Men in the stands all in suit, tie, hate. Ezra: Famous picture taken of the 1906 World Series Chicago.I am the first to be polite and cordial, but I will not put up. ![]() When I came back to work I got handshakes and fist bumps from my normal peers. I got bounced out of a F500 company for a shift for calling one of the worst employees a ball-less son of a bitch. HR departments, the paramilitary of the F500, will absolutely and intentionally destroy you if you don’t participate in homosexual and gender delusions. Wang Wei Lin: I think much of this “politeness” is the response to intimidation.In many other ways too the Japanese are the standard model. The Japanese set the standard the rest of the world should follow. Lu An Li: “Among the heathen we shall find no other persons that exceed the Japanese in manners.” - Francis Xavier.This make a “bullpup” rifle more practical. Further, you can place that electronic trigger anywhere you want it doesn’t have to be right next to the firing mechanism. First, it means you can make a trigger as light as you’d like, with no loss of reliability. Electric ignition solves other problems though. Isegoria: Mike in Boston notes the problem that electric ignition could solve today: there don’t seem to be enough primers to go around.Gavin Longmuir: “Postrel said that libertarianism in the United States is an awkward alliance between nasty ‘leave me alone’ types and nice ‘don’t dictate to others’ types.” What is “nice” about people who don’t want to dictate to others that they should not defecate on the streets, or shoot up drugs outside a school? “Worthless Wimps” is the term that comes to mind, not “nice”.In theory, a traffic jam in a town center would be unpleasant. It went right through town centers and it was still way better than that damn traffic jam. In exasperation, I got off on the first exit I could crawl to and found myself on an old timey US highway going my way with almost no traffic. It wasn’t my first nightmare experience on this particular Interstate. Harry Jones: Shamelessly revisiting this thread as I recently had a nightmare experience on an Interstate.The trouble with libertarians is they don’t understand how power works. They are the reason why “live and let live” can’t work. The only nasty people are the ones who won’t leave you alone after you’ve left them alone. Where do they fit into this? At least they leave you alone after they’ve shunned you. Harry Jones: The Amish will shun you if you don’t toe their line.I am polite because I have a low opinion of most people. To be polite implies that you think someone can’t handle straight, honest communication. They’re just itching to conquer Manchuria and rape Nanking. Harry Jones: I have never trusted overly polite people.
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