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No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.

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Cashmere - Oct 28, 2009 6:34:20 pm PDT #28443 of 30000

Now tagless for your comfort.

Cash, I did not mean to be dismissive at all.

I didn't think YOU were dismissive, Ab! I just happen to have picked up a few articles that were discussing her books critically and wanted a buffista perspective. I figured someone would have read her stuff and could give me an idea before I went off and bought the books.

The biggest criticism seems to be that her generalities can lead to stereotyping and "blaming the victim" type of behavior. The idea that we can "fix" poor people is more attractive that, oh, say, fixing the classist system that penalizes people for being poor.

I don't want to delve too deeply into the psychology of the subject but just get a quick read of some theory of the cycle of poverty.

erikaj - Oct 28, 2009 6:36:01 pm PDT #28444 of 30000

Always Anti-fascist!

Ball-peen hammers are actually very common as household death implements...I read this book called "What Cops Know" and they featured quite prominently. I know you needed to know that.

Cashmere - Oct 28, 2009 6:37:00 pm PDT #28445 of 30000

Now tagless for your comfort.

I suspect erika's reading list would scare the shit out of me.

Laga - Oct 28, 2009 6:45:37 pm PDT #28446 of 30000

You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I would think claw hammers were much more common.

Polter-Cow - Oct 28, 2009 7:03:41 pm PDT #28447 of 30000

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I forget the type of hammer featured in this week's Dexter, but it was neither ball-peen nor claw, to my recollection.

Laga - Oct 28, 2009 7:05:10 pm PDT #28448 of 30000

You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Dwarven war hammer?

DavidS - Oct 28, 2009 7:05:22 pm PDT #28449 of 30000

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

The problem with the claw hammer is that the claw will get stuck in the skull.

You don't want penetration on a traumatic head blow. You want a peen.

Hil R. - Oct 28, 2009 7:14:36 pm PDT #28450 of 30000

Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Latest swine flu rumor I heard on the internet: Donald Rumsfeld is invested in the companies making the vaccine, and he's stirring up fear of the flu so that he can make a profit on the vaccine. Also, in Canada, the population being hit most severely by the flu is First Nations, so it must be some sort of genocide conspiracy.

Laga - Oct 28, 2009 7:30:55 pm PDT #28451 of 30000

You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

The problem with the claw hammer is that the claw will get stuck in the skull.

I'd use the other end, I'm just saying I think more people own claw hammers than ball peen hammers. I'd never even heard of one until I read "Harrison Bergeron".

DavidS - Oct 28, 2009 7:33:56 pm PDT #28452 of 30000

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I'd use the other end

Too blunt, maybe? The peen offers the perfect kill stroke of a penetrating blow without any danger of sticking in the head.

Not too sharp, not too blunt. It'd kill Goldilocks dead.

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