Every real artiste is a clown. Al Pacino was a clown... when he was described as such, he was being made fun of, but he was also being complimented. The article makes clear that the problem is one of misunderstood clowning. I'm not saying PSY is a genius or even brilliant. Crazy Frog isn't either.

Who the fuck are you, fucking Don Delillo? Where's the forty year old woman taking her leopard print bra off?

Let's hope we have a democrat president when this is passed so Fox News can fight this.

I think it doesn't happen often enough that the cliche works as a shorthand. Bentham had the panoptikon concept, as mentioned by others. Also... I think it does speak to the illiteracy/something of the audience. Just look at fantasy and the RA Salvatore /whatever stuff. And let's not get into what Twilight tells us…

Scammerman, scammerman. Radioactive scammerman.

how. fucking. old. are you?

Um... I eat cow, and they are quite big and beautiful beasts.

Well I know in the US Rush would have a field day about the chink-lovers in the SPCA.

Wonder which Solaris you prefer.

I thought the two mediums involved would be space and hyperspace/whatever it is in this series, I don't watch it. Edit: didn't read the article properly. I get his point now regarding the need for a flight deck etc.

to be fair re the sex is fun thing, much oldie porn adopted the trope of the moral lesson

"is". and "and".

I've got a really smart Russian friend from the industrial hub of Siberia who is a fan of Stalin, doesn't think Russia was occupying Germany and Poland but was just helping them, and doesn't believe in global warming. Although I guess if he were born in Texas he'd have more recognisable opinions. As far as being a…

Susan Sontag has tons of opinions. Fricking tons. I don't trust anything in any of her books unless I already agree with her, and then that agreement would lead me to question that position.

The bible is fucking metal dude. I mean it's the real clown feed.

I think it'd be more like how people pick up smoking here in Singaporean national service in basic training. Plus you don't all have to run off and find a tiny, overcrowded designated area before you can pull out a book (you could only smoke in designated areas in our BMT).

GOJEEERA

I get his transhumanist motivations.

"...advocates expressed over the stressful conditions"... the Milchcow Council of Cow Rights?