Does that really what atheist extremists do ? Talk about space, aliens or parallel worlds and stuff ? or this is clearly a manipulation ? and Hey check out PKK please :) The idea behind this organization is practically based on marksism & leninism so that makes them atheist as well, right ? correct me if I'm wrong. So what they do? They bomb and kill innocent people in Turkey , does not even matter if they are babies, youngsters or women.
- mcd
Seems if this was a equal opportunity parody, the Aethists would be bombing nativity scenes and Christmas trees ;)
- Johnny
from iPhone
Except I haven't heard of atheists bombing either of those things.
- ronin
I think they just throw barbed wit and strongly worded missives.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Atheists are too busy doing important things like scrubbing blessings off of highways.
- Akiva
Rene, PKK does not represent all Kurdish community in Turkey and yes, most of the kurdish people are not atheist, I agree with that and I sort of agree with the second part too, the way those govs threated kurdish people was all wrong. However, kurdish people is not my main point here, what I was trying to say and honestly I admit it seems that I am not intellectual enough to do that...
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- mcd
"The data show that there is little connection between suicide terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism, or any one of the world's religions." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... Why would other forms of violence be any different?
- Bruce Lewis
friendfeed'i ecnebinin kullanıyor olduğuna inanamıyorum. herkes bir kişi için ingilizce konuşuyor olabilir.
- otisaga
PKK is an islamist organisation AFAIK
- Onur Yalazı
tudor, hello, how are you? are they paying you well in friendfeed? will friendfeed close down? can you save my data for me? can you give me op?
- otisaga
It was truly lovely. And so quiet! I wasn't originally planning to go there but I'm glad I did. It was worth skipping a few waterfalls for this :-)
- Amit Patel
"In response to Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries not wanting "not so cool" kids or women who wear size large to wear his company's clothes, Greg Karber has come up with a funny and creative way to readjust the Abercrombie & Fitch brand. He's giving their clothes to the homeless. After scouring his local thrift shop's "douchebag section," Karber heads to LA's Skid Row to dole out the clothes among the homeless population. Watch the stunt and find out how you can be involved in one man's troll-job on a company with some pretty unflattering business practices in the video above."
- Jessie
from Bookmarklet
I get what this guy's trying to do, but dude - homeless people know you're just using them to make a point. And that's disrespectful.
- Jessie
I think a better approach would be to buy the A&F clothes from thrift stores, set up a table in a public area like an outdoor mall, and just give the clothes away to anyone who wants them. Will some homeless people take them? Possibly, but so will everyone else in the immediate area. Your point that A&F clothes are for everyone is made, and you don't have to single out an already marginalized population.
- Jessie
You're completely right on all points, Jessie.
- Soup in a TARDIS
Thank you Soup! I don't think this guy set out to be offensive, but he does need to rethink his tactics.
- Jessie
Lol. Yes, mommy has hypermesis and has been home for the past month with no end in sight. Other than the constant vomiting everyone is healthy.
- Mary Carmen
from iPhone
I just saw your pregnancy whine post and I think all of downtown Sac heard me say, "Wait, she's pregnant?" (scroll back scroll back scroll back, find announcement) Wow! Congrats to you and Scott.
- Corinne L
"The person, who remained anonymous, wrote: ‘I was recently walking my affenpinscher (a toy breed of dog) around the Hanover area of Brighton when I noticed that a wormhole or vortex has opened up on Montreal Road. ‘On closer inspection it seems to be some kind of portal to other times, places and dimensions. ‘I would have investigated further but I was concerned my little dog would be sucked into it. ‘Is this meant to be there? At first I believed it might be part of the Brighton Festival but I believe it could be a hazard to the general public. I look forward to your response.’"
- Jessie
from Bookmarklet
"And if possibility of a spooky wormhole wasn’t enough, the poster then said he had returned to the site earlier this month and had spotted a serpent escaping from the opening. ‘I went past the other day and it seems to have got worse – it is now emitting an unsettling yellow light and a large snake appears to be emerging from the wall,’ they added."
- Jessie
"When The Argus contacted Brighton and Hove City Council they said they would not be following up the claim."
- Jessie
A total of 333 people have died in or following police custody over the past 11 years, but no officer has ever been successfully prosecuted, according to a watchdog's report.
- Halil
from Bookmarklet
it's one of those absolutely astonishing facts that we have never, ever, convicted a cop for the death (deliberate murder or culpable negligence or anything else whatever) of a member of the public held in a (presumably rather secure locked) police cell.
- Winckel
In some kind of creepy coincidence, I was hired at my part time job one year ago today. I say it's a coincidence since I'm celebrating that anniversary by being promoted to full-time Supervisor. Yay me! A real full time job! :P (Time to update the resume.)
It really wouldn't be a creepy coincidence unless it was based on some anniversary like one Mars-year or something. THAT would be creepy. (Plus it would take longer!) If you had to wait one Neptune year (~165 Earth-years) for a performance review, that would really suck.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
"EPECUEN, Argentina — A strange ghost town that spent a quarter century under water is coming up for air again in the Argentine farmlands southwest of Buenos Aires."
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet
Yeah I hate unknown source. Well, maybe not hate, but annoyed by.
- ronin
The one or two that I have "high" numbers for unknown sources seem to be the ones I shared to Tumblr that ended up getting reblogged a good deal, with a higher number of notes.
- Jennifer Dittrich
That's a possibility, though this one didn't get reblogged all that much (26 notes, of which 6 were reblogs).
- John (bird whisperer)
Wife:"Why is it when I hear news about social media, I never hear anything about FriendFeed?" Me:"It's run by The Librarian Mafia. Very cerebral, very hush hush." Wife: <.< ... "then why do they let your short bus butt hang around?"
"UK scientists have designed an implantable microchip that attaches to the vagus nerve, which helps to control a variety of body functions from heart rate to hunger. The chip, which is just a few millimeteres in size, is designed to read electrical and chemical signatures of appetite. The device then sends electrical signals to the brain to reduce or stop the urge to eat."
- April Russo
from Bookmarklet
liu, represented by pekin fine arts, is known for his work which deals with conflicting relationships between nature and human society, generated by the rate of chinese urban development. in liu's imagery, these animals become an overwhelming part of daily life in the city.
- Tolgardo
Sure, adhering to the letter of the law is what keeps you out of prison, but adhering to the spirit of the law is what is relevant to morality and ethics. To me, arguing that someone kept the letter of the law despite blatant violation of the spirit of the law so who cares is equivalent to saying who gives a fuck about morality and ethics.
I think people sort of form their morality and ethics around their actions. Everyone has a narrative where they're good guys.
- Eivind
I think it's sort of expected that malefactors will attempt to justify their own actions, but what really gets me are people who justify other people's bad faith when they're the very ones who are getting screwed. But I guess there's not really much you can do about that.
- Victor Ganata
i forget which actor (probly a number of them) has stated that they often play a villain as if the character believed they were the good guy.
- Joe Silence
I just think hating on the person is less effective than identifying the flaws in the system and working to fix that. I take every tax deduction and use all legal avenues to reduce my taxable income. The amount of tax I save is minuscule compared to a CEO but at the core, I'm doing the exact same thing. Am I less of an asshole cause the figure is less?
- Johnny
from iPhone
Eh. There's a difference between paying less and getting subsidized. It's the exact thing that people who hate welfare recipients get livid about, really, except for the vaster amounts of money.
- Victor Ganata
Yes, there's a difference between tax avoidance (legal) and tax evasion (illegal). Corps don't have morals or ethics, but people also have no moral responsibility to pay more than their legal share to the government. Get mad at the laws, not the people. But OK, also get mad at the people who corrupt the laws to their benefit.
- Tinfoil 2.0
You wanted a moral and ethical discussion, so, am I less evil cause my figures are tiny compared to a CEO?
- Johnny
from iPhone
Yes. Magnitude is a mitigating factor.
- Victor Ganata
Who decides? Is it linear? Logarithmic? Seriously, get mad at the corruption (lobbyists, special interests, and lawmakers who distort the laws), not at people simply following the corrupt laws.
- Tinfoil 2.0
That's crap. The spirit of taxation is to pay your fair share. Be it $1 or $1 million, avoiding that shouldn't get any more evil the more there is.
- Johnny
from iPhone
If the law says I should pay x%, why should I pay more, knowing that no one else is voluntarily chipping in, especially considering I don't support a lot of what those extra dollars would be used for (e.g., more waste, corruption)? Get the money out of politics and the (tax and other) laws will better reflect what the people need and want.
- Tinfoil 2.0
The laws are on the books. I don't have to be happy about them. You don't get to dictate my morals and ethics, either.
- Victor Ganata
People recognize there's a difference between killing one person and killing 10 people, so, yeah, magnitude matters. Then there's mitigating circumstances. It's obviously not binary.
- Victor Ganata
If you're arguing that somehow minimizing your share to x% instead of the maximum amount z% is just as wrong as paying zero then also receiving benefits and privileges anyway, well, good for you, I guess.
- Victor Ganata
I don't know what that means, so I suspect it's not what I'm arguing.
- Tinfoil 2.0
There's clearly a difference between minimizing the share of what you're paying, versus paying nothing and on top of that getting subsidized. But if you want to employ sophistry to argue otherwise, I can't gainsay you. *shrug*
- Victor Ganata
I'm confused. Are you talking about humans or organizations?
- Tinfoil 2.0
If the assumption is that humans and organizations are equivalent, does it matter?
- Victor Ganata
I seriously doubt anyone on this thread assumed anything to that effect.
- Tinfoil 2.0
I agree with Victor. I think this level of acceptance for corporations misbehaving because they 'don't have morals or ethics' is a huge problem. I don't accept that, and there are plenty of things that go against my morals and ethics that would not be caught by the legal system.
- Eivind
It doesn't matter what anyone on this thread assumes if that's what the law assumes, no?
- Victor Ganata
Eivind, I agree too, that that's how things *should* be. But unfortunately, it's not how they are in the US.
- Tinfoil 2.0
I mean, it's reasonable for someone to argue to "that's how it is, you can't really do anything about it, suck it up." But, again, I don't have to be happy about it, I don't have to accept it as "right" or "just", and there's no use pretending that I should.
- Victor Ganata
Victor, you're usually the descriptive one, not the normative one. ;)
- Tinfoil 2.0
I'm trying to be descriptive about normativity :)
- Victor Ganata
Let's be more concrete, then. If a multimilionaire only paid an effective tax rate that's half of mine, that's still a lot more money than I paid. So I'm not going to hate if he took some deductions that I'm not eligible for. But this is still a *very* far cry from paying an effective tax rate of 0%. I know I'm not alone in finding this egregious. Hell, other corporations are probably pissed off about that.
- Victor Ganata
I would say something about the occasional nature of copulation in my own life, but some might find that too unpastoral a thing to say. :^)
- Friar Ticket to Ride
I forgot to say that the book is The Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond.
- Eivind
I think that 'distraction' may be the more relevant biological function, as in distraction from other of life's concerns (starvation, invasion, predation, etc.) And the sociological function of emotionally bonding with another of our species counts for something. (Though not much among adolescent males.)
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Imagine if the Catholic Church would recognize that seemingly trivial point up there? That would be a huge thing for humanity.
- Eivind
اگر یک تخم توسط نیروی بیرونی بشکند؛ زندگی پایان مییابد.. اما اگر با نیروی درونی ترک بردارد؛ زندگی آغاز میشود..! بهترین چیزها و بزرگترین تغییرات از درون اتفاق میافتد یا تغییر میکند..؛ جیم کویک |□| If an egg is broken by outside force, LIFE ends. If broken by inside force, LIFE begins. Great things always begin from inside
یادم میاد دور اول انتخابات "ان" یه مهندس بود خیلی در مورد "سیستم" و "تغییر از درون" صحبت می کرد، خیلی باحال بود.
- آتئیست
این عبارت درسته . منتهی دید من بیشتر بهش فرهنگیه تا سیاسی
- دادفر
جالبه! میتونم خواهش کنم یه مثال بزنی ببینم تغییرات فرهنگی از درون یعنی چی؟
- آتئیست
یعنی تغییرات گام به گام فرهنگی و رشد فرهنگی و اجتماعی درون جامعه . یعنی آزمون و خطا و یادگیری و تجربه جمعی . چیزی که نمیشه مصنوعی تزریق کرد . فقط طی زمان بوجود میاد. مثل اتفاقی که برای جامعه امریکا افتاد
- دادفر
"These planets are unlike anything in our solar system. They have endless oceans." Astronomers have found planets covered by global ocean with no land in sight - http://news.harvard.edu/gazette...
"Astronomers have found a planetary system orbiting the star Kepler-62. This five-planet system has two worlds in the habitable zone — the distance from their star at which they receive enough light and warmth for liquid water to theoretically exist on their surfaces. (...) Kepler-62e is 60 percent larger than Earth, while Kepler-62f is about 40 percent larger, making both of them “super-Earths.” They are too small for their masses to be measured, but astronomers expect them to be composed of rock and water, without a significant gaseous envelope. As the warmer of the two worlds, Kepler-62e would have a bit more clouds than Earth, according to computer models. More distant Kepler-62f would need the greenhouse effect from plenty of carbon dioxide to warm it enough to host an ocean. Otherwise, it might become an ice-covered snowball. “Kepler-62e probably has a very cloudy sky and is warm and humid all the way to the polar regions. Kepler-62f would be cooler, but still potentially life-friendly,” said Harvard astronomer and co-author Dimitar Sasselov."
- Amira
from Bookmarklet
See also "The Songs of Distant Earth" - Arthur C. Clarke's science fiction novel which takes place almost entirely on the faraway oceanic planet of Thalassa. :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Amira
Unless your works are registered or plastered with a watermark, anyone can use your copyrighted work for their own commercial and personal gains provided they have made a small effort to search for the original owner. If no owner can be found, they are free to do with it whatever they want.
- Halil
from Bookmarklet