He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt.
He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice.
This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once.
Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action!
It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
Albert Einstein
Monthly Archives: July 2006
Pachabel’s Canon…Rock
Am I the only one who hasn’t seen this yet? More than six million views; I need to take this guy out and pump him for tips.
Of course, it would help if I played the electric guitar like this:
dungeons and dragons and management consultants
From Fark, 3 D4 pages of motivational posters for gamers. Trust me, most gamers could use a lot more motivation. See if this works.
a little internet drama for your weekend
At one time, if you typed “Internet Drama” into the Yahoo search engine, my blog came up #1. It’s a long story, and I shall spare you, although it’s buried deep in the archives at VFB, unless Mickey has deleted it (50/50).
Still, it was thrilling to be number one at something.
But here is a man whose ability to piss off the Internet surpasses even my own. The key difference between us is that he was just trying to help.
Japanprobe has the full report. Seems that a major Japanese comedian has been arrested for raping a 17-year-old girl, and that has the country, quite naturally, in an uproar. A video of the scandal has been among the most popular YouTube videos, and therein lies the problem.
Seems the Aynglish speakers don’t like no Japs on YouTube. And, hoisting themselves onto their hind legs and jury-rigging opposable thumbs out of duct tape and old porno VHS cases, they have typed in many an angry, racist response to the video.
“It’s YouTube! SPEAK ENGLISH!” they cry, apparently unaware that Al Gore neither invented, nor reserved for exclusive American use, the Internet.
Now, this poor sod looked at all the bile his fellow citizens had spewed and he thought he’d post a rebuke, which he did here.
Alas, there is nothing on the Internet, no matter how innocent, that cannot and, indeed, will not be misinterpreted for maximum dramatic value.
Seems that some Japanese people with faulty ESL educations mistook his remarks for racism, and the clip was featured on the daily news, as “Prejudiced American Guy.”
This is his response. Forgive the earnestness; I’m a sucker for earnestness once I’ve had a few drinks.
all together now: who’s for a ceasefire?
from the Independent, via Nag on the Lake
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