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February 20, 2007
Google, you %$^^ tease, you
I love Google and all its works. If the name wasn't so masculine, I'd probably have the hots for it. Especially as Google is essentially an inviting opening in which you insert yourself. But I want to take note of a rare pet Google peeve, perhaps a feminine vice, I call the Google Tease. I bet you share the peeve and teasing experience, and I've contrived a gibberish situation to make it work.
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Posted by Matthew Hogan at 08:45 PM
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February 17, 2007
Societal differences: MENA and USA, a suicidal thought experiment
I was imagining two similar situations in any American and any major Levantine Arab metropolis. There are probably actual incidents of the type to use for real comparison but I have no will to hunt them down. Anyway, all too often, in some city like New York, some lost soul will stand on a ledge contemplating Ending It All. And a crowd forms. And they start yelling "jump, jump!" Or some analogous situation. Now, I have to make a disclaimer before going further. As a confirmed libertarian, I sort of agree you ought to have a legal right to do yourself in. And you ought to have a right to express an opinion on others doing their selves in. But my gut is opposite, and I find I wouldn't object deeply if, say, the cops open fire on such a crowd. In any case, I find such behavior deeply immoral. And a sick and barbaric downside of liberal society.
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Posted by Matthew Hogan at 08:23 PM
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February 13, 2007
The Gemayel high club
One cannot read this report on the bus bombing in Beirut without taking note of this attempt at logic by, of all people, Amin Gemayel, brother of the late Bashir, son of the elder late Pierre:
Amin Gemayel, Lebanon's former president and a prominent Christian leader, told the the Voice of Lebanon radio station that "alien hands" were behind the explosions. "Lebanese do not kill Lebanese," he said.
Is he, like, high?
Posted by Matthew Hogan at 09:10 PM
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February 11, 2007
Facing Up to War's Reality
It's photos like this or these that make you ask, is a war, or any war, really worth it? And how far does this "glory" rhetoric travel? And yes, spare me the noise, I agree it is America-centric; much more is happening to others in Iraq. Via Reason's Hit & Run.
Posted by Matthew Hogan at 11:57 PM
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