Gosh! Where shall I start?
I am tired with people who are bored of this or that.
And of those who flaunt rules. If you've got it, flout it!
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- April 3rd, 2008, 12:55 am
- Forum: Social Club
- Topic: Really irritating expressions
- Replies: 88
- Views: 13133
- March 28th, 2008, 9:18 pm
- Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
- Topic: Nice one, Ian & "You may not beleive in God but ..." merger
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2371
Re: Nice one, Ian & "You may not beleive in God but ..." merger
I expect this has been mentioned before:
http://www.positiveatheism.org/writ/flew01.htm
It's a matter of getting the definitions clear, and then placing the burden of proof where it belongs.
http://www.positiveatheism.org/writ/flew01.htm
It's a matter of getting the definitions clear, and then placing the burden of proof where it belongs.
- March 28th, 2008, 12:18 am
- Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
- Topic: Ban on hijab in Turkish universitites lifted
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4136
Re: Ban on hijab in Turkish universitites lifted
Up to them what they wear. Up to others to mock them.
- March 24th, 2008, 7:47 pm
- Forum: Culture Club
- Topic: Scotland's Music (three threads merged)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4622
Re: Scotland's Music (three threads merged)
Sorry. You'll have to hit the "video" tab and then "broadband" on the next page.
- March 24th, 2008, 7:45 pm
- Forum: Culture Club
- Topic: Scotland's Music (three threads merged)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4622
Re: Scotland's Music (three threads merged)
Here's one for admirers of John Renbourn and Clive Carroll:
http://www.john-renbourn.com/
http://www.john-renbourn.com/
- March 21st, 2008, 1:13 am
- Forum: Humanist Ethics & Morality
- Topic: Cardinal attacks "Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill"
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3656
Re: Cardinal attacks "Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill"
Further it seems that Labour MPs are not to be allowed a free vote on this Bill and consequently are denied the right to vote according to their conscience – a right which all other political parties have allowed. This made me laugh. When I was a sprog, a splendidly cynical old brute explained cons...
- March 20th, 2008, 12:03 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Oh Great - Seven New Mortal Sins
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2971
Re: Oh Great - Seven New Mortal Sins
Mr Blair has demonstrated outstanding leadership in these areas and is especially qualified to bring his perspective to bear ...especially when it comes to scum. This Blair charade is so effing perverse; I think the whole planet must have now turned to the dark side and we will be dragged screaming...
- March 18th, 2008, 6:35 pm
- Forum: Social Club
- Topic: Quiz: What kind of atheist are you?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6228
Re: Quiz: What kind of atheist are you?
I think I scored that for answering " No" to the question: do you eat Christian babies raw without removing your hat?Firebrand wrote:Interesting to see your 33% theist, LMoG!
- March 18th, 2008, 1:36 am
- Forum: Sciences and pseudo-science
- Topic: Should creationists be given a platform?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4671
Re: Should creationists be given a platform?
Let them shout at the traffic.
- March 18th, 2008, 12:51 am
- Forum: Social Club
- Topic: Quiz: What kind of atheist are you?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6228
Re: Quiz: What kind of atheist are you?
I seem to be a Scientific Atheist: You scored as a Scientific Atheist These guys rule. I'm not one of them myself, although I play one online. They know the rules of debate, the Laws of Thermodynamics, and can explain evolution in fifty words or less. More concerned with how things ARE than how they...
- March 11th, 2008, 11:40 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
- Topic: ID Cards
- Replies: 40
- Views: 5406
Re: ID Cards
I have just emailed the home secretary thus: Dear Ms Smith I am concerned that people with whom I conduct business may try to pass themselves off as you and steal your identity. I would therefore be grateful if you could arrange to send me your finger-prints and a sample of your hair for DNA purpos...
- March 7th, 2008, 12:45 am
- Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
- Topic: ANTI-HUMANIST
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1402
Re: ANTI-HUMANIST
Steady on, man!da_man wrote:We would do much better to destroy large numbers of inhabitants in any region that has more people than available resources.
- February 27th, 2008, 7:01 pm
- Forum: Humanist Ethics & Morality
- Topic: Moral Dilemmas
- Replies: 108
- Views: 19616
Re: Moral Dilemmas
This example, or one rather like it, was used by Bernard Williams in a book about Utilitarianism:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Williams
For a consequentialist there is nothing to think about here: you shoot a prisoner.
I'd rather shoot consequentialists!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Williams
For a consequentialist there is nothing to think about here: you shoot a prisoner.
I'd rather shoot consequentialists!
- February 27th, 2008, 12:07 am
- Forum: Humanist Ethics & Morality
- Topic: National DNA database
- Replies: 45
- Views: 11464
Re: National DNA database
Could anyone say with conviction that without the combined effort against this allegedly ficticious ‘war on terror’ (however stupidly named) how many, many more mass murders would have succeeded. FB, Two points here. First: I for one do not accept that preventing or detecting serious crime is- or e...
- February 24th, 2008, 5:40 pm
- Forum: Humanist Ethics & Morality
- Topic: National DNA database
- Replies: 45
- Views: 11464
Re: National DNA database
I think the discussion may have skipped a stage. There is, or ought to be, a presumption in favour of individual liberty- and, crucially, the liberty to tell others to mind their own business. Suppose I am asked by a beggar whether I have any loose change, and I reply that I have not. Must I turn ou...
- February 23rd, 2008, 2:19 am
- Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
- Topic: Religious discrimination
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2798
Re: Religious discrimination
Religious discrimination is always morally wrong, but that doesn't always translate to it being illegal. A good example that I can think of is Catholic charities that specialize in adoption discriminating against gay couples wishing to adopt. I understand their position (even though I find it abhor...
- February 22nd, 2008, 12:38 am
- Forum: Humanist Ethics & Morality
- Topic: Moral Dilemmas
- Replies: 108
- Views: 19616
Re: Moral Dilemmas
Presence of mind called for- jolly good stuff.jaywhat wrote:So when do you start letting your son live the life he is living and learn to do what is right? Tell them it is his and go home and live your own life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip0ewd_p-fg
- February 17th, 2008, 12:37 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: The Archbishop and Sharia Law
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4998
Re: The Archbishop and Sharia Law
Ain't it amazing how often the devout examine their conscience and find that they not only may but must perpetrate what most of us recognise instantly as shameful bigotry?
http://www.secularism.org.uk/romancatho ... atesi.html
Where are those lions when they are needed?
http://www.secularism.org.uk/romancatho ... atesi.html
Where are those lions when they are needed?
- February 9th, 2008, 1:08 am
- Forum: Social Club
- Topic: The new insomniacs' thread
- Replies: 245
- Views: 119249
Re: The new insomniacs' thread
Carruthers: It's quiet, LMoG , ain't it?
LMoG: Yes. It's too damn' quiet, Carruthers...
LMoG: Yes. It's too damn' quiet, Carruthers...
- February 9th, 2008, 12:48 am
- Forum: Social Club
- Topic: Characters who influenced us
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3706
Re: Characters who influenced us
Maria, you may have been unlucky in your teachers. I recall a teacher who invited criticism from his pupils, and was taxed by one of my classmates with teaching a " useless" subject. He replied: some knowledge is worth having just because it gets you something else, and some is worth having just bec...