The Eternal Gaijin

At about 3am GMT Saddam Hussein was executed, hanged by the neck until dead. It was an act of revenge, justice and politics that lowers the bar of civilization for us all. It lowers from the moral high ground anyone involved. Killing and revenge is a poor way to distinguish yourself from those who kill and take out revenge. Saddam Hussein was killed for 148 Shi'ite deaths, making him a martyr for the Sunni cause now. On the eve of Eid. This cannot end well, if it ends at all. He was never tried for the much touted gassing of the Khurds in northern Iraq. Popular wisdom holds that it's because American involvement and partial culpability would come to light. There is now no-one to hold to account and no impetus to actually investigate further. Look, he was a horrible, indescribably horrible little man who deserved death and we will not miss him one bit. You can't defend his record. But, capital punishment is counter-productive at its core. We (as the West) had the chance to s...

When this sort of thing is happening?

I'm happy to report that I didn't score as a Stupid Gaijin on this test < http://www.seekjapan.jp/article-1/630/Are+you+a+stupid+gaijin? >. Hat Tip to: TokyoMango < http://tokyomango.blogspot.com/ > -- From: The Eternal Gaijin Lost Somewhere in Wandsworth, London "Words Cannot Describe What I Am About To Tell You."

You drink soy < http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/12/12/soy-beans-make-you-gay/ >milk. This one of those things that's been reported (Here < http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53327 >) and blogged at the first link and at Pharyngula < http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/12/satans_perfect_food_tofu.php >. I don't know why they're acting so surprised. I mean just look at Japan; christ they're all screamers over there. Last time I watched Seven Samurai it was all poofy guys in skirtish things mincing about. -- From: The Eternal Gaijin Lost Somewhere in Wandsworth, London "Words Cannot Describe What I Am About To Tell You."

But given these results, it might be an idea. How evil are you ? -- From: The Eternal Gaijin Lost Somewhere in Wandsworth, London "Words Cannot Describe What I Am About To Tell You."

Through Pharyngula The link < http://atheistethicist.blogspot.com/2006/12/better-place-selected-essays-on-desire.html >brings you through to some non-theistic moral principles that might nail shut a particularly odious fundamentalist notion: that there is no morality without god. -- From: The Eternal Gaijin Lost Somewhere in Wandsworth, London "Words Cannot Describe What I Am About To Tell You." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

http://www.skepticreport.com/creationism/thingscreationistshate.htm That's pretty much my spiel on this. However if you need something offensive < http://www.christonthecrapper.com/sacrilege/theh/ >. -- From: The Eternal Gaijin Lost Somewhere in Wandsworth, London "Words Cannot Describe What I Am About To Tell You."