if someone complains about police conduct, they are obviously cooking up a story so that they can pursue a big lawsuit
people who won’t pay their fare on Skytrain deserve to be shot
damaging public property should get you the death penalty
the police are always right, but in cases where they aren’t, people should keep their mouths [...]
Looking at the TV schedule (I check periodically to see what’s happening in the world of cartoons), I noticed that there is a newly-minted series of Spider-Man cartoons called “The Spectacular Spider-Man”, and today’s episode is titled “The Invisible Hand”. I’m guessing that is no more than a title, but that is a perfect name [...]
No one can act in the margins or the periphery without having to confront powerful interests, officialdom, some form of unwritten social convention, or even the commerce that exists and is embedded within its subculture. Acting out is, by its very premise, a form of liberty and an attempt to articulate freedom.
This is a quote [...]
Found on Slashdot yesterday: a collection of responses to the question, “What do you believe even though you cannot prove it?”
Link: edge.org
My favourite response: “I can’t prove it, but I am pretty sure that people gain a selective advantage from believing in things they can’t prove.” (RANDOLPH NESSE, M.D., Psychiatrist, University of Michigan)
I would have [...]
link to a blog with post-fire photos, add May 3 2004
Destroyed by fire, morning of Sunday 25 April 2004:
311 West Hastings, the location of Spartacus Books since the 1970s, location of Ken Gerberick’s studio for almost as long, location of Artspeak Gallery from 1987 to 1992, Stan Douglas’s studio from 1986 or 1987 until some [...]