Purchased on a recommendation table from Books Are Magic Figured itd Be a good beach read for Wisconsin and cathartic after Yahoo
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Notes
But in recent millennia, flying in the face of Darwinian precepts, we have evolved into a planet where the un-fittest not only survive but often flourish, holding sway over their betters in a social order where dim-witted, dim-watted employers all too often lord it over their considerably brighter subjects.
After all, when the behavior of another person leaves you no choice but to kill them, their murder is simply involuntary suicide.
I hope you will come to better understand and appreciate the remarkable frailty of all life… and that you will learn to live each day as if it might be your enemy’s last.
After all, it’s difficult to obtain a student loan for a school that not only denies its own existence but teaches its students how to deny other people theirs.
It’s a sad truism that those who appear affluent often evade the scrutiny of law enforcement.”
“Context is everything, Mr. Iverson. Never approach your target with a knife unless you’re polishing the cutlery. Never hold an axe unless you’re chopping firewood. And never don gloves in front of your victim unless he thinks you’re about to wash the dishes, shovel the driveway, or perform a tracheotomy.”
DELETION Our preferred term for “murder” [vulg. ], although some younger staff have lately adopted “omission” as less austere. Note that while “to delete” is our verb of choice, we do not use “to omit” as an alternative.
“May the only justice you face be poetic.”
When a man dies from a bullet entering his chest, it’s a homicide. When a man dies from a meteorite landing on his head, it’s a tragedy. Don’t use bullets. Use meteorites. Don’t commit a homicide. Commit a tragedy.
Before moving forward, you should ask yourself what has come to be known at freshman orientation as the Four Enquiries.