He articulated what I could not put into words.

This is heart-breaking.

Which part? Your multiple handles or that you're a lousy writer?

If you want to make your little game less obvious, you're going to have to ditch some of your more tired catchphrases and your parody of anti-Semitism. You could, I don't know, try making an actual argument now and again instead of the poo-flinging that is your unmistakable signature.

I won't hold my breath.

= Rainbow Swastika = Steaming sledgehammers of hate = Beagles of Doom = Chicken Rangoon = ~~~~~ = numerous others that I've forgotten.

He is a sick little piece of sh** and a bad writer to boot.

What, American Fascist? Did you already get banned under Rainbow Swastika?

You know, this behavior of yours crosses the line from simple trolling to full-fledged mental illness. Please consider counseling.

= notorious Salon letters troll. Formerly known as ~~~~, steaming sledgehammer of hate, beagle of doom (?) - his other numerous handles escape me at the moment but his writing style is as obvious as a reeking, spoiled fish left to rot in an outdoor garbage can in the height of summer. Also known as "I blame the Jews" troll.

I really wish he would go. Away. But until then, set phasers to ignore.

I collected the original SWAMP THING as a kid. Grew out of comics and put them all away in a box. Then years later, when I was in college, I was at a supermarket and saw the first Alan Moore SWAMP THING in a comic rack. For whatever reason I bought it. What a revelation! Comics weren't just for kids any more! I collected everything Moore wrote for years after that, along with Neil Gaiman and Grant Morrison. I stopped buying when I felt like the freedom to deal with adult content had led to a lot of sensationalized crap without any real story and craft. Who knows, maybe I'm missing something equally wonderful?

Thanks for giving Alan Moore's SWAMP THING its due.

Space alien, how many different aliases have you used to post your spew? Here are a few that I can recall off the top of my head: ~~~~~, steaming steam-hammers of death, beagle of doom - you drop your odious, paranoid stink-bombs then run and change your name and do it again.

I resent having my tax dollars spent on the Gaza invasion. What the government of Israel practices in the Palestinian territories is very close to collective punishment.

And I'm sorry, no state based on a religion is truly democratic.

do not want to see China "blow up." I have to agree with the significant percentage of Chinese who want a peaceful evolution to a more democratic system based on a real rule of law (as opposed to an arbitrary "rule of laws").

Blueamberal, why don't you try enlightening us as to why Andrew is wrong, rather than sniping and running?

I've been following Chinese politics since 1979 and I think Andrew has been involved at least as long. This is a perfectly reasonable conclusion to draw from the available evidence. If you don't think so, I'd love to hear why. Because I actually would like to understand the situation better, you know?

Of course there's a gap between China's netizens and the laobaixing, but by the Chinese government's own reporting, there were something like 87,000 "mass incidents" in 2007, a time when China's economy grew by something like 13%. According to Liaowang, a magazine owned by a state run news service, labor protests rose by nearly 100% in the first 10 months of 2008.

You have a young generation in the cities that is relatively prosperous and nationalistic but is also used to a much greater degree of personal freedom than their parents. It's not clear how they will respond if their opportunities are suddenly limited by the economic downturn.

I don't know if increased internet access actually increases public protests and dissent, but the internet provides a platform that is very difficult to completely control, and sometimes expressions of dissent reinforce one another.

(here's a link to John Pomfret's blog for the stats I cited: http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/pomfretschina/2009/01/10_million_have_lost_jobs_in_c.html)

Because here comes Hawkpsd, the latest handle of Steaming Hammers of Hate, ~~~~, Beagle whatever it was...dude, you are so predictable. I don't know what your pathology is, but it sure is easy to spot.

= Screaming Steam Hammer of Hate = ~~~~~ = the "blame the Jews" troll. I know I've missed a few handles but the style is hard to mistake.

If you look at the people who worked to free Gennaro Wilson, teen victim of an absurd sex crime prosecution, I'm willing to bet that more than a few of them are self-described "feminists." If you look at the signers of the petitions circulated to call attention to his plight, I'm sure that more than a few (if not the majority) are feminists as well.

This notion that feminists somehow do not care about injustices perpetrated against male teens who are being unfairly prosecuted for normal expressions of sexuality is a canard - nothing more than wishful thinking from trolls who are so insecure in their own sexuality that they can't deal with women fighting to define themselves for themselves and not for men.

Most feminists I know care deeply about justice and equality for everyone. This is part and parcel of a worldview that tries to address deep societal inequality. Of course feminism focuses on women - that's what it's about. But a huge part of the problem is the sexual repression and attendant hysteria that gets us into situations where 12 year old girls (and 17 year old boys) are being treated as criminals for life for teenage sexual experimentation.