Non-Sequiturs: 02.04.09
* Could someone please explain the moral or social good that is served by enslaving elephants and parading them around with dwarfs and clowns for entertainment that stops being funny once you pass the age of four? Surely, the legal right to mentally and physically torture these animals no longer needs to be protected in this modern world of “airplanes” and high definition television. [Animal Law Blog]
* In this market, I’d expect people to have some serious trust issues. Good thing God invented carnivals. [What About Clients?]
* There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of stupid answers. [The BLT: Blog of the Legal Times]
* Space Olympics > Space Judge. You’re a winner. [i09]
* Is this excellent news for John McCain? [Washingtonian]
* If I may steal what Thomas Friedman has already stolen: “Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up, it knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better start running.” [Law & More]
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These pretzels are making me firsty!
first!!!!!!!!!!!
That last thing about the lions (which I have seen on those insipid "inspirational" posters) is bullshit. Lions catch a gazelle or zebra or whatever, gorge themselves senseless, and then lie around napping for days until they get hungry again. Then they get up and hunt. Or steal something that some other predator has already killed. More like how humans naturally behave if they don't have a 2100 billable hour requirement hanging over them.
2 = EPIC FAIL
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*Falls on sword with honor*
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elie what post on that law and more site are you trying to link to? or just the whole blog?
Aren't lions nocturnal?
LOL Elie is making Africa references
KUNTTTA
So has Legal Times never been to a Scalia speech before? He always brushes off questions he doesn't feel like addressing - I was once at a speech where a person asked him about something related to Canadian law and he simply responded "That's a stupid question. Next?" This has to be the biggest non-news news story ever, and that's saying something given the how low ATL has set that bar.
LOL Elie is making Africa references
KUNTTTA KENTTTE
LOL Elie is making Africa references
KUNTTTA KENTTTE
Why did the animal nuts put "airplanes" in quotes??? Are they questioning whether "airplanes" really exist?
Elie, while couching your regulatory argument in "moral or social goods" shows you're reading way too much of the American Prospect, I think the answer to what 'social good is achieved from having a circus' is "increased employment."
Or were you trying to make a joke that I missed?
MysTTTal making a post defending the rights of elephants? Too easy for me but all y'all out there without hang-ups on the obvious jab to make, have at it....
elie is right, guys: it's very unethical and morally wrong to be parading his relatives around.
Run to the donut shop?
That's some silly shit. The gazelle needs only to outrun the slowest gazelle, and the lion needs to outrun at least some of the slower lions.
The gazelle only has to outrun at least one other gazelle, not the fastest lion.
"Could someone please explain the moral or social good that is served by enslaving elephants and parading them around with dwarfs and clowns for entertainment that stops being funny once you pass the age of four?"
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How about...like...entertainment for kids ages 4 and under? You answered your own question, douche.
I'd pay my whole bonus to see Thomas Friedman try to outrun a lion. Heck, I'd pay to see him outrun a 3L at OCI.
19 nailed it.
I'd like to see Thomas Friedman fed to the lions. Now that's entertainment for the whole family!
No -- 19 is an imbecile.
Wake up and come to the year 2009.
We'll be waiting.
No -- 19 is an imbecile.
Wake up and come to the year 2009.
We'll be waiting.
No -- 19 is an imbecile.
Wake up and come to the year 2009.
We'll be waiting.
No -- 19 is an imbecile.
Wake up and come to the year 2009.
We'll be waiting.
Exactly 19. In fact, I think that kids older than 4 enjoy going to the circus.
DEAR TEH ANIMAL WEIRDOS:
1. Meat is dinner, not murder.
2. You own a dog. You are not a dog parent.
3. Your dog is not smarter than any honor student.
4. Honors students don't eat feces.
5. Your house smells like animal urine.
As an ardent supporter of John McCain, all I can say is...
THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS FOR JOHN MCCAIN!
You're the best in the world!
Brace yourself 'cause there's no gravity!
YOU"RE IN THE MOTHERFUCKIN SPACE OLYMPICS!
Yeah!
Why the link to Space Olympics? What's next? A fresh new link to some Church Lady skits?
A couple bankers once got spanked by the SEC after parading some strippers around with a dwarf. I thought even betting on knife-fighting monkeys was legal 12 miles offshore.
I have decided this is not excellent news for me.