The most recent 20 comments posted to Making Light by Lara Beaton:

Theresa, I wish I could believe that these people were both trained and ordered to do these things. Granted, that only gives them the right to use the Nuremburg defense, but I'd feel a little less sick about the whole thing.

When I look at those pictures, I see the same behavior as was used on the Native Americans, the Jews in Nazi Germany, the women in the Magdalene laundries, even the Stanford Prison Experiment.

Those people were not trained to torture or to humiliate, they were just given absolute power over another person. In cases where the person in power felt superior in some way to their captives, the descent to the unspeakable occurs more quickly, and with more devastating results on both captive and captor.

Glimpses like these into what people are capable of in these situations just makes me weep for our species.

In short, I agree with Xopher, I want a species transplant.

It would seem, therefore, that if you were to allow your readers, by virtue of being in the company of the editrix, to eavesdrop on this recent development, you will have, in one act, discharged two obligations; the advertisement of the latest disgorging from the pen of Paarfi, and the appeasement of his avid fans, who follow his career with the keenest of interest. A sacrifice, if I may say so, to the god of Brevity, whom all who work with the written word, ought to worship. I cannot say too little on this subject.

I beg your pardon for the impertinence of this request, but surely you are not so greedy as to refuse to toss us some paltry crumbs from the delicious feast that you so recently have devoured.


(with apologies to Mr. Brust and Paarfi)

Ab_Normal - I would say that Birkenstocks would be the Liberal Democratic Jackboots.

One more:

A toothbrush is not a cat toy.

For Bad Cats, I would add:

I will not stand over my human companion's face while she sleeps, so that when she opens her eyes she will be able to see more than cat stomach.

When my human companion has a "friend" staying over, the tent in the middle of the bed is not dangerous.

Theresa:
If Patrick comes in and drops a handful of snow on me again, violence may ensue.

No jury in the world would convict you.

Graydon:
The folks from Vancouver did the usual ritual shudders

*shudder* I'm not sure if I've got the ritual down yet, as I'm a transplant.

My favourite quote about Canadian winter is "I was north of Winnepeg in February. That's like the opposite of being south of Hell in August."

Stephanie, you missed out one of the best bits of the Life Laundry - the fact that all of the stuff that doesn't get sold in the yard sale gets chucked into a wood chipper.

There was another show on in Britain that had two women who would find the most disgusting houses they could and clean them. We're talking things in the fridge that were a year past their sell by date, pizza boxes that had achieved sentience, toilets that had not been cleaned since Thatcher left office, etc. Not something to watch while you're having dinner.

I wish I could remember the name of it.

My Jesus action figure could kick your Pope action figure any day of the week.

And if sunday wasn't a day of rest, he'd kick it twice.

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