Easter, 2002

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Sun, 31 Mar 2002 13:00:00 GMT
From unknown:
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder. -- Albert Einstein

David Carr at Libartarian Samizdata - Don't - a poem for our times. The link didn't work when I tried it. If it doesn't work for you, click on the bracketed link at the end of this sentence and look for Sunday, March 31. [samizdata]

Perry de Havilland at Libertarian Samizdata - The Palestinian Gotterdammerung: the irrelevance of Arafat - a prediction of the future of Israel/Palestine about which Mr. de Havilland would "just to be completely wrong." I hope he's wrong too, though I think reality will be much worse than his imaginings.

Daniel Williams at The Washington Post - In Ramallah, a Methodical Exercise of Military Might BugMeNot - I hope the Israelis know that if they kill Arafat, it ain't gonna be pretty for them. They think there are lots of bombings now? They ain't seen nothing. [grabbe]

AP via The Washington Post - Britain's Queen Mother Dies at 101 BugMeNot - yesterday at Buckingham Palace. [pournelle]

John Schmeltzer and Jon Hilkevitch at The Chicago Tribune - Security plan will monitor all fliers - Linked databases. SSN-linked background checks for all air travelers. Sieg Heil! [unknown]

RadiusNet.net Crypto Archive - starts with a warning not to mirror their content. [grabbe]

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