11 Jun
2004
11 Jun
'04
8:31 p.m.
we americans do not readily accept responsibility for our [in]actions. we sue for being hit by a baseball while attending a game. we sue for spilling hot coffee on ourselves. we sue when we walki into open trenches and manholes. and we self-righteously torture, commit war crimes, and murder, at a digital distance, and expect immunity in the world opinion and courts. it's a small planet, but our culture still has the vision of the infinite resources of the frontier. so, if i can't get what i want, or if i get what i don't want, surely someone else is at fault. randy, who clearly has pontificated enough for the day