It was a thought crime. In America, homosexuals and blacks are more equal than everyone else.
Do you really think that Tyler Clementi would have gotten 10 years in jail and labeled a "heterophobe" if the situation was reversed and he did the same thing to Ravi?
I don't know if anyone has heard about this. Recently a Rutgers student, Dharun Ravi, was found guilty of invading the privacy of his roommate:
The Thought Police Cometh « The Daley Gator
Of course it was wrong to spy on someone. I think Ravi said in court he was worried that they were...
They have been doing an extraordinary job at rebuilding. As Canadian person of Japanese descent I'm proud of the Japanese back home. And I'm thankful for all the help that people around the world donated.
I think Zizek once made this point by saying that those in "underdeveloped" societies have a "freedom of time and space," while those in industrialized societies don't. I don't always agree with Zizek, but it's an interesting thought.
Although I think you're right in saying that consumerism could be a problem for Communists as well, I think that there are various stages of capitalism. Confucian China, and early Islamic Arabia had various stages of proto-capitalism without necessarily being materialistic and consumerist...
It is easy to see some points where moral teachings coincide here and there. On the subject of worldviews in general, there remains a much bigger distance, especially in the realm of theology. If you work hard at it, you can reconcile the various theologies (which differ even among Christian...
One might argue that capitalism these days has degenerated into consumerism, as there really aren't that many free markets around these days.
The original idea of capitalism originates from the Protestant Work Ethic of the Puritans and is really an outgrowth of Protestantism. And Protestant...
We all know what "cultural marxism" purports to be: application of to matters of family composition, gender, race, and cultural identity within Western society. Cultural capitalism, while seemingly different can be used to represent the same thing.
Do you agree that cultural capitalism is in...
I think it would be more productive to attack the points that the interviewer and the subject are making, rather than to attack the source itself.
This video contains Li Hongzhi speaking for himself. He talks about "gigantic flying girls in space," and invisible mirrors in your forehead...
An Interview with a Former Falun Gong Member
by Dawud al-Sini
Publisher: RidingTheTiger / Samizdat-Media-Group
Available From: Truth on Falun Gong | An interview with a former Falun Gong member
According to the Chinese government, the Falun Gong group is a cult. What do you think of...
It seems there's a little more than meets the eye. Pulling a sign off doesn't really seem like assault. Then again, I know of cases where hitting someone when they're down is considered "attempted murder," even if they were never in danger of being harmed, much less killed.
Also, it's not...
I know a lot of Jewish people who feel the same way.
Judeo-Christianity
This author also articulates that just as Judaism can be secular, Christianity can easily devolve into a secular practice, for instance, with people waving the American flag in church, or with the so-called...
In English, "Judeo-Christian" classically applied to Jewish Christianity who kept some Jewish cultural practices such as keeping Kosher. However it was never really a blend of Jewish and Christian theological beliefs. I say it is more a political concept than anything else - and a fairly...
The term is opposed by both Jews and Traditional teachings. To me saying "Judeo-Christian" is just as pointless as saying "Islamo-Christian" although all three religions actually have similarities, their differences in theology mean that you can't reconcile them. It *might* be possible to...
It seems that there is no clear consensus on precisely what "Judeo-Christianity" entails.
Meanwhile, there are clearly defined limits to Christianity - namely the belief in Jesus Christ as the Messiah and savior, who died on the cross to atone for our sins. Likewise, there are defined limits...
VandyStudent, thanks for your perspective. It's good to hear an opinion from someone "on the inside".
Did you attend the "Town Hall" meeting that the administration put on? If you did, what were your impressions of this?
A blog that I subscribe to, has also covered what's going on in...
We know it's not going to work that way. The University will figure out a way to allow the atheists, Jews, Hindus, or whatever to keep their "freedom of association" while going after Christians. From what I've seen, whenever they have bylaws like this, it's always directed at the more...