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i think it was a crime, the things we'd waste trying not to waste our time....
Over the past two days, I've been "writing." What this has actually involved has been digging around for sources to cite for what I already know to be the case (unfortunately, it's not acceptable for me to just launch in to the historiographical debates about the Famine--silly academia wants me to show I'm not just making this crap up), writing a ( Read more... ) -
your atrocious quote of the day, ladies and gentlemen....
Tennessee state Senator Doug Henry: “Rape, ladies and gentlemen, is not today what rape was. Rape, when I was learning these things, was the violation of a chaste woman, against her will, by some party not her spouse. Today it’s simply, ‘Let’s don’t go forward with this act.’ ”
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and nothing's ever promised tomorrow today
For those of you who are Americans, and especially those of you who are registered Democrats, who are you planning to vote for? I'm trying to be responsible and do my research, and I'm at that stage where I'd like the contributory opinions of those I respect. Who do you like, and why? Who do you not like, and why? (Actually, even if you can't vote ( Read more... ) -
what honest words she can't afford to say...
This has been simultaneously the best and worst year of my life. Here's to things that are all good:
10 Things I Never Get Tired Of- Long conversations with good friends.
- Staring at Hailey.
- How ridiculous my family is.
- Talking about Ireland.
- Iron & Wine's "Fever Dream."
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it's a dirt ground we crawl upon...
Ok, this is too funny not to post. I love philosophy jokes (especially as they're so few and far between). I have to show this to Suzi--she's writing her thesis on Kant, and we've amicably disagreed about Kantian ethics for a few years now. I have utilitarian leanings, although I'm starting to suspect that I should reverse my position on Virtue ( Read more... ) -
the little things give you away.....
The Question: Given an acknowledgment that Thanksgiving is based on a racist myth that glosses over the genocide of Native Americans, what are we ethically bound to do to rectify this injustice?
Robert Jensen's Answer: Abolish Thanksgiving and replace it with a Day of Atonement and fasting. Until that happens, one should personally either partake in ( Read more... ) -
let's see how far we've come....
I feel urged to respond. The Golden Compass is coming out on December 7 (yay!), and the forces of [stupid] Christianity have begun to mobilize themselves against what they claim to be written by a person who is a "militant atheist" and has a "profound disrespect for the interior life of children." See here (1), here (2), here (3), and here (4) for ( Read more... ) -
and my junk is you....
So these icons were all made ages ago. And I mean ages-some even back in February, all of them over two months ago. Making them was cathartic and zen-like when I really needed that sort of brainless concentration. Soonafter, however, schoolwork and general life caught up with me and made me sit up and pay attention. Thus the belatedness.
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sing the song of purple summer.....
I've been home for a week now. And the various points of interest are ( Read more... )
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