If only I could tell you the emails that have been zinging back and forth between Omri and me, but then, it’s so much more fun to just have an all-out blogwar.

Okay, bub. Here’s the thing. I never saw Saving Private Ryan. I have yet to see a single mob movie since the Godfather films. I took a pass on Wheels of Death, or whatever the name of the drunk-driving film was they tried to make us watch in high school. I turn off nature shows just before the orca is about to grab the penguin/sea lion/surfer dude who got in the way.

If you tell me a film is really, brutally, violent, I will tell you “Pass.” I don’t care if my going to the film is going to be the sole reason that Western Civilization survives—before I go, you are going to have to prove that to me beyond the shadow of a doubt, plus, swear that it’s okay for me to close my eyes and plug my ears and sing “I can’t HEAR you” during the really disgusting parts, plus you have to be sitting there with me and telling me when the really disgusting parts come up. Oh, and you buy the popcorn.

The fact that I can appreciate Dr. Ruth more because she was a sniper in the Israeli War of Independence has absolutely no bearing on my dislike of filmed violence. (Of course, this would have been a much funnier incident had you not remembered that I posted on her last summer, because then I would have sent you the link and yet another email zing).

And I should point out to you that I have absolutely no objection whatsoever to real, actual violence being used in self-defense, and have done violence to people who tried to do violence to me. And that included boys who picked on me (or my brothers) when I was a kid, six-three, 200-lb. guys who went after my brother when we were both in college (okay, I didn’t have to hit him, but I was across the room the second he poked my brother in the shoulder, and if our friend Ken hadn’t stopped him, I would have helped Dave beat him up), and, well, anyone who comes after me and mine. I am irrational that way. Before the thought “But gee, he’s six-three and weighs more than two of you” hits my head, I’m already in his face telling him to leave my brother alone.

So unless you or Frank Miller personally pick a fight with my brother to get me to watch this movie, I’m probably not going to see 300.

I think Western Civilization will survive.

This is your reminder that it’s International Eat A Tasty Animal for PETA Day.

Meat and animal products: It’s what’s for dinner.

Martin Himel made a documentary concerning the Concordia riots that prevented Benjamin Netanyahu from speaking on campus. The rioters were Muslim students and their allies.

Watch, and be angered and horrified.

The whole thing can be seen here.

Via LGF.

Just got back from my lunch with Sarah and the twins. We went to Brock’s, a place we all know and love, and the site of our EATAPETA lunch from three years ago. And we took some pictures.

Lunch: What’s on my plate is the grilled chicken with plenty of tasty sides from the buffet. I could live on Brock’s hush puppies.

Max proves he’s just as photogenic today as he was three years ago. Maybe even more so. That’s grilled cheese, his lunchtime favorite, on his plate. One of the four EATAPETA food groups was consumed: Dairy products. (That would be meat, dairy, fish, and eggs, for the newbies here.)

Rebecca mugs for the camera. This, of course, is her natural state: Mugging for the camera, and for, well, everyone. And while there’s no meat on her plate, she was drinking chocolate milk, thus fulfilling EATAPETA rules.

Sarah’s got the other white meat, as well as a plate filled with goodies. Max decided to get in on the picture as well, which was fine by us.

We happened to be at the safest place in Chesterfield during the lunch hour. There were three Sheriffs there while we were eating lunch, and a fourth drove up towards the end of our meal. The Brock’s buffet lunch is a big area draw. PETA would downright hate it. A worthy place for our EATAPETA lunch!

Steak is on the menu at both our houses tonight.

This is your reminder that it’s International Eat A Tasty Animal for PETA Day.

Meat and animal products: It’s what’s for lunch.

The Saudi Arabians, who proposed a plan in 2002 that would destroy Israel without a shot being fired, think that since the Saudis proposed it, Israel must accept it—as is, with no changes. Because gee, that’s what negotiations are all about: The Arabs dictated, and the Israelis agree. Right?

Wrong.

Saudi Foreign Affairs Minister Saud al-Faisal slammed reports that Israel is seeking to revise the language of a Saudi peace initiative adopted by the Arab League in Beirut in 2002.

”We have no desire to negotiate over this,” said al-Faisal in a joint press conference with EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Javier Solana in Riyadh.

”They accept the resolution and then they talk about putting preconditions that should be accepted before negotiations or discussions or even the acceptance of the proposal. This is not a good way to do business.”

The peace initiative calls for a full Israeli withdrawal from areas captured in the 1967 Middle East war and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. In exchange, Israel would receive full diplomatic recognition from the Arab world.

This article, which is mostly the words of our friends at the Associated Press, takes a while to get to the main objections Israel has with the plan:

Meanwhile, Egypt and Syria said Tuesday that there should be no changes made to the initiative, particularly regarding the Palestinian right of return.

”We have the Arab peace plan and we are committed to it as a whole. Talk about amending it is baseless,” Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa said after meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. ”What we want is returning all the occupied land including Jerusalem.”

Mubarak’s spokesman Suleiman Awwad said Egypt also rejects the Israeli demands for amending the plan. ”Israel cannot pick and choose from the initiative and then jump into establishing normal relations with Arabs,” Awwad said. ”The Arab plan offers full withdrawal for full peace.”

Sure. Let millions of palestinians, now including the fifth generation of “refugees,” come back to Israel. Because that won’t destroy the Jewish State. Apparently, the Arabs think they can get through negotiations what they couldn’t get through battle. Or perhaps they really are stupid enough to think that Israel is on the ropes.

I have two letters for them: Eff and U.

This is your reminder that it’s International Eat A Tasty Animal for PETA Day.

Meat and animal products: It’s what’s for breakfast.