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A Stitch in Haste

A Stitch in Time Saves Nine...But Haste Makes Waste

A collection of real-world libertarian, individualist and laissez-faire rants on law, economics, politics, culture and other current events
by an average, everyday lawyer & investment banker and part-time pop scholar.

Questions
--Is it a proper function of government to forbid a brewer from calling his product "Weed"? Would your answer change if he were based in the town of Weed, California? And would your answer change after being reminded that the government allows a certain other brewer to call its product "Bud"?

--What are the latest recruitment figures from the Culture Wars?

--A Special Guest Question: "If a train heading east leaves Chicago at noon and a train heading west leaves New York an hour later, will that make you any better at math?"

--In which U.S. city did two gay men kissing in public result in a 911 call? ("I imagine you could complain if you like ma'am. We can always send an officer down there.")

--Are dogs proof of intelligent design? (But cf. this post.)
Posted by Kip on 26 April 2008

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Dave (mail) (www):
Considering that dogs were domesticated and bred by man over the past millennia, I would say, yes, dogs are proof of intelligent design -- by man.

[Kip replies: Did you bother to follow the second link?]
4.26.2008 10:44am
Tom Hanna (mail) (www):
Why does it matter what city? The "experiment" concluded that:
It quickly became clear that there is no set regional opinion. The feelings and opinions of people are as varied as the individuals who express them.
And the whole article starts with this:
Two years ago, ABC News hired two actors, a man and a woman, to publicly display their affection for each other by kissing in public at a restaurant. Reactions from other restaurant-goers varied; some onlookers enjoyed the sight of young love, while others lost their appetite.
In other words, the reaction to two people "kissing and drooling all over each other" for an hour doesn't seem all that different overall.
4.26.2008 3:52pm
Dave (mail) (www):
No, I didn't click through the second link. Now that I did, the easiest explanation is that the two of us think similarly.
4.27.2008 10:15am

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