September 2009
1. Samurai death.
Proving that no matter how insane I think the US is, they can always go one better, a university student dealt with an intruder in his house by breaking out his samurai sword and killing the guy . . . and then wasn't charged with anything at all. This is because it's legal to have a samurai sword in Maryland, the state where the incident occurred, and apparently they also have some version of what is known as "Castle Doctrine".
The castle doctrine basically says, if someone illegally enters your house, you have the right to do whatever you want to them to "defend" yourself and your property, so long as you don't do it with an implement that is illegal.
So the erstwhile burglar loses his right not be murdered, while the 20 year old has an horrific death on his conscience, over a couple of hundred bucks' worth of electronic equipment?? I think that US in general may have a problem with excessive force.
2. He's like the wind.
Poor old Patrick Swayze lost his battle with pancreatic cancer, his passing prompting the most frequent playings of (I've Had) The Time of My Life since 1987.
3. Silvio Berlusconi puts up his nomination for the dumbest world leader ever.
OK, so there's pretty much no way that anyone but George W. Bush would win that award, if it ever came down to it, but Italy's PM Berlusconi would have to be in the top 10. Not only does he incessantly refer to both Barack and Michelle Obama as "suntanned", he insists that anyone who thinks that might be a bit rascist would have to be an "imbecile". Quite.
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