Pugs and other animals
It’s late. You’re up. It was national margarita day on Tuesday, so I’m sure you don’t need encouragement that you will get through the week!
Actual News
Tragedy: Today, George Huguely, a former lacrosse player at UVA, was convicted of second-degree murder of his ex-girlfriend Yeardley Love and sentenced to 26 years of prison.
Civil Rights: Ruby Bridges spoke tonight in a completely packed Diana Oval.
I am courage: During tonight’s CNN Debate, the four Republican candidates were asked to define themselves in a word. Santorum is apparently the only one who doesn’t understand adjectives.
In the stacks: HuffPo College released its list of the top ten “sexually liberated” colleges. Guess who’s not on it?
Oh, Hollywood: Sacha Baron Cohen was banned from the Oscars due to a possibility he would come dressed in his costume for the upcoming film “The Dictator.”
Treat yo self
Too much cuteness: It would probably do you good to look at these really cute pictures of bunnies and tiny balls of fur.
Lastly, I don’t really understand the ending of this video. If you do, please leave me a note in the comments.
“Santorum…doesn’t understand adjectives” – It didn’t ask for an adjective, it asked for a word. Period. A noun like courage can clearly embody someone, their personality, their views, etc. Even though I am a Romney supporter, I don’t like it when people ridicule fellow Republicans.
kinda gotta second this one.. i clicked the link expecting it to say adjectives or something but it (obviously) didn’t. t word is a word.
George Huguely has not been been sentenced yet. The jury recommended a 26 year sentence, but the judge hasn’t issued a sentence.
The Washington Post article I read used the word “sentenced,” but you are right that it was only a recommendation at this point. Thanks for pointing that out.
I think of myself as a Gnu Atheist and I’ve been rptety vocal from time to time.However, I don’t recognize anything familiar in Hoffman’s essay. He’s ranting against people who are opposed to religion and his main point seems to be that some religions are better than others. The better ones shouldn’t be criticized, according to Hoffman. (At least that’s what I think he’s saying.)My war is the one between rationalism and superstition. I want a society where nobody believes in imaginary supernatural beings. If you believe in supernatural beings then I’d like to convince you that you are wrong. It doesn’t matter to be whether you’re a fundamentalist Muslim or a wishy-washy Anglican because the rest of your religious behavior is unimportant.That’s what accommodationists don’t understand. The Gnu Atheists aren’t opposed to religion per se we’re opposed to belief in god.
Religion is just a manifestation of how our rtiaironal and ignorant minds work.Agreed. I find it difficult (though pleasant!) to imagine a world with no religion. Magical thinking is too much a part of our nature to expect that it would remain gone.We humans will always tend to be attracted to the facile security of any answer, even poor ones, rather than the discomfort of uncertainty.Teach people to think and then let them.A fine sentiment, and I agree. But it isn’t something that can be done once and then left forever. Teaching critical thinking is a continuous process, and openly confronting superstition and poorly-substantiated belief is an essential part of that ongoing process.