there's no doubt plenty of truth to this, but it plays into the same narrative that exists in syria and will - if the saudis have their way - be used as justification for a second round of regime change in iraq.

i mean, this is the first i've heard of these peaceful protestors. it's plausible that i just never heard of them. yet, the story a few months ago was saudi backed militants storming the region. these things hardly contradict themselves (given that the saudi militants' main aim is to stamp out local democratic uprisings by co-opting them into religious ones), but it all just seems very convenient.

look, i'm an anarchist, but it's *because* i recognize the state's right to defend itself. "if necessary"? sure. any state has that right. who could deny that, and defend the individual's same right? yet, this is why we should abolish states.

so long as states exist, i cannot condemn them for this behaviour. rather, i can condemn protestors for their naivete.

i hereby declare this weekend to be....

PASTA WEEKEND.

(preferably stated with some ominous dread)

interviewer: wow, what a great attitude.
frank: it's called rational thinking.
interviewer: so few people seem to be able to get a handle on it.
frank: yeah, it was phased out in the reagan administration.

this might resonate MORE now than it did then. in the end, i think his understanding of post-war culture will overpower the prevailing one, and people will look back and think it was defined by utter idiocy.

deathtokoalas
ok. but can you show us how to cook a potato in a chicken?

"don't egg him on"!

also, can you do a chicken in a watermelon?

of
having fun by yourself? =D 

deathtokoalas
other people are mostly figments of our own imagination, anyways.

reggie
How about an egg (or 2) inside a potato inside a chicken. That would offer a decent balanced meal for you and a friend, or an imaginary friend who's not that hungry and wants you to eat their food ;-) hehehe

deathtokoalas
indeed, that's what i really want, is that depth. ultimately, what i'm interested in is that age old question....

also, it's very true that other people mostly exist in our minds, subjectively. there is an object out there with physical qualities, but personalities are mostly interpreted by outside observers. so, the way i interpret a person is different than the way another person will interpret that same person, the difference being entirely perceptive and existing solely in our minds. i'm not sure if what i meant to say got across, there.

NorthSurvival
No, but a pizza in a potato.

deathtokoalas
now, how are you going to fit a pizza in a potato? unless, you mean a pizza pocket idea...