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.
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NoiseDesign - Feb 19, 2011 10:39:27 am PST #15830 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
Ginger - Feb 19, 2011 10:44:21 am PST #15831 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Really, it will be great, trust me.
Will there be a "Beat Spongebob and His Friends into a Pulp" session?
Laura - Feb 19, 2011 10:48:21 am PST #15832 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I think I could even talk my sons into the SpongeBob cruise. Is this the one Pix is joining you on?
Trudy Booth - Feb 19, 2011 10:49:48 am PST #15833 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
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).
NoiseDesign - Feb 19, 2011 10:51:24 am PST #15834 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
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.
Pix - Feb 19, 2011 11:03:31 am PST #15835 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
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.
Laura - Feb 19, 2011 11:25:50 am PST #15836 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I just discovered that it was happy Beverly day! Happy Birthday! I hope it has been a fabulous day.
Pix - Feb 19, 2011 11:32:06 am PST #15837 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
Oh, Happy Birthday, Bev!
Anne W. - Feb 19, 2011 11:55:52 am PST #15838 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Happy Birthday, Bev!!
Nora Deirdre - Feb 19, 2011 12:17:58 pm PST #15839 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Happy birthday, Bev!
I am trying to shake this cold before Mardi Gras season kicks into high gear - the first parade is tonight - but it is really hard to be good and rest in New Orleans, especially when it's in the 70s and the awesomest season of fun is upon us.
I feel bad missing Krewe de Vieux tonight, but I think it's necessary. It's in the Quarter and I don't have any plans with anyone to go (which stings a little) and I really do need to get better! Ugh.
Somewhat relatedly, it seems like native New Orleanians do not get hung over and I wish I could acquire that talent.