tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54267528819288963842024-03-13T06:35:02.693-07:00Genewitch's DNAA young guy with too much free time wants to tell you why you're possibly wrong!Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-24141724199624526962010-10-28T02:37:00.001-07:002010-10-28T02:37:41.491-07:00midland school letter<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">here is my letter to the midland school district.<br /><br />'While it is well and good that you post a distancing letter on your main page, you say some things that are demonstrably false, there. "Mr. McCance was not acting as an agent of the school board, but as a private citizen when this comment was posted. This post does not reflect the thoughts of the board or administration of the Midland School District." While freedom of speech guarantees such vileness to be protected, it doesn't mean that there aren't any consequences. While McCance may have been acting without official capacity, he is still a member of the school board, and thus is able to (I assume) enact and debate school policy. By decrying the wearing of purple "It pisses me off though that we make a special purple fag day for them." a sane person might be led to believe that he is not acting in the best interest of the students. How can a public official claim, in private, to hate children, and still be given the trust needed to serve on the school board? "The district strives to foster an environment that discourages all forms of bullying and an environment that encourages a safe and productive educational climate of all of our students. The district is very diligent in pursuing and addressing bullying of any variety on our campuses." Saying that you don't condone or support what McCance said in private isn't "fostering an environment that discourages all forms of bullying" - inaction of good people is worse than the actions of bad people. Cyberbullying is a readily identifiable criminal act: "when the Internet, [...] [is] used to send or post text or images intended to hurt or embarrass another person." aI think we can agree that constantly repeating the needlessly aggressive word "fag" and saying that he is glad that they "get aids and die" is assuredly "intended to hurt or embarrass another person." At the very least, the passive-aggressive nature of McCance needs to be placed under scrutiny, and all arguments he has made for or against school policy should be placed under suspicion to ensure that his private beliefs are not influencing his public decisions. Thank you for your time.'</span>Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-6902500564386907522008-05-05T16:04:00.000-07:002008-05-05T16:14:34.591-07:00Trent Reznor is my freakin heroNew Nine Inch Nails album released TODAY, from Los Angeles. Completely free - even the high quality ones!<br /><br />Here's why this is awesome. They're as torrents for the HQ ones. Now a lot of people are gunna download this that aren't really nin fans, just because it's free. I have a feeling this is going to be an amazing album, and as such, will probably convince people who weren't fans before to go buy previous albums (even the $5 ones). It's brilliant marketing strategy!<br /><br />Seeing as how i've bought almost every Halo put out, this is, as it states on the site, a great thank you for me, personally.<br /><br />And i'm gunna be getting the multitrack files, so expect remix links in here soon!Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-25611866069054146552008-04-29T15:37:00.000-07:002008-04-29T15:40:51.199-07:0015 years? they could do worse.In austria, a man held his <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080428/ap_on_re_eu/austria_captive_daughter">daughter captive</a> for 24 years in a basement in a very large house. There were other family members living at the house, including the man's wife.<br /><br />The story says that he could get a maximum of 15 years in prison. He is 73, but that shouldn't change anything. He should get life in prison, and they should do everything possible to ensure he stays alive for a very long time. In solitary confinement.<br /><br />Evidently rape trumps other charges, in Austria, as that's what they're gunna nail him to the wall for.Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-83563496395199364242008-03-26T12:15:00.000-07:002008-03-26T12:19:10.275-07:00Another sad story of prayer<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,341574,00.html">11 year old girl dies</a> waiting for her parents prayers to be answered - a doctor and medicine could have saved her life easily.<br /><br />i've been dancing around posting this for a half hour... it's got me so angry i can't even think of a way to express it.<br /><br />They SHOULD remove the other kids from the parents. they'd be better off with another couple that wants to take care of a child but can't have one.<br /><br />What happens when i make up a sect of christianity that says it's ok to kill non-christians in the name of god. I'd then be a holy-warrior, and immune to prosecution, right?<br /><br />THE NAME OF WHAT THEY DID IS CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE AND CHILD FUCKING ABUSE.<br /><br />remove these people from society. Put them in JAIL.Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-32877901889085143852008-03-03T17:02:00.000-08:002008-03-03T17:09:24.741-08:00An interesting note on the previous post:To be honest, even though it was covered by a load of freshly washed towels, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Psychopathia-Sexualis/dp/B000HULS4U/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204592227&sr=1-12">Psychopathia Sexualis</a> was actually closer than the book i picked up first, by a couple of feet. But when i realized this and went back and grabbed it, i stopped. I mentioned that it was NSFW - but i don't think that's the real reason. Why did i post about having a book about anarchy but not post about having a book about Psychology - even if it is a book about sexual deviancy and sexual degenerates? I've read both almost cover to cover more than once...<br /><br />I think it's strange, don't you?<br /><br />On another note, <a href="http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=u291ko2fly">this little DIY device</a> can literally pull electricity out of thin air! and it doesn't even violate any laws of thermodynamics! I sent it over to <a href="http://techskeptic.blogspot.com/">Techskeptic</a>, but he hasn't gotten back to me yet. I think he's a busy sort of guy...Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-59041407405158115832008-03-03T16:49:00.000-08:002008-03-03T17:01:04.541-08:00internet book meme thing:on <a href="http://whitecoatunderground.com/2008/03/03/tagged-by-book-meme-and-smallpox/trackback/">whitecoatunderground</a>, PalMD was tagged by someone to do this meme:<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Go to page 123 of the nearest book.</i></li><li><i>Find the 5th sentence.</i></li><li><i>Write down the next 3 sentences.</i></li></ul> so i decided to give it a shot!<br /><br /><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>"have one or two cars positioned at crucial intersections within sight of the board. The ground crew should monitor oncoming traffic and maintain radio contact with the lookout on the board. Do not use popular CB or FM channels; there are many other frequencies to choose from." - from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Recipes-Disaster-Anarchist-Cookbook-Crimethinc/dp/0970910142/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204592013&sr=8-1">Recipes For Disaster.</a></blockquote><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Recipes-Disaster-Anarchist-Cookbook-Crimethinc/dp/0970910142/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204592013&sr=8-1"></a>So there you have it. Pretty dull :-( Oh well, maybe next time a textbook will be closer or something. At least it wasn't... hmmm! What about the second closest book? Yeah <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Psychopathia-sexualis-R-von-Krafft-Ebing/dp/3882213515/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204592227&sr=1-4">Psychopathia Sexualis</a> isn't safe for work, and i don't think instructional manuals and/or programming guides/textbooks would be that fascinating. Nothing like Smallpox, for sure. :-DGenewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-23132967026280974322008-02-29T09:36:00.000-08:002008-02-29T09:48:39.798-08:00Jesus in third place in england<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL2872344620080229">This </a>says that jesus ranks below two other people. I've never heard of richard branson, either. Hmm. I liked reading it though. it'd be grounds for a lynching in the US, wouldn't it?Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-61819388360275039022008-02-29T01:25:00.000-08:002008-02-29T01:29:24.973-08:00girlfriend's new computerPrice: $750 shipped including monitor, speakers, kbd and mouse. desk was $70. Cat was free. His name is nothing.<br /><br />amd x2 5000 black edition<br />2gigs 800mhz ram<br />250gig sata drive<br />20x dvd burner<br />case, powersupply 450w<br />msi k9ag NEO-2 Digital Motherboard<br />logitech 5.1 speakers<br />samsung syncmaster 226BW - 22" widescreen DVI monitor<br />microsoft wireless mouse and keyboard combo<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/genewitch/ComputerStuff/photo#5172330070502032722"><img src="http://lh3.google.com/genewitch/R8fOy4FYRVI/AAAAAAAAAcY/CKQ7wqKh9Nc/s400/newcomp02.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/genewitch/ComputerStuff/photo#5172330066207065410"><img src="http://lh6.google.com/genewitch/R8fOyoFYRUI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/92fd1BqfIAU/s400/nothing%2Bnewcomp.jpg" /></a>Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-29820512090732165792008-02-28T23:40:00.000-08:002008-02-28T23:43:24.491-08:001-up mushroomsSo those white speckled red mushrooms of mario bros and world of warcraft fame have a name. They do exist! they're called Fly Agaria. The greek soldiers used to take this mild hallucinogen prior to entering battle to get something called "bear shirts" - or as we know it today, Berserk. They'd take these mushrooms, and go batshit crazy on the battlefield, ripping through sheilds like animals and completely demoralizing the enemy forces.<br /><br />Research found in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Acts-War-Richard-Holmes/dp/029784668X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204270955&sr=8-2">"Acts of War"</a>Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-25251164670229343342008-02-26T12:03:00.000-08:002008-02-26T12:05:49.930-08:00Incest was cool back before moses.<a href="http://kids4truth.com/Questions/question12.htm">LOL!</a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">But before sin had a chance to mess things up bad, people could marry a close relative and not worry about the effects to their kids. Once sin and death started adding flaws to a person's genetic code, God in His wisdom made some rules against marrying close relatives. God is SO SMART!<br /><br />YAY FOR HALF ASSED SCIENCE... GET THIS:<br /></span><p><span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">This means that the entrance of sin into the world caused humanity's once-perfect "genes" (the stuff in you that determines things like height, eye-color, looks, intelligence, etc.) to become more and more imperfect with time.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica;font-size:85%;">Since close relatives have similar flaws, then the flaw would be highlighted and emphasized in any kids they might have. For instance, if two close relatives had the characteristic of a really big nose, then chances are if they married and had a kid -- he would have a super shnoz that would make Pinocchio jealous.</span></p>---<br />I recently found the <a href="http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/">Skeptics Annotated Bible</a>... and i must say, it's fantastic!Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-5010150180571215462008-02-16T13:52:00.000-08:002008-02-16T13:57:27.289-08:00Neo-darwanismSo i just realized, calling evolutionary biologists "neo-darwinists" is the same thing as calling christians "Neo-jews"<br />They're just jews who decided to update their views to encompass other stuff. Idiots.Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-47322750546621193022008-02-16T13:13:00.000-08:002008-02-16T13:27:12.250-08:00Haha Ben Stein."Assuming it all did happen by Random Mutation and Natural Selection, where did the laws of gravity come from." <a href="http://www.coloradoconfidential.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3463">Ben Stein(AKA BS)</a> 1/3rd down the page in the yellowish box. The actual quote goes much further than that, in that it gets dumber and dumber. This is great. i can't believe it! I didn't know stupid could infect so thoroughly.<br /><br />For the record, reading about this has given me such bad gas i think i burst an intestine.Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-61919802529076713412008-02-09T14:57:00.000-08:002008-02-09T15:03:15.063-08:00Omg, would you just STFU already?I understand that no one knows how to parent anymore. I get it. But to take the time to write the FCC about a commercial you saw during the superbowl is obnoxious. No one freaking cares if you're never going to watch ABC again. You're not hurting anyone. Seriously. It's FREE PROGRAMMING.<br /><br />What world do you live in that I have to listen to the incessant whining of the "moral majority"? I dislike it, so much so that I'm trying to figure out what to do about it. I wish i could put excerpts here, but the document is in PDF format, so be forewarned. <a href="http://www.governmentattic.org/docs/FCC_Complaints_Desperate-Housewives_2004-07.pdf">Here it is</a>.<br /><br />As you'll read, the moral mentally challenged majority write in ad nauseum about Desperate Housewives' programming. And commercials.<br /><br />My favorite one was "i didn't see the rest because i was busy telling my children to cover their eyes" and another one saying "I didn't have time to find the remote and had to jump up to change the channel on the TV"<br /><br />You parents, like that... you're damaging your children by saying that sex is unnatural, that it shouldn't be embraced, and that it's naughty to look at, or even ask about. THAT IS DAMAGING. Stop it.<br /><br />Sigh.Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-48785600809233901672008-02-06T15:54:00.000-08:002008-02-06T15:59:53.651-08:00Police are on my nerves.Not only have i been privy to some real dickhead cops in my day- "if you're fucking with me i will fuck you to death" (actual quote from a Los Angeles Sheriff), but i hate hearing about other people suffering at the hands of some police officers.<br /><br />For instance, <a href="http://carlosmiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/silertranscript-1.pdf">this transcript</a> of an audio tape that the victim's wife left recording after being asked to leave the house by the officers, is enough to make my blood boil. <a href="http://carlosmiller.com/2008/02/06/if-police-have-nothing-to-hide-then-they-shouldnt-mind-being-videotaped/#more-396">Original source.</a><br /><br />i think i may actually devote a large section of this blog to police brutality and sense of impermeable authority stories. what do you think?Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-21922955335730766532008-02-03T02:00:00.000-08:002008-02-03T02:02:31.392-08:00Note to selfHey, self. When you write these blogs, be aware that someday other people might read them - and want to be entertained. So stick with the blag format of selecting words to hyperlink, instead of pasting URLs and such.<br /><br />Oh, and since the content section is so slender, work on maximizing the wordage in the available space.<br /><br />It's 4:02AM, and the cute girl is stirring. Time to sleep. :-)Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-68428772946015888692008-01-29T00:33:00.000-08:002008-01-29T00:34:06.090-08:00Freakin awesome.http://www.cracked.com/article_15816_5-most-horrifying-bugs-in-world.html<br />NSFW. Bugs. 5 of them. Including acid spitting hornets.Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-57901006814721677092008-01-22T11:49:00.000-08:002008-01-22T19:44:10.363-08:00Re: are morals a choice or not?<blockquote><h6><blockquote>here is the thread with my input including quote from commonground's forums. Which i have been banned from.<br /></blockquote></h6></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><h6>Amanda wrote:</h6>If morality isn't a choice, why is it that there are people who live moral lives and people who live immoral lives? And I'm not talking about the Christian idea of sexual immorality here. I mean the small percentage of the population that chooses to murder, or rape, or cannibalize people.<br /><br />If it's not a choice, what is it? And why do we punish it?</blockquote><br />interesting that you should mention this (i did read further down the page but didn't see any direct responses to this, sorry if i missed them!<br /><br />Before i start i should have a little disclaimer... I have a weird thought process, and as such, my words will twist and turn. generally, if i have enough energy, they will converge to a point. So bear with me, if you please <img src="http://oncommonground.8.forumer.com/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" /><br /><br />The answer to your first question, "why is it that there are people who ... live immoral lives" is actually fairly well researched. in almost all cases there is a distinct mental illness of some sort. how or why this was triggered is the real problem, and even considering that it is a malady of the person's brain, when brought up in court, many times they are proven to know right from wrong at the time of the commission of the crime. If you know something is wrong and you do it anyhow, you're still held accountable even if you couldn't control your actions. However there are times when people don't know right from wrong (and believe me, i know the lines blur hourly on that account)... and what you have to then determine is whether or not the disease, malady, or illness was the underlying motivating factor in the commission of the crime.<br /><br />For example, take active pederasty. There is a statistical correlation between people who have been a victim of this act and then become perpetrators. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Well, not to go into huge amounts of detail as to why this is true or whatever; allow me to say that I blame society in general, and religion in specific when it comes to this specific instance of "moral wrongness". At a young age we're taught to obey authority figures, generally speaking, everyone older than us. Except the guys in vans with promises of candy. </span>Here's the catch...<br /><blockquote><h6>Quote:</h6>Contrary to the belief that rapists are hiding in the bushes or in the shadows of the parking garage, almost two-thirds of all rapes were committed by someone who is known to the victim. 73% of sexual assaults were perpetrated by a non-stranger — 38% of perpetrators were a friend or acquaintance of the victim, 28% were an intimate and 7% were another relative.</blockquote> from <a href="http://www.rainn.org/" target="_blank">http://www.rainn.org/</a> which i hereby cite as an authoritative source on the subject of sexual abuse.<br />Ok so let's think... what specific topics are taboo to children? Their genitals and other secondary sex characteristics. parents tell children not to touch down there, &c. Especially not to let anyone TOUCH down there! What an adult responsibility to put on a child! So now this poor kid has had an act of sexual abuse forced upon them, and they're thinking they FAILED their authority figures of the highest sphere - their parents. So they don't say anything about their uncle or neighbor or dad abusing them. Or specifically they don't say anything because it is Dad or grandpa.<br /><br />The real kicker is that no matter what anyone tells you to the contrary (and by anyone i mean survivors of abuse or rape) it leaves a severe, severe impact on the developmental processes of the brain. It causes all sorts of things depending on many factors - including age(at first contact), duration of abuse, WHO abused them, how many, and so on and so forth. The interesting thing is how this manifests itself in males and females. In females, generally speaking, survivors are more likely to have VICTIM written across their forheads. Thus you hear of women that have been raped more than once. This is caused by the "predatory instinct" of the rapist. Where do you think he picked up how to spot the "victim" on the forehead? Because that label was on HIS very own forehead. And so it goes. and goes. and goes. This section should have more evidence of this particular phenomenon, but as this is already getting very long, i'll leave the definitive research to you, the dear reader.<br /><br />There are ways to fix this problem, including severe invasions of children's privacy, such as periodic pelvic region exams by licensed pediatricians or other physicians, to much less intrusive things such as school counselors who are not overworked and overloaded with students - with more training to recognize and alert other authorities to the possibility of such actions.<br /><br />This goes much deeper as well, in circumstances where the abuser is the father, and the mother and father are still together, generally there's other characteristics of the mom that label her as a so called "enabler" for the father. Which means up to and including dismissing all "nonsense talk about your father touching you" this is caused by the mother being raised in either a verbally or physically abusive home environment, OR one where alcholism and drug use were rampant. Co-dependency is a real problem.<br /><br />I've just barely scratched the surface of all the intricate problems that our society has presented us with in repressing sexual expression, making sexual expression taboo, and promoting ever obedience to authority figures. Don't forget, also, that most people that are deigned Psychopaths, schizotypal, and all other "possibly to probably violent" mental disorders generally have a history of either really really atrocious abuse, severe neglect, abandonment issues, amongst many other important developmental variables.<br /><br />I guess the whole point is this: Morality may or may not be a choice, but if it isn't a choice, it still resides as a function of the human brain to interpret the messages. If previous transgressions against the development of a youth's brain screw the signals up... How can we hold them accountable by the same standards as everyone else? IE should they go to prison or a mental hospital?<br /><br />If i need to, i can cite sources for all of this, i'm just very very lazy. I apologize. But i assure you i try not to just take stuff i hear at face value.<br /><br /></blockquote>now, evidently, my comment (which i've bolded and italicized) was misconstrued as "religious people are more likely to sexually abuse their children" Which wasn't even close to what i was saying:<br /><br />Techskeptic said:<blockquote><br /> Welcome Genewitch! I hope you come bak often as it seems you have quite a bit to offer.<br /><br />There is a lot there, but something stuck out at me...<br /><br />"I blame society in general, and religion in specific"<br /><br />Why? I of course agree that we no longer need religion, and that it comes with its bad parts, but it also comes with good parts...or at least good people who are relgious. In fact pick you religion, I'm pretty sure the overhwelming majority of those folks in that religion are generally decent people.<br /><br />Most of your post is about how abuse leads to abuse. And of course this is well known. But if religion were gone, wouldn't this still be the case?<br /><br />Wouldn't we still have an authority structure within communities and families? A structure like this can lead to abuse of power quite easily. religion or not.<br /><br />I think religion is not a needed mechanism in our society anymore, but Im not sure how it is responsible for greivous acts such as you describe. Im guessing that those acts, in exactly the same ratio would happen without religion.Unlike you this is conjecture on my part. I can't back that up as there are not large communities of atheists in which we can study the abuse rate.<br /><br /><br />Just like you can't blame atheism for Mao and Hitler, I'm not sure you can blame religion for the Zodiac Killer or Kazynski (sorry i cant think of a serial rapist).<br /><br />What do you think?</blockquote>To which i shortly replied:<br /><blockquote>oh, in context i meant "sex is taboo because of religion" religion propagates the myth that sex isn't "clean" or "good". Genitals are bad, sex is dirty, wait till marriage, etc. all that gets ingrained in kid's heads. There's a lot more to it than just that, but that's something i'll have to work on in my blog. <img src="http://oncommonground.8.forumer.com/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" /></blockquote><br />There you have it. Unless i posted another comment in another thread that was somehow offensive... i think i posted something about lying and why people do it. (or specifically, why i do it)... but i can't imagine that would have something to do with it. I sent a message to techskeptic, hoping he can shine some light on it for me :-)Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-25849171371540055002008-01-22T11:33:00.000-08:002008-01-22T11:49:43.496-08:00a more clear definition of "religious screwups"on the common ground page i made a reference along the lines of "i blame religion for this"... taken out of context, it may seem that i'm anti-religious. the context was that of "sex as taboo" as it pertains to underage reporting of sexual abuse. Oh, i should note, i got banned from the forums. I'm still trying to figure out why, I'll copy and paste what i wrote for preservation in the next entry.<br /><br />To qualify my statement, here are some links<br />http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3229800.html<br />http://youmademesayit.blogspot.com/2007/11/real-religious-child-abuse.html<br />http://whitecoatunderground.com/2007/11/15/once-again-with-feelinger-with-condom/<br /><br />Yeah, i was talking about the whole idea that "sex is bad" isn't something rational adults came up with. i'll say that "safe sex" with "a single, monogamous, long-ish term partner" isn't bad at all. I have no desire to get married merely to gain the perk of having sex for the first time on my wedding night.<br /><br />Abstinence education is probably one of the main reasons that HPV is affecting nearly 50% of all women under the age of (insert researched age here... it's under 50, that's for sure), and generally, 30-odd percent of the US population. saying "abstain from sex till marriage" when marriage is a religious festival (mostly... the legal benefits are... arguable; that's why civil unions were invented!) implies that sex is a no no. it goes on and on. My beef with religion in this country is it's desire to control people of all religions, or lack thereof. HR 847 being a prime example. I could care less about christmas, in all honesty; but congress decided it was important. How about looking into the SUNDOWN CLAUSE of the US PATRIOT act, instead of SANTA CLAUS.<br /><br />Am i being more clear, now?Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-121091440341000542008-01-10T11:26:00.000-08:002008-01-10T11:41:43.071-08:00re: <a href="http://www.icjs-online.org/index.php?article=1414">This Letter</a>, supposedly coined by Dr. Emanuel Tavay, a Pole during the Nazi internment of people in the region (and also in a <a href="http://www.csudh.edu/dearhabermas/deathpen01.htm">concentration camp</a>), author of <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Mi_VAAAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:Emanuel+inauthor:Tanay&ei=OHOGR_3kIJGU7gK82KCVBg">"passport to life".</a><br /><br />I have this to say:<br />Hitler, according to encyclopedia articles, initiated the "Final Solution" against the jews because he believed that they were causing all of the world's wars. Nevermind the fact that hitler was trying to landsnatch at the time and that tends to piss people off in the countries they are invading.<br /><br />So his premise was: "This ethnic group/religious group is causing a lot of trouble, and they must be annihilated"<br /><br />That was Hitler in 1941.<br /><br />Now if you re-read the article linked above, and realize that the doctor who wrote it WAS a Pole in the holocaust who suffered for several years in a German prison because of the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_solution">Final solution</a>", who watched his father die at the hands of Amon Goeth (the anti-hero of Schindler's List); I think you'll begin to see he's not speaking of Islam or Muslims. He's speaking OF US, in the United States.<br /><br />There's a lot of anti-Islamic propaganda floating around, and most of it is being spouted off in Britain right now, because the Muslims who have emigrated there are trying to assimilate into that culture and it's causing a lot of issues.<br /><br />It is wrong to say that all of a "set of people" is a certain way. You can't say that "all blacks are lazy" and that "all whites are trailer trash" or that "all Jews are good with money". You can not do that as a rational human adult.<br /><br />All of this racial and religious tension is only being propagated by the opposing religious factions in the world. Namely Christian Vs Muslim.<br /><br />What about we Americans that are peaceful and do not want to wage this war? we're in the majority. More than <a href="http://www.pollingreport.com/iraq.htm">60% according to polls</a> do not want to be waging war in the Middle East. Or China. Or Africa.<br /><br />There's a spin on his letter, and I have yet to find documented evidence that he wrote the letter in its entirety. It seems as though at least 2 people participated in writing it (note how it says 'this email' when the letter itself is presented as a letter for a newspaper or journal of some sort).<br /><br />These, I believe, are very dangerous waters our country finds itself playing in.<br /><br />As a side note, Weapons of Mass Destruction were found in Iraq by several Marine platoons and battalions. My roommate was telling me about all the stuff they found.. missiles, chemical delivery systems, rockets, stuff like that. Here's the kicker, all of the confiscated equipment from the Iraqi area bore the same three letters: "U S A". Now how'd Saddam get his hands on all those weapons? And why hasn't CNN et al told us of THOSE weapon caches? Why do those newsworthy tidbits get pushed back to the history books while we run around calling everyone that's Muslim an "evil-doer"?<br /><br />We're the peaceful Germans during the Nazi takeover! WTF?Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-35195286140476792042007-12-21T15:58:00.000-08:002007-12-21T15:59:14.873-08:00CC license 0002http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6LJtaKL6vA<br /><a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/"><br /><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/88x31.png" /><br /></a><br /><br /><br /><span dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/MovingImage" property="dc:title" rel="dc:type">Teflon Johnny - im alright</span> by<br /><a cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6LJtaKL6vA" property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL">David Van Rood</a> is licensed under a<br /><a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License</a>.<br /><br />Based on a work at<br /><a dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" href="None" rel="dc:source">None</a>.<br /><br />Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at<br /><a cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" href="None" rel="cc:morePermissions">None</a>.Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-8729312853997330812007-11-17T10:53:00.001-08:002007-11-17T10:53:49.686-08:00Why skeptics aren't close minded... pt 1A skeptic says "show me" or "prove it" <p>The problem inherent to those statements is it implies that you don't believe what is being said. It sort of implies that you're rolling your eyes a bit.</p> <p>"my car can go 210MPH on the highway" "prove it" "but that's illegal!" "so show me on a track in the desert where it is legal then" "that takes too much time, why can't you just take my word for it, why do you always have to nay-say everything i say?" "oooohkay..."</p> <p>It's like this in diagnosing problems with people who've had severe trauma and don't know if they can trust you on your authority. You say "so what trauma have you experienced" and they after a bit will say "trauma x and y at age 9, trauma z at age 12"; you say "have you seen anyone about those traumas?" "no but i feel i've worked through them and i'm fine now"<br />to which you must say "Show me"; in other words... no you haven't. Statistically speaking you can't work through childhood trauma by age 22, because growing up and going through puberty and dealing with highschool and then college and dealing with the whole sex thing is also technically "traumatic" in the sense that it "Causes a high amount of stress on the mind and body" - you're rejecting the hypothesis that they've presented because of your knowledge of psychology and statistics therein. </p> <p>The interesting thing, and the reason i bring it up, is that there are fringe cases in psychology (and even cars!) that may be able to cope with a powerful sense of will and self worth. But these are fringe for a reason, you can take those as you receive them. But everyone who has "dealt with it" on their own CLAIMS that they've fixed themselves by themselves. And that's where being skeptical comes in.</p> <p>No one wants to be called a liar, or have it implied that they have no clue what they're talking about. there's a reason i am not going into clinical psychology... I don't want to constantly burst people's bubbles. that's why people who are actually getting the therapy that they need despise going to therapy. You're not supposed to enjoy it. So while i want to help people, i don't want to do it that way.</p> <p>Phew. What a weird post this is. My main point is that people are defensive by nature, and want to be self sufficient, and asking them to back up what they are saying usually puts them on the defensive. </p> <p>The reason scientists don't have this problem that often is that when someone says "gravity causes things to tend to fall toward the earth" no one says "prove it!"... because it's accepted as true. If a scientist says "Gravity implies gravitrons" then we say "show me" or "prove it"...</p> <p>See?</p>Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-47759142974292343492007-11-06T18:17:00.000-08:002007-11-06T18:20:50.868-08:00Bulverism: another common fallacy!from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulverism">wiki</a>:<br /><br />You must show <em>that</em> a man is wrong before you start explaining <em>why</em> he is wrong. The modern method is to assume without discussion that he is wrong and then distract his attention from this (the only real issue) by busily explaining how he became so silly. - C.S. Lewis (emphasis in original)<br /><br />This fallacy is prevalent, i fear. "you only believe that because you're a man" - and "it is therefore untrue"<br /><br />Brilliant.<br /><br />My earlier post re: logic is a construct of satan are panning out. perhaps i'll invoke him tonight and ask him about it.Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-37075013528587729152007-11-06T15:18:00.000-08:002007-11-06T15:21:01.466-08:00Argumentum ad tempermantum: Where's the middle ground?From the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_ground">wiki:</a><br /><span>"On the one hand, we have the Theory of Evolution, and on the other, we have the theory of Intelligent Design. We should teach the controversy -- give both viewpoints equal time and consideration, rather than preferring one over the other." </span><br />Lovely!<br /><br />The thing i find truly amazing is that almost <em>every</em> tactic used by the religious sector is a fallacy. This almost begs the question: is logic spawned by satan? Of course it is! And satan makes a delicious Egg Salad Sandwich.Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-81305273364250000942007-11-06T09:08:00.000-08:002007-11-06T18:23:00.579-08:00My favorite Logical Fallacy explanation: ad populum!"It is logically fallacious because the mere fact that a belief is widely held is not necessarily a guarantee that the belief is correct; if the belief of any individual can be wrong, then the belief held by multiple persons can also be wrong. If for instance, a logical proof that the answer is A attempted to make the argument that 75% of people polled think the answer is A, there is a 25% chance that the answer is not A. <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">However small the percentage of those polled is distributed among any remaining answers, this chance by definition <em>disproves any guarantee of the correctness of the majority</em>.</span></strong> In addition, this would be true even if the answer given by those polled were unanimous, as the sample size may be insufficient, or some fact may be unknown to those polled that, if known, would result in a different distribution of answers." - from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum">wikipedia entry</a> - my emphasis.<br /><br />As Isiac Asimov said, "Every society prior to ours believed that the sun revolved around the earth... should we take a majority vote on it?"<br /><br />I really like that logically saying that 95% of the planet believes in god is proof that there is a god is completely fallacious.<br /><br />More to come on these lines, as i am reviewing logical fallacies to keep my wit sharp and also to try and prevent myself from using them.Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426752881928896384.post-14241387979636206342007-11-05T19:08:00.000-08:002007-11-05T19:29:22.664-08:00Connection speeds around the world... and FRIST PSOT!!!!!!!!i live in the boonies here in leesville, louisiana. As such, i consider myself fortunate to have broadband access - something i haven't done without since DSL was first available in Los Angeles County in 1998. My cable connection out here is via <a href="http://www.dslreports.com/comments/2545">suddenlink</a>, and i've been having a at the throat war with them since i first got it installed. Basically, there's a problem with the actual connection as opposed to modem, or router, or anything. So they're sending a guy out at midnight tonight to fix it. Supposedly.<br /><br />So back to the subject... I was digging around on <a href="http://www.speedtest.net/">speedtest.net</a> and discovered that they have a global data speed database... which caused this conversation to occur - check it out yourself, i was just finding these facts interesting:<br /><br />genewitchZero (8:54:56 PM): utah has the highest per capita upload speed in the US<br />sinister0 (8:55:12 PM): interesting<br />sinister0 (8:55:14 PM): and odd<br />genewitchZero (8:55:28 PM): united states has an average upstream of 938<br />genewitchZero (8:56:14 PM): russian federation has average upstream of 2895<br />genewitchZero (8:57:11 PM): australia clocks in at 438 average<br />genewitchZero (8:57:20 PM): oo asia.. let's see<br />genewitchZero (8:57:31 PM): japan<br />genewitchZero (8:57:32 PM): shocking<br />genewitchZero (8:57:34 PM): 4996<br />sinister0 (8:58:03 PM): figures<br />genewitchZero: we're not even on the top ten upstream countries<br />genewitchZero: WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DOWNLOAD, BUT DON'T UPLOAD<br />genewitchZero: there's a company called poundhost that provides 30 megabit average upstream<br /> genewitchZero: ...<br />genewitchZero: japan, russia, romania, asiapacific, sweden, bulgaria, latvia, hong kong, lithuania, moldova<br />genewitchZero: those are the top ten average upstream countries<br />genewitchZero: we're the fastest overall continent, but not in the fastest of countries. genewitchZero: japan averages 10mbit downstream<br />genewitchZero: we ranked 10th at 4775<br />genewitchZero: with a continental average of 4785kbps down<br />genewitchZero: africa was 589<br />genewitchZero: it's amusing cause we're supposedly the most technologically advanced country in the world<br />genewitchZero: but the countries we blow the fuck up are connecting faster than us genewitchZero: oh and countries we have arms races with<br />genewitchZero: CAPITALISM!<br />genewitchZero: IT WORKS!<br />sinister0 (9:07:09 PM): the speed issue is due to low population density and the fact that the fcc allows that if one person in the zip code has a 144kbps connection or faster then the zip code is considered to have broadband<br />genewitchZero (9:07:24 PM): yah this is real world stats... as opposed to some survey<br />genewitchZero (9:07:32 PM): some testing site's database<br />genewitchZero (9:07:36 PM): i was pulling it up realtime<br />genewitchZero (9:07:41 PM): a lot of it makes sense though<br />genewitchZero (9:07:49 PM): most of the us is on dialup still i guess<br />genewitchZero (9:07:51 PM): like<br />genewitchZero (9:07:56 PM): per 1000 homes<br />sinister0 (9:08:53 PM): there are a lot of places in the country where your internet options are pretty much dial up or satellite<br />genewitchZero (9:10:09 PM): indeed<br />sinister0 (9:12:30 PM): we're also stifled by the fcc's opinion that cable companies versus phones companies is competition<br />genewitchZero (9:15:03 PM): ?<br />genewitchZero (9:15:07 PM): what do you mean?<br />sinister0 (9:18:20 PM): the fcc feels that oligopolies are okay, just not monopolies<br />sinister0 (9:19:10 PM): "Your cable internet suck? Switch to DSL. Your DSL suck? Switch to cable. They both suck? Well too bad, that's all the competition we're allowing"<br />sinister0 (9:21:57 PM): fixed wireless doesn't require building miles of hard lines. If it becomes feasible someone else may enter the market<br />genewitchZero (9:22:47 PM): heaven forbid the government kick back money to help it out<br />genewitchZero (9:23:01 PM): $1000 per square mile for fixed wireless versus what is it<br />genewitchZero (9:23:09 PM): $16,000 a linear mile for fiber<br />sinister0 (9:24:29 PM): it would be nice if the government subsidized it, but if they don't I hope they just keep out of it altogether<br />genewitchZero (9:25:13 PM): the government staying out of private industry that uses radio waves?Genewitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980900584250371702noreply@blogger.com0