Voluntaryism seems to me to be a very reasonable philosophical point of view.
It is interesting to see this voluntaryanist plans to check out the #occupy movement:
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Judeophobia: coming to your neighbourhood
October 18, 2011 — xanthippaMEMRI TV has compiled this videodocumenting the rising antisemitism and Judeophobia:
Disgusting…
We cannot pretend that it is not happening. The best way to fight back against bigotry is through education and by publicly exposing what is happening. A good place to start is by watching ‘Unmasked: Judeophibia’. Here is the trailer:
‘Unmasked: Judeophobia’ will be shown worldwide: check to see when it is coming to your neighbourhood. In Ottawa, the movie will be screened during the 2nd annual Freethinking Film Festival on November 13th, 2011: here is the flyer.
It is easy for prejudice to spread. Only by exposing it for what it is will we be able to challenge it.
Oh my god…
September 27, 2011 — xanthippaWell, well, well…
When, for once, a ‘man of God’ finally runs afoul of the police in Ottawa for a reason other than diddling little children, Toronto steps in to fill the void…
This just goes to show that no adult that claims to represent or carry authority from God should ever, EVER be let near children!
Power corrupts.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
We should not act continuously surprised that the people who actually believe they represent the most absolutest power possible (and may be even more absolute, as some believe) are necessarily the most absolutely corrupt human beings!
Will Ontario Conservatives loose a second election on the same issue that lost them the last one?
September 21, 2011 — xanthippaFour years ago, Ontario Conservatives were hopeful: after the inept mismanagement and corruption of the McGuinty regime, it seemed that a Conservative majority was assured.
Until, of course, then Conservative leader John Tory snatched defeat from the jaws of victory! The issue that crashed the Conservatives was Tory’s promise of public funding of religious schools. His assertion then was that funding faith-based schools is the only way to regulate them.
Really.
He actually stood up and said this – and did not see what was wrong with this thinking.
For obvious reasons, this single stance by the Conservatives brought us another 4 years of McGuinty. And, during this 4 year term, Mc.Guinty expanded religion in publicly funded schools; both Catholic and Public (which are ostensibly secular). Now, we see sectarian and gender segregation in tax-payer funded schools in oder for clerics to instruct the students and lead them in prayer.
And no wonder – McGuinty is sleeping with an activist for religious schools! Quite literally – he is married to her…
But, surely, the Ontario Conservatives have learned from this, no?
They have a spanking new leader, Tim Hudak, whose parents are said to be teachers: between that and the Tory disaster last election, surely Hudak will not be so stupid as to run on a platform of taxpayer-funded faith-based education, right?
May be, may be not… According to this interview by Brian Lilley, it is not so certain.
C.G.P. Grey: ‘What are the continents?’
September 15, 2011 — xanthippaAside from the crack about Pluto, this is a fun little video.
Which constitutional article was that?
September 14, 2011 — xanthippaThis lunatic is, unfortunately, a voice of influence in parts of the Arab world. Here, he claims – with a straight face – that America’s founding fathers tried to introduce an article to the US Constitution to ban Jews from US land.
Really.
Of course, there are other voices, too – they just get drowned out much of the time.
Which is a shame – these following people do make sense:
And there are Imams who do condemn violence in their sermons – yet they do not always find a receptive audience. This makes it so much more important that we speak up about them and help their voices be heard.
GoogleTechTalks: ‘Copyright Regimve vs. Civil Liberties’
April 28, 2011 — xanthippaAn excellent explanation of the origins of our copyright laws – and how they have evolved over time. Plus – a strategy on dealing with the problems they create.
‘Red Cabbage Does Science’ – an update on ‘Do Science, Tanzania’
March 7, 2011 — xanthippaScience is fun.
Scientific method disciplines the mind – and lets people achieve. All kinds of ‘achieve’!
Which is a good thing.
In February, I blogged about a fund-raiser for ‘Do Science, Tanzania’: a one-woman effort to bring science to kids in Moshi, Tanzania, by bringing over a lending-library of scientific equipment.
Here is an update on how things are going: Ms. Hall has settled in her temporary home in Tanzania and has started holding workshops for the local high-school science teachers with the excellent and accessible ‘Red Cabbage ph indicator’ lab.
For some of these kids, I truly do forsee a pot of gold at the end of the spectrum!
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