But we don’t get to talk about how Democrats created these conditions because they are the self-proclaimed Friends of Black People.
Who is this "we" who "don't get to talk about" the "American Carnage" in our inner cities? Who is stopping you? Unless the firm expression of disagreement on the merits counts, and lately I've seen far too many comments on a variety of topics suggesting that this is exactly the point.
People for whom that's the relevant question can answer it for themselves. Just don't waste our time pretending you're against Trump and realistically in play for effective opposition.
And we can see how that worked out -- assuming that how things actually work out is a relevant consideration. For some people it isn't, but that's on them.
If Cher prefers to be called Cher, without a last name, that's her call and people who know her preference should honor it, just as they should honor anyone else's known preference, though some folks think it violates their right to free speech or constitutes political correctness. That's just good manners.
Where preferences are not known, the rule of manners I was raised on is to refer to people with whom I am not on familiar terms by last name, with an honorific. Were you and Jaybird raised differently?
Now that I know Cher's preference, in the unlikely event that I ever meet her I will, of course, honor it. That's just good manners.
I don't keep track of people's legal filings. Not even celebrities. If someone changes his or her name, he or she will certainly tell me that after I have, politely, referred to him or her by the now obsolete last name. He or she will probably be polite about it, too. Simple enough.
I was raised to respect my elders, and to use last names of people with whom I am not on familiar terms. If I were addressing Beyonce, I'd call her either Ms. Knowles or Ms. Carter unless she told me otherwise.
Dear Ms. Sarkisian:
The Venn diagram of the people who don't want to help struggling immigrants and don't care about helping the domestically unfortunate looks very much like a circle.
In a very different world from the one we live in, immigration would be a wonky, technical issue that the vast majority of voters wouldn't put in their top ten. There would be some sort of compromise on how many million immigrants we would be willing to take. Given that we aren't going to get many Norwegian immigrants these days, for excellent reasons, we would recognize that many of them would come from the current shithole countries, rather than the shithole countries of the 19th century, and set up an immigration bureaucracy that could deal with this fact. We would recognize the fact of large numbers of long-time illegal immigrants who have been contributing to American prosperity, largely doing jobs we natives won't do, and create a path to legality.
But we don't live in that world. We live in a world where, for a significant constituency, cruelty and incompetence is not a bug, it's a feature.
1. A Ren Faire character cheerily addressed a female patron as "wench." The wench became irate and started yelling: "Wench! F**k you, asshole!"
2. My wife, her sister, my wife's girlfriend, and I were in a hotel bar not far from the local Ren Faire. A small group of Ren Faire staff in costume invited us to come up to their hotel room and party. My sister-in-law and I were game. My wife and her girlfriend put the kibosh on it. Sister-in-law and I still give them grief about it.
I'm reminded of being told in my Criminal Law class that homicide was the 3d greatest cause of death among adolescent and young adult males. (This was when crime was much higher than it is now, and before AIDS, so I'm not sure if it is still number 3.)
Sounded awful. Then I thought about it a bit. What should be the number 3 cause of death for males in that age group? Certainly not cancer, heart disease or the multifarious ills of old age; they aren't old. Being adolescents and young adults, they by definition haven't died of childhood diseases. Being males, they didn't die giving birth. Many of my peers died in auto accidents, some in work accidents, some by suicide, some drowned. If you leave accidental deaths and suicides aside, what else but homicide is likely to be a major reason a young male would die?
Doesn't mean that the level of homicides wasn't unacceptably high, but its relative ranking as a cause of death didn't tell us much.
Although Yellowstone National Park extends over parts of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, federal cases arising anywhere in Yellowstone are tried in the District of Wyoming. 28 U.S.C. Sec. 131.
*Comment archive for non-registered commenters assembled by email address as provided.
On “Un-Ravelry”
At least you got him to say what he meant -- a considerable accomplishment.
"
That's a way to put it.
On “There is, apparently, a debate. Open Thread.”
And you're going to leave us hanging about her answer?
On “Un-Ravelry”
Oh come on, isn't it obvious?
On “A Camp By Any Other Name Would Smell as Foul”
if you are going to just being a nuisance
I suppose everyone would agree that that's a typo.
"
"It was a typo" is four words. You seem to have time to say a lot more than that. We'll just have to leave it to the candid reader what to believe.
"
And note the "Democrat" tell.
"
But we don’t get to talk about how Democrats created these conditions because they are the self-proclaimed Friends of Black People.
Who is this "we" who "don't get to talk about" the "American Carnage" in our inner cities? Who is stopping you? Unless the firm expression of disagreement on the merits counts, and lately I've seen far too many comments on a variety of topics suggesting that this is exactly the point.
"
People for whom that's the relevant question can answer it for themselves. Just don't waste our time pretending you're against Trump and realistically in play for effective opposition.
"
And we can see how that worked out -- assuming that how things actually work out is a relevant consideration. For some people it isn't, but that's on them.
"
Giving power to Democrats as a consolation prize because they are less bad isn’t an option i am considering.
Ralph Nader on line 2.
"
If Cher prefers to be called Cher, without a last name, that's her call and people who know her preference should honor it, just as they should honor anyone else's known preference, though some folks think it violates their right to free speech or constitutes political correctness. That's just good manners.
Where preferences are not known, the rule of manners I was raised on is to refer to people with whom I am not on familiar terms by last name, with an honorific. Were you and Jaybird raised differently?
Now that I know Cher's preference, in the unlikely event that I ever meet her I will, of course, honor it. That's just good manners.
"
I don't keep track of people's legal filings. Not even celebrities. If someone changes his or her name, he or she will certainly tell me that after I have, politely, referred to him or her by the now obsolete last name. He or she will probably be polite about it, too. Simple enough.
"
Where is the "like" button when you need it?
"
I was raised to respect my elders, and to use last names of people with whom I am not on familiar terms. If I were addressing Beyonce, I'd call her either Ms. Knowles or Ms. Carter unless she told me otherwise.
"
Dear Ms. Sarkisian:
The Venn diagram of the people who don't want to help struggling immigrants and don't care about helping the domestically unfortunate looks very much like a circle.
"
In a very different world from the one we live in, immigration would be a wonky, technical issue that the vast majority of voters wouldn't put in their top ten. There would be some sort of compromise on how many million immigrants we would be willing to take. Given that we aren't going to get many Norwegian immigrants these days, for excellent reasons, we would recognize that many of them would come from the current shithole countries, rather than the shithole countries of the 19th century, and set up an immigration bureaucracy that could deal with this fact. We would recognize the fact of large numbers of long-time illegal immigrants who have been contributing to American prosperity, largely doing jobs we natives won't do, and create a path to legality.
But we don't live in that world. We live in a world where, for a significant constituency, cruelty and incompetence is not a bug, it's a feature.
On “Weekend Plans Post: The Renaissance Festival”
Two Ren Faire-related memories:
1. A Ren Faire character cheerily addressed a female patron as "wench." The wench became irate and started yelling: "Wench! F**k you, asshole!"
2. My wife, her sister, my wife's girlfriend, and I were in a hotel bar not far from the local Ren Faire. A small group of Ren Faire staff in costume invited us to come up to their hotel room and party. My sister-in-law and I were game. My wife and her girlfriend put the kibosh on it. Sister-in-law and I still give them grief about it.
On “Socialized Healthcare and Paternalism”
Or vigorous and healthy until the end, despite the 4 or 5 years working out.
On “Thursday Throughput for June 20, 2019”
I'm not sure what's more depressing, being alone in the universe or not being alone but being forever out of reach.
On “Socialized Healthcare and Paternalism”
Barbara Ehrenreich got there first.
"
I will recognize no authority in social constructs or the people pushing them on the rest of us.
But authority will recognize you.
"
I'm reminded of being told in my Criminal Law class that homicide was the 3d greatest cause of death among adolescent and young adult males. (This was when crime was much higher than it is now, and before AIDS, so I'm not sure if it is still number 3.)
Sounded awful. Then I thought about it a bit. What should be the number 3 cause of death for males in that age group? Certainly not cancer, heart disease or the multifarious ills of old age; they aren't old. Being adolescents and young adults, they by definition haven't died of childhood diseases. Being males, they didn't die giving birth. Many of my peers died in auto accidents, some in work accidents, some by suicide, some drowned. If you leave accidental deaths and suicides aside, what else but homicide is likely to be a major reason a young male would die?
Doesn't mean that the level of homicides wasn't unacceptably high, but its relative ranking as a cause of death didn't tell us much.
"
You'd be wasting your time. But you probably knew that already.
On “Wednesday Writs for 6/19 – West Virginia Day Edition!”
Although Yellowstone National Park extends over parts of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, federal cases arising anywhere in Yellowstone are tried in the District of Wyoming. 28 U.S.C. Sec. 131.
*Comment archive for non-registered commenters assembled by email address as provided.