{"id":794,"date":"2006-08-14T08:16:17","date_gmt":"2006-08-14T13:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=794"},"modified":"2009-06-11T18:32:24","modified_gmt":"2009-06-11T22:32:24","slug":"dont-be-scared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2006\/08\/14\/dont-be-scared\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Be Scared"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this post<\/a> from Kung Fu Monkey titled “Wait, Aren’t You Scared?<\/a>“, the author makes a whole crap-load of really, really good points that I think it would be good for everyone to read and consider.
\nAllow me to quote:<\/p>\n

“Taking something seriously, and panicking<\/span> over it are two different things.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Indeed. And this is just priceless:<\/p>\n

“Maybe it’s just, I cast my eyes back on the last century …<\/p>\n

FDR:<\/span> Oh, I’m sorry, was wiping out our entire Pacific fleet supposed to intimidate<\/span> us? We have nothing to fear but fear itself, and right now we’re coming to kick your ass with brand new destroyers riveted by waitresses<\/span>. How’s that<\/span> going to feel?<\/p>\n

CHURCHILL:<\/span> Yeah, you keep bombing us. We’ll be in the pub, flipping you off. I’m slapping Rolls-Royce engines into untested flying coffins to knock you out of the skies, and then I’m sending angry Welshmen to burn your country from the Rhine to the Polish border.<\/p>\n

US. NOW: <\/span> BE AFRAID!! Oh God, the Brown Bad people could strike any moment! They could strike … NOW!! AHHHH. Okay, how about .. NOW!! AAGAGAHAHAHHAG! Quick, do whatever we tell you, and believe whatever we tell you, or YOU WILL BE KILLED BY BROWN PEOPLE!! PUT DOWN THAT SIPPY CUP<\/span>!!<\/p>\n

… and I’m just a little tired of being on the wrong side of that historical arc.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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