Civil Disobedience
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Administrative
You all may have noticed it has been a bit quiet around these parts for a while now. The reasons are multiple, but the biggest is that the Line we were attempting to hold has actually moved. And not, as we’re sure you’ve noticed, for the better. So, Ted and I* are now posting [...]
Tags: do you have a flag, Simon Jester, social responsibility
What No One’s Mentioned
Posted by Mycroft Holmes | Filed under Idiot Legislation
Right now, there’s a big kerfuffle on the right side of the internet about Obama’s plan to require or strongly encourage volunteerism among the citizenry in exchange for a $4,000 tax break. It goes something like this: you work up to 100 hours a year in some non-salaried capacity, and the federal government gives you [...]
Tags: social responsibility, socialism kills, where is the outrage?
Vote Your Conscience
Posted by Mycroft Holmes | Filed under Decision Eh
With the presidential election one week away, there’s one idea I would like to start circulating, which is this: vote for the candidate you want in office. I know, that sounds self-evident. However, for too many people, all that matters is that they voted for the guy who eventually won, rather than the guy they [...]
Tags: 2008 election, social responsibility
Reverse-Adoption
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Hip Waders Required, Social Un-Services
Well, this is baffling: Nebraska’s new safe-haven law allowing parents to abandon unwanted children at hospitals with no questions asked is unique in a significant way: It goes beyond babies and potentially permits the abandonment of anyone under 19. I really don’t know what to think of this. On the one hand, yes, giving the [...]
Tags: moral confusion, social responsibility
Pay to Play
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Hip Waders Required
I can’t recall when I first learned of the Code of Hammurabi, though I almost certainly read it in a book*, as hoovering up the printed word has ever been a large part of my days. It was a long time ago though, possibly as early as the pre-teenaged years (ok, not THAT long a [...]
Tags: keep to the Code, social responsibility
What’s The Opposite of Rose-Colored?
Posted by Mycroft Holmes | Filed under Decision Eh, Plain Old Hypocrisy, Yellow Press
I was emailed this from a friend of mine who happens to be a civilian in the middle of the war zone. Presumably it’s not just being passed around among the non-military. I thought it might foster some good discussion here. I don’t know the date of writing, so adjust any time references to whatever [...]
Tags: hype-no-tized, social responsibility, where's the outrage?
