progress (of the wrong sort)
2010-Feb-23, Tuesday 09:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mellowtiggerIt's not yet time to review my predictions for their accuracy, but informally I think that things are still on track.
Last Saturday morning (Feb 20), two men wore their gay softball team shirts in downtown Austin Texas, and they were beaten by four attackers who yelled antigay slurs while enjoying their righteous offensive. I wouldn't say there was anything really unusual about such an incident (I mean, that's the "Land Of The Free" America that I've lived in for 42 years) except for a prior incident that gives me pause.
Two days earlier (Feb 18), also in Austin Texas, Joseph Stack flew zheir airplane into the regional IRS building. That's bad enough, since murder-suicide against government agencies is not being called terrorism. Zheir daughter condemns the action, but then Samantha goes on to insist that Joseph was still a hero for maintaining zheir opinions about the government. I happen to agree with many of the things that zhey said in the suicide-note screed, but fanaticism of any sort isn't what I would call heroic. Some people do... and that's why I think my prediction is still progressing nicely.
In other news, Wired magazine continues their practice of reviewing technological gadgets and gizmos for their computer geek readership. Their latest review? Bullet proof vests.
Yep, this nation is right on track. I repeat my statement from five months ago:
"I distrust these people who obviously feel that they no longer hold any (or sufficient) political power. I disbelieve that they will employ peaceful and lawful means of reasserting their (self-perceived) political power."
Last Saturday morning (Feb 20), two men wore their gay softball team shirts in downtown Austin Texas, and they were beaten by four attackers who yelled antigay slurs while enjoying their righteous offensive. I wouldn't say there was anything really unusual about such an incident (I mean, that's the "Land Of The Free" America that I've lived in for 42 years) except for a prior incident that gives me pause.
Two days earlier (Feb 18), also in Austin Texas, Joseph Stack flew zheir airplane into the regional IRS building. That's bad enough, since murder-suicide against government agencies is not being called terrorism. Zheir daughter condemns the action, but then Samantha goes on to insist that Joseph was still a hero for maintaining zheir opinions about the government. I happen to agree with many of the things that zhey said in the suicide-note screed, but fanaticism of any sort isn't what I would call heroic. Some people do... and that's why I think my prediction is still progressing nicely.
In other news, Wired magazine continues their practice of reviewing technological gadgets and gizmos for their computer geek readership. Their latest review? Bullet proof vests.
Yep, this nation is right on track. I repeat my statement from five months ago:
"I distrust these people who obviously feel that they no longer hold any (or sufficient) political power. I disbelieve that they will employ peaceful and lawful means of reasserting their (self-perceived) political power."
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Date: 2010-Feb-27, Saturday 06:59 pm (UTC)