“It is not worth the while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar” - Henry David Thoreau
Wanna read the only piece of poetry I have ever written in my entire life?
Years ago I had a friend who was a bit of a goth, so I knocked this up for her:
He walks as evil through the night
In nightmare climes ‘neath shadowed skies;
And all that’s worst of dark and night
Meet in his aspect and his eyes;
All deepened by that dreadful blight
Which hell to baleful night supplies.
With apologies to Lord Byron
Ok, so it was a rip off. Still.
Posted in: Cats himself.
Free speech is about the state dictating what is or is not acceptable, it is not about free people freely expressing contempt for contemptible behaviour.
Refusal to finance a platform for thugs to spew their venomous bile does not constitute censorship.
Financing a platform constitutes support.
paraphrased from Lord Vetinari
"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
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I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high ‘or vales and hills
When all at once I saw a crowd
Of Goths trashing Daffodils
Bastards!
It’s still better than anything I’ve ever come up with. They usually involve Young Ladies from various locations around the world.
There once was a man from Nantucket…
..who was a member of the same gym as I was. And would shower and then sit around the locker room for half an hour before getting dressed.
The stories are badly exaggerated.