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Today, I have written two lengthy essays that revolve around the War on Terror.
But I have little hope of them garnering the attention I had hoped they would collect.
Because Bill Whittle has published again.
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Comments (10)
Eject! Eject!... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Mark | May 22, 2007 9:24 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
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1. Posted by Mark | May 22, 2007 9:24 AM |
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2. Posted by bryanD | May 22, 2007 10:12 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Bill Whittle, amend your JFK conspiracy refutation to address the House Committe on Assassinations findings. You don't want to go jousting without a cuirass.
2. Posted by bryanD | May 22, 2007 10:12 AM |
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3. Posted by kim | May 22, 2007 10:18 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
So that's where the 2nd Amendment came from.
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3. Posted by kim | May 22, 2007 10:18 AM |
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Posted on May 22, 2007 10:18
4. Posted by Heralder | May 22, 2007 10:59 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
bryanD,
Bill's email is right on the site, go ahead and bring it up with him.
As a side note, it's not the cuirass that stops the blow in jousting, it's the sheild.
4. Posted by Heralder | May 22, 2007 10:59 AM |
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Posted on May 22, 2007 10:59
5. Posted by bryanD | May 22, 2007 11:26 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Heralder,
The shield deflects the blow, otherwise you're unhorsed. Cuirass absorbs the blow as a last resort. Unhorsed but not dead (hopefully).
Heralder, the bare-chested jouster of Neverland.
5. Posted by bryanD | May 22, 2007 11:26 AM |
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Posted on May 22, 2007 11:26
6. Posted by bryanD | May 22, 2007 11:43 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Heralder,
Email Bill? Nah, I don't believe in snarky emails unless I really sorta care. I emailed udolpho.com and he even smacked it down online which was fun. He made sure to "sic" my g-damned misspellings, too. Embarrassing, but to get snarked in the archives of good website is OK.
It's in his review of Inland Empire. He only identified me as "an emailer", but my rather ponderous prose is recognizable. Who else would cite Tati?
Whittle's website is notable for taking on Big Issues. Badly. But it's the thought that counts, I guess. I find his JFK arguments facile and lazy.
6. Posted by bryanD | May 22, 2007 11:43 AM |
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Posted on May 22, 2007 11:43
7. Posted by Heralder | May 22, 2007 12:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Jousting without a shield would have been a better analogy which is what I was trying to say. That's what is used to block the opponent's point.
Bill's JFK arguments were only part of a greater essay on conspiracy theorists and their mongers, it wasn't there to debunk the varied claims. Given your nature, I can see why you would be opposed to such subject matter; the real world can be so boring.
It also might not have occured to you, but an email doesn't have to be snarky. Often times you'll find being earnest usually garners a better reaction than sarcasm. But as you said, you don't care enough, which is strange since this is the second time it's been brought up by you.
7. Posted by Heralder | May 22, 2007 12:06 PM |
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8. Posted by Oyster | May 22, 2007 12:36 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I heart Bill Whittle.
8. Posted by Oyster | May 22, 2007 12:36 PM |
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Posted on May 22, 2007 12:36
9. Posted by kim | May 22, 2007 12:48 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
And, it seems, nice, forgiving, and non-envious are the qualities necessary for self-regulation. Well, freedom from that quandary was worth the whittle time spent. Political power grows out of the retaliatory potential from the end of a gun.
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9. Posted by kim | May 22, 2007 12:48 PM |
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Posted on May 22, 2007 12:48
10. Posted by epador | May 23, 2007 8:49 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Thanks for the link JT. Up to this point I've always enjoyed his essays. However, though I like most of the reasoning in this one, I wonder if there's a kink in the O2 hose and he's gotten a little euphoric. I just think that any linking in the internet of Remnants will leave a trail of bread crumbs for the Otherness to find [apologies to F Paul Wilson].
10. Posted by epador | May 23, 2007 8:49 AM |
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Posted on May 23, 2007 08:49