I'm reminded of an old video of what flying in the future would be like. Specifically, it showed off polarized glass in the windows, and how turning one panel at a right angle to the other panel blocked out the light.
I keep wondering if there's a way that I can rotate this panel, so to speak. Or just bust out the glass, so we can share what we see in a less filtered way. Busting out a porthole at 30,000 feet probably isn't the smartest idea though. Damn analogies. :Den -- Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil. Jean Jacques Rousseau On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > I've totally avoided this topic up til now, with good reason, but now > I have to ask you: > > Do you really think that rhetoric has nothing to do with these sorts > of crimes? Really? > > I've got an uncle, Russ, who is schizophrenic. Classic presentation. > He's mellowed out some now that he's hit his 50s, which is a good > thing, but he's still mentally ill. Totally awesome guy, really smart. > Love him to death. But he's mentally ill. > > Russ is really a sweet guy and good to be around but I was told, as a > kid, that while that is true, I needed to pay attention if he started > talking about "blackie". Blackie tells him to do things and they often > times aren't the nicest things. It isn't a good time for kids to be > hanging around. Does anyone specifically speak to Blackie and tell > Blackie to tell my uncle specific things? No, not that I'm aware of. > But does Blackie pick up on things in the media and help funnel them > to my uncle? Yes, without a doubt. > > So did Sarah Palin (or anyone else) directly cause this guy to shoot > the lady? It seems highly unlikely. Does the rhetoric that she and > others spout out have an effect? Yes, it certainly does. Words are > important. We can't be responsible for all the effects our carelessly > chosen phrases have on all the worlds peoples, but when you are a > widely broadcast and quoted public figure, the words, phrases and > themes you return to can and do have an impact and to deny that is > both stupid and cowardly. > > Judah > > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: >> >> "Am I wrong?" >> >> Yes. Rhetoric had nothing to do with shooting. The guy was crazy. >> As far as this problem you mention, what is it? Part of what problem? >> Being blamed for a shooting without a shred of proof? Lack of >> journalistic integrity? >> >> Maybe just another CYA attempt at shifting the sub > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:333510 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
