tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post5675209557501478346..comments2024-03-19T02:31:02.140-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: World War CUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-58902947619995782752014-04-27T18:58:36.805-07:002014-04-27T18:58:36.805-07:00I wonder if in Wake in Fright we arent seeing a va...I wonder if in Wake in Fright we arent seeing a variant of a certain groups fear/hate of the rural white?<br /><br />The shortcomings of non-whites, rural or otherwise, have become all but invisible on screen and if depicted at all are a form of 'authenticity' keeping it real at most.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-27815520326793503812014-04-27T18:52:39.551-07:002014-04-27T18:52:39.551-07:00Sorry for so many comments. My car's in the sh...<i>Sorry for so many comments. My car's in the shop and I'm stuck at home.</i> - Albertosaurus<br /><br />Always interested to read your comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-78259577731278311712014-04-27T15:58:45.400-07:002014-04-27T15:58:45.400-07:00Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winner "On Human ...Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winner "On Human Nature."Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-38925978261452173532014-04-27T15:57:51.533-07:002014-04-27T15:57:51.533-07:00In one of his books, E. O. Wilson actually talks a...In one of his books, E. O. Wilson actually talks about how if one of our hominid relatives had survived until today, they would be the ultimate victim class to be upheld by Marxist politicians. I wish I could remember the book and chapter. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-67269732323319488012014-04-27T09:26:07.639-07:002014-04-27T09:26:07.639-07:00>the interest of the cows in the farms<
If ...>the interest of the cows in the farms<<br /><br />If you change that from "the interest of" to "<b>our</b> interest <b>in</b>," then I'm with you.Davidhttp://david-passingparade3.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-88747331466779175702014-04-26T17:58:57.308-07:002014-04-26T17:58:57.308-07:00While we're getting all science fiction-y, in ...While we're getting all science fiction-y, in John Varley's novel, Steel Beach, a sect called the Earthists bio-engineered their bodies to be natural habitats for animals. Animals used for meat also negotiated how many members of the herd would be culled each year.<br /><br />Bringing the point full circle, the novel also has a curmudgeonly group called the Heinleiners. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-29529501727691742282014-04-26T17:33:28.503-07:002014-04-26T17:33:28.503-07:00Honey Badger Houdini
Honey badgers escape from th...<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c36UNSoJenI" rel="nofollow">Honey Badger Houdini</a></b><br /><br /><i>Honey badgers escape from their enclosure using anything from mud balls to rakes.</i><br /><br />-mehAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-9870648188660533822014-04-26T17:07:27.030-07:002014-04-26T17:07:27.030-07:00Mr. Baldwin, it is to the everlasting shame of the...Mr. Baldwin, it is to the everlasting shame of the environmental movement that they sold out on immigration and population growth in the 90s. There are many who did not.<br /><br />The raw, undeniable fact is that the more people you have in an area, and the greater their consuming power, the greater the ecological impact on that area. Less biodiversity, more animals in factory farms. More pollution. Take that message to the hipsters,and they will embrace it.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-46735853324669770752014-04-26T17:02:06.023-07:002014-04-26T17:02:06.023-07:00David,
(1) how do you define species? Why must a ...David,<br /><br />(1) how do you define species? Why must a human identify with organisms with whom she is interfertile, rather than, say, her family, race, co ethnics, citizens, and so on? I do not for a second buy that my interests are compatible with the other 7 billion humans on the planet. In fact, it seems much more reasonable to me that I am competing with most of those humans for resources. Also, for virtually all of history, until ww2, humans did not identify with their species, but with subgroups. We need to return to that.<br /><br />(2) because of ecology, we actually need to be concerned about biodiversity and the long-term sustainability of our country's physical and biological systems. As american citizens, we need to be concerned about the interests of Americans farm animals and American ecological communities, because ultimately we depend on them for our lives.<br /><br />Basically, I reject the notion that I should be concerned about the interests of some illegal alien because he belongs to the same species as I do, and not be concerned about the interest of the cows in the farms that supply my grocery store with dairy because our last common ancestors is farther back than Adam. I need cows more than I need Mexicans. I care more about cows more than I care about Mexicans. And I think that, ecologically, that is a rational, defendable position.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-86438084336893671812014-04-26T14:09:48.836-07:002014-04-26T14:09:48.836-07:00The distinction between interests and rights in th...The distinction between interests and rights in this context is specious. Every living creature has interests at least by anthropormorphologization; so do inanimate objects by the same process. Humans are not disinterested immortal gods and therefore must put their species interests first in order to survive and thrive. A legitimate interest is a human interest or serves a human interest. (Thus the anthropormophologizing in the first place.) Reason and communication (or property) confer "rights." Regarding nonhuman animals, you could say we have several negative interests. One of these is avoiding inflicting suffering for its own sake, because it's a moral hazard to delight in or pursue sadism. A known childhood practice of many future serial killers is torturing animals.<br /><br />But the minute they tell me I have to sit in the back of the bus because a Koala bear wants the front seat is the minute I go ape.Davidhttp://david-passingparade3.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-72827087493275787602014-04-26T14:04:59.362-07:002014-04-26T14:04:59.362-07:00"Demeaning middle America as 'racist'..."Demeaning middle America as 'racist' and 'reactionary' eases the conscience of urban lib elites who've reaped huge gains at its expense."<br /><br />Big city liberals have been doing this for decades. They never miss a chance to whine about those nasty working class jerks who refuse to subject themselves to black violence and depravity just so the city can devour their taxes. I think it's hilarious myself.Bertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-73310990187058245842014-04-26T13:57:34.275-07:002014-04-26T13:57:34.275-07:00It is a mystery to me why some small government co...<i>It is a mystery to me why some small government conservative, like Rand Paul, doesn't capture the hearts of white liberals who give a shit about the environment and animals by explaining to them the ecological effects immigration reform and food stamps.</i><br /><br />There don't seem to be any environmentalists who are willing to put the needs of the environment above the needs of Mexican peasants to move here and collect benefits. The Sierra Club dispensed with its concern about immigration-fueled population growth when <a href="http://www.susps.org/" rel="nofollow">David Gelbaum gave them $100 million</a> to shut up about it. Think what immigration-control groups could do with that kind of money, but unfortunately the billionaires are on the wrong side of this issue.<br /><br /> Harry Baldwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69961604298687944982014-04-26T13:54:09.785-07:002014-04-26T13:54:09.785-07:00Steve, related Christopher Caldwell in today's...Steve, related Christopher Caldwell in today's FT has a column about the Supreme Court Decision. Basically the majority ruled that the precedent established in earlier decisions that any law or act that harmed non-Whites in any way could be overturned by Judges had limits. That political campaigns for initiatives or legislative acts could proceed, unless grossly discriminatory.<br /><br />Sotomayor and the others held that Judges could overturn ANYTHING on the basis that non-Whites were harmed. That Democracy or rather representative Republican Federal Democracy was a sham and that only Judges being "better" mattered.<br /><br />What is coming of course is Sotomayor's views being majority in the Court as Obama appoints more judges or Hillary or whoever.<br /><br />So Animal Rights is just another thread in the idea that Judges being perfect human beings (as long as they are anti-White leftists) can rule on anything to perfect Plato's Republic or whatever Utopia is on the menu.<br /><br />Pathetic. Whiskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01854764809682029464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-37218947406345404892014-04-26T13:50:21.607-07:002014-04-26T13:50:21.607-07:00You want to really get freaked out at what happene...<i>You want to really get freaked out at what happened in old (foreign) film to animals, you need to see "Wake in Fright".</i><br /><br />"Professional licensed hunters" who get blind drunk during the hunt and start wounding their prey instead of making clean kills? I guess being a complete POS was part of the Australian identity in those days.fnnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-17310256768822440942014-04-26T13:46:22.983-07:002014-04-26T13:46:22.983-07:00P.S., In the comments appears an interestingly rad...<b><i>P.S., In the comments appears an interestingly radical rejection of the zeitgeist:<br />KarlosTJ Bostonia 13 hours ago</i><br /> <br />Can I sue a chimp when it attacks me? When it steals from me? <br />The fundamental property of "rights" is: reciprocity. Your right to your life is inherent in the belief that you hold my right to my life sacred - and vice versa. No animal can comprehend or respect the rights of humans - therefore, animals cannot have human rights. <br />Giving animals "rights" is an attempt to destroy the term "rights". Animals can be given "protections", but that's all they are - because animals cannot reciprocate, or even recognize the protections. Activists believe they are improving the lives of animals by creating "animal rights" - what they are really doing is casting humans down to the level of animals. That is the definition of true hatred: hatred of human beings.</b><br /><br />There is a slippery slope here ...<br /><br />Since certain groups of vibrant youths have demonstrated that they do not respect the right of out-group humans to life or property ... how would this concept of human rights or civil rights stand up when applied to them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75718260356272152072014-04-26T13:40:43.222-07:002014-04-26T13:40:43.222-07:00http://danielkayhertz.com/2014/03/31/middle-class/...http://danielkayhertz.com/2014/03/31/middle-class/<br /><br />Demeaning middle America as 'racist' and 'reactionary' eases the conscience of urban lib elites who've reaped huge gains at its expense. <br /><br />Globalism in effect 'sanctions' the middle, but that's okay since the winners are 'progressives' while losers are conservatives. <br />Since 'good guys' win, no need to worry about the demise of the 'bad guys'. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-91792081777920824062014-04-26T13:32:40.059-07:002014-04-26T13:32:40.059-07:00By the way, in the long article in the NYT, there&...By the way, in the long article in the NYT, there's no discussion of why Tommy the obsolete chimp is stuck at the trailer-rental facility. It sounds like he lived there with his impoverished owner who died recently, so the landlord seems to be paying to feed Tommy as a favor to the memory of his late tenant. The landlord might want to give Tommy to a nice facility, or he might think Tommy is too old to go some place new. Or he might think he could get a few thousand dollars for him. There aren't a lot of ways to make money off an adult male chimp, so there would seem to be lots of relatively inexpensive ways to get Tommy out of his cage and to a donor-supported shelter besides taking his case to the Supreme Court.Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-39667395824350437432014-04-26T13:32:10.357-07:002014-04-26T13:32:10.357-07:00look people, sometimes a chimpanzee is just a chim...look people, sometimes a chimpanzee is just a chimpanzee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-30373115575068615882014-04-26T13:30:29.667-07:002014-04-26T13:30:29.667-07:00OT. See Jerry Coyne's blog . He links to s...OT. See Jerry Coyne's <a href="http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow"> blog </a>. He links to some very interesting data from R. J. Andrews who has created pie charts showing the daily routines of great people. Coyne asks, "Was Darwin a sluggard?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-27945011535502050262014-04-26T13:26:09.229-07:002014-04-26T13:26:09.229-07:00You want to really get freaked out at what happene...<i>You want to really get freaked out at what happened in old (foreign) film to animals, you need to see "Wake in Fright".</i><br /><br />That's the kind of Australia I remember growing up. I wouldn't necessarily say I miss it, but whoever said the past is a foreign country didn't know the half of it.Silvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26979228121636200302014-04-26T13:20:54.671-07:002014-04-26T13:20:54.671-07:00Human rights, chimpanzee rights, mosquito rights, ...Human rights, chimpanzee rights, mosquito rights, bacteria rights - hard to see where it all ends. Ever killed a mosquito before it bit you? You ought to be jailed. And let's not even mention the torment of the hapless housefly.<br /><br />Silvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-84291760827748432342014-04-26T13:02:09.117-07:002014-04-26T13:02:09.117-07:00"Jerry Was a Man" by Robert Heinlein:
h..."Jerry Was a Man" by Robert Heinlein:<br /><br />http://www.willmorgan.org/Robert_A_Heinlein-Jerry_Was_A_Man.htm<br /><br />Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-72275097860762467762014-04-26T13:01:59.023-07:002014-04-26T13:01:59.023-07:00Always remember that when someone wants to give ri...Always remember that when someone wants to give rights and privileges to some class, with the implication "they are as good as you", the real meaning is "You are no better than them".<br /><br />So, nice middle class people, you are no better than mexican peasants, illiterate southern cotton-pickers, nor even animals. And that is how you shall be treated (and essentially have been since all this nonsense started shortly after WWII).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-30852121872650440282014-04-26T12:55:32.502-07:002014-04-26T12:55:32.502-07:00When I can hire ape-torney Simian Mason to defend ...<br />When I can hire ape-torney Simian Mason to defend me against charges filed by District Ape-torney Hamilton Baboon, then, and only then, will I support Wise's nonsense of animals having rights equal to those of people.Auntie Analoguenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-8731202889511555992014-04-26T12:43:02.735-07:002014-04-26T12:43:02.735-07:00I find it very illustrative of the Anglo-Saxon cul...<i>I find it very illustrative of the Anglo-Saxon culture the fact that the humane societies to prevent abuse to animals predate the humane societies to prevent abuse to human children.</i><br /><br />It took longer because legislation to prevent child abuse is profoundly inhumane. It involves the state intruding into the most primal human, animal relationship - that between parent and child.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com