I don't know if this is of local interest just to Chicagoans, though I'd hope not
No, it's not just of local interest to Chicagoans, transplanted or otherwise (anyway real Chicagoans don't get goggle tans in February).
This is blind, stupid, vicious, self-destructive, utterly unreasonable and thoroughly poisonous hatred.
Agreed. But it's not like having a judge killed, simply because they ruled against you is acceptable, either. I know you're not saying that it is, but whether or not Lefkow was "on his side" is, I think, irrelevant.
I didn't click through, but Zorn might be the one missing the point. Once you hear a guy shout "WHITE POWER," you pretty much know he's idiot; the bit about the ruling of the judge doesn't really add more information.
Yeah, but I'm 100% Yank and I actually live an hour outside London in a picturesque Sussex village, where the pheasants outnumber the people (and the sheep are nervous).
That's a pretty fine distinction. I'd say it makes you even more envious; not of the tan, per se, but of the conditions of the possibility of the tan, as Kant might have said.
A fine distinction? By that logic, living in England makes me English. In fact, a Newcastle native who lives in London just popped over to try to get me to do some real work, and if you called him a Londoner he'd give you a right kick in the bollocks.
I don't know if this is of local interest just to Chicagoans, though I'd hope not
No, it's not just of local interest to Chicagoans, transplanted or otherwise (anyway real Chicagoans don't get goggle tans in February).
This is blind, stupid, vicious, self-destructive, utterly unreasonable and thoroughly poisonous hatred.
Agreed. But it's not like having a judge killed, simply because they ruled against you is acceptable, either. I know you're not saying that it is, but whether or not Lefkow was "on his side" is, I think, irrelevant.
Posted by Mitch Mills | Link to this comment | 03- 3-05 7:47 PM
True true. I think Zorn's point is that Hale is just that stupid.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 03- 3-05 7:49 PM
(anyway real Chicagoans don't get goggle tans in February)
Never going back, baby.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 03- 3-05 7:51 PM
I didn't click through, but Zorn might be the one missing the point. Once you hear a guy shout "WHITE POWER," you pretty much know he's idiot; the bit about the ruling of the judge doesn't really add more information.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 03- 3-05 7:53 PM
Might I suggest that real men -- from Chicago or otherwise -- don't get goggle tans in February, or March, or April, or fucking ever?
Posted by peter snees | Link to this comment | 03- 4-05 3:49 AM
I read 1 without clicking the link, desperately wondering how a fellow could get a tan from Google.
And what kind of geek cred that would bestow upon a fellow.
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 03- 4-05 8:10 AM
If you're talking about Gizoogle, though, no explanation required.
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 03- 4-05 8:12 AM
Might I suggest that real men -- from Chicago or otherwise -- don't get goggle tans in February, or March, or April, or fucking ever?
Spoken like a true, and truly envious, Londoner.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 03- 4-05 8:52 AM
I'm no Londoner, ogged. If I were, I'd be tempted to hunt you down and headbutt you after drinking 11 pints of shitty beer. Consider yourself lucky.
And what am I supposed to be envious about, anyway? The girlie goggle tan? Please.
Posted by peter snees | Link to this comment | 03- 4-05 9:11 AM
Weren't you the one working down the street from Lucy Mangan?
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 03- 4-05 9:14 AM
Yeah, but I'm 100% Yank and I actually live an hour outside London in a picturesque Sussex village, where the pheasants outnumber the people (and the sheep are nervous).
Posted by peter snees | Link to this comment | 03- 4-05 9:19 AM
That's a pretty fine distinction. I'd say it makes you even more envious; not of the tan, per se, but of the conditions of the possibility of the tan, as Kant might have said.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 03- 4-05 9:34 AM
A fine distinction? By that logic, living in England makes me English. In fact, a Newcastle native who lives in London just popped over to try to get me to do some real work, and if you called him a Londoner he'd give you a right kick in the bollocks.
Posted by peter snees | Link to this comment | 03- 4-05 10:24 AM
a right kick in the bollocks.
We Americans call them "balls".
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 03- 4-05 10:28 AM
I've definitely lost all respect for Hale.
Posted by Anonymous | Link to this comment | 03- 4-05 9:48 PM