Regarding the book launch for Matthew Bin, there is a Kitchener date for those of us that don't drive. By the way, despite the sketchy layout of the front page at On Guard For Thee, there are listings for events under the What's New menu. Perhaps it is just that I'm using Safari but the page loads with images obscuring text, perhaps Matt should have a look at that there HTML.
Here is the date for the Kitchener launch (and not to pick nits but that should be Caffe Gallery Bolero, a damned fine spot to eat with spectacular home made desserts).
DECEMBER 2 : OGFT / TWICE IN A BLUE MOON
Co launch with author Marrianne Paul
2:00PM to 4:00PM
Caffe Galery Bistro
9 Water Street North
Kitchener, Ontario
And for those of you outside the viewing area, you can short circuit the process and order your copy here.
Congrats Matt!
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Thanks, PSA -- hope to meet you at one of the events.
sorry to have to post this here, but dr phrawd has banned me at his blog.
"For what it is worth Dawg, I'm on board here."
but you gotta wonder: why does the dr (i'm assuming his title is honorary) present his argument in bad faith ("....Tasered for running over his time at a campus meeting")? seems to me that, in presenting a false account of the events, dr phrawd has effectively established a shaky foundation for his position. what good is that? well, it aids in focusing attention to incidental details (sen kerry's attendance is the only reason the story came to international light) of this particular case rather than honestly address the question of arming police with tasers. in drawing attention away from the basic issue, and toward the details specific to this case, phrawd hopes to apply some "guilt by association". also, phrawd's confabulation puts progressives/liberals/democrats in the indefensible position of having to insist that sparky and his kind should be "tasered for running over his time at a campus meeting", to which, of course, none would ever agree, but that doesn't prevent phrawd from making the accusation none the less (did you catch where i was called indecent for objecting to phrawd's false account?). no, phrawd couldn't care less about tasers; his true intentions are petty and sad.
"The taser is the weapon of convenience for lazy, authoritarian brutes."
a few highlights from an article by mallick which phrawd had posted over at rt's joint:
"....he was tortured....the lynching....the police didn't even scuff their jackboots"
look: we live in a society that values the rule of law. without enforcement, our laws are meaningless. we, as citizenries, have asked people to enforce our laws and to defend us from criminal elements. this is a very dangerous job, so we provide these people with the necessary equipment, training and guidelines to perform this job. we invest in them the authority to enforce our laws, and we implement methods to try to prevent abuse of this authority. yes, despite our best efforts, authority is often abused (the same can be said of democracy and of capitalism), but the alternative - abolishment of the institution - is unacceptable, so we endure and remain vigilant.
"weapon of convenience".... should we demand that, in defense of our laws, police should be issued weapons which inconvenience them? is it fair to ask that they further risk their own lives in their mission?
"for lazy, authoritarian brutes".... an unfair assessment, and highly inflamatory rhetoric. their authority comes to them from the citizenry, and their weaponry is issued to them with the consent of the citizenry.
i'm not opposed to antiauthoritarianism; quite the opposite, really. but i prefer to be pragmatic in that pursuit, and that pragmatism begins by being honest with myself.
KEvron
kev, i'll address your comments in the morning when my noggin is fresher and i've had a chance to go and review the thread in question.
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