deserves a separate post
i let a gem get buried in the noise of the previous post. enjoy this rant-with-heart:
…I have a message for those 34,197 people and the dirtbags who made up and supported Onward Austin:
Fuck you.
You stood up and said, “The collective is more important the the individual and I want violence to be visited upon those individuals when they violate what the collective wants.”
You may scoff and claim justification on the democratic nature of this process, but it doesn’t even meet the basic dimensions of that standard. Austin’s population as of 2000 was more than 650,000 people. It has certainly grown to more than 675,000 since then.
5% of the humans in Austin voted for this law.
That 5% imposed it’s will on the entire Austin population.
But ignore the bankrupt democratic justification. What arrogance you have. Every one of you have demonstrated to yourselves and to the citizens affected by this (hint: it is not just limited to the bar scene) that you are willing to say yes to the coercion of peaceful individuals; that you support the application of violence against them for exercising their rightful choice to allow smoking on their “public” property. …
May 9th, 2005 at 09:55
You keep finding great stuff, which I appreciate … but, damn, I can’t keep up!! (And Oy!, the color scheme over there … my eyeballs are still throbbing.)
Okay, back to work I go …
May 9th, 2005 at 10:05
work? screw work.
May 9th, 2005 at 13:47
That attitude won’t get more Salons out … or a book written … or … screw it, I’m gonna go play with the snolfs! ;-)