the conscientious object

is not the spirit .

in the words of an earthly father :

Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labour to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in Courts of Justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that National morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.

very well . may i stay home from school today?

homer: france .
scorpio: nobody ever says italy .

so glad you could make it, joe .

and you gentlemen are at it again. top drawer!

all secular fanatics but they seem to be losing control .

first sully , then this . or not .

andy says dragutin's back , but reloading thrice yields no signs of new life. perhaps i am missing something.

is so gay (and by gay i mean "characterized by cheerfulness and lighthearted excitement").

via volokh

thinkeee :

"If you only do one thing today that will raise your self-esteem and promote diversity, then saving the planet and all of its species cannot be oversold."

via dragutin (my inspiration )

something to observe .

was the first hyperlink .

"[T]he test that I was talking about was a test of legitimacy, not just in the globe, but elsewhere ."

says you .

he knows where osama is? he is so smart s m r t. i mean.

not me. painful . but i did get a decent start on crocheting a [it's a secret] for my [not telling]. it was either that or relapse; not unexpectedly, an old friend who's spent the last few years in korea brought and consumed a somewhat absurd quantity of shoddy soviet cigarettes (he returned to the states via moscow, which has apparently been taken over by neon and pr0n).

NEVER WAVERED. uh-huh.

posed crypt: it occurs to me that he might object to the characterization 'old', and i do sympathize. however. spirit, not letter, old chap.

heads you win. tails i lose .

"Insurance is only possible when the event that triggers a claim is highly improbable."

the slope :

"It hardly seem[s] fair to require greater intellectual coherence from Saddam than from [impeccably pro-gay pro-feminist western bien pensants], and indeed the bizarre western-left/Islamist-theocrat alliance of convenience looks like becoming a permanent feature of the post-9/11 world."

so clever :

"Attention, Pentagon men: Are you having trouble maintaining your elections?"

and don't forget the puppet / prop / prizewinning pup:

"As for Irag's [sic] prime minister, Ayad Allawi, well, the Bush regime just paraded him before Congress yesterday as a prop for the U.S. elections, and he won Best in Show."

she won't get pregnant if i just pull out :

"[S]hould American forces pack their bags? No believer in the ultimate beneficence of American world leadership can easily accept that outcome."

ohohohohoooooooh i'm a believer i couldn't leave her if i tried.

"But one thing is certain: Independent Arab states like Iraq are largely a 20th-century creation, places with vivid memories of colonial rule and a visceral abhorrence of the presence of foreign troops."

nobody likes us! everybody hates us! why don't we just die!

more than honour and can be preserved by jeering at colonels and reading newspapers.

read C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man .

i stole the title from wretchard :

"If war is to make any sense (a proposition that some conscientious objects will deny in principle); and to progress toward some notion of "victory", then all deaths cannot be equal. There is an inverse relationship between the number of enemy deaths and the number of allied and civilian deaths one has to endure. It is undeniable that a lot of people, guilty and innocent, are still dying in Iraq. But it's the distribution that counts."