{"id":9403,"date":"2009-12-30T12:44:27","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T19:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=9403"},"modified":"2009-12-30T12:44:27","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T19:44:27","slug":"open-thread-and-short-link-farm-fabric-of-insincerity-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=9403","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread and short link farm: Fabric of Insincerity edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is an open thread. Post what you like; it’s all good, baby! Self-link love has been approved of by the motion picture association of America, and also my mom.<\/p>\n

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  1. David Link<\/a> on a marriage broken up because the husband came out as gay: “The whole enterprise of gay rights has been to deconstruct this fabric of insincerity. No one is well served, gay or straight, by making us bear false witness against ourselves. In coming out, Gareth Thomas was doing no more than admitting what could no longer be denied; his regret was not for personal wrongdoing, but for the wrongdoing he felt the world demanded of him.”<\/li>\n
  2. Seven real <\/em>pro-family gifts from congress<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. I’ve long admired Tony Judt’s political writings. I didn’t know that he is disabled, with a progressive condition that has almost entirely paralyzed him below his neck. His short piece “Night,”<\/a> about getting through the nights when he is immobile, is excellent. (I did wonder why he doesn’t have a voice-operated computer positioned so he can use it from his bed, but my guess is that he wants to encourage sleep, not put off going to sleep).<\/li>\n
  4. Why women’s rights are a lousy argument for keeping US troops in Afghanistan<\/a>. “To empower Afghan women, politically, would require either some kind of permanent NATO protectorate or else a deliberate effort to restructure Afghan politics in some much more fundamental way\u2014either take power out of the hands of armed groups, or else to empower women to become militia leaders and warlords on their terms. We\u2019re not seriously contemplating doing any of those things, for some pretty good reasons, but given those realities we shouldn\u2019t kid ourselves too much about what we\u2019re doing. The Taliban are horrible for women and the plan in Afghanistan is to entice them and their horrible views into a power-sharing agreement!”<\/li>\n
  5. This really amused me — a series of photos someone left on his camera<\/a>, to encourage anyone finding the camera to return it to him.<\/li>\n
  6. A visual guide to the scientific consensus on global climate change<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  7. Alyssa is right<\/a>: This is profane (and includes use of the “c” word) and to call the violence “gratuitous” is like calling the Ocean “moist.” And although the trailer says “mature audiences only,” that’s obviously not true: If I was really <\/em>mature I wouldn’t have enjoyed this trailer enormously.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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