Comments on: A Note on Comments

By: jeff

jeff — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:20:41 +0000

I’m a new reader and enjoy surfing your site when I can. Your comments are funny, your writing is interesting and your thoughts are your own. Good stuff overall.

Oh, by-the-way, I’m an anti-statist…so, other than your love of State, I enjoy the blog.

jeff

By: claude

claude — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:39:24 +0000

I must have missed one heck of a thread within the last few days.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:28:59 +0000

is this an appropriate time to say, “pwn3d!”?

By: Packratt

Packratt — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:12:42 +0000

I apologize to anyone trying to access my site now, it appears that either there are some technical difficulties or Google killed my entire email and blogging account due to complaints by police officers.

Thank you to those who did take the time to visit and read about what is happening up here in Seattle, I appreciate it!

By: johncjackson

johncjackson — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:26:41 +0000

I once called someone a name in the old days ( maybe 2003 or so or whenever comments were allowed) and all hell broke loose. I guess I was used to saltier discourse at the time. I have grown up a lot since then.

By: Danno49

Danno49 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:58:35 +0000

Um, monkey butler.

By: The Democratic Republican

The Democratic Republican — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:38:39 +0000

Right on, Radley. I wish they would do more of this at reason and other blogs. I never understood why people thought that being anonymous online meant that rules of manners and respect no longer applied. I guess some people want a free pass on being…well, I almost made a hypocrite of myself. :)

By: troy

troy — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:30:35 +0000

These are fair enough rules.

By: John

John — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:06:27 +0000

But snide comments about celebrities having nothing to do with the topic at hand are still okay? What was Britney thinking?

By: Tokin42

Tokin42 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:37:34 +0000

Leatherwood, I think dissin the colts can rightly be considered “fighting words”

By: billy-jay

billy-jay — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:25:52 +0000

Right on, Radley.

By: wade

wade — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:30:19 +0000

What about taunting? Is it ok to say someones mother was an hamster and their father smells of elderberries?

By: Vermin Kol

Vermin Kol — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:47:32 +0000

If I limit my manifesto to 2499 words is that acceptable?

By: Packratt

Packratt — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:37:18 +0000

@ #11, Frank:

Oh, I take it seriously, I expect to get shot whenever I leave my home or have my door busted down. Not much I can do about it though.

I’ve tried reporting it, but a department that won’t even do anything about officers who harass other officers and call them rats when they cooperate with internal investigations doesn’t appear interested in doing anything about threats and intimidation aimed at a police accountability blog from their own officers either.

Thanks for the suggestion though, I do appreciate it.

By: pris

pris — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:25:43 +0000

It never occured to me that someone would be out of sorts on this blog- but there are crazies everywhere. The fact that you still post about the Colts adds to the mystery. How about that new baseball stadium?

By: JJH2

JJH2 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:10:46 +0000

EdinTally:

“Socialism” and “capitalism” are contested words. As a matter of historical record, capitalism has traditionally NOT meant “the free market.” People specify “laissez-faire capitalism” because it has long been recognized that the two concepts are not the same; there are many ‘varieties’ of capitalism, and it was traditionally understood as a system of state privilege on behalf of capitalists (the oppose of laissez-faire). It might also mean simply the fact of ownership of the means of production by a professional investment class.

Similarly, while people often now associate “socialism” with something amounting to government control of the economy, the phrase has just as long been understood as the idea of the workers themselves owning the means of production. In the latter sense, socialism is perfectly compatible with laissez-faire, or the free market. For example, worker’s cooperatives or worker-owned and managed firms are perfectly compatible with a free market, and fit snugly into what might best be understood as the libertarian socialist tradition (inhabited by, among others, Benjamin Tucker).

Any libertarian movement that’s genuinely concerned with building a broad coalition of like-minded individuals should be more concerned with exploring commonalities and _ideas_ rather than knee-jerk labeling.

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:53:04 +0000

Packratt: Threats from police officers should be taken seriously. As in trace them down, identify the officer, and send copies to that officer’s chief and every member of the polity that hired said officer.

Police officers that throw their weight around like that should be making french fries for a living, not carrying a gun in the name of society.

By: Chris Farley

Chris Farley — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:31:49 +0000

I suggest an open-thread insult-fest. You could even make it a contest and judge our skills at insulting you.

The winner gets to go to dinner with you. And, as an apology for insulting you, the winner has to pay for the meal.

By: EdinTally

EdinTally — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:28:29 +0000

…still open season on socialists right? :)

By: airforce

airforce — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:20:11 +0000

If I don’t get at least one death threat a day, I don’t feel like I’m doing my job. And these aren’t always idle threats; some of them come from killers. Thankfully, most of them come from drunks.

Of course, I work at the county jail, so I guess I’m a little warped anyway.