Monday, September 04, 2006
Labor Day Links
I've made jokes about him, but this news is very sad. Steve Irwin, the Croc Hunter is dead. It was obvious from the show "Crocodile Hunter Diaries" that he was a great guy and much loved. Apparently his politics were in the right place too. Funny how when you watch kids grow on TV, you really feel for them. Blogotional prayers for his family and extended family at the zoo. My Queensland Aussie friend John misses him too.
Update (a couple of hours later): In some corners of TV news and the blogosphere, Steve Irwin is not being mourned, but being condemned for being too much of a risk taker, and somehow a bad influence, particularly because his TV shows did not show the precautions he often exercised to protect himself. I've even seen comparisions to the Roman gladiators. HOGWASH! Look, you may not choose to take the risks he did, your perogative. But it is still a world where people can choose to take risks and in taking those risks, the rest of us often benefit, whether it be entertainment, or science. You do know that to make anti-venom, you have to catch and milk venomous animals don't you?
What's worse is that many of the people condemning Irwin's risk-taking are all for morally ambiguous risk-taking like cloning and other controversial genetic research, the ramifications of which might not be as immediate, but could be far more dangerous.
But most of all, can't we just let the people that loved the guy mourn him in peace? Has it dawned on any of the punditry out there that is so busy condemning him that he has a family that really does not need to hear this stuff right now? Think about it, what's being said is "Your father's dead, your father's an ass" Give 'em a break, will you. Save the debate for later, at least.
Proof of my contention much environmental law is disguised socialism. (HT: Amy Ridenour)
OK, you know how when someone gets fired, you get to blame EVERYTHING that is wrong with the workplace on them for at least 6 months to a year? Well, that's global warming now. Think I'll write a paper about my hemmeroids....
This may increase grades, but will it increase understanding? I think it will result in students that can perform math, but I don;t think it will result in genuine understanding or real mathematicians.
If you gonna use the Internet - you need to be a little savvy. This guy probably thinks it's "tubes."
This is unique. Here in America we make the bar owners put them in the bars.
I have no doubt this is true. Haven't been to the site, but been to China and dealth with environmental officials there. Makes the Soviet Union look like an environmental paradise, even with incidents like Chernobyl. So, all you people trying to pass new environmental stuff here - go bother them for a while, it'll take decades for them to come close to our standards.
Life, given half a chance will prevail. So, why don't we give it a chance?
The answer, of course, is no. As Lomborg has shown wealth is the key to ending pollution.
Codes were a lot more fun in the days before computers.
Related Tags: environment, Steve Irwin, Crocodile Hunter, global warming, joke, humor
Update (a couple of hours later): In some corners of TV news and the blogosphere, Steve Irwin is not being mourned, but being condemned for being too much of a risk taker, and somehow a bad influence, particularly because his TV shows did not show the precautions he often exercised to protect himself. I've even seen comparisions to the Roman gladiators. HOGWASH! Look, you may not choose to take the risks he did, your perogative. But it is still a world where people can choose to take risks and in taking those risks, the rest of us often benefit, whether it be entertainment, or science. You do know that to make anti-venom, you have to catch and milk venomous animals don't you?
What's worse is that many of the people condemning Irwin's risk-taking are all for morally ambiguous risk-taking like cloning and other controversial genetic research, the ramifications of which might not be as immediate, but could be far more dangerous.
But most of all, can't we just let the people that loved the guy mourn him in peace? Has it dawned on any of the punditry out there that is so busy condemning him that he has a family that really does not need to hear this stuff right now? Think about it, what's being said is "Your father's dead, your father's an ass" Give 'em a break, will you. Save the debate for later, at least.
Proof of my contention much environmental law is disguised socialism. (HT: Amy Ridenour)
OK, you know how when someone gets fired, you get to blame EVERYTHING that is wrong with the workplace on them for at least 6 months to a year? Well, that's global warming now. Think I'll write a paper about my hemmeroids....
This may increase grades, but will it increase understanding? I think it will result in students that can perform math, but I don;t think it will result in genuine understanding or real mathematicians.
If you gonna use the Internet - you need to be a little savvy. This guy probably thinks it's "tubes."
This is unique. Here in America we make the bar owners put them in the bars.
I have no doubt this is true. Haven't been to the site, but been to China and dealth with environmental officials there. Makes the Soviet Union look like an environmental paradise, even with incidents like Chernobyl. So, all you people trying to pass new environmental stuff here - go bother them for a while, it'll take decades for them to come close to our standards.
Life, given half a chance will prevail. So, why don't we give it a chance?
The answer, of course, is no. As Lomborg has shown wealth is the key to ending pollution.
Codes were a lot more fun in the days before computers.
Related Tags: environment, Steve Irwin, Crocodile Hunter, global warming, joke, humor
