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| I think we've all seen enough photos of the guy lately, so here's one of the culvert he was hiding in instead. |
I realize I'm in the minority on this one, but I don't mean it like those who insist that he deserved a trial. I just think the victims and families of victims of his brutality over the years - including the terrorism he funded - they deserved a trial to be able to yell, swear, and possibly spit on the guy who caused them so much pain. Like with all the evil people out there - dictators, serial killers, parking meter officers - a quick beating and death by a small angry mob seems unfair to those who would have liked more closure. But maybe that's just me.
Enough about him - IMO we also spend way too much media time and attention on the evil people, thereby glorifying them (and their evil) in our minds.
Time for a check-in on the 40-year old goal list for the year:
- Start a new blog (woohoo!) DONE
- Take karate lessons Have a coupon and a plan
- Maintain the new blog (stupid list...) SURPRISINGLY, STILL GOING STRONG
- Start investigating how to get my PhD by age 50 Done investigating (see prev blogs)
- Get a Bb Tablet as soon as they come out (maybe even wait in line like the diehards) NOT DONE
- Copy those videotapes of our 2005 trip to Ireland ON TAPE 6!
- Give my kids more hugs DONE
- Say "I love you" more DONE
The Blackberry thing is just a hard one to swallow for me. Take this article from a couple of days ago - it's written by a guy at the InfoWorld.com website, but I thought it was neat that Google listed it first as being in The Zimbabwe Telegraph website:
http://www.zimtelegraph.com/?p=2308
I mean, can Rim save the Playbook? Probably not. So price it to sell, Rim, and put out a new version of the device, like you do with phones and like Apple's doing with the iPad. And get the technology right like you did with the Blackberry's, fools. You still have a market out there of business types who don't want to type on an iPhone. I love my Bb, and wouldn't trade it, but I'd love a tablet that syncs with it without all the glitches. Until then, I'm not shelling out half a grand for a Playbook. Period.
What is it about being in power that makes men so arrogant and greedy? And please don't tell me St. Steve of Cupertino was an exception - he was just driven more by making better gadgets than more money, once he'd made his first billion. That didn't stop him from making toys that were stubbornly proprietary and high-priced.
Or maybe it's more our perception of dictators than the reality.
Or maybe it's not who the person is but what privilege, power, and disconnectedness from others ultimately does to them. Maybe it's not in their character to begin with, but what their circumstance calls from them.
Nah.
