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May 02, 2005

VOTE "NONE OF THE ABOVE"; THE ONE COMMANDMENT; QUOTE; SCANNER!

I have tried to refrain from commenting too much during the disgusting hand-out contest that is this election season. Partly because after a while it just gets depressing, but also because I hesitate to be a wellspring of negativity while not arguing voting for any party. Yet, though none of the parties are fit to run the country, I am also reluctant to actively advocate staying at home. This is why I will be voting "none of the above" on the fifth, and I suggest you do too.

"None of the above?", goeth the chorus of voices, "surely you are smoking crack, Lewis?" No. My idea is simply this: Find a blank space on your voting form, draw a box, tick it and write "none of the above" next to it. It is the best of both worlds: it fulfills the moral requirement to vote, and it avoids the sleepness nights that would come from voting for idiocy.

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THE ONE COMMANDMENT: Romans 13:8-10 reads:

8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.

I need not add anything else.

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QUOTE:

<SPQR> On that note
<SPQR> I'm sick of Christmas gift shopping.
<SPQR> You know, you think for months about what to get someone
<SPQR> And what do they do?
<SPQR> They return it.
<SPQR> Or, at the very least, they're like "Ohhhh, uhhh, yeah, I uhhhh...Love it!"
<SPQR> So this year, I'm buying everyone a handgun.
<SPQR> That way, they can go to the store
<SPQR> And get *anything* they want.
<SPQR> ;-P

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SCANNER: So I have an Epson scanner on order which should be shipped on the 10th of this month. Which means! I may soon be blogging photos from my Voigtlander. Talking of which, one from last week which I forgot to blog:

"Slow ducks, cross here! (Fast ones, use the crossing just up the road.)"

Posted by Lewis at May 2, 2005 06:57 PM