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Comment on History Suppressed by 1bobzilla

1bobzilla — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:40:09 +0000

Thanks MJ. It’s nice to get a comment (on a very old blog) from someone who understands lame satire.
You’re right. What I wrote was quite dumb. So was the news story about the banned ad. I fought dumb with dumb.
At least that’s what I seem to remember doing at the time–months ago.
To be precise, I am no more and no less dumb than the average U.S. citizen.
At least I can find Texas on a map.
Seriously though, thanks for taking the time to get upset about stupidity.
How about a nice hug?

Comment on History Suppressed by M J Wales

M J Wales — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:01:48 +0000

You’re dumb. Really, really dumb. I picked this entry at random. I can’t resist writing.

Freedom of expression is a law of advertising, wherever freedom of expression is the law. I have no idea what “historical accuracy, truth or justice” is supposed to mean, but truth is also a law of advertising in the kinds of places where freedom of expression is the law.

“Who knew Mexicans were buyers of Swedish vodka? I didn’t.” This is racist and insulting. Who knew Americans were buyers of Australian novels? I didn’t.

What do the Chinese have to do with it?

“A photo of a map”?

From pre-1848? Really. That explains how everything’s current except for the borders of Mexico, then.

There was no Canada (and CERTAINLY not in those borders) in 1848. There was no Central America, and certainly no Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama. There was no Haiti, no Dominican Republic, no Venezuela, etc.

California’s your native country?

“parts” of Texas?

How is it that “all of the territory shown in the ‘map’ belongs to the US”?

I don’t think anybody’s disputing history. They’re fighting irredentism.

“As with everything else in our absolute world, money, might and social pressures are the things that define what flies and what gets grounded; what talks and what walks.”

What? You’ve missed the whole point. And you’ve failed to make a logical one yourself.

Comment on Whole Lawn O Love by 1bobzilla

1bobzilla — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:44:06 +0000

Now that you mention it Antimonarchist, this post doesn’t have much of a point. It was supposed to lead into a photo essay about a dove’s nest in my gutter, but I ended up posting that one separately. Thanks for visiting tho.

Comment on Whole Lawn O Love by Antimonarchist

Antimonarchist — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:13:22 +0000

Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Antimonarchist.

Comment on Whole Lawn O Love by Slaptone

Slaptone — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:56:20 +0000

Minds like yours keep life interesting! I’m looking forward to the photos.

Comment on The er+1 Series by Slaptone

Slaptone — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:30:38 +0000

“err (this is a word, but your humble syllable-maker has no idea what it means)”

Comment on Being Human Not as Easy as it Looks by 1bobzilla

1bobzilla — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:00:45 +0000

I will be adding to this post–I just want to try to keep the focus of it and not get sidetracked too badly, which is what can happen with this kind of stuff. Thanks for the encouragement.

Comment on Being Human Not as Easy as it Looks by Slaptone

Slaptone — Fri, 02 May 2008 04:23:44 +0000

Guess you didn’t feel like it, but I like where this blog is taking me. I hope you will feel like it soon.

Comment on Chickens and Eggs by Slaptone

Slaptone — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:32:02 +0000

Comment on Chickens and Eggs by 1bobzilla

1bobzilla — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:07:42 +0000

Pippin doesn’t know he isn’t a lion or that he isn’t pretty much the same kind of creature that I am. He knows only that I do stuff that he isn’t able to do, such as fill his food dish. I talk to him and he understands what he is able to understand of what I say. Then he says “mrrao” and probably expects me to know what he means by that. Sometimes I do understand. One kind of mrrao means “would you please put some food in my dish”; another means “pay attention to me”; and yet another one means “I don’t want to give up my sopt on the couch right now even though you seem to be trying to get me to move off of the couch.”
Cats have a rather limited range of vocalizations. Even though most of the words in cat language sound pretty much the same, intent and context gives that one word a few different meanings.
Well okay, there are really just three things Pippin ever tries to say to me:
1)Feed me
2)Pay attention to me
3)Leave me alone.
I have all of these in my own vocabulary, plus two or three more things that I know how to say.
One of those “extra” things that I know how to say is something I know about because I’m not neutered like Pippin is, but it’s still roughly the same as Item 2 above.
Um, many years ago, I was an egg.
I’m too chicken to say the rest.