facebook now has an option where you can tell their database you’re trans, and i am just so positive that information will never ever be used for nefarious purposes, just like all the other data they collect on you is never ever sold to marketing companies

There are certain patterns I've seen while arguing people over the Daniel Tosh thing, and I'd like to make one last note before the whole thing completely fades from people's memories. Mainly, all of the people defending Tosh have arguments that essentially boil down to "You can make a joke about anything." This premise is given as if it were an ( Read more... )

Okay, so there's been some controversy going around on the blogosphere lately about whether or not rape jokes can be/are funny, and this is in response to an incident where Daniel Tosh was making some rape jokes at a comedy club. I want to start right out by addressing the most important issue, which most people tend to skip in favor of jumping ( Read more... )

Traditionally, we've always gone to church as a family when able, though it may or may not come as a surprise to you that recently, my willingness to acquiesce to this tradition has become more and more tenuous. The scales, however, have finally tipped, and I will no longer be able to continue this tradition, at least not at any Catholic church.

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A lot of the time, people hear me mention one thing, and then I'll mention another thing, and they'll think that I'm saying those two things are the same. For example, I might say "I think the weather will be good today, so I'm going to go hiking. Or maybe I'll go fishing." And someone will hear this, and respond, "Are you trying to tell me that ( Read more... )

Earlier today I was thinking about how people often have a great deal of trouble, be it honestly or dishonestly, interpreting some of the things that I say. A part of this involved issues of morality and issues of ethics, and the two being interpreted as the same. Rather than having this inserted into that post, I decided to have it out here and ( Read more... )

In his 10-26-11 article, “Religion helped jumpstart science as we know it today”, John Nitowski does a laudable job of dispelling some of the myths surrounding religious oppression in the dark ages. While it is true that the “People who ask questions go to Hell” mentality of fundamentalist Christianity left no room for scientific inquiry, the ( Read more... )

FUCK YOUR RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES, HEALTH CARE IS MORE IMPORTANT ( Read more... )

Does anyone remember learning about how Pharaoh unionized all the slaves of Egypt? I sure don't, but I guess Nicolas Tomboulides is more privy to these things than I. In his commentary on 10-10-11, "Malloy's executive order is evidence of abuse of power", Nic compares Connecticut governor Dan Malloy to the infamous "Egyptian tyrant". It's vaguely ( Read more... )

At this point I am 90% certain that Nicolas Tomboulides reads this blog ( Read more... )