Fight DMCA Abuse

Exactly – exercise, defend and encourage freedom of expression.
It may be a natural right, but putting it into effect doesn’t descend like the rain from the heavens.
There is no shortage of opponents, who would prefer to identify an unchanging crystalline Truth, and then make sure we all, er, worshipped it. Yuk.
“Freedom [...]

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Intelligent Design wins! (now stand by for details)

OMG (we’ll revise that term for sure), how could Prof On-The-Stand get it so wrong?
The creator of all life on earth was an Eminent Victorian, clearly keeping his divinity in disguise. One C. Darwin, MA. The jesting supreme being thought to fool us by writing those damn books on natural selection [...]

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Mushy Monday

Ta for ace points. Eg:
(i) whence came the idea of life-long devotion to only one other? Monogamy seems perverse
(ii) Jealousy (a proxy for genetic inheritance), provides a poor basis for respect
(iii) the blurred and varying boundaries between friendship, desire, respect, love
(iv) the balance between purely altruistic love for another, and love [...]

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Atheist Life vs Religious Life

Excellent step by step arguments as to why, in practical morality, religious dogma hinders rather than assists making informed rational decisions as to what is ethically better.
Not necessarily the best, because that’s a counsel of perfection. Just better.
An atheist moral scheme is (i) not subjective, just more adaptable; and (ii) dignifies [...]

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Freedom of speech:Without consequence?

Dear idonotsubmit,
Seems like Trashman’s videos were malicious falsehood, a classic common-law check on freedom of speech. That ought to be a civil claim against him. Don’t see basis for criminal conviction let alone imprisonment.
Only a fool is rude or provocative without expecting tough talk back. But that is manners and prudence. [...]

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Blondie – X Offender

andreaandrewmilne
Just read the cheesy/classic dance steps debate. Woh. Am I missing the point, or is it that Debs is sending up the whole teen “leader of the pack”, “got the hots for the cop in uniform” naffness? The disparity between desire and what’s acceptable, let alone cool, is kinda, you know, [...]

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