2005 Archives You'll see in the archives section above that 2005 is missing. That's some glitch that will hopefully rectify itself eventually. But in the meantime if you want to find my posts from this period they are below:
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As well as being one of the sloppiest journos in the country, Alan Ramsey has to be by far the laziest. His two weekend columns have very little of his own writing, and often consist of long verbatim quotes.
Have a look at yesterday's column. There are two and a half short paragraphs that he wrote himself, along with a couple of questions. But all the other words are those of pollster Rod Cameron.
Alan Ramsey: Unrepentant, unbowed... and extremely bloody unmotivated.
Just a coupla thoughts about those coalition soldiers humiliating Iraqi prisoners:
Whenever I hear about ethics in the context of war, I scratch my head. It's kind of weird, this whole Geneva Convention thing. Soldiers must be thinking, "So, we can blow the fuck out of you, but we're not allowed to hurt your feelings? WTF?"
I always felt this about capital punishment, too. For instance when the electrocution of a prisoner results in flaming hair and a slightly slower death. The rule there is: You can fry 'em. Just can't toast 'em!
(Of course, there are strong ethical reasons for good treatment of prisoners, which I accept. Still, it's the standup comic in me that goes for the cheap angle. I just can't help it.)
Also, there's another irony at play: Predictably the squitterati is going ape shit over all this. It's confimation of Western evil and brutality.
So, to them, widdling on a few guys who may well have slaughtered whole families when gainfully employed is the pure definition of barbarity. But intentionally blowing up buildings full of innocent men women and children is of course not only acceptable, but admirable.
And another thought: New Age nutbjobs - who seem invariably leftist - are forever banging on about "karma". But they are so selective about invoking it. If 9/11 was karma for the Yanks, then why isn't a bit of Limey wee in the face karma for your part in the most barbaric regime on earth?
Just a thought.
(But of course actual thought is banned in pinko strongholds. It's been replaced by idiotic ideological dogmatism.)