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Some of the episodes were truly dire television, but you gotta love the theme....
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Hard News: One man’s Meat Puppets is…, in reply to Simon Grigg,
You need to opt in:
Does that work on mobile devices, though? If it did, that would be awesome!
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to nzlemming,
It would not be legally necessary, but your kind offer to get me very, very drunk is much appreciated,
Legal schmegal ;-)
You could lobby for a law change, lemming. ;-)
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Hard News: One man’s Meat Puppets is…, in reply to JacksonP,
Not wanting to take the gloss off the morning, on the theme theme.
Audio only, unfortunately.
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Hard News: One man’s Meat Puppets is…, in reply to nzlemming,
What Lang was describing in fiction, Hitler was trying to make happen
The story goes that when Hitler saw Metropolis he said, "This is the man to make films for the Reich!" and Lang fled Germany that same night; thus began his career in America.
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Martin Lindberg,
Like eating meat?
No. And I'm not at all anti-vegan, it's just nice when people are consistent in their principles. If you're going to be kind to animals, I think it makes sense to be kind to people, too.
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to nzlemming,
so non-violenter-than-thou
There is a vegan of my acquaintance who is an enthusiastic advocate for the death penalty for a wide range of crimes. I also know some very sweet-natured and reasonable vegans, but like any more extreme lifestyle, it attracts the space cadets.
One thing I really admire about the Quakers/Friends I know is how consistent they are. They don’t just pay lip-service to kindness and social justice – community service is an important part of what they do.
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This Heathen Manifesto is interesting.
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Matthew Poole,
Are you surprised people throw the insults out when they are first insulted?
Well as I said, (a), there’s a difference between someone criticising your belief system and attacking you personally.
and (b), I really don’t think your perceived “but he started it” tit-for-tat is even slightly helpful.Craig, I understand you feel insulted. For me, Dawkins’ work has been helpful and liberating, and I think it’s very important that we have public figures giving secular points of view. That doesn’t mean he’s a saint, or that any given atheist will agree with everything, or anything, he says.
He’s just a person. I’d really rather talk about the issues than about an individual’s personality or modes of expression.
Surely we need a diversity of voices in this sort of discussion. I’ve told you my feelings about religion, why don’t you tell me yours?
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Matthew Poole,
He complains about how theists preach loudly and make derogatory claims and statements about those who do not believe, and then very publicly breaks out the derogatory statements about theists.
Is he complaining about theists or about theism? His struggle is surely ideological, not personal.
The guy gets massive amounts of personal abuse and hate mail and also death threats. I’d be complaining about that! But I’ve never seen him lapse into angry responses, or be anything but calm and polite and continuing to speak to the issues.
Perhaps we could follow suit: talk about the issues, not the person.