I saw a headline at BBC News today – on the Manchester page, so doubtless it reads differently to Mancunians. It read
Tributes to flat stabbing victim
Sorry, no offense to the departed, but you must admit…… Read the rest
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UAE Prince on Video Torturing a Pakistani Man 
Apr 24th, 2009 |
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Hit him with nail-studded boards, set him on fire, cattle prodded him, ran over him with Mercedes SUV.… Read the rest
Test the Monty Hall Puzzle Game at TPM
Apr 24th, 2009 |
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And tell Jeremy if there are any bugs. It’s a good game; have fun.… Read the rest
Obama Admin Not Delighted at Taliban Advance
Apr 24th, 2009 |
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Can’t imagine why.… Read the rest
Doctors Criticize ‘Treatment’ for Gayness
Apr 24th, 2009 |
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Psychologist claims to help people ‘increase their heterosexual potential’; RCP cites lack of evidence.… Read the rest
Pakistan: Death Mandatory for ‘Blasphemy’
Apr 24th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A sentence short of death in blasphemy cases is un-Islamic and unconstitutional.… Read the rest
Another archbishop heard from
Apr 23rd, 2009 12:07 pm | By Ophelia BensonTypical of the moral blindness of the Catholic church on the condom issue – the archbishop of Sydney talks a lot of emollient drivel about sexual morality as the putative reason for saying condoms make the AIDS epidemic worse – without ever mentioning the blindingly obvious (to anyone but a moral idiot) that condoms are needed because AIDS transmission involves two people, one of whom can be as sexually faithful as any pope or archbishop could desire and still be infected by the other party. Usually this cashes out to women infected by men. The archbishop talks and talks and talks and talks and never mentions this. It is wicked to fail to mention it.
… Read the restTo blame Catholics and Pope
The Science and Religion Question
Apr 23rd, 2009 |
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Paul Fidalgo on Coyne, Dawkins, Myers, Scott, and ‘instigator’ atheism v the other kind.… Read the rest
Salil Tripathi on the Southall Uprising and Story
Apr 23rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Southall Story celebrates what Salman Rushdie described in The Satanic Verses as ‘the city visible but unseen.’… Read the rest
Quantum Gods Don’t Deserve Your Faith
Apr 23rd, 2009 |
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Victor Stenger isolates and debunks the claims of ‘quantum theology’ and ‘quantum spirituality.’… Read the rest
Sydney Archbish Defends Pope’s Condom Advice
Apr 23rd, 2009 |
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Non-marital sex bad therefore condoms no help. Uninfected spouse should have married someone else.… Read the rest
Church of Scotland Mag: Accept Homosexuality
Apr 23rd, 2009 |
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Editorial in Church’s in-house mag challenges belief that the bible outlaws homosexuality.… Read the rest
Justin Trottier on Hijacking Durban II
Apr 23rd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Defamation resolutions conflate individual rights and liberties with protection for ideas, religions and gods.… Read the rest
Austin Dacey: Durban II Was Deeply Flawed
Apr 23rd, 2009 |
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Conflating religious criticism with bigotry, Islamic states and their allies are fashioning new political cudgels.… Read the rest
The Political and Social Disaster in Pakistan
Apr 23rd, 2009 |
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Those who think Swat is a good idea have delusions about their ability to contain revolution.… Read the rest
Jerry Coyne on Truckling to the Faithful
Apr 22nd, 2009 |
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The accommodationist position of the NAS and the NCSE compromises the science they aspire to defend. … Read the rest
Iranian Prosecutor: Death for ‘Corruption on Earth’
Apr 22nd, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A ‘person who manages many immoral, anti-religious and anti-revolutionary sites’ should be executed.… Read the rest
Who you calling crude, buddy?
Apr 22nd, 2009 9:16 am | By Ophelia BensonIt’s a funny thing how the ‘athests should shut up’ crowd is constantly passing back and forth this old crumbling shredding battered item labeled ‘atheists use intemperate language’ and then when you look at them turn out to be so unpleasant themselves. They’re a vituperative bunch to be giving advice to other people about not being so foghorn-like.
Look at Mark Vernon for instance. He’s always boasting of his own superlative and superior uncertainty, his better than anything else agnosticism, and yet when it comes to characterizing people he disagrees with, why, he throws uncertainty to the winds and just gets right down to name-calling.
… Read the restJulian Baggini was asking militant atheists to turn down the volume in the Guardian yesterday.
Taleban Moving Into Bandur
Apr 21st, 2009 |
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Spokesman for Swat Taleban said his movement’s aim is enforcement of Sharia in all of Pakistan. … Read the rest
Normblog on Obama and the Torture Memos
Apr 21st, 2009 |
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There is no higher authority that can legitimize the practice of torture. It is a crime under international law.… Read the rest
