tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post111695562772286014..comments2023-11-03T04:39:50.760-05:00Comments on Galley Slaves: News Flash: The Jedi Are Evil!Jonathan V. Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17426165197358366129noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1141720744220298192006-03-07T03:39:00.000-05:002006-03-07T03:39:00.000-05:00re flawed despotism (npr 5/19). The SW story is f...re flawed despotism (npr 5/19). <BR/><BR/>The SW story is full of holes, but the Empire must look a lot like your Straussian ideal. You pretend that corruption would stop at the top and some rule of law would keep the rest of us safe and stable, but you know it would reach all the way down to the galley slaves. Anyway, you say, 'despotism is a meritocracy'. It is, in the same way Hell is a meritocracy--you're tolerated as long as you're useful to the demons just above you. Careful what you wish for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1117164496060797022005-05-26T22:28:00.000-05:002005-05-26T22:28:00.000-05:00I just heard your 5/19 NPR broadcast about the Sit...I just heard your 5/19 NPR broadcast about the Sith, and it's good stuff! Incidentally, here's another person taking a hilarious swing at the Jedi in a <A HREF="http://www.nicedoggie.net/archives/2005/05/we_are_sith.php" REL="nofollow">two</A>-<A HREF="http://www.nicedoggie.net/archives/2005/05/we_are_sith_par.php" REL="nofollow">parter</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1116980209064348232005-05-24T19:16:00.000-05:002005-05-24T19:16:00.000-05:00More the IlluminatiMore the IlluminatiRodney Dillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06689021614873398450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1116961885193106852005-05-24T14:11:00.000-05:002005-05-24T14:11:00.000-05:00"They occasionally submit to the authority of the ..."They occasionally submit to the authority of the legislature, and they seem to respect the rule of law, though whose law it’s hard to say..."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Sounds more like the Supreme Court to me.<BR/><BR/>--See DubyaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com