waves to Bonny and other DCistas
Wow! It is crazy windy here. The National Christmas tree blew down. We drove through some kind a big wildfire on the way in from BWI. But we are settled in and happy to be visiting DC.
Hi, ND! My SIL wants a group of us to take a cruise together some time this spring. It has been quite a long time since I was on one.
I am having a bit of trouble summoning any sympathy for WBC. I do understand and agree that 2 wrongs don't make a right, and yet not running to defend them.
I am having a bit of trouble summoning any sympathy for WBC. I do understand and agree that 2 wrongs don't make a right, and yet not running to defend them.
Me too.
You know what'd be funny? If a group of gay atheist hackers defended the WBC from Anonymous.
Hi, ND! My SIL wants a group of us to take a cruise together some time this spring. It has been quite a long time since I was on one.
Come on the SpongeBob cruise in the Mediterranean this summer. Really, it will be great, trust me.
Really, it will be great, trust me.
Will there be a "Beat Spongebob and His Friends into a Pulp" session?
I think I could even talk my sons into the SpongeBob cruise. Is this the one Pix is joining you on?
Excusing hacking because no one gets hurt in a campaign against people who aren't violent either seems a bit weird. Obviously a lot of damage can be done without physical harm. It's much of the point.
It's not a "bit weird" its the basis of civil disobedience. There is a whole philosophy behind it, the philosophy being that its ok to break the law and cause disruptions in order to affect change if you don't cause your target bodily harm by doing so.
Sitting down at lunch counters was illegal and theft. By law, those owners weren't doing anything wrong by refusing to serve black patrons. When something is legal but not moral, a proponent of civil disobedience will go ahead and break that law.
I do have an objection to the protest, however, and that is that it is too open-ended. There is no clear "We will do X untill you stop doing Y". "If you picket another funeral we will ruin your site" would be a MUCH better protest than "We'll hack your site until you shut up and go away forever". It's bad protest tactics and will prove ineffective for a long time before (and if) it ever works.
But that is to be expected, I'm afraid. The art of protest has really suffered for a while now. "We don't like the world bank so we're going to stop traffic and screw up everybody's commute" is so pointless it makes me scream. At least ACT-UP's "we're going to lock up this bridge for a day and make you people talk about AIDS" had an actual goal (if not stated cause-and-effect terms).
I think I could even talk my sons into the SpongeBob cruise. Is this the one Pix is joining you on?
Yes, this is the one that Pix is planning on joining me. That's a little up in the air right now but hopefully it's all going to work out with the cruise line and she will be there.
Hi honey!
Yeah, we hope that I'll be able to go, but it's pretty nebulous right now. I will cry and cry if I'm on break and ND is in the Med without me.
I just discovered that it was happy Beverly day! Happy Birthday! I hope it has been a fabulous day.
