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Originally Posted by Cimarron29414
mrmacq,
For the love of Pete, please don't discuss politics in Haiku. Please type like a normal person. Please.
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haiku?
as in
"English haiku do not adhere to the strict syllable count found in Japanese haiku, and the typical length of haiku appearing in the main English-language journals is 10–14 syllables. Some haiku poets are concerned with their haiku being expressed in one breath and the extent to which their haiku focus on "showing" as opposed to "telling".
This is the genius of haiku using an economy of words to paint a multi-tiered painting, without "telling all".
Or as Matsuo Bashō puts it, "The haiku that reveals seventy to eighty percent of its subject is good. Those that reveal fifty to sixty percent, we never tire of...
nah
just my way of posting
sorry if you tire of it so quickly
(youre suggesting im abby normal?)
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Originally Posted by roachboy
as the details of this charge have surfaced, it's strained credulity...even as it is apparently the law in sweden that a broken condom can result in a rape charge in the context of consensual sex. why that would be the case, i've no idea--not an expert on swedish law by any means.
there has been some information floating about that's labels assange's accuser as someone who's been involved with anti-castro groups etc. but i've no idea how credible it is so haven't put anything here or relayed it elsewhere.
this feels like a put-up job, frankly, as it does to alot of people. beyond that, i agree with loquitor, above.
this is an interesting take, from political scientist henry farrell
The Monkey Cage: State power and the response to Wikileaks
cite from here:
WikiLeaks US embassy cables: live updates | News | guardian.co.uk
i'm also quite interested in operation payback, but havent the time at the moment to make a post about it. anyone else following this?
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and this is a press release in support of wikileaks signed by daniel ellsberg, among others. strong stuff:
Ex-Intelligence Officers, Others See Plusses in WikiLeaks Disclosures -- Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA) |
“This is what happens when you exercise the First Amendment and speak against his
sick, un-American espionage efforts,”
palin
yup could have been the VP we'd be dealing with now
oh my frikin god
narrowly escaped that one
"also targeted Amazon, the internet retailer, which provoked their fury
by withdrawing server space being used by WikiLeaks to host the government documents.
PayPal admitted it blocked payments to the group – which is embarrassing the US government by steadily releasing a cache of more than 250,000 cables –
amid pressure from the State department.
Anonymous's "distributed denial of service" attacks, which have become the standard weapon of cyber warfare, appeared to have temporarily crippled the companies websites last night.
They also brought down the sites of Swedish prosecutors, who are pursuing Julian Assange,
tis elementary my dear watson