Comments on: The Morning News (by Cameron) http://dan.hersam.com/2002/06/28/the-morning-newsby-cameron/ A computer programmer's commentary on news, Linux, programming, music, web design, trivia, humor, usability and whatever else strikes his fancy at the time. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:01:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Tammie http://dan.hersam.com/2002/06/28/the-morning-newsby-cameron/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Tammie Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=301#comment-98 The news is getting more and more interesting each day. The news is getting more and more interesting each day.

]]> By: Levi http://dan.hersam.com/2002/06/28/the-morning-newsby-cameron/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Levi Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=301#comment-99 You know, all this post-9/11 paranoia is really getting on my nerves. This supposed possibility of Al Qaeda blowing up dams with their computers is just absurd. Whenever something big happens, the media jumps all over it and won't cover anything else for weeks. It's great for ratings, I'm sure. And then afterwards, they continue to flog the dead horse relentlessly for as long as anyone continues to care. So obviously, sustained paranoia is great for them; people keep watching the news programs, because if someone's gonna try to kill you again, it's best to know just how they might try next, right? Maybe if we didn't get such an absurd spin on all this wild theorizing, things would get back to normal. As for the lesbian sperm bank... well, there's not a whole lot to say about that, except the quote saying that lesbian couples had some fundamental natural right to have children struck me as funny. Sure, all women are built to have children, but nature sort of requires another party of the male sort to be intimately involved. Just because we've figured out how to get around that doesn't mean any sort of 'natural rights' have been expanded. If you tried to get me to approve government funding for poor lesbian couples to receive this 'service' for free because of their natural right to bear children, I'd have to decline. You know, all this post-9/11 paranoia is really getting on my nerves. This supposed possibility of Al Qaeda blowing up dams with their computers is just absurd. Whenever something big happens, the media jumps all over it and won’t cover anything else for weeks. It’s great for ratings, I’m sure. And then afterwards, they continue to flog the dead horse relentlessly for as long as anyone continues to care. So obviously, sustained paranoia is great for them; people keep watching the news programs, because if someone’s gonna try to kill you again, it’s best to know just how they might try next, right? Maybe if we didn’t get such an absurd spin on all this wild theorizing, things would get back to normal.

As for the lesbian sperm bank… well, there’s not a whole lot to say about that, except the quote saying that lesbian couples had some fundamental natural right to have children struck me as funny. Sure, all women are built to have children, but nature sort of requires another party of the male sort to be intimately involved. Just because we’ve figured out how to get around that doesn’t mean any sort of ‘natural rights’ have been expanded. If you tried to get me to approve government funding for poor lesbian couples to receive this ’service’ for free because of their natural right to bear children, I’d have to decline.

]]> By: Renee http://dan.hersam.com/2002/06/28/the-morning-newsby-cameron/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Renee Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=301#comment-100 Dan, how come this is your last guest author entry? Did you come to fisticuffs with Cameron over his topic choices? Or did you feel like a parent who doesn't trust can't bear to leave his baby with the sitter? Dan, how come this is your last guest author entry? Did you come to fisticuffs with Cameron over his topic choices? Or did you feel like a parent who doesn’t trust can’t bear to leave his baby with the sitter?

]]> By: dan http://dan.hersam.com/2002/06/28/the-morning-newsby-cameron/comment-page-1/#comment-101 dan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=301#comment-101 None of the above. I was going hiking in in Zion National Park and <a href="http://dan.hersam.com/archives/2002/06/26/hiking-for-a-few-days">asked Cameron</a> if he would be a guest author during my absence. The reason he stopped is because I got back. Now that he has his own blog, I don't have a guest author when I go on vacation. None of the above. I was going hiking in in Zion National Park and asked Cameron if he would be a guest author during my absence. The reason he stopped is because I got back. Now that he has his own blog, I don’t have a guest author when I go on vacation.

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