Russellings

Miscellaneous musings from the perspective of a lefty (both senses) atheist with a warped sense of humor.

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I am a geek, but I do have some redeeming social skills. I love other people's dogs, cats, and kids. Snow sucks, but I'm willing to put up with it just to live in Madison.

Wednesday, December 03, 2014

Badge Numbers

Following the precedent of Ian Fleming’s master spy James Bond, all police badge numbers should now come with a double-0 prefix, signifying the license to kill.


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I saw a German government with a policy of killing defenceless civilians of a certain ethnicity, and I was appalled. I opposed them, as did the rest of the world. And we defeated them.

I saw a Serbian government with a policy of killing defenceless civilians of a certain ethnicity, and I was appalled. I opposed them, as did the rest of the world. And we defeated them.

I saw an Israeli government with a policy of killing defenceless civilians of a certain ethnicity, and I was appalled. I opposed them, as did the rest of the world. And we were called anti-Semitic.

I saw an American government with a policy of killing defenceless civilians of a certain ethnicity, and I was appalled. I opposed them, as did the rest of the world. And we were called unpatriotic.

— John Highland, atheist-talk forum, 2009 Feb. 21