I regret that this must be done, but here we are.
“Wind turbines do NOT cause cancer.”
That is all. Thank you.
Rants
Quote of the Day
“I saw Activision’s statement about why they “broke up” with Bungie over at GameSpot, but it’s like… more than seven billion wasn’t “enough” according to the onyx spire they worship. I don’t think they can be trusted to determine what constitutes enough.
I own a company, I understand that they have to make money, but the top of that organization is completely divorced from every other part of it. It’s sick in the particular, unaccountable way that is an accelerant to revolution. The people who generate the wealth they bathe in are so abstract as to be inconceivable. I have some experience with this; there are people who will pulp you to get a “good year.” One hesitates to suggest that they serve Evil Gods, you know, far be it from me to make a moral pronouncement, but their purposes are inimical to human flourishing. The human being, essentially considered fungible and endlessly replaceable in its capacity to generate value, exists nowhere in their calculus.
The parable of the golden goose has endured for a reason, and that is because none of these motherf’rs ever seems to learn it.”
De-framing the Conversation
I’m being specific here in saying ‘de-frame’ rather than ‘reframe’ – because I think the conversation has already been reframed in a misleading way, and I want to bring it back to the centre.
So here we go: Regulations are, most often, about health, safety, and protection.
I’ve been hearing regulations being thrown about as an epithet, some evil force put upon by malicious entities designed to… well, they don’t really say, do they? They just keep talking about them like they’re evil and bad and must be gotten rid of or else.
Thing is, they didn’t just come out of the blue. They’re written into law to ensure a civilized and functioning society that is working to keep all people healthy, alive, and free to pursue what they want. Without being burdened and oppressed by injury, illness, degraded conditions, financial shenanigans, hoodwinks, or a number of other things to have to deal with. They are there to release us from malicious actors.
This talk about “regulations are the devil” and “if only there weren’t regulations, everything would be glorious golden roses for everyone” is beyond rose-coloured glasses, it’s disingenuous.
There is an intent. “Don’t frick other people over.” Few would have issue with that intent (and if you do, well, that’s telling). We can talk about the most effective way to achieve that intent. Please! Let’s have that conversation. Let’s create that more perfect union.
But let’s not get all BS about it and turn the view about regulations into them being some sort of scourge.
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