tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post5082323191491958615..comments2023-04-23T13:10:44.188+09:00Comments on this is how she fight start: …and a Weedingkamohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-86912869051093978812013-05-07T23:00:25.015+09:002013-05-07T23:00:25.015+09:00"There are people who sit in boxes hacking an..."There are people who sit in boxes hacking and cracking anything connected to the screens we spend so much of our time thinking into."<br /><br />In terms of both sentiment and construction this sentence is unimprovable. And as I can think of nothing to say regarding your friend that doesn't sound immediately crass and self-serving I'll simply say sorry for your loss.<br /><br />Thatcher's portrayal on your analog [sic, significantly] may have been as a hero, but distance (time and space) has a tendency to dull the edges and smooth the fuzzy to only leave the binary. Much as we'd like to reduce the world to zeros and ones people just don't work like that. But I'm sure I'm preaching to the converted in that regard. kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-24227071430397595282013-05-07T22:33:17.331+09:002013-05-07T22:33:17.331+09:00Consequences...the death of ObL was not without co...Consequences...the death of ObL was not without consequence in a way that touches me personally. There are people who sit in boxes hacking and cracking anything connected to the screens we spend so much of our time thinking into. One of those persons I remember as a little sister. After something like four years of service, she retired. Shortly after, she was with us no more. Intensity of stress can do that. Just how intense I will never know...the results of which now are scattered in the wind.. Even if I live with my back turned on the media, there are bits and pieces of it all that I find I'm connected to. So, when you ask about celebration of death, I haven't seen any. Not recently. <br /><br />Thatcher...she was portrayed via the analog as a hero, much like Ronald, despite harsh realities people were facing. Which, if you were a citizen, weren't that bad. Maybe not exactly fair...something life has never been. No, not fair, not as the media would've had people believe. <br /><br />Anyway...Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09661426960326013304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-34679150871541548472013-05-07T21:56:16.758+09:002013-05-07T21:56:16.758+09:00I've since found out that Wilkinson was playin...I've since found out that Wilkinson was playing Cornwallis. It's his line at 2.30 that I really like. A colonial commander of a better equipped, better trained fighting force getting overconfident about the result of an early victory over an opposition he has no qualms about tagging as uncivilised 'rustics'. Stop me if this seems relevant...kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-13218887054374034332013-05-07T20:58:15.363+09:002013-05-07T20:58:15.363+09:00No worries. I just enjoy using the phrase, "S...No worries. I just enjoy using the phrase, "Some of my best friends are American," is all ;)kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-85452964798314702452013-05-07T20:55:42.136+09:002013-05-07T20:55:42.136+09:00"They're cool as long they can keep on ke..."They're cool as long they can keep on keepin' on."<br /><br />Is that not just another way of phrasing "the pursuit of happiness" though? ;)<br /><br />Y'know, I'd be fine with seeing that as cause worth fighting for. Ensuring that right for everyone is a worthy goal, it's just being satisfied with it only for yourself that sucks. Could we agree that 'standing for nothing' is just another way of saying 'self-obsessed arsehole'?<br /><br />While we're on the subject - <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=58ZIdyd3rjg#t=42s" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=58ZIdyd3rjg#t=42s</a>kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-53391482294931868722013-05-07T20:45:28.018+09:002013-05-07T20:45:28.018+09:00Thanks. The bones have been kicking around for a w...Thanks. The bones have been kicking around for a while now, just needed a catalyst. <br /><br />As to your questions, I honestly have no firm answers, and for once have no real interest (here at least) in pursuing that particular tangent. I mentioned my view on her legacy merely as a deceleration of interest, but am more immediately interested in the fact that for good or ill her legacy divided a country in a way that Osama's clearly didn't, and how that's been played out in reactions to their deaths.<br /><br />I instinctively feel that turning your back on her coffin is a legitimate reaction. Certainly in a way that a 'spontaneous' street party or buying a fucking novelty record isn't. Both the latter seem to be tainted by a real 'Let's go along with the crowd, it's all a bit of a laugh,' vibe, whereas the very effort you mention at least demonstrates a real engagement with things. If I ever amass enough influence to piss off a significant number of people I know which I'd prefer.<br /><br />Likewise, your more visceral reaction to Osama's death. It displays a genuine connection to the real world and it's consequences in a way that "Woohoo! Jagerbombs!" doesn't. Again, I know which reaction I'd rather provoke upon my death.<br /><br />These are all fairly half-formed gut instincts though, so I'm open to correction.<br /><br />kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-47749756294283319212013-05-07T02:33:55.042+09:002013-05-07T02:33:55.042+09:00Eh, I'm not offended in the least. There's...Eh, I'm not offended in the least. There's 300 million of us, so bound to be at least 200 million stupid people. And you had me with the Surrender Monkeys bit, because if there's one thing we can all agree on, it's mocking the French.<br />I'll leave the red meat to the posters below. Not a Thatcher fan myself, btw, but was mostly surprised to find out that she was still alive. Aren't you supposed to wait until people die before having Meryl Streep star in biopics about them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-77673320389855044942013-05-06T02:00:14.167+09:002013-05-06T02:00:14.167+09:00Two things...
Americans tend to get way too caugh...Two things...<br /><br />Americans tend to get way too caught up in right vs wrong, justice and injustice, good and bad. And, they eat up anything about so-called 'real heroes'...<br /><br />However, I can't think of anything worse than people who stand for nothing. They're cool as long they can keep on keepin' on. The problem with Americans is that they either deny or ignore hypocrisy when it's right in front of them. I wish our policies would change and we would stop showing our stupid-face to the rest of the world, but it's a good thing in my opinion to have a backbone...Will Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07927492067445164618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-51045274934114417482013-05-06T00:25:23.323+09:002013-05-06T00:25:23.323+09:00Thatcher and Bin Laden in the same post? What woul...Thatcher and Bin Laden in the same post? What would England look like now if Thatcher hadn't made those moves?<br />Honest question. How does that play out?<br />Reagan and Thatcher. Hate em' all ya like but it appears that liberal policies before them are what put them in a position to have to make very very unpopular choices. America was miserable and lethargic with gas stations with no gas, grain embargoes people spitting on Vietnam war vets (as if they wanted to be there) and airlines grounded by striking ATC's who were all fucking fired. Thank God. <br />I think all the folks who turned their back to her coffin should have a medal pinned to their fucking eyeball. <br />People don't have to show respect but using any energy to show disrespect to a person is pathetic. <br />I DO think she was Britain's longest serving PM and I DON'T think it was because she rubbed everyone the right way by shitting gold and riding unicorns across rainbow filled skies.<br />I might be wrong though?..about the Unicorns I mean.<br /><br />I woulda been fine if Bin Laden were cut into pieces and fed to monkeys who feces would later be used to fertilize trees at ground zero. <br /><br />He was hiding in a shit hole because they were blowing up tons and tons of MUSLIMS in Iraq...women children and elderly. They shat upon their holy book and it's teachings and went from a Jihad to a bloodbath killing 4 Muslims for every 1 infidel.<br /><br />Way to go spoiled child of millionaire parents. <br /><br />I hear one bullet cleaved his head and really fucked his head up bad. I hope it hurt for just as long as his nerves could deliver the pain.<br /><br />Great post btw!!<br /><br /><br /> Chrishttp://badboyinjapan.blogspot.jp/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-85953594921752914092013-05-05T22:42:43.103+09:002013-05-05T22:42:43.103+09:00Watched it now. Yeah, you don't become an emp...Watched it now. Yeah, you don't become an empire by fighting many pitched battles: that's how you lose one.Ἀντισθένηςhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199983680204710885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-56821353801881007392013-05-05T22:16:08.560+09:002013-05-05T22:16:08.560+09:00Ah, now if I was on my game I'd make the point...Ah, now if I was on my game I'd make the point that by the stage they were being booed both Santa and Osama were equally fictitious constructs. Well, I guess I just did make it, but if I were on my game I'd have been funny.<br /><br />FWIW, I'm fully aware that the reactions I describe weren't universal. Some of my best friends are American (*cough*), and from talking to them at the time I know some were just as uneasy about it as I was. They didn't get any airtime though, which is also my point.kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-67141911352330897732013-05-05T14:15:02.324+09:002013-05-05T14:15:02.324+09:00I'm still trying to think of a comment here. G...I'm still trying to think of a comment here. Gotta defend American honor and all that.<br />For now - keep in mind that Phillies fans are the ones who booed Santa Claus. (It might have been Eagles fans, but same city...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-17440090676111890582013-05-04T07:32:30.251+09:002013-05-04T07:32:30.251+09:00Well, obviously I disagree about the 'rightnes...Well, obviously I disagree about the 'rightness', but otherwise you make a very valid distinction and draw it well. Makes me wish I'd gone down that path with this post a bit more, to be honest. It started with Maggie and rambled down the Famous Deaths I Have Known path fairly randomly, plus I've been meaning to get this Osama stuff off my chest for a while.<br /><br />Did you watch that opening clip? You should, especially from about 1.30 onwards. The comment from Tom Wilkinson's character is especially telling. I found it when I'd already written everything, so I'm a little annoyed I didn't work that in more too. Ah well.kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-13378174479228403592013-05-03T21:26:12.382+09:002013-05-03T21:26:12.382+09:00It was right for Thatcher though. And it was wron...It was right for Thatcher though. And it was wrong for Bin Laden. This has nothing to do with who harmed more: it is hard to compare an immediate killing of a couple thousand and the slow throttling of a significant proportion of a population. It has little to do with the fact that what Thatcher did is a matter of public record, whereas what Bin Laden was actually responsible for... I hope I can read the truth of that from a non-American source, before I pass. It has everything to do with that Thatcher died in old age, whereas Bin Laden was executed extra-judicially.<br /><br />Likewise the cheering in Boston after the 19y old kid was taken in. First, there were plenty of people still in hospital who may not have felt like cheering. Next, maybe he and his brother were uniquely guilty, but cheering on the streets in a country with a long history of rogue agencies, false-flag operations, a few foreign wars going on, no more civil-liberties or habeas corpus should it be inconvenient for the State? Yeah, maybe you'd better cheer and smile for the cameras...Ἀντισθένηςhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199983680204710885noreply@blogger.com