My bad, others' good
I'm thoroughly aware of my lack of posting recently. It's not a conscious decision, just a combination of being pressed for time, not too into anything in the news right now, and expending blogging energies on the Washington Square News Opinion Blog, which is very interesting, but lacking in outside input (hint hint).
Also, some more love on the posts might help me write more. Pieces ranging from nuggets like So we meet again, Dr. Hegel and To Demagogue to epics like 2005 and Catching Up have gone uncommented. Hardly an incentive, my blogger friends. Don't you know how sensitive I am?
Meanwhile, others are picking up my slack in the blogosphere. Shankar Gupta's blog/job application TK is up and running. Noam Besdin, the man who so graciously made me an honorary Jew, is blogging abroad as ItaliaNoam, much on the model of Ben's Prague blog, which is still a blog, though not from Prague.
If only Matt Buchanan's blog was done yet, I could fold it into this plug, but his loss...
posted by Shaun at 1:51:00 AM
26 Comments:
Without even assessing the argument that the ends justify the means, the means and the end have to have some relation. How can allowing looting after the war, failing to spend reconstruction money, condoning torture, and inadequately equipping soldiers possibly be called means to the end of a stable, democratic Iraq?
In the case of the Bush administration's venture in Iraq, they prefer to portray it as a teleological unfolding of democracy rather than a place where details matter. This way, the means to an end argument erases accountability for bad decisions and human suffering.
I know my Seinfeld, but I don't remember any talk of honorary Jews...do you remember what the episode was?
At this point, wouldn't you settle for more of anything on this blog?
I want more outrage on this blog. And confusion. But really, just music theory. For example, can music theory explain why pop music is so appealing, even though the people who perform it are untalented airheads and the engineers who create it are essentially refurbishing the same old tunes?
i love karl.
So do I...what do you love the MOST about Karl?
I hope I have not gone too far. I like to snort coke off of Karl's shiny red ass. Let's keep this between you and me and the internets.
i love karl
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shaun.
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shaun.
shaun... shaun. shaun... shaun..
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i can feel the shaun coming on
i can taste it.
the shaun.
it tastes good.
shaun's current AIM away message:
minnysoootah
mikey's current AIM away message:
Real rebels, as far as I can see, risk disapproval. The old post-modern insurgents risked the gasp and squeal: shock, disgust, outrage, censorship, accusations of socialism, anarchism, nihilism. Today's risks are different. The new rebels might be artists willing to risk the yawn, the rolled eyes, the cool smile, the nudged ribs, the parody of gifted ironists, the 'Oh how banal.' To risk accusations of sentimentality, melodrama. Of overcredulity. Of softness.
YANKEES!
bacon bits!
bacon!
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Things That Did Not Stay in Vegas.
Disturbing visions of Kenny Rogers
Ex-MIT-student "tour guide"
Trespass citation from Mandalay Bay
Public-urination ticket (issued at Mandalay Bay "Fountain Show")
Lone poker chip (for groceries)
2-for-1 NYFD T-shirts
Impaired hearing (via Celine Dion's second set)
Sores on genitalia
Ohio-shaped stain on back seat of car
Regretful dreams
Dead showgirl in trunk
Moral compass, slightly recalibrated
That creeping feeling of being taken advantage of
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