Monthly Archive: January 2010
“The thing is, at some point you have to balance the rights of the individual versus the needs of society.” His statement left me stunned. I’d invited this tax collector into my home on good faith, and when he wasn’t praising the intricacies of World of Warcraft, he was busy uttering the vilest musings it’s ever been my misfortune to hear. “I mean, you’ve got to think about China – we need to compete with their worker class, and we won’t be able to do that without locking up citizens for victimless crimes.” China. Now there’s a moral barometer. I...
I was walking down Glasgow Street, two blocks off of Duke, when the pills began to kick in. “You’re looking a bit light-headed,” said the merchant who was eyeing me, “Don’t worry about that,” I said, “I’ll be fine. I’m a professional. Just hurry up with that damned bagel.” The clocks were striking nine, as I recall, and the cold April air was doing nothing to improve my temperament. My blood’s not thick enough for this part of Oceania, I’ve never been able to wake up properly in this climate. The pep pills have a tendency of giving me the...
I really like this image. It neatly sums up my feelings about the current political climate with a minimalist, visceral approach. But at the same time there’s an implicit premise here which can be used to justify the current regime. It’s best summed up by one Ed Giorgio: “We have a saying in this business: ‘Privacy and security are a zero-sum game.’” [Sources indicate that after the interview Giorgio proceeded to savagely rape a howler monkey before defecating on the Bill of Rights.] With monsters like this in government, we’re lucky to have clear thinkers like security expert Bruce Schneier...
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