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As life goes on, I find myself looking at the world with an increasingly skeptical bent. One of the most notable aspects of this skepticism is the troubling reality that we, as a species, really haven't figured things out. Almost daily, I hear of some discovery or revelation that sort of makes me think, "why hasn't someone thought of that before?". Not in a "wow, that's neat" kind of way, but in a deeper, more troubling way. Chief among these is the fact that apparently no one had ever thought to compare certain modern ethical theories with the beliefs of Socrates. SOCRATES! Argh. In a lighter facet of the same:
IKEA fails to check the meaning of a product name... or maybe they figured the name would sell more products. It kinda fits.
Whoever designed the webpage for the Italian subsidary of PowerGen should have checked around a little bit... [www.powergenitalia.com]
Iiiiiiin other news...
The US released photos of the Brothers Grim (Uday and Qusay, for those of you that haven't had your coffee). While this action may do wonders for convincind the people of Iraq that their tormentors are indeed dead, I have a feeling there will be some sort of backlash from the hardcore Muslim (and possibly other religious) communities (for showing the dead on .. um .. NATIONAL TELEVISION), as well as from the various respectable news media (not actually an oxymoron, though the NY Times is getting close to falling off the list...'All the news that fits in print'). However you look at it, it's rather unethical to broadcast macabre photos of the dead on any medium, though I suppose in some sort of extended utilitarian sense, the good of convincing people that the Brothers Grim are dead outweighs silly notions like privacy, respect, and integrity. Just look at 'reality television'. But I digress.
It seems rather shady to me that the photos (at least the ones on CNN.com) are very dark and grainy. Can the military not afford a decent digital camera? I'm not familiar with the faces of the Brothers, so it was sort of a stretch to me comparing the photos. I suppose the citizens of Iraq do know better than I what they look like in real life, etc. I sincerely hope the armed forces aren't trying to dupe anyone; the US can't afford any more gaffes.
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