Although I am technically on a “winter break” from school (my last one ever, most likely, since I will graduate in May with the terminal degree in my field), I am apparently too busy to post anything interesting here. (Thank you very much, Law Review and Traynor Moot Court Competition.) The best I can manage is to do some occasional time-wasting with StumbleUpon or Google Reader. You can see the sites I mark on both of those in the sidebar. You can also find things that I have posted to Facebook.
One of these days I might find time again to write something interesting or inflammatory here. Until then, if you haven’t already checked it out, you might want to read one of my recent posts, “Freedom of Speech Means Freedom to Offend,” including the comments.
Meanwhile, after three hours of arduous editing for the Law Review, I am off to read H.L.A. Hart’s The Concept of Law. Because, you know, I need to understand everything, so I read nerdy books like that. Except paradoxically, as anyone who really tries to understand everything can tell you, the harder I work to understand things, the less I feel I really understand.
Yes, this is pretty much a completely narcissistic post. Jorn Barger can complain all he wants.
December 18, 2007 at 12:57 am
H. L. A. Hart gets a philosophical big up from myself. He really nailed down the utter inanity of paternalism, and, despite Lord Devlin’s predictions, society hasn’t exactly crumbled into chaos despite Wolfenden in Britain (and Lawrence v. Texas, and about a million and one other “Society is going to hell in a handcart unless the State can pry through your keyhole”-type cases).
It’s been a while since we exchanged links. You’ll be glad to know I’ve graduated in philosophy, only I’m going back next year for a Masters. I see law school keeps you busy.