Our own amazing John Pieret has an intriguing idea:
It may be high time for the good captains of the good ship Elitist Bastard to institute press gangs to help man the yardarms.
Considering who he wants to press-gang, I think he's on to something... Go. Read. Return.
What say you all? Who would you like to see shanghai'd?
I recommended that you look at this article by Patrick Lang and ask if you could use it for the last COTEB. Seems like it would be a good idea to invite folks directly if you think they've written something that fits the theme.
ReplyDeleteIt might get kinda boring after a while if we're always reading what the same folks write.
The article John Pieret spotted fits the bill, I think.
I'm still to spend time trying to track down ones I have run into in recent weeks, but here's one I just hot by chance:
ReplyDeletehttp://happysphere.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/elitism-our-misunderstood-ism/
er, "hit by chance" :(
ReplyDeleteAlso:
ReplyDeletehttp://scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=346