Whittle, Turducken, Irate, Hanker, Apoplectic, Brinkmanship, Denouement, Littoral, Notional, Crocheted, Camisole, Cardigan, Broderie Anglaise, Wherewithal, Jaunt, Moot, Auteur, Turpitude, Favela, Souq, Creche, Ingress, Percolate, Dansela, Dilatory, Neoteny, Bohemian, bourgeois, Mawkish, Het, Corpulent.
For quite some time, I have begun each of my entries with a string of words which illicit, as my good friend Peter puts it, "ego bruising" tendencies; often resulting in the usage of precious ATP to grab that otherwise mint condition dictionary.
If you have been doing that since I begun these strings of hardly-used words, congratulations! You have thus improved your vocabulary and with your improved prowess, dazzle the ladies with your vocabulary acrobatics while sharpening your wit and the use of "classy" invective to skewer your rivals silly.
Those strings of words, you see, are new words I have learnt during the week, or words I have previously encountered whose meaning has atrophied due to prolonged disuse.
So if you actually know those words, without having to consult a dictionary; I strongly urge you to either publish your own blog or give me the address of your blog.
Now that I have explained myself, its time to contemplate on current issues.
If you have been a regular reader of my blog, you might have noticed my innate compulsion to pounce on hot issues like Superman on Lois Lane. This however, is not the case with the recently announced move to incorporate firearm training into National Service.
This is because:
For quite some time, I have begun each of my entries with a string of words which illicit, as my good friend Peter puts it, "ego bruising" tendencies; often resulting in the usage of precious ATP to grab that otherwise mint condition dictionary.
If you have been doing that since I begun these strings of hardly-used words, congratulations! You have thus improved your vocabulary and with your improved prowess, dazzle the ladies with your vocabulary acrobatics while sharpening your wit and the use of "classy" invective to skewer your rivals silly.
Those strings of words, you see, are new words I have learnt during the week, or words I have previously encountered whose meaning has atrophied due to prolonged disuse.
So if you actually know those words, without having to consult a dictionary; I strongly urge you to either publish your own blog or give me the address of your blog.
Now that I have explained myself, its time to contemplate on current issues.
If you have been a regular reader of my blog, you might have noticed my innate compulsion to pounce on hot issues like Superman on Lois Lane. This however, is not the case with the recently announced move to incorporate firearm training into National Service.
This is because:
- I forgot about the issue every time I log into Blogger;
- Since I had forgotten about it until I logged out, I decided to let the issue play out instead of making immediate updates to my blog.
As the saying goes, good things come to those who wait.
The decision to allow firearm training to (mostly) immature teenagers is a disturbing notion in itself; to actually allow real bullets is a definite invitation to a bloody disaster.
Having gone through the actual training, I can emphatically make myself clear these people aren't prepared for the burden and responsibility of handling an M16.
These people can't even be bothered to form queues without engaging in some sausage-slicing queue cutting; let alone handle a killing machine.
That is the core of the issue: We are teaching our children to kill.
Sure, those who suggested this module have repeatedly tried to convince the public with such cogent anecdotes as "instilling discipline".
Yes, training our children to shoot live bullets using army grade weapons will "instill discipline".
As Hiko Seijuruu said to Himura Kenshin in what I consider the God of all anime, Rurouni Kenshin:
"A sword is a weapon for killing. Kenjutsu is the art of killing. Whatever kinds of pretty words or titles you use, that is the only truth."
I have to admit, given the opportunity, I would learn how to shoot too; just to understand what state sponsored murderers do every day...
The only thing is, I would rather handle an AK-47.
The world is rapidly changing, evolving, or rather, regressing.
According to Discovery News, worldwide immaturity levels are rising!
"People such as academics, teachers, scientists and many other professionals are often strikingly immature outside of their strictly specialist competence in the sense of being unpredictable, unbalanced in priorities, and tending to overreact."
The culprit is said to be, ironically, formal education.
Apparently, the need to increase general, abstract intelligence requires a child-like stance of receptivity to new learning, and cognitive flexibility.
In other words, George W. Bush.
This is a guy about to lead a bunch of selfish, unscrupulous, greedy men into open nuclear war. The clock is ticking, and we are fast approaching the twelfth hour on the clock of doom.
Double standards notwithstanding, I see absolutely no pragmatic reason to forbid Iran access to nuclear technology. Particularly when the United (Terrorists) States of America sees fit to bestow nuclear warheads to Israel, while their apoplectic Arabian neighbours are deprived of the "privilege".
Although wars in the Middle East might seem worlds away, as suggested by chaos theory, everyone will feel its ramifications.
Just take note:
Spoilt brats are running the world today; we all know what they will do if they don't get things their way...
The decision to allow firearm training to (mostly) immature teenagers is a disturbing notion in itself; to actually allow real bullets is a definite invitation to a bloody disaster.
Having gone through the actual training, I can emphatically make myself clear these people aren't prepared for the burden and responsibility of handling an M16.
These people can't even be bothered to form queues without engaging in some sausage-slicing queue cutting; let alone handle a killing machine.
That is the core of the issue: We are teaching our children to kill.
Sure, those who suggested this module have repeatedly tried to convince the public with such cogent anecdotes as "instilling discipline".
Yes, training our children to shoot live bullets using army grade weapons will "instill discipline".
As Hiko Seijuruu said to Himura Kenshin in what I consider the God of all anime, Rurouni Kenshin:
"A sword is a weapon for killing. Kenjutsu is the art of killing. Whatever kinds of pretty words or titles you use, that is the only truth."
I have to admit, given the opportunity, I would learn how to shoot too; just to understand what state sponsored murderers do every day...
The only thing is, I would rather handle an AK-47.
The world is rapidly changing, evolving, or rather, regressing.
According to Discovery News, worldwide immaturity levels are rising!
"People such as academics, teachers, scientists and many other professionals are often strikingly immature outside of their strictly specialist competence in the sense of being unpredictable, unbalanced in priorities, and tending to overreact."
The culprit is said to be, ironically, formal education.
Apparently, the need to increase general, abstract intelligence requires a child-like stance of receptivity to new learning, and cognitive flexibility.
In other words, George W. Bush.
This is a guy about to lead a bunch of selfish, unscrupulous, greedy men into open nuclear war. The clock is ticking, and we are fast approaching the twelfth hour on the clock of doom.
Double standards notwithstanding, I see absolutely no pragmatic reason to forbid Iran access to nuclear technology. Particularly when the United (Terrorists) States of America sees fit to bestow nuclear warheads to Israel, while their apoplectic Arabian neighbours are deprived of the "privilege".
Although wars in the Middle East might seem worlds away, as suggested by chaos theory, everyone will feel its ramifications.
Just take note:
Spoilt brats are running the world today; we all know what they will do if they don't get things their way...
Dead of the Week: 45
Total Dead (Since 12th Jan 2006): 280
2 comments:
Hehe, jupes, this week's word list is rather soft, encountered all except for broderie anglaise, souq, dansela, neoteny, and het. although like u said, some of d words i m familiar with has atrophied in my understanding of d meaning. and after breaking out my dict AND scrabble word list, i couldn't find d meaning 2 souq, broderie anglaise and dansela. french perhaps?
Anyway, i fully agree on d formal education making us immature part. i believe it only makes u more restricted.
Crap, i understand only Hanker and Camisole. Anyway , I'm Songhan. Come and have a look of my blog ^ ^!
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