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Long Overdue
Cival disobedience has been the public way of expressing disagreement and anger over any legislation that impinges upon the rights of an individual to make their own choices about how they want to live their lives. Invariably laws written with the express purpose of changing human behavior, whether on moral or social grounds, are doomed to ...
Posted to The Big Idea by oleshep on November 14, 2009
Re: What's Wrong with Universalism?
Hi, Mr. Greenberg: Thanks for your comments. I note that they are focused largely on what I view as subsidiary points, while what I see as my principal point was about universalism and what I viewed as Ron Rosenbaum's unjustified and inadequately thought-out mockery of it. With that said, I'll turn to what you wrote. You wrote: ''First, ...
Posted to The Spectator by TraditionalTradesman on November 10, 2009
Polanski
Just because an adult is sexually stimulated by the sight or actions of a child does not excuse his actions. Your author attempts to excuse Polanski by saying the thirteen-year-old victim he raped behaved provocatively. So where does this slippery slope end? With the three-year-old tot who has learned that ''flirting'' melts an adult and yields ...
Posted to Human Nature by Mary Golden on October 14, 2009
Ancient Greek Pederasty does not support Gay Marriage!
Homosexuals would do well to avoid any association with the traditions of ancient Greece, especially since many on the ''traditional values'' side already believe that homosexuals are sexual predators who prey on children and want to seduce them into a same-sex lifestyle, which seems very similar to the pederasty practices of teachers in ancient ...
Posted to Books by szkott on September 23, 2009
Forget morality
Forget morality. People should live the way they want to live, even if their brains get re-wired in the process. My only concern is that the obese incur higher medical costs which are then borne by the general population. Their externalization of transaction costs infringes on the freedoms of the rest of us. Thus, the cost should be ...
Posted to Science by einnocent on September 22, 2009
Abortion:Safe, Legal, Early
William, Steve, Bill, Barack. All interested in abortion. All thinking hard about the morality of it. All determined to frame it as a great tragedy. Not one, of course, has had or will ever need an abortion. Are there any other women out there who are sick to death of men discussing abortion like they know anything about it? As if they have an ...
Posted to Human Nature by wolverene on May 8, 2009
Is your life worth defending?
The origin, sacred book, and history of Islam tell us plainly that even though Mohammed was blaspheming God when he said that God wanted all true believers to kill unbelievers, especially Jews, he was totally sincere when he put these words in God's mouth...and so have his followers for 13 centuries now. The details are carefully reported in ...
Posted to Fighting Words by pbeaird on April 22, 2009
Looking Back and Looking Forward - Columbine as Exception or
LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING FORWARD: COLUMBINE AS EXCEPTION OR EARLY WARNING? Unfortunate incidents of violence can be guarded against by revising police and school stratagems, by soliciting more peer Informants, and by planning ahead of time. Unfortunately, there are several reasons why I think this Reaction Result leaves America almost as ...
Posted to History Lesson by MichaelBernard4 on April 19, 2009
Japanese RaleLay "Game."
Seems like the Japanese complain plenty when the rapist is an American soldier, sailor or Marine. Maybe they'll have to ban it in Japan before too long. Although maybe they have better luck controlling their lesser impulses at home than other nationalities.
Posted to Gaming by Gustaf26a on April 4, 2009
so sad...and hateful
I was totally in the dark about rape video games until last week. What a horrendous thing. I agree with the writer -- it's crushingly sad for humanity. I also found a lot of hate for these kind of games, thankfully...like this one... http://hateonme.com/2009/03/12/developing-this-video-game-began-with-a-dare-right/
Posted to Gaming by kd1313 on March 26, 2009

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