The Corruption of the Jedi

June 21, 2005 5:15 AM by Adam Young

The Jedi sacrifice truth and justice are sacrificed to ambition. If good and evil utilize identical methods and the justifications of expediency, they become mere factions instead of opposites, allied together in a common war against liberty. May this serve as a warning to all who see in emergency circumstances a reason to betray principles and adopt the methods of the Dark Side. In the name of doing good, one only becomes part of the problem, no matter how many excuses seem to be at hand. [Full Article]

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War Gave Us Caesar

October 12, 2004 7:44 AM by Adam Young

The President today is the focus of political and increasingly social life, dominating, with the connivance of the media and popular entertainment, regardless of which of the two political cartels he may nominally belong to, mainstream debate on social and financial issues and is presented to the public as an all-purpose master of every issue and situation, a veritable demigod in his reputation for near omniscience and infallibility. For this, we can thank war. [Full article]

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A "Man Tax"?

October 6, 2004 12:04 PM by Adam Young

Along the lines of today's Paul Craig Roberts LRC column (The Wars We Can’t Afford to Lose), is this ridiculous story:

Swedish MPs Want "Man Tax"
05/10/2004 09:40 AM Reuters

A group of Swedish parliamentarians have proposed levying a "man tax" to cover the social cost of violence against women.

"It must be obvious to all of us that society has a huge problem with male violence against women and that has a cost," Left Party deputy Gudrun Schyman told Swedish radio.

"We must have a discussion where men understand they as a group have a responsibility," said Schyman, one of the party members to sign the motion for debate on the new tax.

Schyman said in a headline-hitting 2002 speech that discrimination in Sweden followed "the same pattern" as in Afghanistan under the Taliban.

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