Pressure

For the briefest time, the press was forced to be interested in the sad fate of a Korean national gunned down by the Taliban. The interest has soon waned in favour of Lindsay Lohan as she is the pinnacle of Western civilisation right now. I'm not saying this to be cute. Apparently, she is. Why else would no one be disgusted by the murder of a Korean Christian by a heartless band of roving lunatics whose idea of a good time is to gun down teachers and students?
Maybe I just answered my own question.
Anyway, Korea should find its inner stones and increase its military presence in the area. Let the world know that they will not be shaken down by a pack of morons. That is, I believe, part of what is going on, just as a medical staff was recently freed from captivity in Libya. Canadian and American soldiers are doing their jobs in Afghanistan. The Taliban are losing men and material and cannot recruit children fast enough. That, and the whole idea that a Christian would give himself whole-heartedly to a cause not including death must sicken an illiterate murderer. Literacy and generosity must make the Taliban extremely self-conscious.
The time for pressure is now. This time, it is South Korea's turn to do the heavy lifting.

By the Power of Greyskull, Another Post!

Gross oversimplification, thy name is Psychological Science. A study has found that Americans' "rugged individualism" is a hindrance to understanding others, or at least the Chinese. There are too many problems with this. First of all, it neglects the complex nature of human beings and reduces them to black-and-white carbon copies of one another. Are all Americans rugged individualists? No, but to simplify things in the manner the preceding magazine did, I would suggest that America's strongest trait is its individualism. Without its individualism, half of the world would still be at war, or at odds with one another, or technologically and socially backward. So much for that blasted do-it-yourself attitude.
Can the Chinese national character- the one the article describes as "collectivist"- be fair and all-encompassing? There is nothing fair about the "collectivist" (read: imposed by dictators) character that restricts freedom of speech, as well as other things.
Does the study keep into account perspective and empathy? If I can only see one block, as opposed to two, am I being self-centred if I move the one obstructing my vision? What if someone had asked if the other person could see? What if they plain didn't understand what was asked of them?
Is this some sort of rallying cry for multiculturalism, that warm, fuzzy feeling one gets so that no one could ever accuse them of being racist even though they can't stand the smell of curry and wish those native-born "foreigners" wouldn't take the jobs the multiculturalists won't do?
My point is this study is tunnel-visioned, like some sort of nineteenth century throwback. What century is this, anyway?

This was said before, long before some idiots in Hollywood decided to make it trendy, and now it has materialised. Arabs move into Darfur after killing the native citizens. What a surprise. How much do you want to bet none of this will end and the press at large won't pick it up?

Speaking of the press unwilling to do its job, read this. Apparently, it doesn't have the sensationalist ring needed to sell papers.

al-Qaeda is now using polio to further cement their image as monsters. I thought they had overdone themselves before but they keep on trying.

Malaysian Muslims, fresh off of telling adults what religion they must have, now are calling for the ban of the movie, "Evan Almighty". I think I know why. Noah had a son named Ham. They hate HAM!

If you need further evidence that Gary Sinise rocks, go here.

I leave you with "Napoleon Dynabuns".

Not Just Any Post....

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I was too busy enjoying myself on holiday.

People who hate Christmas are bad. No, I'm not retracting that. People who try to disguise what is obviously one thing- in the case of Christmas, its Christian overtones- for something else aren't just bad but stupid. For example, Chu-Sok is the Korean thanksgiving holiday. Should it be banned or muted into some generic or- God forbid- American event just to please those who, for whatever reason, can't stand the season's true origins? I doubt many would stand for that. So, too, let it be for Christmas. If somebody doesn't like Christmas, just don't celebrate it. Is it that hard?

Nahoul the Giant Bee, a cousin to Farfour the Mickey Mouse clone (I'm not sure how that happened), is now gladly passing onto Palestinian suicide bombers and human shields- I mean- children- how jihad is their duty. And people complain about Christmas. This is yet another example of how the religion of peace smells. Before you make an excuse, stop, take a deep breath and sleep on it.

Why Canada shouldn't pull out of Afghanistan. The Taliban would sooner gun down girls and thereby destroy their own future than see someone who is moderately educated and perhaps better than them. Yes, we are doing good work there.

China tries its best to outdo Jim Jones with yet another poisoned product. Stop buying Chinese- it's really bad for you.

If you can stand watching this bloated windbag, do watch Michael Moore embarrass himself. I have no idea how anyone can buy into this twit's pile of excrement but they did before, they shouldn't after watching this. He never answers any questions but blindly accuses everyone around him of "not telling the truth". Like this guy should talk.

That's all for now.

Canada

I suppose I should fly the flag a little bit.

Stand on guard for the national anthem.

Also, stand on guard for this, too.

Some information on our national anthem.

Have you read "The Cremation of Sam McGee"? If not, do so here.

Superman's on our side.

Canada- come for the scenery, stay for the pie.