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  1. Alceste

    Show me the human...

    It's important to differentiate between fantasy and activity. True, we generally can't prevent people from being attracted to children, but we can probably train most people with that particular perversion not to act upon it.
  2. Alceste

    Show me the human...

    We're all human. I don't believe in punishment or retribution. I do believe that when other humans pose a danger to us or our children they should be isolated from contact with those they are likely to harm. I'm satisfied with imprisonment (in fact, I think imprisonment should be exclusively...
  3. Alceste

    Welcome To The New Religious Forums

    But I have masses and masses of trophies, so that's something!
  4. Alceste

    Welcome To The New Religious Forums

    I'm also requiring moderation, apparently.
  5. Alceste

    Experts or quasi experts, what are some ways the mind can fool us

    I credit spiritual experiences and discredit religious explanations. We're all equally clueless as to the meaning of it all, if any. I tend to think those who accept easy answers with no evidence, like "God did it" (or, on the other side of the coin, "science has figured everything out already")...
  6. Alceste

    Rejected Princesses

    I love that website. Thanks for sharing!
  7. Alceste

    How does a guy get in trouble around here?

    Try mocking MRAs and pedophile priests. Works for me. :D
  8. Alceste

    Feminist talk canceled after threat of massacre

    Mmm-hmmm. Nonspecific threats from nonspecific people?
  9. Alceste

    Feminist talk canceled after threat of massacre

    I don't want to download the letter, but this looks like a PR stunt to sell tickets for a MRA conference. Do you have a neutral source?
  10. Alceste

    Why Are You Always Right?

    I'm always right because I lost the whole left side of my body in a tragic ukulele accident.
  11. Alceste

    Edward Snowden - Revoltingistan's Human Of The Year

    Fear is irrational by definition. Yes, it's a given that a belligerent or interventionist state like the US will attract the attention of terrorists, who will try to attack them at home. I'm not afraid of that though, and I'm not willing to give up any of my liberties, such as privacy, because...
  12. Alceste

    Edward Snowden - Revoltingistan's Human Of The Year

    When it comes to trust, I'd put the government close to the bottom of the list, and the intelligence industry even lower.
  13. Alceste

    Edward Snowden - Revoltingistan's Human Of The Year

    It's great that you acknowledge it is fear driving your opinion on the subject. Fear is the foundation of the surveillance state - if you can make the population fearful they often would rather give up their own liberties than deny a repressive state any tool they claim will keep the people...
  14. Alceste

    What's a "Purple Penguin"?The gender inclusive name for boys & girls in Nebraska public schools

    Yeah, unfortunately if you read the pamphlet as the routine, fairly dull bit of optional gender diversity training for teachers it is, there's nothing to get histrionic about. So the gubmint is trying to outlaw gender and make us call kids purple penguins instead of kids! Get the pitchforks! The...
  15. Alceste

    What's a "Purple Penguin"?The gender inclusive name for boys & girls in Nebraska public schools

    One more time for the road - the pamphlet does not advise teachers to call children purple penguins instead of students. It only gives "the Purple Penguins" as an example of a hypothetical class name, like a team name.
  16. Alceste

    What's a "Purple Penguin"?The gender inclusive name for boys & girls in Nebraska public schools

    But what advantage does labeling a student a boy or a girl in school have over gender neutral nouns, like children or students? (The pamphlet doesn't suggest calling children penguins, FYI) I can't think of any. And I can think of at least one disadvantage in that it provides a subtle...
  17. Alceste

    Hey ladies, listen to Microsoft CEO for career advice: "Don't ask for a raise."

    Glad to see he's come to his senses.
  18. Alceste

    Woman shot and killed for refusing to give man her phone number

    OK. Might make a dent. I'm content to lock up serial violent offenders for life. Violence against women is usually perpetrated by a current or former partner though. Not usually by a serial rapist.
  19. Alceste

    What's a "Purple Penguin"?The gender inclusive name for boys & girls in Nebraska public schools

    Yes, both my grandmothers worked. The one who is still alive now has no problem with men cooking. This was 20-30 years ago.
  20. Alceste

    Woman shot and killed for refusing to give man her phone number

    Do tell.
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