The Hobbit Hole XXIII - Let them go! Let them go!

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Let them go! Let them go!

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...
• Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone
• Tenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.
      Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
• Twelfth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XII - Tree and flower and leaf and grass
• Thirteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIII - Let them pass! Let them pass!
• Fourteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
• Fifteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!
• Sixteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...
• Seventeenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...
• Eighteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVIII - Though we pass them by today...
• Nineteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...
• Twentieth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...
• Twenty-first Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXI - ...Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
• Twenty-second Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass! Hill and water under sky, Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though we pass them by today, Tomorrow we may come this way And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun. Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe, Let them go! Let them go! Sand and stone and pool and dell, Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We’ll wander back to home and bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade! Fire and lamp, and meat and bread, And then to bed! And then to bed!

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[HairOfTheDog]

~good~ night!

[cyborg]

I think I'm off to bed too. This day was a bit long and I'm tired :-)

[Ramius]

Yes, it was bloodlust. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I do honestly think that the outrage was about the fact that it was returning soldiers that were attacked by garden variety gang bangers that provoked the outrage Du Jour.

There *is* something offensive about that. And NO... it's not about race... its about the callous attitude and reporting of crime.

Said another way: If TWO US Army Soldiers were vicously beaten three weeks ago in BAGHDAD it would most certainly have made front page news everywhere. But since it happened in SEATTLE there is no story.

What is the US EXIT STRATEGY from SEATTLE??

:-)

[HairOfTheDog]

It was the wrong kind, and I am surprised you didn't see it. But the blame was uninformed and off base. And the ~wink wink nod nod~ about it was a distraction from the goal.

The media didn't sit on the story or anything, The Seattle PD just released the video, KOMO reported it immediately with a line that expressed some dismay at the story being three weeks old and them just getting the video.

There's no information about how long the Seattle PD has had the video, but before the video, it's just a bad barfight. After the video is seen, it's a beating of monstrous proportion. The story deserves to be here. But there got to be so many pulled or pullable posts that the thread was an embarrassment.

[Palladin]

~~WINK WINK NOD NOD~~

[Ramius]

Don't even, sport...

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to the Hobbit Hole. I'll be a gracious host as long as you are a gracious guest.

[HairOfTheDog]

I just noticed this thread has gotten too big....

Gonna put up a new one in a few...

[HairOfTheDog]

New thread:

The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...