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December 31, 2008
When men were men
And a minor argument could become a duel to the death. That was England. That was the first of the Anglosphere.
Here is a thought: If you see a barbarian carrying a badly spelled injunction to kill Jews, smash his sign and smash him in the face. The barbarians have much, much worse in mind for you. Ignore the police, they are collaborating with an occupying power, our own stupidity. Seriously. What is the worst that can happen to you? The enemy are cowards and our justice system is a joke. Any constituency prepared to offer a low grade urban insurgency is rewarded with arts grants, preferential hiring and - the Golden Fleece - tenure. There are no crimes any more, only pathologies. No criminals, only victims of circumstance. Therefore, be not afraid of the law let alone voodoo insults such as "racist". Sticks and stones, remember, really do break bones and have the corollary effect of concentrating the mind.
The next time someone sets off a bomb aimed at civilians, the act needs to be answered in kind. This is not an injunction (heaven forbid). It is an observation. Elizabeth did not take the Spaniards to court and any press questioning her intellect - let alone her patriotism - would have met a swift and well deserved end. No, she set fire ships among them and did her level best to see none of the enemy found their way home again. And if their Spanish friends and families quailed in fear, so much the better. If our Elizabeth cannot do the same, the Crown is not hers to keep and the sovereign power ceded to either the law of all against all or to that law free men must once again claim for themselves.
Our forefathers did the work for us. Our only task is to remember who and what we are.
Be it resolved, therefore:
To suffer woes which hope thinks infinite,
To forgive wrongs darker than death or night,
To defy power which seems omnipotent,
Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent:
This… is to be
Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free,
This is alone life, joy, empire and victory.
(With a hat tip to noted shitkicker Percy Bysshe Shelley.)
Posted by Ghost of a flea at December 31, 2008 06:44 AM
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My temptation would be to laugh at people that ignorant, but I do see your point. (I also hadn't figured out what the sign referred to until now.)
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at December 31, 2008 12:34 PM
I think you may be underestimating how bad things already are. If anyone punched that slime, the puncher would be charged with a hate crime. Irony has no meaning in the justice system.
Posted by: FUtoo at January 1, 2009 10:11 AM
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