tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post3083176491339509062..comments2024-03-27T07:30:21.457-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: I Index Myself So That You Can Retrieve & Cut Me from the 1970 CatalogsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-23432968590775273632020-05-23T19:04:27.054-04:002020-05-23T19:04:27.054-04:00Really nice illuminated page, there.Really nice illuminated page, there.Mongo, At The Momenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00973606827337262084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-9264024548781106942020-05-23T18:42:40.521-04:002020-05-23T18:42:40.521-04:00It's getting ugly out there. Be careful. Serio...It's getting ugly out there. Be careful. Seriously. I went to use an ATM as I didn't want to go inside the bank, and so I was waiting in line and there's this old asshole in front of me, not wearing a mask of course. He looked like your typical contractor and no doubt was hurting badly financially speaking, probably lost most or all business. So he's pissed off, and understandably, and when he gets to the ATM machine he gets some cash then purposefully sneezes spraying his spittle all over the ATM. He turns around and looks at me and says, "It's all yours." Apparently as I was masked it was my fault that he lost his ass in the pandemic. So you see now even wearing a mask can make you a target. It wasn't a big deal, I'm not that thin skinned, but it's indicative of how things are evolving and likely to get worse.<br /><br /><br />Just a pet peeve. I'm getting rather tired of seeing these ridiculous renderings of the virus everywhere I go on the internet. I think we all know what it looks like now. Don't you think? Oh yes, very dramatic, very dramatic. I can promise that if I ever see one of these viruses walking down the street or walking their dog I'll be sure to recognize the immediate danger. Okay?Robert Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02433313459943971984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-83972709121156738642020-05-22T11:29:41.425-04:002020-05-22T11:29:41.425-04:00American psychoses: the plague and blaming the vic...<i><b>American psychoses:</b> the plague and blaming the victim</i> links to a piece by lois beckett in the guardian - i was struck by the penultimate paragraph<br /><br /><i>The Puritans had a form of torture called “pressing”, used during the Salem witch trials. They made the accused person lie on the ground, and then very slowly, over many days, placed one rock on their chest, and then another.</i><br /><br />i wish to point out<br /><br />a)the puritans did not come up with this - it was a centuries-old common law practice - see<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peine_forte_et_dure<br /><br />and it was used to compel the accused person to enter a plea - a prisoner who pled - either guilty or not guilty - and then was convicted and executed had all property confiscated by the crown <br /><br />the property of someone who died before pleading went to their heirs<br /><br />more details - see<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peine_forte_et_dure<br /><br />b)only one person was pressed to death during the salem witch trials - giles corey - he died after two days<br /><br />c)nearly two centuries later henry wadsworth longfellow wrote<br /><br /><b>And ye who listen to the Tale of Woe, <br />Be not too swift in casting the first stone, <br />Nor think New England bears the guilt alone. <br />This sudden burst of wickedness and crime <br />Was but the common madness of the time, <br />When in all lands, that lie within the sound <br />Of Sabbath bells, a Witch was burned or drowned.</b><br /><br />d) <i><b>In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.</b></i> - philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche<br /><br />e)may the creative forces of the universe have mercy on our souls, if any<br /><br /><br /><br /><b></b>mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.com