it's ecology, dumbass!

everyone oughta know by now what happened last friday in a farm located in southern portugal, where a farmer was growing gm corn. a bunch of activists (you know, those guys and gals that don't know what a shower means, who like everything "au naturel" and who would wage a war against global warming, genetics and stuff alike. basically these dumbasses had a bit of fun by raiding (they called it harvesting; i call it devastating, so you see, it s purely a matter of semantics) that farm, under the passive eye of local authorities and much for the dismay of the farmer.

for further and rather interesting readings about the subject i recommend reading the last entries in this blog and this one, too.

but funny, funny, is this post, by tim worstall. I'm sorry, mate, i have no clue about how to get a shotgun license in this country, but one of your readers came up with a more interesting (and gory) idea:

for large gatherings a homemade claymore mine might be more effective. to paraphrase mr du toit: old-style dutbin lid, bucket of home made explosive, bucket of nuts and bolts. some assembly required.
some disassembly guaranteed.

pure brilliance. it made me laugh my ass off. and it's quite true, in fact.