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*hugs* Wow, that whole situation sounds really scary; it's hard when you're doing things that you know aren't rational but still can't stop. Reading your post, it's possible that you have tendencies toward an anxiety disorder. It seems like you've found already that caffeine makes things...

I didn't say it was unjust; that's a matter for the courts to decide. I'm saying that the same strategy has been used in situations where treatment was definitely unjust, so it makes sense that they would use the legal system to redress what they see as a injustice. I don't see how that...

I don't see how it's an abuse. It's like the NAACP's modus operandi: when a law/policy is unjust, peacefully violate it and then take it to court so the law/policy will be revoked as unconstitutional or whatever. This situation wasn't exactly non-violent resistance, but it's next-door...

Well, let's say for a moment that God didn't call me, and that my real reason for becoming a Christian was something else. Even given that, how can you say that my real reason is because I like the morals of Christianity? There are other reasons why somebody might join a religion. Maybe I...

The hatred for and misinformation about Muslims.

Ugh, that's horrible. I hope that poor woman doesn't get murdered. There was a lady in my county who tried to get a restraining order for her husband, but the court didn't think there was enough justification. A little while later, he poured kerosene over her and set her on fire. :sigh:

*sighs* This thread is just plain depressing. Don't make me pull out that Niemoller quote, people.

What does that have to do with it? Bill Gates is asking for more legal immigration. From the article:

Sorry for the late reply. I'm a grad student, so every once in a while I get a lot of work dumped on me and have to disappear. This is not my understanding of moral relativism. Quoting from Wikipedia: and from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Most often [moral relativism] is...

And if it were released, it would just die like they want it to, so it really makes no difference. /callous Anyway, dude's views aren't as bad as all that: Which makes a bit more sense, though I'm not entirely sure I would agree (but then, I don't know a lot about zoo practices either). Also...

Well, it's not an individual apology, but a group apology. The states of Virginia and perhaps Maryland Georgia (which were around during slavery) are "expressing regret" for slavery. (Which cunningly avoids the issue by not designating an object. They could be apologizing only to the...

I think we're not on the same page here, and it's probably my fault. Let me back up and start again: I would agree that Christianity as it is practiced often has fluid morality based on the culture in which it is practiced. However, I also believe that God's standards do not change. People...

You secretly wrote this, didn't you ;) Anyway, I only wander into CF about two weeks of every year, but you always seemed pretty coolpants to me. (I do wonder if whatever you're currently embroiled in would be better resolved through PMs, but since I don't know what's going on I may be wrong.)

In no particular order: 1) I was not talking about all moral value sets; I was talking specifically about moral relativism and about Wicca. Islam, for example, would not be subject to the same criticisms. 2) Thanks for telling me all about my life, but you're incorrect. There are many things...

You're free to think that it's pointless, but many of us who belong to the group being apologized to think differently. At any rate, I don't see how Irish discrimination comes into it. Irish-Americans, as a group, don't seem to desire an apology, and that's fine. But it doesn't mean that...

Um, the reason they're making these apologies is because people asked for them. Maybe you just haven't been listening.

I meant it as a terminology thing; magic a la Harry Potter and sensationalist bands may not be godly, but they're not Wicca specifically. I do agree that our culture has a mainstream fascination with the supernatural, though.

That's good news to hear. :clap:

Ask them how many television shows and movies they've seen where the moral was "Believe in your heart" or "Follow your heart". (Lots of kids' shows, Disney movies, etc. will either imply this or say it outright.) Sounds nice to our ears, but when you really think about it the implication is...

Very good post... I was a little wary when I saw the title, but I think it's pretty true. The thing about so-called "Nice Guys" (as opposed to guys who are actually nice) is that they're actually jerks. A lot of the time, they seem to think that if they do certain things (like take a woman to...