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Now there's a thought.

EmmaZahn — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:46:42 +0000

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Now there's a thought.

Perhaps they were using

Donal — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:04:48 +0000

In reply to I wondered the same thing

Perhaps they were using props.

I wondered the same thing

EmmaZahn — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:56:44 +0000

In reply to Much food for thought--in

I wondered the same thing when Niall Ferguson did the same thing in his Civilization documentary. Some scenes he wore gloves but not in others. I also wondered if maybe they used hand coating aka liquid glove instead.

Just FYI, Ontario allows

acanuck — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 06:50:16 +0000

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Just FYI, Ontario allows harvesting of roadkill. My brother-in-law, a hunter (so he knows competent game butchers), always stops to aid any driver who's fatally encountered a deer. After helping to call CAA and the local cops, he asks, "You gonna eat that?" Few people say yes.

I noticed that too, Ramona.

acanuck — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 06:05:04 +0000

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I noticed that too, Ramona. But what's he supposed to do when the custodians and curators of those documents are also handling them without gloves? Embarrass them on international TV? The inks and vellum seem to be standing up pretty well after half a millennium or so, though. Way better than the acid-based paper of later decades anyway.

Much food for thought--in

Ramona — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:20:57 +0000

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Much food for thought--in fact, I'm dizzy from it. I'll give it a lot of thought if you'll answer a question for me: Is anyone else bothered by the disregard Michael Woods has for centuries-old manuscripts as he handles them with ungloved fingers??? Good lord, somebody STOP him! (I admit I haven't been glued to the TV every moment of every show, but I've only seen him put on gloves once. I hope there were more times and I just missed them.)

Sorry to go OT but it really does bother me.

You left out the best part of

cmaukonen — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 01:32:24 +0000

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You left out the best part of Orlov's piece, Donal.

How can you get out of this trap? Miles does not mince words: escape is illegal. If you want to escape, you have to break the law. “As soon as you begin to act outside the system, you are breaking its rules... Red handcuffs or blue handcuffs. Anything too far outside this culture’s mandate is not accepted; non-participation is not a legitimate option... Really, if we are all forced to work as part of a death machine, with no other viable alternative, where is the possibility for a sustainable future? The answer is obvious: in breaking the rules. Or, to put it more accurately, breaking the ridiculously insane rules.” [p. 48] Need an example of “ridiculously insane rules”? “It is illegal to salvage roadkill in many places, so learn your local laws and act appropriately. Whether that means following them is up to you.” [p. 107]

Those in Denial. Desperately

cmaukonen — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 01:11:53 +0000

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Those in Denial. Desperately attempting to rationalize maintaining the Status Quo™ (which I have written diaries on) by any means necessary. A system of government financed and maintained military armaments and control.

"We have more than enough energy to keep our delusional way of life going for years to come. So stop trying to change it...etc, etc."

And manipulating the finance system to hide the consequences of this delusion.

Nice work, Donal. Any idea

Oxy Mora — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:39:58 +0000

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Nice work, Donal.

Any idea on how much energy is consumed staging the Olympics? We just used to throw a ball against the side of a barn.

The older I get the more I think of my relationship to the earth. I am comforted by the fact that Mother Earth will survive the human race, and if it takes 6000 years to repair her desecration by the human race, that's o.k. too.