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June 18, 2005
Corrections
The comment approval process has definitely slowed the comment spam down, thank goodness, but I still get some interesting remarks from strangers on occasion and I thought I'd bring a couple recent ones to your attention.
First, someone (I wonder who it could be? who could it be that has such knowledge? such interest? such love?) corrects my characterization of the Gottman Institute. Well, I stand corrected and let the dead blog record show it.
Second, someone doesn't like what I have to say about Pestducken very much. I held off on approving this comment for awhile because I didn't want to encourage more death threats, but I think even someone who wants to "stuff [me] then eat [me]" deserves a little freedom of speech on my blog. Some of you will remember that I decided to start using the word "cunt" more often in everyday speech, so I can hardly be offended if the world starts in with me. The sad thing about this one is the whole ratducken story is about what a hard time I had killing a rat in the first place, but great artists are always misunderstood.
Posted by mary at June 18, 2005 10:36 AM
Comments
i really like the fact that the vitriolic reply to the "pestducken" blog was written by someone who goes by the handle "humane". how, exactly, do you get from "humane" to "i'd like to stuff and eat you"?
Posted by: melissa at June 20, 2005 4:54 PM
Maybe there needs to be a word that means "humane" but applies to animals. "Animane" maybe? There are many of us, I think, for better or worse, who feel more sympathetic to animals than people, and the whole animal legal rights thing makes some interesting arguments. Animals are, among other things, generally cuter than people (as the outcome of my Ugliest Non-Human Baby Mammel Contest proved) and often more fun to be around.
Posted by: Mary at June 20, 2005 5:07 PM
Aw, Mary, look! It's one of those people who has not
come to terms with one of the innermost and
unavoidable dichotomies of human existence: we are
sentient and abhor killing, yet we must kill in order
to survive. (plants are alive, DUH)
Not too far down on the need-to-live-list is [the need
to protect oneself] followed closely by [the need for
safe shelter]. People can't even control themselves
while driving their cars, which is supposed to be a
function of our higher-brain area. When [safe home]
and [safe self] are threatened, it presses buttons
that reside far deeper than when being cut off on the
freeway.
Not that I'd want any, er, Pestducken, but I share in
that pointy-toothed urge to crush things which invade
my personal space. I support the Pestducken movement.
Squash those things which pee in our ovens and roll
them into a big, tasty loaf, and sell it during winter
festivities, at, perhaps, hockey games. Imagine the
flavors! Onion and Cheddar! Oppossum Stroganoff! Cajun
(now with added roof rat!)
"You cunt"? I'm sorry for the anonymity of the
internet most of the time. It makes even sane people
talk out of their asses. "Cunt" is reserved for lying,
cheating ex-girlfriends and poeple like Ann Coulter,
among others. [sigh]
Posted by: Will Von Wizzlepig at June 24, 2005 11:58 PM
Oops, Mary, my comment kinda ended up in the wrong spot... oh well.
[ducking for cover]
Posted by: Will Von Wizzlepig at July 6, 2005 3:49 PM
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