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Comment on Oh, That Birth Certificate by Natalie @ stretch-wrap

Natalie @ stretch-wrap — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:50:29 +0000

As a Brit observing America from the outside I can tell you two things from my point of view.

1) The UK loved the fact that America finally had a president who is intelligent and the fact that he was black and everything that meant was not lost on us.

2) Yes, the whole birth certificate thing looks like racism.

Comment on Making the Punishment Fit the Crime by Stephanie Stewart a.k.a.Catspaw

Stephanie Stewart a.k.a.Catspaw — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:22:58 +0000

Doc Rampage, where do you get the notion that animals have to possess a moral sensibility to begin with? Animals suffer at the hands of humans and all you have done is give this woman the excuse she needed to do so and get away with it.
Your argument is that she suffered more than the kittens because she does have moral sensibility – I ask you, how can that be? If she does possess this ability, she would have done the right thing by these helpless kittens. Is it not up to us to have and show mercy? In that sense of the judgement, she got off too light. Remember Doc and Patrick, God is always watching and He is taking His own account.

Comment on Alternatives to Bloglines? by Steve

Steve — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:05:25 +0000

Google reader all the way now. But i do dib into a bit of bloglines as and when time allows.
best wishes
Steve

Comment on Memo to the Folk at Instapundit by Xrlq

Xrlq — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:10:12 +0000

Indeed, and not just because it’s a web site called Xkcd in response to a guy named Spqr on a blog called Xrlq. But somehow it seems to fit in nicely that way, as well.

Comment on Memo to the Folk at Instapundit by tgirsch

tgirsch — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:32:07 +0000

This seems apropos.

Comment on Memo to the Folk at Instapundit by Xrlq

Xrlq — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:20:23 +0000

Interesting. That definition makes just as much sense etymologically, and fits much closer to most people’s traditional understanding of the word. My guess is the average joe would assume 0 in 10 survive a “decimation,” until you point out that it’s based on the same root as “decimal,” at which point he’d grudgingly concede that 1 in 10 must survive.

The more I think about it, the idea that decimation ever meant reduction *by* 10% is weird. Imagine if “annihilate” meant “reduce by nothing.”

Comment on Memo to the Folk at Instapundit by SPQR

SPQR — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:41:07 +0000

There was actually a version of “decimation” wherein 1 in 10 of a condemned group survived.

Comment on Truth About Truth Redux by Peter

Peter — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:44:48 +0000

The policy is becoming more aggressive in its form and methods. It has lost all respect for opponents, and now becomes the strongest. Certainly it is very sad

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damnum absque injuria » Truth About Truth Redux — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:03:49 +0000

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