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November 25, 2005
The Great Enlightened North
The progressive promised land to which deserters still flee and to which sore losers threaten to move is once again far ahead of the curve. What do you do when convicted criminals engage in unsafe behavior contrary to the rules of incarceration? Enable them to do it more safely, and on the cheap too! Canadian inmates can now get tattoos in prison parlors under a pilot program aimed at cutting down use of unclean needles and the spread of disease. Tats for the low, low price of $4.25 USD! By the same logic the Canadian authorities ought to supply lubricant to ease the pains of ... er ... forced entry. Not all prison behavior is voluntary. They're going to smuggle in drugs, too, so oughtn't we to provide reasonably priced smack confirmed to have been manufactured safely? Oh, if only there were some higher intelligence to whom we might turn, who might sort out these dilemmas for us! But there may just be, and again the Canadians are boldly at the fore: A former Canadian Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister under Pierre Trudeau has joined forces with three Non-governmental organizations to ask the Parliament of Canada to hold public hearings on Exopolitics -- relations with “ETs.” Now if you're already snickering, open the floodgates: Hellyer warned, "The United States military are preparing weapons which could be used against the aliens, and they could get us into an intergalactic war without us ever having any warning. He stated, "The Bush administration has finally agreed to let the military build a forward base on the moon, which will put them in a better position to keep track of the goings and comings of the visitors from space, and to shoot at them, if they so decide." Canadian beer must be much stronger, eh. PS: I should add that this isn't meant as a slight against Canada (I think a commenter took it that way). And it's fair to note that Hellyer was addressing nuts. But the point is that lefty Americans paint an absurdly fantastic portrait of the Canadian holy land, and it's awful good fun to soil it. The portrait, that is. That said, I have no love for the loony Canadian government. posted by Dennis on 11.25.05 at 07:18 PM
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I've been spending a lot of time driving and socializing, which accounts for the light posting. Long out-of-state drive today, return tonight. (I'm glad to see Dennis has been taking up a little slack.) BTW, this beastie was staring at... [Read More] Tracked on November 26, 2005 10:11 AM
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"The Bush administration has finally agreed to let the military build a forward base on the moon, which will put them in a better position to keep track of the goings and comings of the visitors from space, and to shoot at them, if they so decide." Shoot at them? But what if they are so constituted that they eat our bullets like candy? "By “ETs,” Mr. Hellyer and these organizations mean ethical, advanced extraterrestrial civilizations that may now be visiting Earth." Surely, civilizations more advanced, more ethical, more Godly than our own must be out there amid the billions of stars, the billions of galaxies, this infinite universe. Were they to visit Earth, I can imagine what they might say: "You Objectivists: You have a noble ethic of selfishness, but your values must have a high spiritual base and source, the Divine. Worship, above all, the Most High Goddess, the Queen of Heaven. "You Christians: Be more dogmatic in your theology. Continue to worship the Divine Christ. Worship, above all, the Most High Goddess, the Queen of Heaven. "You Communists: Stop robbing, enslaving, raping, and murdering or else we will smite you. Repent. Turn back to God, the Christ. Worship, above all, the Most High Goddess, the Queen of Heaven." Steven Malcolm Anderson the Lesbian-worshipping man's-man-admiring myth-based egoist · November 26, 2005 01:19 AM I kept reading posts to find stuff on classical values but never found it! Where is Plato damn it? Sorry, had to post and say hi! I am a classics junkie by way of Thucydides and the University of Chicago Almost Girl · November 26, 2005 02:03 AM Speaking purely platonically, I'd remind readers that Dennis is the official classicist, and I'm a frustrated modern satirist with grandiose delusions. Regarding Canada, I see that we're finally cracking down on their geese! Eric Scheie · November 26, 2005 09:30 AM Ohhh so classical values is really just a scam to get us in hoping to see some Greek action! I get it, I get it. Well I guess I won't complain then! Libertarians though? Good good! Me too Almost Girl Almost Girl · November 26, 2005 03:03 PM Yes, I must admit that I am a classicist, though I'm very much against classism. I'm still trying to find my voice here after all this time, and I've got an essay brewing on education, which I'm involved in part of the time. Be on the lookout. For the record I prefer the model of Isocrates to that of Plato. We're all Greeks, and all that. Dennis · November 27, 2005 12:12 AM Yeah, satire is a serious scam. Eric Scheie · November 27, 2005 02:08 PM |
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Hellyer got a standing ovation because he was speaking to a bunch of saucer nuts, who are pretty much the same anywhere you go. Some of them were apparently connected to the Disclosure Project, which is an organisation from your side of the border.