by Carl Howard | Nov 21, 2008 | Atrocities and Oppression, Blog Topics, Ethics, Race, Society
Racism is often attributed solely to the political right. Sure, there’s a lot of right-wing racists. But there’s a lot of racism on the left too. Yes it’s usually more subtle. But I wouldn’t assume that the left has a much lower percentage of racists than the right....
by Carl Howard | Oct 10, 2008 | Blog Topics, Ethics, Philosophy, Sex
Necrophilia should be legalised because we don’t have enough organ donors. I’m serious, bear with me. Organ donation rates are abysmal in countries that require people to opt in. Most choose the default (not opting in). Not even from laziness but because people have...
by Carl Howard | Sep 8, 2008 | Atrocities and Oppression, Blog Topics, Ethics, Philosophy, Science and Skepticism
You’re driving 6km over the limit, get pulled over and receive a ticket for $2,500,000,000,000. You go to court. “I plead guilty, but what’s with the typo?” “Typo?” asks the judge. “It says I’ve been fined $2.5 trillion.” “You have.” You start swearing & are...
by Carl Howard | Sep 5, 2008 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Society
I’ve had a quick swipe at pacifism so I’d like to discuss it more. I think the concept of pacifism (including pacifist religion) is harmful. Let’s quickly look at 2 pacifist religions: Jainism A minority religion in India (4.2 million) followers. They believe in the...
by Carl Howard | Sep 2, 2008 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Society
Great quote: “People are always amazed by how much free time I have. They’re also amazed that I don’t know who Ally McBeal is. Frankly, I’m amazed that they can’t make the connection (Robert Wenzlaff).” There’s a parallel with Eastern religions: it’s funny how...
by Carl Howard | Jul 29, 2008 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, Sex
Not bisexuals who are agnostic; the agnosticism (or rather denialism) about the existence of bisexuals. I’m constantly amazed people still deny this. To me it’s not different to denialism of Copernicanism, evolution, global warming, relativity, AIDS etc. Except unlike...
