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| Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 | | 4:08 pm |
| | Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 | | 5:14 pm |
| | Monday, October 24th, 2011 | | 8:54 pm |
Calling Kenji, Jesse, James, Conrad, Peter, Noah, Mike, Jeff, Ben, Jason, and Gabriel!
Dudes, the O'Farrell Theatre is just a few blocks from the tournament hotel, and the show there is like nothing you've ever seen anywhere else in America. We... must... go. If you get Noah there, not only will I pay his cover, but I will pay a dancer to take him into a booth and take reaaaaally good care of him. | | Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 | | 10:31 pm |
| | Sunday, August 21st, 2011 | | 12:19 pm |
| | Friday, August 19th, 2011 | | 9:08 am |
Warning
A word of warning about my TwiztedWinter twitter handle. I advocate a policy of inclusion, so I will accept anybody's follow request. However, I might warn certain sensitive people that they shouldn't read the feed. If you are one of those people, you should heed my warning. | | Thursday, August 18th, 2011 | | 9:46 am |
| | Monday, August 15th, 2011 | | 9:31 pm |
FYI
FYI, I have changed my MadWinter Twitter handle to TwiztedWinter. | | Saturday, August 13th, 2011 | | 8:45 pm |
| | Friday, August 12th, 2011 | | 1:12 pm |
MadWinter
Okay, I have a new Twitter handle, for posts that I hold back because they might offend too many people. Follow madwinter at your own risk. | | Saturday, August 6th, 2011 | | 10:27 pm |
| | Thursday, August 4th, 2011 | | 10:42 am |
| | Monday, August 1st, 2011 | | 7:53 pm |
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| | Thursday, July 28th, 2011 | | 12:18 pm |
| | Wednesday, July 27th, 2011 | | 5:31 pm |
We Are To Blame
http://www.npr.org/2011/07/27/138754007/famine-affects-millions-in-horn-of-africaEarly in the podcast it is revealed that this drought was predicted two years ago. We, the Western powers, bear the majority of the blame for every child that was born in that time, children who are not suffering as was described in gruesome detail in the podcast. Those with the power to do so should have imposed a moratorium on all childbirth in anticipation of this disaster. Actions have consequences, but INACTION also has consequences. Feeding them now? Pfui. That's meaningless action, good only for assuaging the consciences of the Haves, and pernicious even, because we know from past experience (listen to Ted Koppell's history lesson) that the warlords and corrupt politicians will use the food aid to their advantage. Merely saving lives is NOT ETHICAL if the consequences are to worsen the situation. If the West wants to do something, it need to go into this areas, kill all the warlord's and their troops, and set up a UN protectorate. Forget this concept of self-determination--it was great in the days of colonization, but it is a paradigm that we need to move away from. In the absence of that solution, the West needs to impose as many constraints on childbirth as it can muster, to prevent the next famine and improve the lives of those left alive. Every child that born in these areas is far from a "precious gift", but rather an exacerbation of the suffering. Additionally, it must be said that attempts to curtail childbirth in third-world countries will be met with accusations of attempted genocide, which is why we in the West need to impose our own constraints on childbirth. NOT because we are overbreeding, as birth rates are below replacement levels in many Western countries, but rather to forestall such accusations. | | 5:13 pm |
Don't Be Weak
http://www.npr.org/2011/07/25/138678806/op-ed-slutwalks-mission-weakened-by-its-methodsThere is no shortage of different angles from which to discuss this topic, and I've heard many in various podcasts over the last few months, but one that I've not heard discussed is that of female vulnerability. Towards the end of this podcast, a young woman in Toronto recounts how a young man crossed the street and groped her. She contacted police to have them find him, but they never did. The obvious question is--why didn't she throw a jab to his throat, then sweep his leg and force him down onto the ground, then smash his head on the pavement to stun him? Human females are physically weaker than human males. That is a biological fact that cannot be easily changed. Compensating for biology, however, is entirely within the abilities of women. For the life of me I cannot understand why every parent of a girl in this country does not enroll her in a martial arts class at a young age so that she can grow up with self-defense as a core part of her being. Victims are not necessarily blameless. A victim who chooses to be defenseless in a dangerous world must share some of the blame if she, OR HE, cannot defend himself from an assault. | | Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 | | 1:11 pm |
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