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Showing posts with label insanity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label insanity. Show all posts
pz myers: shades of gray
a very moving piece by pz myers. just read it.
i'm an extremist in this debate, i will freely confess. i hold an absolute view that no killing is ever justified, that individuals have the necessity to defend themselves against assailants, but that even that does not grant moral approval to snuffing out the life of another. don't even try to pull out a scale and toss a copy of the koran on one side and the life of a single human being on the other — the comparison is obscene. do not try to tell me that some people are 'moderates' when they tolerate or even support and applaud war and death and murder for any cause, whether it is oil, or getting even, or defending the honor of wood pulp and ink.
the bone is bleached white. the flesh is burnt black. the blood splashes scarlet. you can't render it in grays and pastels without losing sight of the truth.
i'm an extremist in this debate, i will freely confess. i hold an absolute view that no killing is ever justified, that individuals have the necessity to defend themselves against assailants, but that even that does not grant moral approval to snuffing out the life of another. don't even try to pull out a scale and toss a copy of the koran on one side and the life of a single human being on the other — the comparison is obscene. do not try to tell me that some people are 'moderates' when they tolerate or even support and applaud war and death and murder for any cause, whether it is oil, or getting even, or defending the honor of wood pulp and ink.
the bone is bleached white. the flesh is burnt black. the blood splashes scarlet. you can't render it in grays and pastels without losing sight of the truth.
trolling for dummies
can't... help... it... must... link to... funny... satire...
they're having a field day over at crispian's.
they're having a field day over at crispian's.
pale blue home
the view from the road leading to falasarna, and the title, a reference to pale blue dot:
like it? click it!
i've placed this on flickr's map.
i read this this morning and it's had a terrible effect on me. it's one thing to have my personal suspicions, and quite another to see someone with serious credentials state them so publicly.
often, i feel like i'm watching a film documentary about what happened to those beings called humans who knew where they were headed, but did nothing to save themselves.
like it? click it!
i've placed this on flickr's map.
i read this this morning and it's had a terrible effect on me. it's one thing to have my personal suspicions, and quite another to see someone with serious credentials state them so publicly.
often, i feel like i'm watching a film documentary about what happened to those beings called humans who knew where they were headed, but did nothing to save themselves.
i posted a link on facebook...
anthony ayiomamitis said, it seems rather optimistic we will be gone so quickly. really a flash.
and scott said, a fate we don't exactly not deserve. ;-) i'm sure the dolphins will be glad to "get their life back."
ken suggested i watch earth 2100.
life is ubiquitous and tenacious on earth -- extremophiles have been found in the most hostile of places -- and it most probably will continue on, oblivious to our presence... or lack of it. some might say that it doesn't matter whether we're here or not... but that's not true. as carl sagan said, we are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
notice he said a way and not the way -- maybe one way of many populations of sentient beings, somewhere...
anyway, i'm all over the place with this.
here's carl, reading from pale blue dot:
and yet again, i offer das rad:
more of my images dedicated to pale blue dot.
©2010 toomanytribbles
anthony ayiomamitis said, it seems rather optimistic we will be gone so quickly. really a flash.
and scott said, a fate we don't exactly not deserve. ;-) i'm sure the dolphins will be glad to "get their life back."
ken suggested i watch earth 2100.
life is ubiquitous and tenacious on earth -- extremophiles have been found in the most hostile of places -- and it most probably will continue on, oblivious to our presence... or lack of it. some might say that it doesn't matter whether we're here or not... but that's not true. as carl sagan said, we are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
notice he said a way and not the way -- maybe one way of many populations of sentient beings, somewhere...
anyway, i'm all over the place with this.
here's carl, reading from pale blue dot:
and yet again, i offer das rad:
more of my images dedicated to pale blue dot.
©2010 toomanytribbles
scientology ads
has anyone else noticed that there are ads for scientology everywhere?
it smells of desperation to me.
it smells of desperation to me.
stoopid
from the telegraph:
'professor dawkins, the prominent biologist and atheist, said that benedict xvi would have blood on his hands if his beliefs were followed by catholics around the continent.
speaking at a university in spain, he said: "i wonder on what basis anyone can say condoms make aids worse. the pope is either stupid, ignorant or dim.
"if people take his words seriously he will be responsible for the deaths of thousands, perhaps millions of people." '
via RD
....and...
pz myers reports that what dawkins actually said was,
'the pope is either stupid, ignorant or wicked.'
'professor dawkins, the prominent biologist and atheist, said that benedict xvi would have blood on his hands if his beliefs were followed by catholics around the continent.
speaking at a university in spain, he said: "i wonder on what basis anyone can say condoms make aids worse. the pope is either stupid, ignorant or dim.
"if people take his words seriously he will be responsible for the deaths of thousands, perhaps millions of people." '
via RD
....and...
pz myers reports that what dawkins actually said was,
'the pope is either stupid, ignorant or wicked.'
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