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The Osborne Effect: Why Big Auto Is Lying To You | In Depth
I can only recommend the first half of this video, after that they go off into weinie land.Now You Know
I'm watching a video on YouTube about electric cars, the automobile industry and the Osborne Effect and they are giving a pretty good explanation of what's going on, but then, about halfway through, it becomes apparent that one of the reasons these guys prefer electric cars is that they don't like all the mechanical complexity of the internal combustion engine and my reaction is: what is wrong with you? Okay, internal combustion engines are relatively complicated, but this is what the world depends on to keep everything running. If you want to survive in this world, it behooves you to have some understanding of how it works and that includes how internal combustion engines operate.

Then I thought about this for a minute and I realized that understanding and affection are two different things. You can understand something without liking it. Me, I find machinery fascinating. There is nothing I like better than rebuilding an engine. (Rebuilding an engine is time consuming and expensive and unless you are building your dream machine and are willing to dedicate the time and money necessary, it is probably wiser to just buy one.)

Music is something I appreciate but I don't really understand it. Oh, I know all the fundamental terms like notes and chords and I understand how the instruments work, but I never was able to put that knowledge together to make any sounds that could be called music. Apparently my brain just doesn't work that way, and hard as it is to believe, apparently some people just aren't able to grasp how machinery works.

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A History of Violence (2005) Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris Movie HD
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I'm reading a post by Tam and she uses the phrase 'violent felon'. If a person has been convicted of a violent crime, and the crime is categorized as a felony, then the phrase 'violent felon' can be applied to that person. What the mind conjures when you hear that phrase is often an image of a maniac running amok and attacking people left, right and center with all kinds of weapons. However, a normally peaceful, law abiding citizen can be driven to commit a single violent act and because of that he could be tried, convicted and forever after known as a 'violent felon'. Now a violent act may or may not have been justified, and regardless of what you or I might think, the jury may or may not have found him guilty, and the jury's decision is what separates the 'violent felon' from someone with A History of Violence.

The ability and willingness to be violent is hallmark of manliness, the ability to control that violence is what makes a man civilized. Someone who is unwilling or unable to be violent is no more than a sheep. Of course, in a peaceful society a man can live his entire life without needing to resort to violence, so you may never find out whether you are a 'violent felon' or a sheep.