tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post6668410478017550976..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: Allen Small repliesLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-67209719598866183992011-01-01T20:15:41.778-07:002011-01-01T20:15:41.778-07:00My dear friend Larry. Spot on.
Forgive me for be...My dear friend Larry. Spot on.<br /><br />Forgive me for being a nitpicker but something I've noticed lately when reading stuff by conservatives, one of the ways you can spot the nutters is by their use of the word 'statist'. I have asked and asked and asked for some coherent definition of this word but have NEVER received even an attempt at one. It is the psychological equivalent of the word God. People use it and expect you to know what they mean by their use of the word when in fact, more often than not, they have no coherent thought themselves on it's meaning.<br /><br />I think the first time I encountered the word was in a book by Mark Levin called LIBERTY AND TYRANNY. The funniest thing about the book, if you care, is he seems to think he's an intellectual because he includes footnotes. What's funny about that is if you actually take the time to follow up the footnotes, you find they or the story they lead to draw the exact opposite conclusion that Mark does. It's as if he's logically dyslexic.<br /><br />My personal favorite was when he bitched about mandated low flow toilets thereby requiring him to use MORE water because he had to flush twice. First off, not true for most people, and secondly, you take a piss more often than a crap and you're a moron if you feel it necessary to flush your piss twice.Scott M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-38526747231859111382011-01-01T17:02:59.775-07:002011-01-01T17:02:59.775-07:00Re whether atheism is too broad a tent: Though I&#...Re whether atheism is too broad a tent: Though I've identified as an atheist for some time now (10+ years), I'm beginning to question using that label as an identifier. Not because I believe in any god, but because not believing in any god perhaps should not be a overly important defining aspect of ones self. More & more I just think that I do my best to identify & deal with reality. That certainly means I don't believe in any god, since such a belief does not comport with my experienced reality, but it also means that regarding anything, I try to focus on what I know & eliminate the bullshit. Maybe that makes me more a skeptic (as an identifying label) than an atheist. Not that we can ignore the plight of atheists as a social subgroup, since any atheist faces potential limiting responses to her or his atheism. But maybe if we just focus on acting rationally based on evidence when possible, we get closer to the philosophical approach that I at least think we should strive for.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06194509084188757582noreply@blogger.com