Well, we know its not what others might do but what they will do. Spain has moer than a few people that revere Franco and Chile has its Pinochet fans. They treat the graves of their "heroes" as revered monuments.
I believe the French have a saying about the more things change, the more they stay the same. We might dress differently and our toys might be different but many of the dilemmas faced by us were faced by our ancestors in the distant past.
Personally, I don't see the benefit in denying Tamerlane Tsarnaev a burial somewhere. What he did was horrible but plenty of other people have done worse and received glorious funerals and burals because of the horrors that they inflicted on the world. Tamerlane Tsarnaev was a son, brother, husband, and father in addition to being a murderer. Not for his sake but for his families sake, he should be given a burial and his family should be allowed to mourn.
I believe the French have a saying about the more things change, the more they stay the same. We might dress differently and our toys might be different but many of the dilemmas faced by us were faced by our ancestors in the distant past.
Personally, I don't see the benefit in denying Tamerlane Tsarnaev a burial somewhere. What he did was horrible but plenty of other people have done worse and received glorious funerals and burals because of the horrors that they inflicted on the world. Tamerlane Tsarnaev was a son, brother, husband, and father in addition to being a murderer. Not for his sake but for his families sake, he should be given a burial and his family should be allowed to mourn.
Diana Rigg has that effect on many of us. According to TV Tropes, Emma Peel has her origins when the writers were told to create a character with Male Appeal. This was written down as M. Appeal and eventually Emma Peel. The writers certainly did a good job.
I think that the best animal mascot for the League of Ordinary Gentleman University would be the fox. In folklore, foxes are known for their cleverness and wit. The League is known on the internet for their cleverness and wit. Foxes are often associated with upper-classness and would naturally look good in bowler because of that. Another advantage to foxes is that they are under-represented in the world of mascots.
For the non-animal mascot, I'd go with the a bowler since we already selected it as a mascot.
Quotas were placed on Jewish students at elite colleges because too many were getting in on the prior system and we were reviewed as de classe and ruining the scene. The elite colleges were basically elaborate finishing schools for young people. Jews were perceived as taking academics too seriously and not treating college as a country club.
Actually, I think that Spaniards count as Hispanic under the census. You just need to be at least 1/4th Spanish or Latin American in origins to be Hispanic.
No, quite the opposite. The modern method of college admission in the United State and our standarized test regume has its origins in an attempt to keep the colleges from having too many Jewish students. Many accusations were levied against us but stupidity wasn't one of them.
I agree with this. The advantage that newspapers had over the internet is that the readers couldn't them punish them instantly for not giving them what they wanted. This allowed newspapers and magazines to give a bit more medicine with the sugar when it came to cultural reporting.
The internet allows more instant punishment, so cultural reporting has to reflect the readership's tastes more. If the readership does not want to be exposed to high culture than so be it.
I think another thing that changed is that in the past, cultural expectations made exposure to high culture cooler than now. At leaset thats what I gather from talking to my baby bommer parents. You saw the latest French or Sweedish films because they were good and thats what cool people did.
I'm going to quibble with point 1. The American Right has had a strong Free Market/anti-government intervention in the economy segment since the Gilded Age. They were opposed to the reform of the Progressive Era, they complained bitterly about the New Deal, and they hate the Great Society. Every sort of welfare state legistlation/government intervention in the economy was seen as taking American on the wrong path to degenerate European socialism rather than vigorous American capitalism. To the extent that Right and Conservative are somewhat synonymous in politics than the GOP can be Conservative and still want to dismantle the New Deal and Great Society since they are returning to an older conservative standard.
I don't think this is exactly what New Dealer is saying. Besides reviewing the main stream Hollywood movies, many film critics also thought that it was their duty to educate the audience about the lesser known, more artisitic independent and foreign films. It was considered necessary to educate your readership on things they won't normally see. These days, even though the audience is bigger, the desire to educate is less.
George, they have Sesame Street in other countries to, its a global ban. South Korea and Japan doesn't have Sesame Street but they have some rather similar programming. Japan also has a lot of cute furry mascots in their children's entertainment. Can you say Pokemon and Digimon, I know you can. Somehow I doubt that Sesame Street has that serious effect on American children. If you are going to say things like this than you need to provide evidence.
There is probably evidence that kids growing up in rougher environments, where life is closer to the bone have a better sense of death than children growing up in the safer places. The former is nothing to be celebrated, it is to be fought against at all costs.
I think that America has an unfortunate tendency to fetishize violent kids. Our media has recently been resplendent with kid heroes that resort to some rather serious violence as a way to solve problems. Arya Stark in A Game of Thrones/A Song of Fire and Ice and Hit Girl from Kick Ass are too prominent examples. We also have a rather sad tendency to be against innocence and too want people to get tough sooner and see the growing of a lawyer of grit and guilt as a positive. Its not. Innocence is a good thing.
The unfortunate legal response is that driving, drinking, and safe sex aren't constitutional rights while the 2nd Amendment as interpreted by the Supreme Court makes gun ownership and use a constitutional right. The Supreme Court also basically held that the Constitution applies to children. If minors have First Amendment rights than they also have Second Amendment Rights. I think its foolish to give minors second amendment rights but there you have it.
I think that you'll find sentiments against the finer things in life are more widespread than just among the white-working class. We just tend to ignore them from other groups because of politics. There has long been a suspicion of culturally sophisticated people in this country and possible in the English-speaking world in general. The English were making fun of fancy French food since the 18th century while arguing for the superiority of roast beef.
I think that it isn't making guns smaller is what turns them into children's versions. What turns them into children's versions is the bright colors and making them look more like toy guns than real weapons. A gun should have a certain intimidating look.
One of the things that amuse me is that a lot of people who complain that the Abrahamic religions are anti-sex often speak positively about the Dharmic religions. This kind of ignores the fact that the Dharmic religions like Hinduism and Buddhism are very into celibacy and sexual restraint.
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On “The Only Comment Possible on the Tsarnaev Burial Dilemma”
Well, we know its not what others might do but what they will do. Spain has moer than a few people that revere Franco and Chile has its Pinochet fans. They treat the graves of their "heroes" as revered monuments.
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I believe the French have a saying about the more things change, the more they stay the same. We might dress differently and our toys might be different but many of the dilemmas faced by us were faced by our ancestors in the distant past.
Personally, I don't see the benefit in denying Tamerlane Tsarnaev a burial somewhere. What he did was horrible but plenty of other people have done worse and received glorious funerals and burals because of the horrors that they inflicted on the world. Tamerlane Tsarnaev was a son, brother, husband, and father in addition to being a murderer. Not for his sake but for his families sake, he should be given a burial and his family should be allowed to mourn.
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I believe the French have a saying about the more things change, the more they stay the same. We might dress differently and our toys might be different but many of the dilemmas faced by us were faced by our ancestors in the distant past.
Personally, I don't see the benefit in denying Tamerlane Tsarnaev a burial somewhere. What he did was horrible but plenty of other people have done worse and received glorious funerals and burals because of the horrors that they inflicted on the world. Tamerlane Tsarnaev was a son, brother, husband, and father in addition to being a murderer. Not for his sake but for his families sake, he should be given a burial and his family should be allowed to mourn.
On “Thursday Night Bar Fight #9: Furries Unite!”
Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?
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Diana Rigg has that effect on many of us. According to TV Tropes, Emma Peel has her origins when the writers were told to create a character with Male Appeal. This was written down as M. Appeal and eventually Emma Peel. The writers certainly did a good job.
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Down-vote. Platypus' do not have the image of elegance and sophistication that we on the League wish to cultivate and project. We are gentleman.
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Plus one for the non-animal mascot.
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I think that the best animal mascot for the League of Ordinary Gentleman University would be the fox. In folklore, foxes are known for their cleverness and wit. The League is known on the internet for their cleverness and wit. Foxes are often associated with upper-classness and would naturally look good in bowler because of that. Another advantage to foxes is that they are under-represented in the world of mascots.
For the non-animal mascot, I'd go with the a bowler since we already selected it as a mascot.
On “Why Conservatives Can’t Win Non-White Votes, Heritage Foundation Edition”
This is outlined in Jerome Karabel's history on college admissions in the United States.
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Quotas were placed on Jewish students at elite colleges because too many were getting in on the prior system and we were reviewed as de classe and ruining the scene. The elite colleges were basically elaborate finishing schools for young people. Jews were perceived as taking academics too seriously and not treating college as a country club.
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Actually, I think that Spaniards count as Hispanic under the census. You just need to be at least 1/4th Spanish or Latin American in origins to be Hispanic.
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So does the population that arrived latter.
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No, quite the opposite. The modern method of college admission in the United State and our standarized test regume has its origins in an attempt to keep the colleges from having too many Jewish students. Many accusations were levied against us but stupidity wasn't one of them.
On “What Alyssa Rosenberg Gets Wrong About Iron Man 3 (Spoilers)”
I agree with this. The advantage that newspapers had over the internet is that the readers couldn't them punish them instantly for not giving them what they wanted. This allowed newspapers and magazines to give a bit more medicine with the sugar when it came to cultural reporting.
The internet allows more instant punishment, so cultural reporting has to reflect the readership's tastes more. If the readership does not want to be exposed to high culture than so be it.
I think another thing that changed is that in the past, cultural expectations made exposure to high culture cooler than now. At leaset thats what I gather from talking to my baby bommer parents. You saw the latest French or Sweedish films because they were good and thats what cool people did.
On “Ideology is the Enemy: Prelude”
I'd like to thank Damon for illustrating my point above.
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I'm going to quibble with point 1. The American Right has had a strong Free Market/anti-government intervention in the economy segment since the Gilded Age. They were opposed to the reform of the Progressive Era, they complained bitterly about the New Deal, and they hate the Great Society. Every sort of welfare state legistlation/government intervention in the economy was seen as taking American on the wrong path to degenerate European socialism rather than vigorous American capitalism. To the extent that Right and Conservative are somewhat synonymous in politics than the GOP can be Conservative and still want to dismantle the New Deal and Great Society since they are returning to an older conservative standard.
On “What Alyssa Rosenberg Gets Wrong About Iron Man 3 (Spoilers)”
I don't think this is exactly what New Dealer is saying. Besides reviewing the main stream Hollywood movies, many film critics also thought that it was their duty to educate the audience about the lesser known, more artisitic independent and foreign films. It was considered necessary to educate your readership on things they won't normally see. These days, even though the audience is bigger, the desire to educate is less.
On “There is More to the Gun Debate than Gun Culture and Stats”
George, they have Sesame Street in other countries to, its a global ban. South Korea and Japan doesn't have Sesame Street but they have some rather similar programming. Japan also has a lot of cute furry mascots in their children's entertainment. Can you say Pokemon and Digimon, I know you can. Somehow I doubt that Sesame Street has that serious effect on American children. If you are going to say things like this than you need to provide evidence.
There is probably evidence that kids growing up in rougher environments, where life is closer to the bone have a better sense of death than children growing up in the safer places. The former is nothing to be celebrated, it is to be fought against at all costs.
On “The Two Extremes of the Gun Debate”
I think that America has an unfortunate tendency to fetishize violent kids. Our media has recently been resplendent with kid heroes that resort to some rather serious violence as a way to solve problems. Arya Stark in A Game of Thrones/A Song of Fire and Ice and Hit Girl from Kick Ass are too prominent examples. We also have a rather sad tendency to be against innocence and too want people to get tough sooner and see the growing of a lawyer of grit and guilt as a positive. Its not. Innocence is a good thing.
"
The unfortunate legal response is that driving, drinking, and safe sex aren't constitutional rights while the 2nd Amendment as interpreted by the Supreme Court makes gun ownership and use a constitutional right. The Supreme Court also basically held that the Constitution applies to children. If minors have First Amendment rights than they also have Second Amendment Rights. I think its foolish to give minors second amendment rights but there you have it.
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In this case, I think all the paranoid statements from the leadership of the movement and the silence from the rank and file are evidence enough.
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I think that you'll find sentiments against the finer things in life are more widespread than just among the white-working class. We just tend to ignore them from other groups because of politics. There has long been a suspicion of culturally sophisticated people in this country and possible in the English-speaking world in general. The English were making fun of fancy French food since the 18th century while arguing for the superiority of roast beef.
"
I think that it isn't making guns smaller is what turns them into children's versions. What turns them into children's versions is the bright colors and making them look more like toy guns than real weapons. A gun should have a certain intimidating look.
On “This Is Why We Don’t Argue Tu Quoque”
I don't know, I always find the Song of Songs a great read when I'm feeling amorous.
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One of the things that amuse me is that a lot of people who complain that the Abrahamic religions are anti-sex often speak positively about the Dharmic religions. This kind of ignores the fact that the Dharmic religions like Hinduism and Buddhism are very into celibacy and sexual restraint.
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