I was fascinated by this piece I wrote

ace.mu.nu 10 Jan '13, 9pm

I was fascinated by this piece I wrote

NRA Membership Soars By 100,000 In 18 Days » January 10, 2013 "The Media-Offense Complex" and Civilization Become Barbarism As you probably read, Brent Mussburger had to pre-emptively apologize for noting that an attractive woman was in fact attractive. Apparently this is some kind of offense, now, even though the woman herself was not insulted at all and doesn't understand why anyone would have to apologize to her for complimenting her. Speaking of words we don't have in English: The Japanese, I know due to previous study (that is, from watching Gung Ho and Rising Sun a whole heck of a lot), have elaborate apology and deference rituals. It all seems very foreign and strange to an outsider-- and barbaric as well. But we seem to be well along the pathway of that sort of thing ourselves, in which some people pretend to take ritual offense, and then some people demand a ritua...

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@J_Kane » 11 Jan '13, 2am
@fruhwirth In all seriousness, I read this article today that's a very deep look at a similar topic. Highly recommend: [link]
@tamij » 10 Jan '13, 11pm
And equally fascinated by your magnanimous humility! RT @AceofSpadesHQ: I was fascinated by this piece I wrote [link] #tcot
@Mr_Fastbucks » 10 Jan '13, 11pm
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@charles_norris » 10 Jan '13, 10pm
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@aThirdOfDuane » 10 Jan '13, 10pm
I always enjoy reading your insights RT “@AceofSpadesHQ: I was fascinated by this piece I wrote [link]”
@MPeper » 10 Jan '13, 9pm
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@AceofSpadesHQ » 10 Jan '13, 9pm
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@SonnyBunch » 10 Jan '13, 9pm
Interesting post at Ace of Spades expanding on my "Media-Offense Complex" post. [link]
@anshaffer » 10 Jan '13, 10pm
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