{"id":4052,"date":"2005-09-01T16:17:22","date_gmt":"2005-09-01T20:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/09\/01\/closed-eyelids\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:27","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:27","slug":"closed-eyelids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/09\/01\/closed-eyelids\/","title":{"rendered":"closed eyelids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a4643'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Like the <EM>f\/k\/a<\/EM> gang, the folks at <EM><A href=\"http:\/\/www.theheronsnest.com\/\"><FONT color=\"black\">The Heron&#8217;s Nest<\/FONT><\/A><\/EM> <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">enjoy the haiku of <A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3722\">Alice Frampton<\/A>.&nbsp; Here&#8217;s a pair <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">from today&#8217;s new <EM>THN<\/EM>, and one from 2002:<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">mosquitoes<BR>the slap of a beaver tail<BR>at twilight<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">dead calf<BR>a mother licks<BR>the wind&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/trailerG.jpg\" alt=\"trailerG\" \/><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">moving day&#8211;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">warm rain<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">on cardboard<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><EM><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><EM><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><EM><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><EM><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><EM><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.worldhaiku.net\/poetry\/eng\/ca\/a.frampton.htm\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#ff0000\"><STRONG>Alice Frampton<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">&#8220;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.theheronsnest.com\/haiku\/0703r0848\/thn_issue.h6.html#POEM3\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\">dead calf<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">&#8221; &amp; &#8220;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.theheronsnest.com\/haiku\/0703r0848\/thn_issue.h11.html#POEM9\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\">mosquitos<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">&#8221; &#8211; <EM>The Heron&#8217;s Nest<\/EM> (Sept. 2005)<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">&#8220;moving day&#8221; &#8211; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/haikuguy.com\/nr3.html\"><STRONG><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\">New Resonance 3: <\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/A><FONT size=\"1\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><EM>; The Heron&#8217;s Nest<\/EM> (2002)<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/EM><FONT face=\"Verdana\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT size=\"4\"><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><SPAN><SPAN><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV align=\"left\"><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><EM>by&nbsp;<\/EM><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3281\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\"><STRONG><EM>dagosan<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><EM>:&nbsp;<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT><EM>&nbsp;<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\">supine under blue skies &#8212; <\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\">behind&nbsp;closed eyelids<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\">a blood-red ocean<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><EM>[Sept. 1, 2005]<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/FONT><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>&nbsp;potluck<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/> There&#8217;s a lively debate in the blawgiverse on whether&nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/pirateS.gif\" alt=\"pirateS\" \/><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">looters in New Orleans should be shot on sight.&nbsp; Ted <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Frank has a round-up at <A href=\"http:\/\/www.pointoflaw.com\/archives\/001530.php\"><EM>Point of Law<\/EM><\/A>, and makes pro-<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">shooting arguments.&nbsp; Norm <A href=\"http:\/\/federalism.typepad.com\/crime_federalism\/2005\/09\/new_orleans_and.html\">Pattis disagrees<\/A> at <EM>C&amp;F<\/EM>.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">This is too heavy for me to think about today.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><EM><STRONG><FONT color=\"red\">update <\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/EM>(5 PM): <A href=\"http:\/\/www.professorbainbridge.com\/2005\/09\/shooting_looter.html\">Steve Bainbridge<\/A> makes what seems <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">to be a <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">very logical distinction between shooting armed <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">looters in self-defense and shooting unarmed ones.&nbsp;&nbsp; I <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">would also think that private citizens especially have no <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">right to shoot looters except to protect their own homes <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">and families.&nbsp; As usual, I <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">am turned off by the propensity <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">of so many <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">weblog Commentors to spew such hated and <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">lack of respect.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>&nbsp; After some rabid ACLUphobes struck Glen Reynolds <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">for their blogrolls, Eugene Volokh, in <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/volokh.com\/archives\/archive_2005_08_28-2005_09_03.shtml#1125552141\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">The ACLU and Me:<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">, <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">admits that he&#8217;s <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">done some work for the ACLU, too,&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">(despite <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">frequently dis<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">agreeing with them).&nbsp; Bravo, <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Prof. V. <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/gaspumpg.gif\" alt=\"gas pump g\" \/>&nbsp; Regular gas broke the $3\/gallon mark for the first time <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">in our region (literally) overnight &#8212; jumping 20 cents or more at <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">some <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">convenience store pumps, and getting as high as $3.17. <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">So, I actually felt relief this morning when my usual station <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">&#8220;only&#8221; charged $2.869 per gallon.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like the f\/k\/a gang, the folks at The Heron&#8217;s Nest enjoy the haiku of Alice Frampton.&nbsp; 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