Comments on: Apocalypse now http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/06/28/apocalypse-now/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Thu, 17 May 2012 20:45:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: hillary! http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/06/28/apocalypse-now/comment-page-1/#comment-70506 hillary! Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:55:12 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1234#comment-70506 Why is it that you never hear of this kind of thing in the news? All you hear about is The Phantom Defecator. Why is it that you never hear of this kind of thing in the news? All you hear about is The Phantom Defecator.

]]> By: Merre Haskell http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/06/28/apocalypse-now/comment-page-1/#comment-70461 Merre Haskell Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:03:04 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1234#comment-70461 <i>Too many people in too many places in the world are already living in an apocalypse.</i> Agreed. Apocalypse fantasies were how I dealt with terrible end of the world nightmares as a child. It was amelioration of horror through mental preparation... Half my nightmares came from nuclear war fears and my grandparents' Pentecostal religion. But at least half of my nightmares came from reading about Nazi Germany. Which <i>had actually happened</i>. And knowing that was so much worse than guessing what a nuclear war might be like. Too many people in too many places in the world are already living in an apocalypse.

Agreed.

Apocalypse fantasies were how I dealt with terrible end of the world nightmares as a child. It was amelioration of horror through mental preparation… Half my nightmares came from nuclear war fears and my grandparents’ Pentecostal religion. But at least half of my nightmares came from reading about Nazi Germany. Which had actually happened. And knowing that was so much worse than guessing what a nuclear war might be like.

]]> By: Candy http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/06/28/apocalypse-now/comment-page-1/#comment-70460 Candy Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:00:41 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1234#comment-70460 This just makes me so sad. The powers around Zimbabwe who are content to watch are culpable for Mugabe's crimes. I remember when I was a teenager living under the dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines when Ronald Reagan said,"Sure he's an SOB but he's our SOB." In fact after a million people turned against him and his own army staged a (failed) coup, the only thing that persuaded Marcos to go was a phone call from Reagan. So come on, Thabo Mbeki, stop covering up for your friend and tell him to go. This just makes me so sad. The powers around Zimbabwe who are content to watch are culpable for Mugabe’s crimes. I remember when I was a teenager living under the dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines when Ronald Reagan said,”Sure he’s an SOB but he’s our SOB.” In fact after a million people turned against him and his own army staged a (failed) coup, the only thing that persuaded Marcos to go was a phone call from Reagan.

So come on, Thabo Mbeki, stop covering up for your friend and tell him to go.

]]> By: Rosalie http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/06/28/apocalypse-now/comment-page-1/#comment-70433 Rosalie Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:23:54 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1234#comment-70433 fascinating! I'm going to be a dermatologist! btw, what is with you and the apocalypse? (and btw again, the apocalypse will not be caused by bacteria or itchiness, but by men. Men do everything wrong and everything bad ever done in this world is by men. And they like suffering and violence, especially against women. Unless we rid our selves of horrible men or control them, we will all die a terrible death.) fascinating! I’m going to be a dermatologist!

btw, what is with you and the apocalypse? (and btw again, the apocalypse will not be caused by bacteria or itchiness, but by men. Men do everything wrong and everything bad ever done in this world is by men. And they like suffering and violence, especially against women. Unless we rid our selves of horrible men or control them, we will all die a terrible death.)

]]> By: Susan Hated Literature » Blog Archive » links for 2008-06-28 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/06/28/apocalypse-now/comment-page-1/#comment-70426 Susan Hated Literature » Blog Archive » links for 2008-06-28 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:33:45 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1234#comment-70426 [...] Justine Larbalestier » Apocalypse now (tags: Zimbabwe what.the.fuck.people? politics) [...] [...] Justine Larbalestier » Apocalypse now (tags: Zimbabwe what.the.fuck.people? politics) [...]

]]> By: Karen http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/06/28/apocalypse-now/comment-page-1/#comment-70421 Karen Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:05:55 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=1234#comment-70421 Wow. Thanks for the update. I read the headlines and the stories on BBC and nothing translates into this kind of day-to-day struggle. Scary stuff. Wow. Thanks for the update. I read the headlines and the stories on BBC and nothing translates into this kind of day-to-day struggle. Scary stuff.

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