Category: Fourre-tout

One goal of law – as we learn in law school from the first day of contracts – is to deter bad behavior. Marvin Ammori

Bad behavior is not (and should not be) tolerated in any society. It usually reflects a lack of good manners, insecurity and a great deal of selfishness.

People or nations’ bad behavior  is usually penalized by sanctions. When I was a child, misbehaving in the classroom meant banishment (in a kneeling position) to a corner of the room.

Sanctions can take different forms; it can be restriction on admission, freezing of assets, economic sanctions, but the most feared punishment is ostracism. In ancient Greece, it was the temporary banishment from a city by popular vote. In modern times it is the exclusion of a person from a society or group.

Especially relevant, if you misbehave repeatedly you will be excluded, denied access to activities enjoyed by all.

Different societies have been using different types of ostracism for a long time. During the Black Death plague epidemic in seventeenth-century Venetian, all ships were required to be isolated for forty days (quaranta giorni) before passengers and crew could go ashore.

In Amish society, shunning is imposed for bad behavior. It means emotional distance, social rejection by an entire congregation.

Many pétanque players unconsciously abide by the same Amish code. If you clash repeatedly with your fellow players, soon  or later you will be shunned. And you will live to regret it.

Remember, you sleep in the bed you made. If dark clouds come your way, there will be nobody to blame but yourself.

Alain

So-called “victim” Jimmy Bennett is a creep… of the worst kind.
This opportunist sleezeball is nothing but a low-class blackmailer.

That Italian actress Asia Argento took him to bed is plausible, but extorting money from her after their interlude is low, extremely low. And if I am not mistaken, extortion is a federal crime.

While a sexual encounter is usually a pleasurable happening, it can also be problematic. A venomous serpent could be hiding in the mattress grass… Beware of virginal looking partners… They have the annoying tendency to spill the beans.
For any human being though, lovemaking is usually an alluring and fulfilling experience. But above all, this encounter has to be consensual. If it is not, it is a criminal act.

While a man sexually assaulting a woman is a fairly common occurrence, a woman “molesting” a man is rather unusual.
If it ever happened, I doubt very much that Jimmy Bennett desperately resisted Asia Argento’s advances. Any man (especially an immature teenager) would feel grateful that a woman allowed him to share a moment of intimacy with her.

So I don’t believe for a minute that little Jimmy strongly objected to being “abused” AND is “trying to seek justice.” What justice?

“I did not initially speak out about my story because I chose to handle it in private with the person who wronged me.
My trauma resurfaced as she came out as a victim herself. I have not made a public statement in the past days and hours because I was ashamed and afraid to be part of the public narrative. I was underage when the event took place, and I tried to seek justice in a way that made sense to me at the time because I was not ready to deal with the ramifications of my story becoming public.”

Do you believe this baloney? I certainly don’t. I tend to think that recently accused men seeking vengeance have orchestrated this charade against Asia.

Anybody engaging in any kind of extortion should be prosecuted, regardless of age and status.

Finally

People usually take sides in controversial cases . In this one, I firmly stand in the camp of Asia Argento. Lovemaking is not a crime, extortion definitely is.

Alain

“Noise is a parasite. Anything noisy is poorly designed.” Raymond Loewy

Pollution is one of my greatest irritant, and if it were not for a few morons this plague could be kept in check .

Pollution is everywhere. We have Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Soil Pollution, Radioactive Pollution, Light Pollution, Thermal Pollution, Visual Pollution, Noise Pollution…
We also have pollution in space, on the Internet, and the famous Washington swamp is more toxic than ever.

Let’s never forget that Pollution is a man-made product that benefits a few but harms all of us.

One of the most irksome and most preventable pollutants is noise. Particularly noise produced by motor vehicles. Most of today’s cars are very quiet, especially electric cars; but many “modified” vehicles and Harley Davidson motorcycles owners in particular “choose to swap out the existing exhaust systems for straight pipes.” It then generates an extraordinarily loud and disturbing racket.

“The louder the noise the smaller the equipment. Let’s get one thing priapically straight: Men who ride extremely loud motorcycles have extremely small penises. The louder the bike, the smaller their naughty bit.” 

The revving of a Harley Davidson motorcycle is highly irritating. Its repeated artillery salvos are enough to wake up a cadaver.
It does not have to make so much noise. A BMW motorcycle in comparison purrs when a Harley Davidson bellows, and noisier never meant better.

I already hear some people saying, “it is a free country”, but these people might not know the true meaning of freedom. It is written that “One’s freedom stops where the freedom of others begins.”
The minute you step on somebody else’s “freedom” your own so-called “freedom” becomes a nuisance.

Consequently

If you absolutely must make noise, move to a deserted island or make your tumult productive and protest something worth protesting; something like pollution for instance.

Alain