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May 16

Cornichon commented on The Most Racially Intolerant Countries in the World?.

Not wanting someone of a different race living next door isn't the same as "intolerance." A better question might be "What's the degree of proximity?" Where do you draw the line? Country border? Neighborhood? Next door? Sharing bathroom? Sharing bedroom?

Harry Golden, the plain-speaking journalist of the 1950s ("Only in America," "For Two Cents Plain") reminded us that [very roughly] in the segregated South, it was "you can get close, but don't go 'up'" whereas in the North, it was "you can go as far up as you like but don't get close."

May 15

Cornichon commented on It Doesn't Matter if You're Black or Gay; It Doesn't Matter if You're at a Lunch Counter or a Bakery.

This isn't about OPINIONS, @17, but about BEHAVIOR. You may not like the banking system but you can't walk into a bank with a gun and demand the cash. Nor, @3, is this a "first-world problem." It's a relic of a sort of entitled behavior, left over from feudal times, and it wouldn't be right in Bangladesh, either.

May 12

Cornichon commented on The Spazz Age.

Trouble is, Luhrmann seems to think Fitzgerald's title, "Great Gatsby," to mean, literally, great. As in magnificent. But he meant it ironically: Gatsby is a truly horrible and morally corrupt man who uses his charm for criminal ends.

May 9

Cornichon commented on Seattle Times Tries Charging Its Reporters to Access Their Own Website.

Meanwhile, in Noo Yawk, the Weekly's old owner, Village Voice, is in the throes of upheaval as well: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/10/busine…

Apr 19

Cornichon commented on City Launches Campaign to "Make Seattle Happy".

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands. (Further cynical observations to follow as warranted.)

Apr 18

Cornichon commented on I Wonder If Avis Is Bummed They Bought Zipcar.

Here's the biggest problem with Car2Go: people who use them to go from downtown to their neighborhoods after work....and the cars sit, parked (and available) in obscure residential neighborhoods until morning. When your hipster gets back into the same car and drives it back into town.

I'm a big fan of Car2Go, but I live in Belltown and there are virtually never any cars within two miles after 6 PM.

Apr 17

Cornichon commented on I Hate the Beacon Hill Library, and You Should Too.

Brilliant.

Apr 17

Cornichon commented on Slog's Annual Pride Flag & Space Needle Poll.

The flag controversy is just one example of the Space Needle's perspective of privilege. They lobby against upzoning, an important tool for a developing metropolis, as if an unobstructed view of their privately owned building were of greater civic benefit than affordable housing and increased density (which would lead to better transportation, etc.). When it suits them, they're all laissez-faire, but they fight hard to protect their (perceived) commercial interests.

Mar 28

Cornichon commented on New Rules for Service Animals!.

And the next thing you know, someone will want to marry their service animal. Right, Rush?

I mean, what's the diff between a horse and a turtle?

If we ask Scalia, the answer is hell, no. If we ask Kagan, the question is "How is this animal different from that animal?" And if we ask Kennedy, the response is "All this shit is just too new to decide!"