Comments on: Invasion of the Body Snatchers http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:57:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Matt Weiner http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/comment-page-1/#comment-146054 Matt Weiner Tue, 28 Feb 2006 03:39:57 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/#comment-146054 How did <a href="http://catallarchy.net/blog/archives/2005/07/11/cannibal-the-musical/#comment-60271" rel="nofollow">this</a> pass by without a reference to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe? How did this pass by without a reference to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe?

]]> By: John Quiggin http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/comment-page-1/#comment-146051 John Quiggin Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:02:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/#comment-146051 I don't think anyone suggested they were representative, Steven. But <a href="http://catallarchy.net/blog/archives/2005/07/11/cannibal-the-musical/" rel="nofollow">they're not alone on this one</a>. I don’t think anyone suggested they were representative, Steven. But they’re not alone on this one.

]]> By: Steven Crane http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/comment-page-1/#comment-146047 Steven Crane Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:23:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/#comment-146047 Is there any question that the people behind this "project" are literal, unintentional strawmen? They're no more representative of libertarian thought than your average dorm-room, daddy's-money anarchist is of leftist thought. Is there any question that the people behind this “project” are literal, unintentional strawmen?

They’re no more representative of libertarian thought than your average dorm-room, daddy’s-money anarchist is of leftist thought.

]]> By: Ann http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/comment-page-1/#comment-146044 Ann Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:12:37 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/#comment-146044 After the New Yorker article that tried to correlate the increase in feral hogs nationwide along red state/blue state lines, I'm not surprised at anything in the MSM. After the New Yorker article that tried to correlate the increase in feral hogs nationwide along red state/blue state lines, I’m not surprised at anything in the MSM.

]]> By: Matt Weiner http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/comment-page-1/#comment-146026 Matt Weiner Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:12:22 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/#comment-146026 Albert: Choose yo' weapons, you varmints! I gone whop you both! Seminole Sam: Uh - we fights with knives -- so keerful! Albert: <i><b>I</b></i> fights with a knife <b>an'</b> fork, an I is <b><i>hongry</i></b>. (<i>Pogo</i> 10-31-49) Albert: Choose yo’ weapons, you varmints! I gone whop you both!
Seminole Sam: Uh – we fights with knives—so keerful!
Albert: I fights with a knife an’ fork, an I is hongry.

(Pogo 10-31-49)

]]> By: Steve LaBonne http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/comment-page-1/#comment-146006 Steve LaBonne Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:07:01 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/#comment-146006 They really meant to legalize cannabis but of course they were too stoned to spell it correctly. They really meant to legalize cannabis but of course they were too stoned to spell it correctly.

]]> By: eweininger http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/comment-page-1/#comment-145851 eweininger Sun, 26 Feb 2006 05:39:26 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/#comment-145851 <i>Now I’m picturing a duel between two cannibals with knives. And forks.</i> Been there, done that. http://www.virtualdali.com/37CannibalismInAutumn.html If you squint a bit, it kinda looks like Texas. Now I’m picturing a duel between two cannibals with knives. And forks.

Been there, done that.

http://www.virtualdali.com/37CannibalismInAutumn.html

If you squint a bit, it kinda looks like Texas.

]]> By: dave heasman http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/comment-page-1/#comment-145843 dave heasman Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:13:07 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/#comment-145843 "Seven children ride a school bus 33 miles to Wink in the next county.." Someone said that Lubbock, where Buddy Holly came from, was an isolated nowhere place, but compared to Wink, birthplace of Roy Orbison, it was a bustling multicultural metropolis. “Seven children ride a school bus 33 miles to Wink in the next county..”

Someone said that Lubbock, where Buddy Holly came from, was an isolated nowhere place, but compared to Wink, birthplace of Roy Orbison, it was a bustling multicultural metropolis.

]]> By: serial catowner http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/comment-page-1/#comment-145842 serial catowner Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:11:01 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/#comment-145842 Well, actually, Cheney and his friends already did the county thing. With one ranch at 52 square miles, there can't be many more in that county. And how convenient is that, employing the former sherriff? Definitely the "ownership" end of our society. But ya gotta love it- the libertarians wanted to establish a state with absolute freedom, but what's really going to happen is South Dakota will establish a state with absolutely no freedom. Well, actually, Cheney and his friends already did the county thing. With one ranch at 52 square miles, there can’t be many more in that county. And how convenient is that, employing the former sherriff? Definitely the “ownership” end of our society.

But ya gotta love it- the libertarians wanted to establish a state with absolute freedom, but what’s really going to happen is South Dakota will establish a state with absolutely no freedom.

]]> By: Scorpio http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/comment-page-1/#comment-145838 Scorpio Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:59:12 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/#comment-145838 Looks like *lot* better place than South Carolina for fundies to move to so they can put wimmin back in chains and make everyone go to church. Feh. Looks like lot better place than South Carolina for fundies to move to so they can put wimmin back in chains and make everyone go to church.

Feh.

]]> By: imag http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/comment-page-1/#comment-145836 imag Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:22:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/#comment-145836 <i>I’m still scratching my head over the contention that cannibalism is a victimless act (or dueling, for that matter) …</i> Now I'm picturing a duel between two cannibals with knives. And forks. I’m still scratching my head over the contention that cannibalism is a victimless act (or dueling, for that matter) …

Now I’m picturing a duel between two cannibals with knives. And forks.

]]> By: Luis Villa http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/comment-page-1/#comment-145835 Luis Villa Sat, 25 Feb 2006 21:39:40 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/#comment-145835 abb1: but the free state project was always doomed, because of the 'state' part. Sounds like this was a 'free county project', which makes a lot more sense, really. Surprised no one has found the emptiest county in Nevada and tried the same thing- it seems like the logical place to start. The lowest level of state resistance, located closer to libertarian/hippie California. All you'd need is a thousand folks to take over Esmeralda County (pop. 900-something) in Nevada. abb1: but the free state project was always doomed, because of the ‘state’ part. Sounds like this was a ‘free county project’, which makes a lot more sense, really. Surprised no one has found the emptiest county in Nevada and tried the same thing- it seems like the logical place to start. The lowest level of state resistance, located closer to libertarian/hippie California. All you’d need is a thousand folks to take over Esmeralda County (pop. 900-something) in Nevada.

]]> By: KCinDC http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/comment-page-1/#comment-145833 KCinDC Sat, 25 Feb 2006 21:06:17 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/#comment-145833 Look, if the poor want to sell any of their limbs or other body parts they can get along without to debauched millionaires for food, that's between them and the millionaires. There's no coercion, just as there was no coercion involved in child labor, 84-hour work weeks, or any other example of a functioning free market that the statists want to stick their noses into for no reason. You're standing in the way of freedom! Freeeedom! Look, if the poor want to sell any of their limbs or other body parts they can get along without to debauched millionaires for food, that’s between them and the millionaires. There’s no coercion, just as there was no coercion involved in child labor, 84-hour work weeks, or any other example of a functioning free market that the statists want to stick their noses into for no reason. You’re standing in the way of freedom! Freeeedom!

]]> By: nik http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/comment-page-1/#comment-145831 nik Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:40:24 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/#comment-145831 I think they'd only regard cannibalism as victimless if it didn't violate the corpse's owners property rights. I think they’d only regard cannibalism as victimless if it didn’t violate the corpse’s owners property rights.

]]> By: abb1 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/comment-page-1/#comment-145830 abb1 Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:38:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/25/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers/#comment-145830 You're perfectly aware that there are cannibals out there - and it's up to <i>you</i> - not the nanny-government! - to make your meat not worth their while... You’re perfectly aware that there are cannibals out there – and it’s up to you – not the nanny-government! – to make your meat not worth their while…

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