So, apparently the EU is sick of people's freedom to be assholes and is seriously mulling over banning "hate speech" on the intarwebs. Well, its been fun knowing all of you.
Why do people insist on giving money and power to governments? For those of you who don't know, this is how governments work (its called the Politician's fallacy):
- There is a problem
- Somebody should do something
- We are somebody
- We should do something
"Oh, look! The internets are full of tough guys! They say mean things about gays, breeders, minorities, majorities, semites, anti-semites, semi-semites, children, the old, the stupid, the too-smart, people we like, Belgians, etc, etc. We must Do Something™!" Thus "hate speech" becomes something somebody should do something about, and governments become that somebody.
Everything eventually comes under the purview of governments this way. Unless you don't give them unlimited power and money to them. Hmmm, where have I heard that before?
But, as the european people are fast becoming cattle on the politician's farm, they are well on their way to serfdom. Is it not surprising that the islamic fascists see this weakness as an opportunity to gain power?
Via /.
If I said that Carlos Latuff should be dragged from his home and set alight, and those flames be fanned until they extinguished his poor excuse of a life? Is it?
In response to the criminal activity reported here, and in an attempt to combat hate crime in our country... nay, in our world, I introduce the Hate Crime imagelet:

Now, when ever you feel yourself about to commit a hate crime (or thought crime or sex crime) by posting, you can tag the post as such. That will make it easy for me (or the state or the UN) to come after you and erase your post. Its super plus fun!
via LGF
K, haven't posted about the shooting at VT. There isn't much to say, frankly. The only time I would have posted about it was when it was going down or shortly thereafter, and I was too busy for it to actually register.
Now, there isn't much to say about it. People are finding things to say, of course. Plenty of Monday Night Quarterbacking to go around. And since the blarg's title isn't "You're Doing It Wrong Pundit," I think I'll stay out of that.
Other than yawning at yet another public IRL dramafest, I haven't had much interest in the Imus thing. I don't listen to him, don't watch him, don't care much about him. But a lot of people are out there defending him for some reason.
Look, he attempted lulz and failed. Kinda like he's failing at youthiness. Why does anybody want to waste precious lifespan defending him? Let him deal with his own problems.
I cannot imagine the pair of pants that could contain the swinging brass that both the UN and Iran apparently sport. And so fucking soon after Iran reinstates hostage taking as a legit form of diplomacy!
Via Little Green Footballs .