I saw a new movie last night. It had been a while since we have been able to get out, especially with the war going on. The film moved me like movies moved me when I was a child. But it really was not a good movie at all, just a few scenes had that special touch of movie magic. You know the kind, where a tear drips without you realizing it or you choke up a bit and feel silly about it... and then just sit back and revel in and savor the moment.
We returned from the theater and listened t
"E-lawyering" is a term that seems to be thrown around Planet Bob with increasing frequency. In RL, e-lawyering refers to trying to act the part of a lawyer who is really an attorney-at-lol, or more broadly to someone who is trying to be something they are not.
On Planet Bob, e-lawyering is used as an attack mechanism to discredit those who suggest "over-analysis," counter-analysis or even just a closer analysis of some issue of contention.
In other words, to a few of you out there, e-lawyer
We all seem to agree that pride and prejudice have turned this war into a "great" one. Upon learning of this, Ms. Austen asked to share a few thoughts:
I cannot fix on the hour, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.
You expect me to account for opinions which you choose to call mine, but which I have never acknowledged.
To yield readily--easily--to the persuasion of a friend is no merit.... To yield witho
In a world where allegiance to treaties is revered more than the consideration of other principles of good conduct, an increasingly popular trend on Planet Bob is to seek refuge in believing in the possibility of various conceptions of amorality. At first glance, it seems alluring since amoralism promises a place where we can avoid some of the dilemmas in our world's more bitter and divisive politics.
Unfotunately, what amoralism really asks of us is to be selectively perceptive in analyzin
Whenever there is a controversy on Planet Bob we are reminded to "do something about it."
The most publicly recognizable way of "doing something about it" here is dropping or making treaties or going to war. This also is why "might makes right" continues to be such a popular language. It is a language we
think
we understand.
Contrary expressions include
right makes might
, or even
right makes right
. Both expressions were seen leading up to the Karma war, but now they are largely fo
