From a Facebook comment to this story about police shooting dogs, but it’s applicable pretty much to all “Zero Tolerance” and other “RESPECT MAH AUTHORITAH!” B.S. foisted on us by our “Civil Masters.” The Book says “Do X,” so that’s what they do. They can’t get in trouble for doing what the book says, and it’s easier than thinking.
Tag: QotD
Quote of the Day – Just Ain’t Getting It Edition
From another discussion over at Quora.com:
The NRA seems to care about the constitution more than public safety and the future of the nation.
To which I responded:
Uh, wow. That single sentence contains so much that is descriptive of the issues that it’s almost meta.
Quote of the Day – Damning with Faint Praise Edition
I’m actually considering the latest Transformers film. Howard Tayler, author of the webcomic Schlock Mercenary, says it “…fails to clear the Threshold of Disappointment.”
But that’s not the QotD. This, from the Road & Track magazine review of the film is:
The Wahlberg/Pelz/Reynor triangle, incidentally, is an exact clone of the Bruce Willis/Liv Tyler/Ben Affleck relationship from Bay’s Armageddon. He makes it work. At no point did I actively root for any of them to die as I did through three Shia LaBeouf Transformer movies.
Given that glowing recommendation, I think I may go see it!
Quote of the Day – Iowahawk Edition
Apparently, the leading cause of hard drive failures is subpoenas. – David Burge
“America Has Ceased to Exist”
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzKpDKQ0gSs?list=UU0uVZd8N7FfIZnPu0y7o95A]
Worth fifteen minutes of your time.
Quote of the Day – Cultural Conflict Edition
In response to this question over at Quora.com:
Comes this answer I wish I’d written myself:
When the number of gun deaths approaches the number of deaths by abortion, then gun owners will take anti-gun people as seriously as pro-choice people take pro-life people. Which is to say, not much.
Quote of the Day
DemProgs and conservatives alike share the same concerns: they don’t want killers to have guns. It’s just that DemProgs haven’t quite figured out who the real killers are. Their obsessive focus is on individuals and corporations. — Bookworm’s 5-Point Gun Manifesto; or why I believe in gun rights
RTWT. It bears repeating.
(h/t to reader Scott who sent me a link via email.)
Quote of the Day – Tam Edition
Quote of the Day – Caleb Giddings Edition
I now know what it must feel like to be a moderate, peaceful Muslim whenever some clown yells Allah Snackbar and blows up a bus. KNOCK IT OFF, ASSHOLES
Over on Facebook in response to yesterday’s shootings in Las Vegas.
Quote of the Day – Wish I’d Said That Edition
MiddleAgedKen left this zinger of an Education QotD as a comment to the P.J. O’Rourke QotD from a few days back:
To be minimally fair, a good high-school education is still essential, and college is (if you’re lucky) where you go to get one.
I’ve said it before somewhere, if not in here, that a high-school diploma used to mean you were ready for the workforce. Now it’s a BA. A high-school diploma just means you were bodily present long enough that they had to give you a piece of paper to make you go away.