Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Pretty funny, but there is a serious point to be made here, which he makes at the very beginning. This word “torture”; what is that, exactly?
If it has come to mean — which I suspect is the case — “anything I wouldn’t like done if it was being done to me,” then, by an exceedingly short and dependable hop-skip-and-jump of durable logic, “We’re Too Good To Torture!” translates to “we’re too civilized to do anything to defend ourselves.” We catch ’em, we hold ’em awhile and make sure they’re comfy, then we turn ’em loose. What’s the point?
They aren’t comfy? Their prison cells are six-by-eight? Oh goodness, by our modern definition that’s torture, then. Better knock it off.
You make the simple and reasonable philosophical demand that the “We Don’t Torture!” brigade draws a line, makes a commitment about how to define these incendiary terms and then sticks to their own definition…the entire argument falls apart. Not just a little bit. Completely.
Hat tip: Blogger friend Rick.
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