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• Commented on Photographer beaten, detained in London for being "cocky" to policeman who implies she is a terrorist
  Perhaps you aren't aware of how hard you have to press into someone's skin to elicit a bruise that large How do I know that the cops caused that bruise? How do I know that it isn't just a little...
• Commented on Photographer beaten, detained in London for being "cocky" to policeman who implies she is a terrorist
  I guess I should do like everyone else and not watch the video and just comment on the headline to the story. Unfortunately, I wasted my time by watching it. There is no abuse by the cops in the video....
• Commented on Tool-using animals: Now with 100% more invertebrates!
  I want to see a video of an octopus using a hammer. That would be something!...
• Commented on WWIII propaganda posters for sale, 25% to EFF
  Simply slapping a caption on one of Norman Rockwell's most powerful images just trivializes what Rockwell created. Make your own art that expresses your own statement. Don't exploit other people's work without adding something yourself. Learn to draw or paint...
• Commented on My Cousin Adam (The Late Paul Cotton)
  Michaelangelo painted an entire church ceiling laying on his back on top of a high scaffold! At least his "performance art" resulted in something of lasting beauty that people other than solipsists can appreciate....
• Commented on Funny conversations between book dealer and customers
  I overheard this one: Wife customer: Look honey! An autographed Ray Bradbury first edition! It must be rare! Bookseller: Lady, the rarest first editions are the ones he DIDN'T sign his name in....
• Commented on Abstinence-only rappers sing about the "Christian Side Hug"
  It looks to me like these kids are having way too much fun to be totally serious. It's a joke. I normally don't care much for rap music, but I got all the way through this video because the kids...
• Commented on Understanding the psychology of authoritarianism
  It really isn't all that hard to defy logic and skew the results of an experiment. I don't know why you'd want to do it (unless you are trying to ram through an agenda like Rush Limbaugh and Michael Moore)....
• Commented on Understanding the psychology of authoritarianism
  By the way, I have not read this book. I read the introduction linked here. Based on the introduction, I didn't see a need to read any further. (Just like I've seen no need to read any of Rush Limbaugh's...
• Commented on Understanding the psychology of authoritarianism
  The interesting thing about the buzzwords is that authoritarians and non-authoritarians respond differently to those buzzwords. What you're failing to realize is that the two versions mean exactly the same thing to the two groups. If it means the same...
• Commented on Understanding the psychology of authoritarianism
  WITH Buzzwords: “Once our government leaders and the authorities condemn the dangerous elements in our society, it will be the duty of every patriotic citizen to help stomp out the rot that is poisoning our country from within.” WITHOUT Buzzwords:...
• Commented on Jan & Kjeld play "Tiger Rag" on banjo
  It sounds like they learned the song by playing along with the Mills Bros version of Hold That Tiger. The kid on the right does a paraphrase of the Mills Bros' distinctive scat break....
• Commented on More bad news for Shepard Fairey: AP amends countersuit, claims purposeful deceit
  This is less a lesson on copyright than it is on personal ethics. If he had acknowledged his source in the first place, and had given fair credit to the person whose work he was using, he wouldn't have had...
• Commented on Babytattooville 2009 - a terrific, intimate art experience
  Here is a great money-making tip for Boing Boing readers... Become your own "lowbrow artist"! I think Thomas Kinkade could probably qualify as pop surrealism if you present his work with the proper jaundiced sales pitch. His prints aren't hard...
• Commented on Boing Boing: The World's Greatest Neurozine!
  If the older stuff is going to be bunched up like that at the bottom, it would help to have more precise titles. BB used to be very good about this, but lately the post titles have sacrificed clarity for...
• Commented on Babytattooville 2009 - a terrific, intimate art experience
  Actually, I am kinda with Pablo on this one (just a little less colorful in my language). I have big reservations about the whole pop surrealism thing. Too often it consists of random imagery devoid of context, jumbled compositions, an...
• Commented on San Francisco police officer arresting skateboarder: "I'll break your arm like a fckng twig."
  The cop was protecting drivers who might have driven into an open manhole, and pedestrians who might be harmed by skateboarders doing tricks for the camera instead of looking where they were going. As it has been stated already, in...
• Commented on San Francisco police officer arresting skateboarder: "I'll break your arm like a fckng twig."
  The people that should be embarassed are that kid's parents. What kind of person would raise a disrespectful little twerp like that? I hope the parents give him the smack that he deserves, but the cop couldn't give him himself....
• Commented on Wingnut extreme: Glenn Beck says "Story of Stuff" is Commie propaganda
  Where does he say that it is "commie propaganda"? I don't see that in there at all....
• Commented on 500 Pound Planet: Chapter Three
  I think you'll find that dialogue is much funnier when the expressions and poses are specifc and keyed to the context and accents of the delivery. Arbitrary stock movements are ok for a few minutes, but they become like water...
• Commented on Church converted into magnificent bookstore
  Younger people seem to forget that cathedrals and traditions of worship are as important to preserve as products of our culture as books and paintings. And they are just as beautiful to admire. Kids tend to see things as black...
• Commented on Church converted into magnificent bookstore
  I guess they did the best they could under the circumstances, but it's sad to see a structure that was created for a specific purpose intended to last for hundreds of years end up as a store. Here in LA,...
• Commented on Beatles remasters: the Metzger review
  Thanks, Lauriok. You answered my questions about this set better than the linked article. It seems to be another case of something being restored to the way it never was. I just want the original mixes presented as cleanly as...
• Commented on Beatles remasters: the Metzger review
  You seem to have totally missed the point / back story of Let It Be Naked. This was the mix that Paul did, before Phil Spector No it isn't anything like that. The concept behind the "Get Back" album (as...
• Commented on Beatles remasters: the Metzger review
  Anyone who thinks that remasters are automatically good should listen to Street Fighting Man by the Rolling Stones side by side with the remaster and the original vinyl. Yes, the remaster is clearer and thicker sounding. But the overall mix...
• Commented on Author John Scalzi "On The Asking of Favors From Established Writers"
  I've found that some people use the unreasonable sense of entitlement that a few have as an excuse to not exert any energy to help anyone at all....
• Commented on Author John Scalzi "On The Asking of Favors From Established Writers"
  It's been my experience (in the animation business) that artists are much more likely to go out of their way to help a young artist than other professions. I know I was on the receiving end of several artists' generosity...
• Commented on The Toon Treasury of Classic Children's Comics, edited by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly
  Walt Kelly feature in Raggedy Ann and Andy Comics...
• Commented on The Toon Treasury of Classic Children's Comics, edited by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly
  You're thinking of the newspaper comic, PJCAMP. Pogo started out as a spinoff from Raggedy Ann & Andy comics doing versions of nursery rhymes. It was definitely a children's comic in comic books....
• Commented on Hang out with artists at Baby Tattooville, October 2 -4, 2009
  I know a few coffee shops where you can "hang out with top artists" for the cost of a cup of joe!...