The Council has spoken!

The Watcher’s Council has announced its picks for the most outstanding posts of the preceding week. This week the selection for the winning Council post was Gates of Vienna’s post, “King Solomon and the Roe-men”. This is a post about male reproductive rites inspired by the recent lawsuit filed by the National Center for Men. Here, I think, is the logical conclusion of the matter:

Here is my suggestion to men: if you are unthinking enough to enter into unrecognized, informal, and societally uncontrolled relationships with members of the opposite sex you need a lot more than a condom and your good will to protect yourself. You had better start carrying legal forms with your contraceptive devices.

Our country is becoming ever more litigicized and litigicization will inevitably promote a tyranny of wealth. Fuddy-duddy that I am I would prefer social norms and social stigma emphasizing personal responsibility as controls over individual behavior, but there’s not much chance of that idea getting anywhere, is there? Dymphna is without question one of the finest essayists in the blogosphere and you won’t go wrong by reading this example of her work. The second place post was my own post, “Why the Iranians Aren’t Deterred”. First would be better 😉 but I’m not ashamed of placing second to an essayist of Dymphna’s abilities.

The winning non-Council post was NHS Blog Doctor’s horrifying post, “The Crippen Diaries: (Week 11)”, written by a physician working for British National Health. This post is graphic and not suitable for more sensitive viewers. The second place winner was Middlebrow’s post, “Why George Bush Will Be Important for Decades”. Whether you love Mr. Bush, hate him, or tolerate him, you’ll find food for thought here. Presidents who act boldly in response to significant events do have a way of re-making the world.

You can find a complete list of the results here.