All You Need Is Love
June 28, 2006 1:19 PM   Subscribe

All You Need Is Love. Sometimes, love is all you need. Or maybe aerosolized MDMA
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posted by Freen (44 comments total) 5 users marked this as a favorite
 
Your post doesn't make any initial sense and therefore I hate you.
posted by Mayor Curley at 1:39 PM on June 28, 2006 [1 favorite]


For the flip-side of this.

Think about what's going to happen in China and India when you have a generation of a billion kids with a shortage of women coming of age.
posted by empath at 1:40 PM on June 28, 2006


This is what I've been trying to tell people since 9/11. Want to end terrorism? Begin a relentless campaign of aggressive charity and diplomatic relations. Want to feel better about yourself because you suffered a tragedy? Blow some shit up--but of course, that will only make the terrorism worse. So, take your pick, America, what do you want to do? "The War on Terror" can only be won by turning the other cheek, in its original, badass confrontational sense, but that's not very emotionally fulfilling after you've just watched 3,000 innocent people die, so which do you want? A solution, or do you just want to feel better?
posted by jefgodesky at 1:45 PM on June 28, 2006


Thanks for the link. Really interesting approaches cited. Sufficiently astonishing, actually, they're almost unbelievable.

So who has the brilliant idea to solve this one?
posted by raedyn at 1:53 PM on June 28, 2006


Good article.
posted by chunking express at 1:54 PM on June 28, 2006


Great article.
posted by bhouston at 1:59 PM on June 28, 2006


I'll point out again that I got that link from an old FPP quite some time ago so I certainly don't deserve any kudos.
posted by longbaugh at 2:01 PM on June 28, 2006


Good article. Thank you. The "Stop hating us, or we'll bomb you" approach hasn't worked out so well, it would seem, and it's interesting to read about creative alternatives.
posted by Gamblor at 2:01 PM on June 28, 2006


Here's the original article as brought to our attention by alicila. Let this be a warning that I can remember links from FPPs 4 years old at will and am therefore an extremely sad individual.
posted by longbaugh at 2:09 PM on June 28, 2006


I guess a bird in the hand is worth 72 in the afterlife.
posted by StickyCarpet at 2:11 PM on June 28, 2006


That's an interesting comic so far. Missed it the first time.
posted by brundlefly at 2:12 PM on June 28, 2006


Just read longbaugh's comment. So, this is a double double.
posted by brundlefly at 2:22 PM on June 28, 2006


brundlfly: Yikes missed that one. Mea Culpa.
posted by Freen at 2:27 PM on June 28, 2006


I worry that this creates a perverse incentive for young men to start out as terruhrists just so they can get the matchmaking services and cash later...
posted by twsf at 2:31 PM on June 28, 2006


Empath: legalized and maybe government-subsidized brothels. Or war.
posted by exhilaration at 2:36 PM on June 28, 2006


Think about what's going to happen in China and India when you have a generation of a billion kids with a shortage of women coming of age.
posted by empath at 3:40 PM CST on June 28 [+fave]


Teh buttsecks, probably.
posted by ninjew at 2:51 PM on June 28, 2006


Damn it.
I was hoping the aerosol-ized MDMA was real.
posted by id at 3:16 PM on June 28, 2006


Me too, who cares about terrorism. I want another Dresden, MDMA style.
posted by geoff. at 3:23 PM on June 28, 2006


On the other hand, The Atlantic Monthly offers this prescription for stopping terrorists. Of additional interest: right after the linked article appeared, one of the main characters was assasinated.
posted by TedW at 3:29 PM on June 28, 2006


geoff and id: Read the comic I linked to...
posted by Freen at 3:34 PM on June 28, 2006


Here's the original article as brought to our attention by alicila. Let this be a warning that I can remember links from FPPs 4 years old at will and am therefore an extremely sad individual.
posted by longbaugh at 2:09 PM PST on June 28 [+fave] [!]


Thats nothing. I remember that alicila passed away. :(
posted by vacapinta at 3:44 PM on June 28, 2006


Hoo! That is a pretty good webcomic. I could complain about the art, but the content makes that completely unecessary.
posted by krilli at 4:07 PM on June 28, 2006


The Spiders is brilliant, but I've given up on part four ever being completed.
posted by homunculus at 4:52 PM on June 28, 2006


I was so hoping for future video of insurgents running aroundfondling each other! Dammit! I can't even imagine how much more fun that would be than beheading vids and corpse photos. It's the looooove bomb-sung to the love boat theme.
posted by snsranch at 4:56 PM on June 28, 2006


I want another Dresden, MDMA style

At one point in time, people worried about such things.
posted by Afroblanco at 5:06 PM on June 28, 2006


These are spectacular links. Thanks.
posted by ®@ at 5:07 PM on June 28, 2006


All you need is money,
All you need is money,
All you need is money, money,
Money's all you need.
posted by Meatbomb at 5:44 PM on June 28, 2006


The US military once considered a "Gay Bomb" that was supposed to "disrupt enemy discipline and morale".
posted by Freen at 6:04 PM on June 28, 2006


dammit, afroblanco beat me to it.
posted by Freen at 6:04 PM on June 28, 2006




This has some more detail.

Or here.

Basson brownies.
posted by giantfist at 6:24 PM on June 28, 2006


That is a pretty brilliant webcomic!
posted by blasdelf at 6:45 PM on June 28, 2006


I also have been eagerly awaiting part 4 of "The Spiders". WTF, E-Sheep? We need you now more than ever!

Someday after mastering winds, waves, tides and gravity, we shall harness the energies of love, and then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will discover fire.

- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin


keep banging those rocks together, guys!
posted by loquacious at 7:11 PM on June 28, 2006


OK, where is the aerosolized MDMA? Seriously. Let's stop screwing around here with all this political folderol.
posted by spiderwire at 7:22 PM on June 28, 2006


Freen: The US military once considered a "Gay Bomb" that was supposed to "disrupt enemy discipline and morale".

It's a pity they didn't get it working. A lot of the ultra-religious hostiles we've been fighting recently aren't too afraid of dying, but they'd be terrified of this. Particularly since everyone around them would know what had happened.

I know it sounds horrible but it's better than bombing them or shooting them.
posted by Mitrovarr at 10:15 PM on June 28, 2006


Fabulous comic. Thanks for the link.
posted by ottereroticist at 11:34 PM on June 28, 2006


Metafilter: with ephemeral, if not often nugatory, results.
posted by Smedleyman at 1:57 AM on June 29, 2006


/yeah that's a joke.
posted by Smedleyman at 1:58 AM on June 29, 2006


Want to end terrorism? Begin a relentless campaign of aggressive charity and diplomatic relations.

And desegregation, integration. Instead of a wall between Palestinians and Israelis, for example, create a long, porous series of apartment buildings and schools and businesses along that border. Residency requirements -- alternate living, so the people above, below, left, and right are all from the other side. Shared halls, stairs, elevators, balconies, courtyards, gardens, walkways, and streets. Schoolrooms, business places, and government offices are laid out the same way. Mosque and synagogue face each other and share common spaces. Foreign business investments requiring balanced hiring and promotion. Police patrols made up of mixed pairs. You can't do anything without rubbing shoulders with the other side. You can't hurt them without hurting us. Start breeding a generation of tolerant kids. That's what I'd spend a few billion on if I had billions to hand out.
posted by pracowity at 5:32 AM on June 29, 2006 [1 favorite]


Damn pracowity, well said.
posted by snsranch at 5:32 PM on June 29, 2006


Pracowity, your utopia sounds a bit like Sarajevo in the 80s.

Contact equals friction. I know, I know, I'm probably worse than Hitler.

Honestly sorry, but that's how it seems to me.

Actually forced integration sounds a bit totalitarian.
posted by codswallop at 7:12 PM on June 29, 2006


> sounds a bit totalitarian.

But the current situation is barbaric.

It's like I'm explaining how to repair the injuries sustained in a horrific motorcycle accident -- cutting, sewing, grafting, screws, plates, traction -- and someone complains that all those screws are cruel. Yes, in a healthy person they would be, but you can't go from the high-speed motorcycle accident of Palestine/Israel relations directly to a healthy condition. There will be intermediate phases that are less than perfect but better than continued general ignorance, hate, fear, kidnappings, shootings, bombings, and military attacks.

Build and fund an integrated living and business infrastructure, then see who is willing to use it under conditions of integration. Focus foreign aid on integrated activities. Never give aid to one or the other party; give only to joint ventures, cross-border alliances, shared living and working experiences. These are the stitches and screws and plates it needs now. Traction, rehabilitation, and then health.
posted by pracowity at 11:52 PM on June 29, 2006


Regarding the original article: just wanted to note that it's not applicable to al-Qaeda, unfortunately. Of a sample of nearly 200 al-Qaeda members: They are solidly anchored in family responsibilities. Three-fourths are married and the majority have children.
posted by russilwvong at 11:14 PM on June 30, 2006


Freen, thanks for the comic. 'Spiders' is amazing.

I still want my MDMA-in-a-can. I'll let you all know how it comes along. Patent Pending.
posted by id at 4:46 PM on July 1, 2006


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