Watch these guys do" What Do I Get" - it's way better

http://howtoplayalone.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/holy-crap-i-want-one/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWk3dgy9hqU&eurl=http://howtoplayalone.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/holy-crap-i-want-one/

Success!

Isn't that a little dangerous? Couldn't someone freak out if they thought a bus was coming at them, especially if they thought the driver wasn't looking? Maybe not...

I feel like this is a great idea that could be done much better...

Everything about the Charlie Rose show is great - guests, background - except Charlie Rose. Imagine how good it would be if it were called the Terry Gross show.

Awesome. It's great to be discovered at 88.

Keep 'em coming, Robbins!

Awesome. It's great to be discovered at 88.

Keep 'em coming, Robbins!

Yeah, they do it in Korea too.

Hopeless.

"I recognize the foregoing as legally, ethically morally correct, and further something to strive for by all."

And is sometimes, if too seldom, achieved by America and Canada (for example) and almost never achieved by many other countries.

The rule of law is our greatest achievement. Disparage it if you want. I'd instead acknowledge its successes while striving for more (much, much, much). But pretending the rule of law is the same as countries (or non-state actors, or terrorist gangs) with no conception of law at all... well, what can you say? If you can't see the distinction we all lose.

Takuan - you can respond to what I wrote, and what others wrote, and explain what you think.

To your comments: The Iraq war has been a disaster, and innumerable civilians have been slaughtered, although all most all of those civilians were killed by other Iraqis - those particular people who try to kill civilians. (That doesn't mean Iraqis should just accept the occupation. But rationalizing and justifying terroristic responses isn't the answer, either).

The occupation, invasion, and war started all this: I think this is the greatest sin America may ever have committed, this among many. But killing is an action, intentionally taken by terrorists against civilians (yes, maybe because they know they can't attack occupation soldiers directly. nevertheless - who can rationalize that?).

Do you not see the difference? Really?

Takuan - you can respond to what I wrote, and what others wrote, and explain what you think.

To your comments: The Iraq war has been a disaster, and innumerable civilians have been slaughtered, although all most all of those civilians were killed by other Iraqis - those particular people who try to kill civilians. (That doesn't mean Iraqis should just accept the occupation. But rationalizing and justifying terroristic responses isn't the answer, either).

The occupation, invasion, and war started all this: I think this is the greatest sin America may ever have committed, this among many. But killing is an action, intentionally taken by terrorists against civilians (yes, maybe because they know they can't attack occupation soldiers directly. nevertheless - who can rationalize that?).

Do you not see the difference? Really?

Teresa: I deserve to be disemvowelled. I want to say that I sunk to someone's level because of the "waterboarding, which you seem to approve of." Still, my mistake.

And even you can't help posting things twice, apparently.

And I'd second that we shouldn't disparage the rule of (military) law, and the good it can (and does) do. If it's screwed up (waterboarding, Guantanamo) fix it. Don't pretend no military law is the same as a flawed one.

QSD - It's exhausting usually, and I try never to. But (some of) the assertions are just so preposterous.

"If you were ordered to destroy a building containing both armed enemy soldiers and a kindergarten, would you refuse that order?"

Yes, you could, because that would be a war crime. Canadian military courts can and have acquitted soldiers who disobeyed immoral orders. Canadian courts can and have prosecuted commanders who gave immoral orders.

There are other military cultures which would not acquit, and not prosecute. And there are some that would do so less. Canada is probably among the most moral militaries in the world.

Meanwhile, the suicide murder is aiming at that kindergarten. That's their whole intention.

"The horses that go around were amazing and we couldn't believe how fast. We rode a real horse for the first time too. It is amazing that people can talk to them, tell them where to go and they do it."

That's a quote about riding a carousel: Totally BOGUS. They were probably put up to say things straight out of The God's Must Be Crazy. Or the translation was inexact at least.

I can't remember where/when, but there was some great story about some anthropologist getting put on (about sex traditions, I think) for years (or months) by some South Pacific barbarians. The anthropologist published, then someone else showed it was all false. The natives said "Oh, we just thought it was funny to pull his leg."

These guys are perfectly capable of playing up the part, and the journalists and editors are more than happy to show off the freaks who - ho, ho - are confused by metal horses.

"The purpose of a soldier is to kill. To kill without question, without hesitation, without argument."

And protect, and deter, and save oppressed and end occupations. Don't pretend they don't do that as well.

"We'll always have My Lai."

And the reason people always bring up My Lai all the time is precisely because it was so rare, and Americans were so outraged. In other military cultures these massacres are common and unsurprising, and massacres are celebrated, not mourned.

There are major moral distinctions to be made between military cultures. For one, the Soviet soldiers raped and looted their way across Europe, and their commanders let them. Americans and English and Canadians did not, and their commanders would have stopped them.

Soldiers in, at least, Canadian and American militaries are taught to disobey orders that are war crimes. And they do so for moral and cultural reasons as well.

To compare the INTENTIONAL murder of as many CIVILIANS as possible while dressed as a civilian to go undetected (which always demonstrates contempt for the civilians on the suicide bomber's 'side' because they quickly become suspected) to soldiers - of whatever country - who try as far as possible (yes, they could try more, but it is not their intent at least) to NOT kill civilians, to compare them, to equate them morally, is for fls. f whch Tkn pprs t b n.

That was Julia's job in 1984...

That was Julia's job in 1984.

"Apparently he has up to 100 stray cats in his house at any time."

Yet another case of toxoplasma gondii.

SQUEEM - I remember buying all the Kings and Wave Dancers and trying - like I tried with The Phantom Menace - to convince myself they weren't rotten. I finally gave up. They might indeed be good, but that's your opinion; it sure isn't mine.

And I'm surprised you like 'all of them.' Did you like Jink? Holy crap was that bad.

Surely something was not worth loving... What were the ones were she farmed out the art (and stories?) to other people. I know they weren't supposed to be 'official', but man was that stuff bad. Really cringe-worthy. I gave up thinking then they had a purpose even in the original series, but instead just got lucky, like George Lucas.

That doesn't take away from the original series. Long die the author.

I haven't messed around with Miro at all, other than discovering that it downloads bittorret much, much, much faster than the two other clients I used. Try it...

Awesome.

To the person that didn't read past the first 20 issues, don't. There's a couple of good stand alone issues in The Hidden Years (the first issue of the Hidden Years is good, and it's up now), but that's it. Most of the rest is unendurable.

But the original series, fantastic.

It does sound like the Grateful Dead, especially when the keyboards come in.

Now I feel bad. Let me rephrase: Boingboing TV is good; the podcast was better.

Now I feel bad. Boingboing TV is good; the podcast was better.

My favorite podcast WAS the BOINGBOING PODCAST until they betrayed me. I will not forget nor forgive. Boingboing TV blows.

The Slate Gabfest.

The New York Times Book Review podcast.

Wait Wait Don't Tell me.

Point of Inquiry - skepticism, science, religion, the paranormal. Real good host.