14629 ª February 9 4:42 AM. Enough Already With The Journalists – What Do The Finest Political Philosophers Think About Terrorism? There aren’t many of them. On the liberal side of things, apart from John Rawls, Michael Walzer [here’s a fascinating interview with him]is probably the most original and intelligent pluralist alive. In the above-linked article in Dissent he sets out the questions that we should be asking ourselves right now about terrorism. Something tells me we should be paying attention. But what would our answers be? Or are we too caught up with the banality of columnists and pundits to actually face up to the thoughts of a real political thinker? [MetaFilter]

14627 ª February 9 12:29 AM. Ask and you shall receive. Move over, Amazon Honor System! Now you can sign up for a one-click service that lets visitors to your Web site donate something you’ll really appreciate: oral sex. Best of all, they don’t keep a percentage of your donations like Amazon and PayPal do. [MetaFilter]

14605 ª February 8 10:09 AM. Eat a candy bar – go to Jail. An update on a previous Mefi thread: Hemp foods are now illegal as per new DEA rules that took effect this Monday, 02/06. (PDF version is available as well.)

This Canada study shows that it would take the consumption of a hell of a lot of Hemp products to reach the same THC levels as Marijuana. [MetaFilter]

14606 ª February 8 10:37 AM. Town passes law banning nudity… … but more notable is the section of the law banning erections in males over 10 years old. Why was a law like this needed? (link via Obscure Store) [MetaFilter]

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