I've got a great number of friends at state universities and out of state colleges, and they're all worried about finals week. I'm not sure why, isn't finals week just a random collection of essays and final projects laced sporadically through the last two weeks of school?
Wait, maybe that's just Loras.
Of all the schools I've heard of, Loras is the only one that seems to have such an inconsistent finals experience. That's just fine with me, I've lived a relatively short life of clutter and insane, randomly placed deadlines, but I'm sure people who need congruence can get a little miffed over the clutter that is loras finals week.
Why do we do it this way? is it because Loras curriculum is planned seperately? is that a good thing? I can't answer that because all I know is that summer is on the way.
Thanks all, for year that was medium at best.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Returning
Osama Bin Laden is still dead, and we're still celebrating like we those hollow point bullets scored a touchdown on his face, so not much has developed since last I addressed this topic.
I'll try to be new and interesting though.
Bin Laden should have been tried as a criminal, not shot like a dog.
I have two good reasons
1. Killing Osama Bin Laden makes this a U.S. victory and cheats the world of its closure, furthermore, it serves no function of justice, only a function of revenge. Yanking Bin Laden out of his compound and whipping him like the dog he was on national television would have been a moment of vindication for the families of 9/11, a time to share their stories, and a time to show the eastern hemisphere that the western hemisphere's initial beef with Bin Laden was entirely legitimate, if not the wars that followed. Instead he was shot twice in the head by a covert team and his end was catharsis before justice. Just like every other death, it was a waste.
2. Osama Bin Laden probably enjoyed breathing and eating fudge as much as you do. That means that he's entitled to the same basic semblance of dignity, respect, and mercy that you enjoy regardless of his crimes. Saddam Hussein was a bastard coated bastard with bastard filling, but his treatment upset me. That's not because I'm a bleeding heart, it's because we share basic human similarities, and nobody likes to watch a person who shares their basic human similarities be hung by the neck until dead on Youtube. A general rule that would prevent acts of terrorism and cruelty: treat people like people, even if you don't like them very much. Blood and brain matter are clear signs that hollow point bullets and human beings don't mesh well.
Killing people, even nasty ones, is bad. Feel free to disagree, but it won't change my opinion unless you do it loudly (even then, good luck).
I'll try to be new and interesting though.
Bin Laden should have been tried as a criminal, not shot like a dog.
I have two good reasons
1. Killing Osama Bin Laden makes this a U.S. victory and cheats the world of its closure, furthermore, it serves no function of justice, only a function of revenge. Yanking Bin Laden out of his compound and whipping him like the dog he was on national television would have been a moment of vindication for the families of 9/11, a time to share their stories, and a time to show the eastern hemisphere that the western hemisphere's initial beef with Bin Laden was entirely legitimate, if not the wars that followed. Instead he was shot twice in the head by a covert team and his end was catharsis before justice. Just like every other death, it was a waste.
2. Osama Bin Laden probably enjoyed breathing and eating fudge as much as you do. That means that he's entitled to the same basic semblance of dignity, respect, and mercy that you enjoy regardless of his crimes. Saddam Hussein was a bastard coated bastard with bastard filling, but his treatment upset me. That's not because I'm a bleeding heart, it's because we share basic human similarities, and nobody likes to watch a person who shares their basic human similarities be hung by the neck until dead on Youtube. A general rule that would prevent acts of terrorism and cruelty: treat people like people, even if you don't like them very much. Blood and brain matter are clear signs that hollow point bullets and human beings don't mesh well.
Killing people, even nasty ones, is bad. Feel free to disagree, but it won't change my opinion unless you do it loudly (even then, good luck).
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Between Timid and Timbuktu
Osama Bin Laden is dead, I'm not writing about the royal wedding. It ain't happening.
The whole affair raises far more questions than answers. Osama Bin Laden is dead very little has changed.
Is this a victory for freedom? A bitter defeat to humanists because a world power government actually killed a scumbag for once? What happens to the Global War on Terrorism? What are we going to call the nasty things we do with missles now? Why are we all celebrating a death like we just won the world cup (I didn't like the guy any more than anybody else, but I'm not up for celebrating deaths via predator missile).
I have all these questions because I'm sitting in pocket of time entirely alien to the modern world. A pocket in which I have not yet been told what to think. I intend to take full advantage.
Is this a victory for freedom?
No, not really. But it probably makes free people feel a little warmer and fuzzier I suppose.
A bitter defeat to humanists because a world power government actually killed a scumbag for once?
Nope. We've done that before, and I seem to remember the U.S. using the grace period swelling out of such an accomplishment to annhilate Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Humanists never win or lose because people will never be nice. That is the irony of it all.
What happens to the Global War on Terrorism?
as a proper noun, its media attention dries up and it fizzles like that $5 firework you were sure was going to blow up your cat. As a general idea, it continues on without our consent or our support.
What are we going to call the nasty things we do with missles now?
I'm sure we'll think of something. we haven't used "police action" in a while, it could be due for a comeback.
Why are we all celebrating (etc.)?
Because a very nasty man won't hurt anyone else. and because 10 years after the crisis, after the sorrow and the pain and the answers that we never really believed, we're still all looking for just the littlest bit of closure.
If life was simple, everyone would be able to do it.
The whole affair raises far more questions than answers. Osama Bin Laden is dead very little has changed.
Is this a victory for freedom? A bitter defeat to humanists because a world power government actually killed a scumbag for once? What happens to the Global War on Terrorism? What are we going to call the nasty things we do with missles now? Why are we all celebrating a death like we just won the world cup (I didn't like the guy any more than anybody else, but I'm not up for celebrating deaths via predator missile).
I have all these questions because I'm sitting in pocket of time entirely alien to the modern world. A pocket in which I have not yet been told what to think. I intend to take full advantage.
Is this a victory for freedom?
No, not really. But it probably makes free people feel a little warmer and fuzzier I suppose.
A bitter defeat to humanists because a world power government actually killed a scumbag for once?
Nope. We've done that before, and I seem to remember the U.S. using the grace period swelling out of such an accomplishment to annhilate Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Humanists never win or lose because people will never be nice. That is the irony of it all.
What happens to the Global War on Terrorism?
as a proper noun, its media attention dries up and it fizzles like that $5 firework you were sure was going to blow up your cat. As a general idea, it continues on without our consent or our support.
What are we going to call the nasty things we do with missles now?
I'm sure we'll think of something. we haven't used "police action" in a while, it could be due for a comeback.
Why are we all celebrating (etc.)?
Because a very nasty man won't hurt anyone else. and because 10 years after the crisis, after the sorrow and the pain and the answers that we never really believed, we're still all looking for just the littlest bit of closure.
If life was simple, everyone would be able to do it.
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