Because, you know, democracy actually means the majority gets to choose

As I was waiting for the elevator this morning, I saw the headline flash across the big TV screen in our building lobby: "Bush refuses to recognize Hamas government." My understanding from other stuff I've read is that the situation is more complicated than that, but the headline made me laugh a little, though not really in humor.

Fascinated by history as I am, I sometimes think to myself that "democracy" is the new "Christianity"--the excuse of empire for imperialism. I find it deeply ironic, after all the rhetoric for the need to spread democracy throughout the world as some kind of immediate and magical panacea, that Bush is finally having to realize that democracy might actually mean letting people pick what they want, not what he dictates. Hmm--oh wait, but didn't he learn the same things from Hatti where he and dad overthrew a democratically elected president and left chaos in their wake? And what about Iran, and what about-- But, well, slow learner.

I also have to laugh because if it was fair game to just not recognize elections you didn't like, I would be renouncing this administration all over the place (assuming of course, it was legally elected, which it seems is quite an assumption to be making).

Ok, done with the vague and probably obtuse political talk. On a completely different tangent, the movie The Ref was on TV last night and I was surprised to see two Law & Order psychologists making an appearance--and even more surprised that I noticed, since such things generally escape me. B.D. Wong played "Dr. Wong" (uh huh) marriage counselor--better known to me as Dr. Huang on SVU, and J.K. Simmons, who plays Dr. Skoda on the original, played the son's school's commandant. Weird.

King Arthur AU Fic: Slave to Fashion

Title: Slave to Fashion
Warnings: None
Notes: Follows after Resurrection and Tools of the Trade—so, in other words, more crackish AU. This one took a slightly serious turn that I had not quite envisioned. I’d love to hear what you think about it. Once more—blame for this should rest squarely on sasha_b.

( Slave to Fashion )