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- What song do you want played at your funeral?: Rakim -- DCD
- God is: as many as people and all
- What movie can you recite verbatim?: Monty Python & the Holy Grail
- What do you like to read when you poop?: graphic novels
- What helps you sleep?: sleep
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Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In commented on There's No Workable Solution for Seattle's Homeless Camps.
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In commented on There's No Workable Solution for Seattle's Homeless Camps.
May 23
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In commented on Rightwing Anti-Gay French Activist Commits Suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral.
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In commented on Rightwing Anti-Gay French Activist Commits Suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral.
69, you're trying to explain yourself, then insulting me for pointing out that you didn't explain yourself very well. It's that kind of twisted reasoning, as well as including personal attacks & potty mouth that further erodes people here taking you seriously.
Now, I understand your points, after several posts of them, but lqtm pretty much nails it: all suicides are not equal. Thus there can never be a one-size-fits-all approach to reporting them. If you feel differently, then why not take up a degree in journalism and create your own dynamic guidelines for reporting suicide in the media, instead of ranting to us?
Unless, that is, your goal is not to get your point across, but to simply yell at and insult people. In which case, you've come to the right place!
Now, I understand your points, after several posts of them, but lqtm pretty much nails it: all suicides are not equal. Thus there can never be a one-size-fits-all approach to reporting them. If you feel differently, then why not take up a degree in journalism and create your own dynamic guidelines for reporting suicide in the media, instead of ranting to us?
Unless, that is, your goal is not to get your point across, but to simply yell at and insult people. In which case, you've come to the right place!
May 23
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In commented on A Pope at Peace With Atheists?.
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In commented on A Pope at Peace With Atheists?.
This really isn't much of a leap for Catholicism, as they've always stressed "good works." What is fascinating is that he is clearly putting himself at odds w/ American Evangelicals & Fundamentalists, both of whom are rooted in Calvinism, who dismiss good works as being useless at best, a distraction at worst. In the 80's, Falwell tried to create a 'big tent' w/ his Moral Majority, where Christians of all stripes gave up their differences to stand against atheists, gays, pot smokers, loud rock music, etc. Pretty much everything that made the 70's tolerable.
It worked, for a short time, but once more we are witnessing the inherent self-fracturing of Christianity. There is something in the philosophy, in the basic approach that will force the adherents to turn against each other. There has never been a unified "Christianity" and there never will be. Francis is doing what his religion commands, fracturing over split hairs.
It worked, for a short time, but once more we are witnessing the inherent self-fracturing of Christianity. There is something in the philosophy, in the basic approach that will force the adherents to turn against each other. There has never been a unified "Christianity" and there never will be. Francis is doing what his religion commands, fracturing over split hairs.
May 21
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In commented on Rightwing Anti-Gay French Activist Commits Suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral.
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In commented on Rightwing Anti-Gay French Activist Commits Suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral.
64, To answer your rhetorical first question, it started in your initial post, which dripped of concern trolling. You chose not to clarify your stance, forcing everyone to conclude your intentions based on your tone, which was dismissive, accusatory & lacking context. Thank you for clarifying things, but if you're upset about how things got side-tracked, then be more clear & specific about what you do & do not find objectionable.
May 21
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In commented on The Justice Department Spied on Fox News and White House Staffers, Too.
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In commented on The Justice Department Spied on Fox News and White House Staffers, Too.
This is the downfall of the American Empire. Politicians are no longer interested in governing, their only goal is a tug of war against their opponents. Real problems are facing our country, not the least of which is global climate change. If they were only interested in rearranging the deck chairs, that'd be one thing. Instead they're holding petty turf wars.
May 21
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In commented on Rightwing Anti-Gay French Activist Commits Suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral.
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In commented on Rightwing Anti-Gay French Activist Commits Suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral.
The OAS was what most people would today call a terrorist organization. I say "most people" because, since they were right wing, the usual blowhards (Rush, Malkin, etc) would deny that their murderous thuggery could be defined as "terrorism." For everyone else, they were terrorists.
So he's a former terrorist right wing nut job who couldn't stand to live in a world where his fanatical extremist views aren't encoded into law and forced onto others.
Huh.
There's hope for humanity.
So he's a former terrorist right wing nut job who couldn't stand to live in a world where his fanatical extremist views aren't encoded into law and forced onto others.
Huh.
There's hope for humanity.
May 17
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In commented on SL Letter of the Day: Gonna Boil My Laptop After Answering This One.
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In commented on SL Letter of the Day: Gonna Boil My Laptop After Answering This One.
5, etc. Every regular reader knows Dan was brought up Catholic. That programming goes deep. Why do you think religions work so hard on imprinting on babies? They may not have known the psychology behind it, but they certainly understood the outcome.
The good part is that as we mature, we can choose to overcome our programming. Dan GTFO of the church and chooses to raise his kid in an atheistic home. So what if he still likes the iconography and lapses into mentioning God once in a while. We know what he means.
Another way to look at is this: Didactic people who are desperate to pounce on anything they perceive as being inconsistent, w/o allowing for vernacular figures of speech are bores at best.
The good part is that as we mature, we can choose to overcome our programming. Dan GTFO of the church and chooses to raise his kid in an atheistic home. So what if he still likes the iconography and lapses into mentioning God once in a while. We know what he means.
Another way to look at is this: Didactic people who are desperate to pounce on anything they perceive as being inconsistent, w/o allowing for vernacular figures of speech are bores at best.
May 15
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In commented on It Doesn't Matter if You're Black or Gay; It Doesn't Matter if You're at a Lunch Counter or a Bakery.
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In commented on It Doesn't Matter if You're Black or Gay; It Doesn't Matter if You're at a Lunch Counter or a Bakery.
9, the comparison to Amy is apt. She exemplifies perfectly the right-wing Christian attitude, where she can flail around like an incompetent douchebag, shitting on everyone she likes but anyone who wants to call her on it is "a bully & a hater."
May 13
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In commented on White People Do Not Have a Monopoly on Racism.
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In commented on White People Do Not Have a Monopoly on Racism.
While this is certainly "racist", I prefer to step back & use the more inclusive term "bigotry." The thought process Mugabe has here is the same used against sexual minorities, different ethnic & religious groups, etc. Groups that are are still "Them, not Us" in the eyes of the bigot, and therefore to be hated.
I think getting hung up on race sidetracks the real issue, which is ridding ourselves of an ancient thought-form that, whatever its uses were when we were naked hunters fighting off other hominids for genetic supremacy, has clearly outlasted its purpose. What is the point of evolving our larger brains and complex hormonal/emotional responses if we are to continue behaving along a genetic dead-end?
I think getting hung up on race sidetracks the real issue, which is ridding ourselves of an ancient thought-form that, whatever its uses were when we were naked hunters fighting off other hominids for genetic supremacy, has clearly outlasted its purpose. What is the point of evolving our larger brains and complex hormonal/emotional responses if we are to continue behaving along a genetic dead-end?
May 10
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In commented on If You and Joan Didion Were Onstage Together in Front of 2,000 People, What Would You Ask Her?.
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In commented on If You and Joan Didion Were Onstage Together in Front of 2,000 People, What Would You Ask Her?.
"Which way is the bathroom?"
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While Americans like to tell each other that we have everything & our way of life can solve every possible problem, that belief is like any other religion: it's based on faith, not facts. The story sounds wonderful & pretty and helps us unpleasant realities. Homelessness & extreme poverty is a permanent fixture of our economic system. If we want to solve it, we have to alter our bedrock assumptions. Since a third of the country is living in permanent fantasy-land, where Saddam had WMD, where gays secretly meet to ensure that Atlas Shrugged will be a box office disaster, and where a black man elected president is an automatic impeachable offense, it's not going to happen any time soon.