Posted on 01/21/2008 6:00:29 PM PST by naturalman1975
I HAVE this visceral dislike of bumper-sticker moralisers. These are people who go out of their way to advertise what they take to be their own exalted moral sensibilities, but do so at no cost to themselves and without the messy business of having to weigh costs and benefits or to choose between stark alternatives where none is particularly pleasant or easy. It's all form and no substance for these people, and there's no shortage of them around.
Take those who plaster "Save the Whales" stickers on the back of their cars but miss the irony that it's an upmarket Toyota to which they're attaching the thing. Saving the whales is great in principle, but not if it involves forgoing an expensive new Lexus. Far better to bring a lawsuit that has no chance of being enforced.
Or what about many of those who announce that we should "Save Darfur"? Nowhere do they tell us how this is supposed to be accomplished. Through the UN, perhaps? But that organisation is famously hostage to the vetoes of the five Security Council members.
It is an organisation that is congenitally unable to stop anything, be it slaughter in Darfur, Bosnia, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Burma or ... well, you get the idea.
Indeed the only remotely plausible way to stop massacres in Darfur, and indeed just about anywhere else on the planet, is for the US to do something militarily, as it did in Bosnia and Serbia under Bill Clinton (when the Yanks bombed and bombed and bombed some more, all without the imprimatur of the UN, for the information of those who punctiliously assert that only UN-authorised actions are acceptable). But, of course, most people who put "Save Darfur" stickers on their cars would be horrified at the prospect of US military action.
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I have an idea for a bumper sticker:
Everything I know about politics and foreign affairs fits on this bumper sticker!
I HAVE this visceral dislike of journalistic immoralizers.
These are people who go out of their way to advertise what they take to be their own exalted moral sensibilities...
These are people who go out of their way to get advertisers to pay for their own exalted immoral sensibilities...
...but do so at no cost to themselves and without the messy business of having to weigh costs and benefits or to choose between stark alternatives where none is particularly pleasant or easy.
...but do so at tremendous cost both to themselves and to society...with plenty of the messy business of failing to count to the costs to others...all in the name of anything goes.
Mine syas:
I closed my Bank of America accounts.
Free Tibet!
My son is Honor Trustee at the Maricopa County Jail.
“Save ManBearPig”
The one which really goads me is “1-20-09”..... it’s usually accompanied by “Impeach Bush” and various other moonbat proclamations.
| If Gingrich is a Newt Then Gephardt is a Dick |
I felt pretty good about myself.
If you can read this, I’m slamming on my brakes.
Yet another VERY useful bumper sticker!
and...
Save the Whales! Collect the whole set!
Just vote for the itch (rhymes with).
OBEY Hillary.
I love seeing the liberals driving around with their morals stuck to the back of their car (hybrids, subarus, etc). Right on the paint, no less.
My favorite bumper sticker was one I had on my truck back in the ‘80’s: it had one of those oh-so popular ‘baby on board’ yellow diamonds, but mine said “No Baby On Board (It’s OK to hit me!)”
Monica Lewinsky’s ex-boyfriend’s wife for
President
One of my cousin/nieces runs a store for dog lovers in Maine. They sent us some of their bumper stickers this Christmas, which read:
Wag more.
Bark less.
I haven’t mentioned it before, but if any dog lovers are interested:
http://www.agathaandlouise.com/servlet/StoreFront
And here’s the bumper stickers:
http://www.agathaandlouise.com/servlet/the-Wag-More-Bark-Less/Categories
...and I had my cat guarding my car to keep the liberal moonbat vandals away...
But now my bumper sticker says:
"My Wife Says I Never Listen To Her...Or Something Like That."
Here’s a bumper sticker I saw once.
The Big Bang Theory is a joke! An explosion in a bookstore couldn’t create a dictionary!
I still think the "Concert for (fill in your cause)" is the best, because you get to be totally self-indulgent while feeling morally superior.
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