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DISCLAIMER: in my experience, the following doesn't apply to 99% of my readership. Unfortunately, experience also shows it has to be written down for the remaining 1%.
The short version, when it comes to my comments policy, goes down to a line taken from the (mediocre) second opus of the Matrix:
"I built this place. Down here, I make the rules."
Let's elaborate a bit:
AVERTISSEMENT : selon mon expérience, ce qui suit ne s'applique pas à 99% de mes lecteurs. Malheureusement, l'expérience prouve aussi qu'il faut que cela soit écrit pour le pourcentage restant.
La version courte, concernant ma politique pour les commentaires, se résume à une ligne tirée du second (médiocre) volet de Matrix:
"J'ai construit cet endroit. Ici, je fais les lois."
Élaborons un brin :
If you need further help with the site, you may want to check the Field Manual. Ultimately, you can also drop me a line. I usually don't answer jellyfish and buttermonkey(1) hybrids however.
Si vous avez besoin de plus d'aide avec le site, jetez un œil au manuel d'instruction. Au pire, vous pouvez également m'envoyer un mot. J'ai cependant tendance à ne pas répondre aux fruits de l'union d'une méduse et d'un cul de singe.
| Proof | 7 months ago | |
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“…the great thing with being on the have it allish side, is that among the stuffs we have that the have notties want to take away from us, we find all sorts of boomsticks, the M1A2 Abrams and the F-22 Raptor.” Is this a variation of “He who has the most toys wins”? |
| Proof | 7 months ago | |
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That would explain the words of General Anthony C. McAuliffe when the Germans asked for his surrender during the Battle of the Bulge! |
| tinga-tinga | 7 months ago | |
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Sigh. Wrong thread. For the other one! Do I shoot like the way I post? Hope not. |
| TooTall | 7 months ago | |
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Quote tinga-tinga:
No problem, you’re still more accuate than Al! |
| Folly | 7 months ago | |
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Uh, if the have notties are starving and what not, how are they going to find the energy to fight the notties? |
| TMLutas | 7 months ago | |
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Unfortunately, the real threat of the have nots is not in ak-47s, etc. though conventional kinetics can be the basis of pretty outsized strikes (see 9/11). We depend on discovering new antibiotics faster than poor sanitation and genetic micro-evolution breeds resistent bugs. Have not markets are ideal breeding pits for superbugs (think SARS and avian flu). Below a certain yearly income, polities don’t care about the mad scientist doing odd and dangerous things out in the middle of nowhere. They just like the income that the mad scientist brings. That’s another threat, whether it’s bio, techno malware, or nano-threats (grey goo). In fact, there’s a whole list of things that require global coverage to prevent real threats to our safety and wellbeing and the notties don’t have the resources to do their share. There is no wall we can build to prevent these threats from spreading. All we can do is spread the protective systems we already have in place in the first world throughout the globe. This is why it was a good idea to eradicate smallpox for instance as a matter of self-interest and not just as a matter of charity and solidarity. Once you get past the ludicrous idea of ak-47 wielding 3rd worlders sacking Washington DC, the nots do really have the potential to hurt us and badly, often by inaction. Just because the threat isn’t sexy doesn’t mean it is not real. Al Gore is still a tool though. |
| TMLutas | 6 months, 3 weeks ago | |
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Just came across this Boston Globe article (http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/10/21/bug_bomb/?page=full) which explains several ways somebody with an airline ticket and some imagination could launch strikes at the 1st world without much risk of being caught and to devastating effect. The cure cannot be walling ourselves off from them. |
Post title: Sometimes, I wish this was a collective blog
Date: 13th October, 2007