tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post83370463198245258..comments2023-10-10T10:34:10.843-06:00Comments on The Nexus of Assholery: A Sobering ReminderPatrick Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04592482865332628189noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-2131610111496816592009-04-18T14:32:00.000-06:002009-04-18T14:32:00.000-06:00If it's heroes with integrity we are talking, ...If it's heroes with integrity we are talking, in no particular order, I lean towards: Lenny Bruce, Sitting Bull, Lester Pearson, Bob Marley, Castro, Big Bear, Gramsci, Peter Buxtun, Pete Seeger, U.S. soldiers Tom Glen & Ron Ridenhour (re: My Lai), Ovide Mercredi, Henry Hudson, Bob Dylan, John Martyn, Gordon Lightfoot, Raffi, Terry Fox, Malcolm Evers, Sam Champlain, and of course, Angus Young.Scott MacNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02068618008170891557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-26823520680758735382009-04-18T13:30:00.000-06:002009-04-18T13:30:00.000-06:00I'm more of a Hattori Hanzo kind of guy.
HATTORI ...I'm more of a Hattori Hanzo kind of guy.<br /><br />HATTORI HANZO!!!Patrick Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04592482865332628189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-59600093452038245792009-04-18T02:10:00.000-06:002009-04-18T02:10:00.000-06:00I prefer Miyamoto MusashiI prefer Miyamoto MusashiContents under pressuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08150798234316773741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-83249236714221096032009-04-18T01:12:00.000-06:002009-04-18T01:12:00.000-06:00I wish I were badass like Rambo.I wish I were badass like Rambo.Patrick Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04592482865332628189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-66465082130735094392009-04-18T00:10:00.000-06:002009-04-18T00:10:00.000-06:00When people ask me why I'm cynical about human nat...When people ask me why I'm cynical about human nature, I tell them about the 1994 Rwanda genocide.<br /><br />Now when people ask how I can stay hopeful for humanity despite events like this, I point to heroes like Paul Rusesabagina.<br /><br />Btw, Paul's been indoctrinated into the Badass of the Week site (http://badassoftheweek.com/rusesabagina.html), which apparently lists other figures like Rambo, Joan of Arc, and Horation Nelson. A small matter, but the author's parting lines on Paul was priceless:<br /><br />"The Rwandan Civil War was completely fucking nuts – conservative estimates suggest that over 800,000 people were killed in the span of just 100 days. Yet in the midst of this ridiculous insanity, one man – Paul Rusesabagina – managed to overcome the odds and save the lives of over a thousand people without even so much as lifting a firearm. And that, my friends, is what makes you a badass."Contents under pressuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08150798234316773741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149446.post-47699018152747541632009-04-17T11:04:00.000-06:002009-04-17T11:04:00.000-06:00April 17th is my eldest son's birthday. Today he ...April 17th is my eldest son's birthday. Today he turns 10. When he is older, I will tell him about another event that occurred on the day of his birth. Sad really, one wonders how many Rwandan children, all innocents, were deprived of reaching their 10th birthday's by those bastards who put hate before life. <br /><br />Guess when the time comes I will tell him that the happenstance of his birth on this date should always be remembered for what it is - a celebration of life (his life) that does not come without obligations to protect those who would be victims of others. <br /><br />Course it does not help that my eldest daughter's 13th birthday in on Monday, April 20th. Try explaining to your sweet soft sensitive girl why it doesn't matter. After she stayed up to watch 'Schindler's List' with myself and her mother last month - she is convinced more than ever that it really does matter. Monday she starts a 30 hour school-sponsored fast by Grade 7 students in honour of Africa's ongoing to famine to show how much some things do matter. Maybe there is 'balance' in the world after all? But she doubts it... and I have no easy answers... <br /><br />"Angel Babe," I say, "don't worry you and Adolf only share one thing - a date. it's no big deal."<br /><br />Dad!" she lectures, "that's not the point! The point is, that there are and were ever people like him to begin with! Sheesh, Dad don't you get it! The world is sick!" <br /><br />To which I respond: "Well babe, it can't be all 'sick', at least it's got people like you." She doesn't hear me. Her Ipod's already on...Scott MacNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02068618008170891557noreply@blogger.com