on Mon, 10/23/2006 - 10:50am.
Some people may think I'm being overly-paranoid, but these are the types of actions which make gun-owners fearful of registering their firearms. If you keep giving an inch, the next thing you know you have lost the There is absolutely no guarantee that the next Hitler, Stalin, Mao, or Pol Pot is going to be at the head of our government. While many would prefer to go the Ghandi-route, I don't think your chances of survival would be very good. When I was working as a seasonal employee, I had a co-worker from Vietnam. He worked for the City in order to put money into the hotel he owns in Vietnam. At any rate, he fought for the South Vietnamese while the United States was involved in the conflict and told of the torture techniques used by Communist forces once the conflict had been decided (he wasn't fortunate to leave with the Americans). He also told how people started to "disappear." To emphasize his point, he knocked on the wall we happened to be standing next to and said, "This is what you would hear. Then you wouldn't see that person anymore. They would come at night." In fact, many Vietnamese have trouble trusting government. If I remember correctly, the Lacey police department was offering classes and lectures in order to gain the trust of the Vietnamese community and show that law enforcement at the street level is far and away not going to come to your door in the middle of the night and take you away to never be seen again (that's reserved for the black helicopters, of which I am afraid of too). Children today are taught from an early age that government is their friend rather than as the greatest enemy to their safety and freedom. Look at the justification for the "need" to move toward a "real name system": Drew, you would be in a world of hurt for "disseminating untrue information" regarding the World Trade Center (note: I don't mean to say what Drew states is "untrue." I'm simply saying your point of view differs from what most people believe happened and would be considered "untrue" under such a system of internet regulation) and September 11. This is why I'm skeptical of the government "needing" to know about anything I own or activities I participate in.
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On the internet no one knows you are a dog.
Submitted by Crenshaw Sepulveda on Mon, 10/23/2006 - 11:22pm.I remember, not long ago, that Oprah was sued by the beef industry in Texas for "defaming" beef. Most anything anyone can say on the internet will offend someone, one way or another. We really have no privacy, but we have our freedom of speech. Speaking the truth may not make for a good defense, but really what else do we have? I guess we can remain silent. I will go out making a lot of noise. And who's to say Crenshaw Sepulveda isn't my real name?
"I would make it impossible for the covetous and avaricious to utterly impoverish the poor. The rich can take care of themselves."
^@^
And who's to say Crenshaw
Submitted by The Fire Inside on Tue, 10/24/2006 - 6:23am.And who's to say Crenshaw Sepulveda isn't my real name?
It's a safe assumption that you weren't named after the two major drags in Los Angeles. ;)
I guess one can make it a habit of posting to blogs at public computers (libraries and internet cafes)
I could see myself doing something like that.
It could have been worse
Submitted by Crenshaw Sepulveda on Tue, 10/24/2006 - 9:50am.The Naming of Cats
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, or George or Bill Bailey -
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter -
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum -
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover -
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.
"I would make it impossible for the covetous and avaricious to utterly impoverish the poor. The rich can take care of themselves."
^@^