"Ichneumon: An animal resembling a weasel, and well worthy of being defended by priest and prince in Egypt, as it feeds on serpents, mice, and other vermin, and is especially fond of crocodiles' eggs, which it scratches out of the sand."
"Etymology: Ichneumon \Ich*neu"mon\, noun. [Latin from the Greek, literally, the tracker; so called because it hunts out the eggs of the crocodile, from to track or hunt after, from track, footstep.]. "
Saturday, September 22, 2012
"We don't care if you're offended, and we never will. Get used to it."
The wonderful Pat Condell telling it the way most of us feel, but saying it so much better than most of us can.
And then read the article from City Journal by Michael Totten, "The Terrorist's Veto".
I wonder how many in my family or at my workplace would read this and merely think, "How intolerant that man is!"?
I, for one, think we should celebrate the unique qualities of "intolerance." Not to do so is intolerant.
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