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[jazzfish]

Lawyer Arrested for Wearing a 'Peace' T-Shirt: You know, I wouldn't be a peacenik if the War side were willing to treat American citizens like human beings. Freedom is Slavery.

Bureaucrats get EBay Fever: "So far, $16,281 has been made selling objects taken from passengers at Oakland and Sacramento airports."

Sophie's World: I'm about forty pages into it. It's not a novel, at least not yet; it's a very entertaining textbook on the history of philosophy. I'm enjoying it. The device of "Sophie reads a bit of philosophy, then Sophie thinks about it" may yet get irritating, but it hasn't so far. (And I will be extremely disappointed if "Sophie Amundsen" isn't a linguistic joke on "Wisdom, the son of Man." Please don't tell me if it isn't.)

Comments

[jazzfish]

Thanks for the link. It puts things in more perspective. So the lawyer was almost certainly spoiling for a fight, yes.

I'm still unsure how I feel about 'censorship' in semipublic areas such as shopping malls. I *do* feel that allowing the sale of the T-shirts but not letting them be worn is ... synonyms fail me ... rather dippy.

If you don't like it, don't spend your money there. That is all that is to that.

This is very true. (Unless, as above, you're spoiling for a fight. Sigh.)

[vt-andros.livejournal.com]

This (http://www.kuro5hin.org/comments/2003/3/5/115057/6652/163#163) parallels my feelings in the whole mall issue. It wouldn't matter, though, since the mall dropped the charges. (http://www.msnbc.com/local/wnyt/m276307.asp?cp1=1)

[cxi162.livejournal.com]

Oh, just wonderful. Protesting to get the charges dropped. Otherwise known as extortion. If you're truly worried about the country, you should be a lot more worried about the ignorant masses pulling this kind of crap then the fact that he was arrested in the first place.