quote of the day

August 31st, 2006

Shakespeare’s Sister

“Saddam was the John Mark Karr of despots—an odious, nasty dude with a wicked history, and totally innocent of the current crimes he himself professed to commit. We’ve got a bad track record following such men down the trails they want us to go, and we need to be sure we’re not making the same mistake again.”

If you don’t know who John Mark Karr is, Wikipedia helps out. As overheard recently in an episode of Ghost in The Shell: Stand Alone Complex that I was watching: this guy looks so guilty he cannot possibly be guilty.

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One Response

  1. Milo

    I appreciate any blog post that ends in a GITS: SAC reference.

book and sword : gratitude and revenge

is the first novel written by Jin Yong. The protagonist is Chan Ka Lok, who is the leader of the Red Flower Society. The book title refers to Ka Lok being famous for being well-versed in culture and martial arts, but also for having to make a difficult ethical decision. My father named me and my brother after him.

The subtitle is from a poem Desiderata