I understand the motivation of the supporters of the First Principle Project, and I even agree that creatures other than humans have inherent worth. And yet I think that this suggested change is a very bad idea, one that I will work hard to prevent from happening. The problem is that an ...
Daily News columnist Michael Kramer called the decision foolish, but added that after talking to an atheist child who unhappily said "under God" because of peer pressure, he felt that the values of tolerance outweighed the inclusion in the pledge of that exclusionary phrase. "The decision is en...
The initial reaction to that last statement would be doubt and resistance to the thought of a sitting president and his handlers purposely trying to destroy the underpinnings of our nation. But, as proof human nature does not change, the inimitably observant, skeptical, and cynical about governme...
You cannot trust what people choose to show you, only what they show you when they think that no one is watching. It is a cynical view of the world, but every day someone in authority proves my theory. The Perfect Host is about a hapless, and desperate bank robber, who, while injured...
I’m also an atheist but I’m not an asshole who’s going to argue with my best friend who’s mourning the loss of her husband. THIS is the moment writers chose to show us a glimpse of our old cynical Miranda? Let the woman believe whatever she needs to believe in order to cope...
So when someone like Mark Sisson writes a book with the strapline: “Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy” this is what he is talking about, though it probably looks like pseudoscience to the cynical diet-book recidivist. I refer to this conce...
Is it possible that Wahhabism wasn’t just the product of some quaintly rustic Arabian desert preacher, but something far more cynical? The book,The Memoirs of Mr. Hempher, akaThe British Spy to the Middle East, akaConfessions of a British Spy, has been regarded by some as a f...
What I did find enormously problematic was the way the Mo’s took the tenets of those prosperity “gospel” people to heart, and the cynical manner in which they were perfectly happy to keep enforcing class differences among their own people. The rich Mormons up on the benches didn’t have...
At least my old school really taught me the meaning of the word "cynical" even if they did not get around to teaching me the word "cynical" before I left! Logged You can do anything with the right attitude and a hammer.Hydrawerk Super Contributor Posts: 2638 Country: Re: Ever...
”That assessment rises fromMetal Gear Solid 2’s cynical relationship with the audience and its self-referential tendencies. It is a game about games, and it’s deeply skeptical about the political circumstances of its construction. Even so, all games cannot help but call attention to their ...