August 5, 2011
“Politics have no relation to morals”
— Niccolo Machiavelli
“There is nothing more fearful than a barbaric slave-class which
has learnt to regard its existence as an injustice and is preparing to take revenge not just for itself but for all generations.”
— Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
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The more they carry on, the more they sound like white puritans a century ago whining about those filthy blacks. It’s just “socially redeeming” hatred. And nothing more.
July 22, 2011
“One should examine oneself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others” — Molière
“A Discordian is Prohibited of Believing what he reads” — The 5th Pentabarf
Any movement that tries to claim both a moral and intellectual high ground, then fails to objectively and mercilessly apply its own standards to itself is a failure. QED.
I’m already resigned to the big godless social sites being overrun by vanity spammers, ideological monomaniacs and gibberish machines. That’s OK. I can live with that – when you pander to the lowest common denominator you get what you deserve. It’s quite another matter though when you see major, allegedly rationalist, portals skid off down the same path. That starts to hurt and you begin to wonder what happened to the integrity that first attracted you to, what you at first assumed to be, fellow Freethinkers – only to discover most are anything but.
The degeneration of both the atheist and skeptic communities over the last few years has been more than noticeable – repugnant don’t be a dick accommodationist populism; self-loathing, neo-puritan* groupthink; and complete abdication of clear- and freethought principles – culminating in the recent crucifixion of Richard Dawkins by a torches-n-pitchforks mob (for daring to respond to stupidity in a manner that would have made Voltaire proud), and largely with Pharyngula‘s and PZ’s blessing. (more…)
July 13, 2011
Quite a bizarre, and most apropos, thought bomb that went off in my head as I woke this morning. I’m surprised it’s never occurred to others – we are talking of creatures that occupy the same neurological and psychological space after all.
This is thirsty work... 
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