A English duke is an entitled person. All of us would be excited to meet an English duke. Some of us might dislike and fight the excitement reaction, but the reaction is still there. The duke gets used to people being excited to meet him and may be insulted to be treated as a regular person.
So men get used to respectful women, and may feel insulted if a woman treats them like an equal. This belief in male entitlement can lead to violence, including rape and murder. The excuse is that the woman was not behaving correctly.
Most people do not connect entitlement with violence. By treating people with contempt, you allow the violent among us to target the objects of your contempt.
After Black slaves were freed, many Whites felt insulted when treated as an equal by a Black. This led to violence, including lynchings.
I believe that some Shiites feel insulted when a Sunni tries to treat them as an equal. Right now this is causing violence, including mass murder and rape.
Under the rule of law, ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATED EQUAL.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
ADVICE TO ASSAD - RETIRE TO RUSSIA
'Soon to be former' President Assad is using PR (public relations) to try to get the West to believe he is a better alternative than the rebels. It is time for the rebels to provide more witnesses to Assad's forces raping, torturing, and mass murdering.
Assad PR says that this is not the Syrian people, it is outside agitators. Believe me, if outside agitators could start a revolution, there would be revolutions everywhere. This is the same excuse the South used during the Civil Rights Era in the US. "It is outsiders, not our making Blacks sit in the back of the bus."
Assad PR is trying to convince us that he is better than Muslim extremists. There is no evidence that the rebels are Muslim extremists. Frankly, if my President was condoning mass murder of my neighbors, I would be rebelling against such a government. However, the longer the civil war lasts, the more anger the winners will have towards Assad supporters.
Assad PR is saying that the rebels will quit, they always have quit. The Syrian rebels know that, "We will hang together or we will hang separately." The Syrian rebellion is a revolution against tyranny. But it is not a rebellion against tyranny of tea taxes, it is a rebellion against a tyranny of torture, mass murder, and rape.
Al Jazeera reports that the rebels are taking more territory. An Israeli newspaper says the Russians are now in control of Assad's chemical weapons, which is good news for the Syrian people.
I believe that Assad is going to lose this war. He now has a choice.
He and his family can retire to Russia and live a luxurious life OR HE CAN HAVE SYRIA PRIED FROM HIS COLD DEAD FINGERS.
Assad PR says that this is not the Syrian people, it is outside agitators. Believe me, if outside agitators could start a revolution, there would be revolutions everywhere. This is the same excuse the South used during the Civil Rights Era in the US. "It is outsiders, not our making Blacks sit in the back of the bus."
Assad PR is trying to convince us that he is better than Muslim extremists. There is no evidence that the rebels are Muslim extremists. Frankly, if my President was condoning mass murder of my neighbors, I would be rebelling against such a government. However, the longer the civil war lasts, the more anger the winners will have towards Assad supporters.
Assad PR is saying that the rebels will quit, they always have quit. The Syrian rebels know that, "We will hang together or we will hang separately." The Syrian rebellion is a revolution against tyranny. But it is not a rebellion against tyranny of tea taxes, it is a rebellion against a tyranny of torture, mass murder, and rape.
Al Jazeera reports that the rebels are taking more territory. An Israeli newspaper says the Russians are now in control of Assad's chemical weapons, which is good news for the Syrian people.
I believe that Assad is going to lose this war. He now has a choice.
He and his family can retire to Russia and live a luxurious life OR HE CAN HAVE SYRIA PRIED FROM HIS COLD DEAD FINGERS.
Monday, January 7, 2013
PRIME 13
I think that '13 is unlucky' was a cover story to prevent people from discovering that 13 was the number that could break early banking codes.
13 is the first prime number that is relatively difficult to multiply and divide. With no calculators and dependent upon a few encoding and decoding people, 13 would be a reasonable choice for a prime number based code.
The 'unlucky 13' probably started as an 'in' joke, because people who talk about a secret banking code can get very unlucky. %<) It worked so well as a superstition that it actually made people afraid to use the number 13. The bankers must still be giggling from beyond the grave.
I am certain that 'the seven years bad luck to break a mirror' was made up by a merchant trying to get curious people to be VERY careful with the fragile early mirrors. Remember that NO ONE had seen a clear image of themselves. EVERYONE wanted to see themselves for the first time.
Of course, the 'bad luck to walk under a ladder' was started by builders who could not get boys to understand how dangerous ladders can be.
Maybe we can start a superstition that would keep people from answering Nigerian email scams.
Meanwhile, as usual, the non supertitious can make a lot of money playing on your supertitioms.
13 is the first prime number that is relatively difficult to multiply and divide. With no calculators and dependent upon a few encoding and decoding people, 13 would be a reasonable choice for a prime number based code.
The 'unlucky 13' probably started as an 'in' joke, because people who talk about a secret banking code can get very unlucky. %<) It worked so well as a superstition that it actually made people afraid to use the number 13. The bankers must still be giggling from beyond the grave.
I am certain that 'the seven years bad luck to break a mirror' was made up by a merchant trying to get curious people to be VERY careful with the fragile early mirrors. Remember that NO ONE had seen a clear image of themselves. EVERYONE wanted to see themselves for the first time.
Of course, the 'bad luck to walk under a ladder' was started by builders who could not get boys to understand how dangerous ladders can be.
Maybe we can start a superstition that would keep people from answering Nigerian email scams.
Meanwhile, as usual, the non supertitious can make a lot of money playing on your supertitioms.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
GAY MARRIAGE WARNING
If you think that legalizing same sex marriage will result in the courts treating gays equally with male/females marriages, you are WRONG.
A California appellate court found that a domestic partnership is NOT the same as a marriage. BUT, they said, by statute, the property part of a domestic partnership IS the same as in a marriage. Therefore, a pre domestic partnership agreement signed in anticipation of a domestic partnership will be treated as if it were a pre marital agreement signed in anticipation of a marriage. Of course, this results in the gay spouse NOT getting his share of his husband's estate.
Are you surprised? I was. I was certain that the courts in San Francisco would not be biased against gays.
The appellate court also found that a certificate of marriage is a written instrument signed by the parties. The court agreed that the pre domestic partnership agreement could be amended or terminated by an instrument in writing. THEN, they held that the marriage certificate did not change the pre domestic partnership agreement, because the property parts of marriage are, by statute, the same as the property parts of a domestic partnership.
This is akin to saying that an addendum for a lease on 5 stories of a 10 story building will be automatically included in a new lease of all 10 stories of the building, because the property parts of the contract are treated the same in real estate law.
The court pretty much ignored the argument that marriage is a contract, which is intended to give the spouse all of the rights and privileges of marriage. A marriage contract can only be changed by a premarital agreement signed IN ANTICIPATION OF MARRIAGE.
Of course, a petition for rehearing has been filed. It has less than a 1% chance of being granted.
At least you are warned. Otherwise, married gays might think that a legal marriage required a premarital agreement and would not realized their old pre domestic partnership agreement was still in effect.
The man who brought me this case told me that he had NEVER seen the gay partner get ANYTHING from his partner's estate. I guess a valid gay marriage is not going to change that.
But, oh, how low The City of Harvey Milk has fallen! SIGH!
A California appellate court found that a domestic partnership is NOT the same as a marriage. BUT, they said, by statute, the property part of a domestic partnership IS the same as in a marriage. Therefore, a pre domestic partnership agreement signed in anticipation of a domestic partnership will be treated as if it were a pre marital agreement signed in anticipation of a marriage. Of course, this results in the gay spouse NOT getting his share of his husband's estate.
Are you surprised? I was. I was certain that the courts in San Francisco would not be biased against gays.
The appellate court also found that a certificate of marriage is a written instrument signed by the parties. The court agreed that the pre domestic partnership agreement could be amended or terminated by an instrument in writing. THEN, they held that the marriage certificate did not change the pre domestic partnership agreement, because the property parts of marriage are, by statute, the same as the property parts of a domestic partnership.
This is akin to saying that an addendum for a lease on 5 stories of a 10 story building will be automatically included in a new lease of all 10 stories of the building, because the property parts of the contract are treated the same in real estate law.
The court pretty much ignored the argument that marriage is a contract, which is intended to give the spouse all of the rights and privileges of marriage. A marriage contract can only be changed by a premarital agreement signed IN ANTICIPATION OF MARRIAGE.
Of course, a petition for rehearing has been filed. It has less than a 1% chance of being granted.
At least you are warned. Otherwise, married gays might think that a legal marriage required a premarital agreement and would not realized their old pre domestic partnership agreement was still in effect.
The man who brought me this case told me that he had NEVER seen the gay partner get ANYTHING from his partner's estate. I guess a valid gay marriage is not going to change that.
But, oh, how low The City of Harvey Milk has fallen! SIGH!
Thursday, December 27, 2012
YUCKY HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM A PROSTITUTE
I woke up to a text from an unknown prostitute, giving me a web address. This is after Verizon stopped my phone from receiving all such texts.
I felt like washing Siri's mouth out with soap.
I TOLD you all that it was easy to put "backdoors" into phones made in countries that did not share our values.
WARNING, if you click on text ads, you may add a virus to the problems your phone already has.
Currently, ATT, Verizon, and my iPhone do not "talk" to each other. For some reason, I can not use my key pad to put numbers into ATT's phone answering systems. Good thing I am not paranoid or I would think that ATT is purposely blocking Verizon iPhones from using their systems.
Did you know that Homeland Security just ordered 100,000 iPhones? Blackberry provides secure phones that can not be hacked. I guess being "cool as ICE" is more important to Homeland Security than security.
I felt like washing Siri's mouth out with soap.
I TOLD you all that it was easy to put "backdoors" into phones made in countries that did not share our values.
WARNING, if you click on text ads, you may add a virus to the problems your phone already has.
Currently, ATT, Verizon, and my iPhone do not "talk" to each other. For some reason, I can not use my key pad to put numbers into ATT's phone answering systems. Good thing I am not paranoid or I would think that ATT is purposely blocking Verizon iPhones from using their systems.
Did you know that Homeland Security just ordered 100,000 iPhones? Blackberry provides secure phones that can not be hacked. I guess being "cool as ICE" is more important to Homeland Security than security.
Sunday, December 23, 2012
MAYAN APRIL FOOLS!
The world did not come to an end AGAIN.
There is a tradition in the US to play jokes on the first day of April.
First you tell a very plausible lie. My kids' favorite was, "I flunked my math test."
When I would say, "Oh, no!", the reply would be, "April Fools!"
This is a VERY good game as it teaches critical thinking, and checking your sources. Since it is only done on ONE day of the year, it can be somewhat overdone. I am thinking about a blog stating that The Sun published photos of David Cameron sunbathing in the nude and the photos were taken by his security force.
Remember it is a game, so do NOTHING that will really put people in danger.
And you have a riddle for Christmas. WHY did I chose that April Fools joke? Hint. There is a villa in France and a bicycle in Britain.
There is a tradition in the US to play jokes on the first day of April.
First you tell a very plausible lie. My kids' favorite was, "I flunked my math test."
When I would say, "Oh, no!", the reply would be, "April Fools!"
This is a VERY good game as it teaches critical thinking, and checking your sources. Since it is only done on ONE day of the year, it can be somewhat overdone. I am thinking about a blog stating that The Sun published photos of David Cameron sunbathing in the nude and the photos were taken by his security force.
Remember it is a game, so do NOTHING that will really put people in danger.
And you have a riddle for Christmas. WHY did I chose that April Fools joke? Hint. There is a villa in France and a bicycle in Britain.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
DOING BAD WHILE TRYING TO DO GOOD
Target's website is advertising flu shots, saying "easy peasy, no appointment necessary". The problem is that there was no one available to give a flu shot on Tuesday. A man is line said that a shot had not been available to him when he tried several days before.
It is illegal in most states to advertise something that you do not actually have available for sale.
Worse, it is a danger to public health to require people to return multiple times just to get their flu shot. I talked to Target management, the Santa Clara County DA's office, and Santa Clara County Health, all of whom blew off my concerns.
Please do not attack the Target website. Target is always very nice to wheelchair users. Feel free to tweet about this problem.
However, if I get the flu before I get a flu shot, I am going to sue Target in small claims court. I have already printed out the website page to use as evidence.
It is illegal in most states to advertise something that you do not actually have available for sale.
Worse, it is a danger to public health to require people to return multiple times just to get their flu shot. I talked to Target management, the Santa Clara County DA's office, and Santa Clara County Health, all of whom blew off my concerns.
Please do not attack the Target website. Target is always very nice to wheelchair users. Feel free to tweet about this problem.
However, if I get the flu before I get a flu shot, I am going to sue Target in small claims court. I have already printed out the website page to use as evidence.
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