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For Shame, You People

Every so often, as do most webmasters, I check my Referring Stats page to view the kind traffic I get on this site.* Most of the viewers who found this blog via search engines should be commended for their relatively intelligent queries, such as searching for images associated with "nationalism" or "hasty generalization".

Occasionally , however, viewers discover this blog via Sedition.com -- a respectable blog in itself, but the disturbing part is that more often than not they've arrived via this page, which was designed as a search query trap by using the keywords "young nude girls". In other words, the viewers found *that* page while doing a search for "young nude girls". (Take a look at Sedition's page to read some very interesting "statistics".**)

A few dryly objective words I'd like to say on the subject and how it relates to certain themes of this blog. First, search engines are proving to be a neat little sociological tool into probing the behavior of our supposedly technologically advanced society. Never underestimate the power of the inner monkey, folks.***

Second, sexual attraction to pubescent (and younger) females is unfortunately more common than we'd like to think, and most likely rooted in our primal ancestry -- back in the day when hominids worried more about cave bears and marauding tribes than school and mortgage payments. **** With higher mortality rates and a lifespan of only 40-odd years or so, the species couldn't afford for its females to wait 25 years to become fertile. ...In fact, it was only fairly recently in human history that the teen years have been considered subadult (weren't Romeo and Juliet only 13?) Civilization was a bit less complex a few hundred years ago.

Moreover, among social/ tribal/ heirarchical primates, it is the male's quest to elevate his rank and acquire mates. ...Now, among many different species, it is the females who ultimately decide which males will mate with them. But males of certain primate species have learned to circumvent being left out of the mating game. Lower-ranking male Hamadryas baboons, for instance, may kidnap juvenile females in order to start their own harem. Kidnapping juvenile females fulfills both the male's desire to be higher-ranking, the desire for control and the desire for mates.

So anyhow, it must be one of those "unevolved" things, because personally, I can't fathom the thought of having an intimate relationship with someone who isn't on a similar emotional/intellectual level. Which leads to the alternate explanation that those with a sexual attraction to children are themselves emotionally at a more childlike level -- or need to have absolute control in relationships so prefer something easier to control. Or just plain old f--ed up.

Either way, if you found this page while actually doing a search for "young nude girls" (or "little lolitas", "young nymphets", "preteen nudists", etc.), you're probably more than likely rather low on the social totem pole; a reject; a control freak and in any case, a potential lawbreaker. And be thankful this site isn't using a site tracker that ID's your IP number, like I'm sure law enforcement officials have figured out using in order to really identify potential offenders.

What -- so you think those MySpace pages you stalk around through are all for real? Don't you losers have a clue as to what kind of surveillance technology they have these days?

(This post kind of relates to the previous post about birds. Stay tuned to find out how!)

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*The Stats page provides no information about the viewers other than the address they found this blog through.

**Can you identify the logical flaw in the interpretation?

***I suppose I ought to toss out a few words and phrases myself just to see if it'll drive up traffic so I can put some ads n' stuff on here and make some pocket change: Wikipedia, American Idol, Project Runway, Sanjaya Malakar, XBox, Paris Hilton, Harry Potter, Orlando Bloom, Iraq, cephalopods, global warming, oil peak, polar bears, Britney Spears no underwear, flat screen TV, ring tones, file your taxes, bankruptcy, radioblog, bebo, penis, pierced, clitoris, nfl, wwf, nokia, xanax, hezbollah, Banksy, Borat, EU, refinancing, Iraq, North Korea, Pope Benedict, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, little lolitas, foot fetish... ...if the results prove interesting I'll post them in the future.

****I'd like to see the IDers explain this one better than evolution can.

Irony and Hindsight: Pre-9/11 Discussions about Osama Bin Laden

Google Groups has provided an invaluable tool for research into human dialogue and behavior. It's preserved an archive of Usenet discussions dating back to the network's earliest years.

One interesting experiment is to go to Google Groups "Advanced Search" and look up names and phrases such as "Osama Bin Laden" or "weapons of mass destruction" for the dates prior to 9/11, and especially before Bush took office. Here, we can see blazing examples of the human political bias in action!

Very interesting. Very ironic. Note how the commentary by critics of the former president very closely matches some of the criticism leveled at the current President and administration.

Some highlights:

8/22/98:

Clinton vs. Osama Bin Laden

"It is clear that Clinton needed a diversion from his troubles with the
grand jury and pending impeachment.
It is also clear he needed a punching bag to vent his frustration and
pent up anger.
I and most Americans support the retaliation on Islam terrorist, as
being long over due.
But in committing to an open war with them, Clinton has caused many more
pro terrorist, outside the terrorist organizations, to give their
support and contribute to their cause. "

08/23/98:

"my wag the dog theory"

10/06/98:

"Clinton Wags the Dog!"

12/16/98:

"The Dog Is In Position"

"We can expect bombs to start falling on Iraq today. The dog is in
position and about to be wagged. To any reasonable, clear thinking
person, this latest "incident" in Iraq is clearly an orchestrated
attempt by Clinton to avoid impeachment.

[...]

"Clinton, this clever fellow, knows Americans would never fault him for
bombing evil characters like Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. He
also knows the Congress will never criticize a military operation
unless its a Democratic congress and a Republican president. Clinton
knows he can rally the people, the very simple minded, stupid people,
if he finds a common enemy for them to hate...."

[...]

[someone else replies]:

"How time has changed the landscape of America. In the 60's it was the
left that was against war now it is conservatives that are against this
action in Iraq at this time and it is the left that is calling for more
bombs....my how times have changed... "

12/17/98:

It was definitely WAG THE DOG

[...]

"The only way to get at Iraq's weapons programs is to completely disarm
Iraq's military, so that inspectors will have "free reign". The only
way this will happen is for the United States to declare war on Iraq,
but that's not going to happen. Its also not going to even put
together another coalition to do that either.

"So, indeed, it was WAG THE DOG, because Clinton's efforts are and will
continue to be useless against Iraq.

"Continue the impeachment process! "

12/14/98:

Another Excuse?

[...]

...But the Laden scare also is being felt domestically, intelligence sources tell TIME they have evidence that bin Laden may be planning his boldest move yet--a strike on Washington or possibly New York City in an eye-for-an-eye retaliation. "We've hit his headquarters, now he hits ours," a State tells TIME.

03/06/99:

"HENTOFF - AN ENTIRELY NEW IMPEACHMENT CASE

By Nat Hentoff
The Washington Post
March 6, 1999

Last November more than 400 American historians placed a full-page
ad in the New York Times. Calling themselves Historians in Defense
of the Constitution, they fiercely opposed the impeachment of the
president. Organized by professors Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and the
James Carville of academia, Sean Wilentz, the historians claimed
that if the president were convicted, the presidency would be
"permanently disfigured," thereby "undermining the Constitution."

[...]

The new petition declares: "Impeach Bill Clinton for the Right
Reasons: Not for Lewinsky, but Rather for the Illegal Bombing of
Iraq, Afghanistan and Sudan." This proposed indictment was first
circulated during the Jan. 7-10 meeting of the American Historical
Association in Washington.

[...]

In the Nov. 14 New York Times, reporter James Risen quoted Defense
Secretary William Cohen as saying that the United States had been
"going after" bin Laden and his associates. The lead to Risen's
story declared: "One of the clear but unstated objectives of last
August's raid on Afghanistan was to kill Osama bin Laden and as
many of his associates as possible, Administration officials now
acknowledge."

[...]

08/08/99:

Bin Laden not the problem, Clinton the Problem

> > bin Laden is the excuse that Clinton is using to take away our freedoms.

> May I dare ask how and which one(s)?

Sure. Osama bin Laden is being held up as a "great satan" to justify
excessive security on airplanes, at Federal buildings, and in embassies
abroad. Just chant the "bin Laden" fear-mantra if you want more funds, more
guns in Federal agent's hands, and more anti-tank barricades around Federal
buildings. Just chant "bin Laden" whenever you want to trample on civil
rights, then it's ok.

[...]

09/02/99:

Saddam secretly making weapons

Saddam secretly making weapons
By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Iraq is continuing secret work on nuclear, chemical and
 biological weapons and missiles that are banned under United
 Nations sanctions, according to a White House report sent
 recently to Congress.

"We are concerned by activity at Iraqi sites known to be
 capable of producing [weapons of mass destruction] and
 long-range ballistic missiles, as well as by Iraq's long-established
 covert procurement activity that could include dual-use items
 with [weapons] applications," the report said.

[...]

Scamming the Scammers

What to do when you're fed up with spammers and have entirely too much time on your hands? Read the story of a scambaiter who convinces a Nigerian email scammer to carve a "Creature Comforts" scene and a Commodore 64 keyboard out of wood. You almost feel sorry for the Nigerian spammers...