Archive for the ‘The technocrats’ Category

6 safety tips for approaching a tweaker

September 6, 2007

From the great state of South Dakota, how to deal with a meth head. 

Tweakers are often involved in domestic disputes and automobile accidents.  They may also be present at raves or parties.  They may at first appear to be normal.”

Crazy Person + Guns = VA Tech Shootings

August 22, 2007

The posturing and scurrying-about and ceremonializing and apologizing and committee-forming and report-producing in the aftermath of the VA Tech shootings is shameful.  It was a crazy person.  The situation was made worse by his easy access to weapons designed to kill large numbers of people quickly.  Sending out cell phone alerts could hardly have prevented it, my dears.  On the other hand, making weapons-designed-to-kill-large-numbers-of-people-quickly illegal would have made such an event, with such consequences, highly, highly unlikely.