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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Why the masks, ladies?

If you are that convinced of your strongly-held beliefs then wouldn't you want the world to know how invested you are in your cause? If you are truly proud of what you stand for, then why do you need to hide your face?








Is it because you secretly do not believe in what you are willing to kill over. Are you in fact willing to die over it? Hiding behind a mask makes it easier to run away later on...


It might be that you think there is more mystique and production value pretending to be one of countless masses that walk like you, talk like you, think like you. But even the Slim Shady army that represents masses of like-minded people would hold their heads high and without a mask.

So even your masked masses hide from society. Is that really brave?

If you want to show how proud you are of your beliefs, then why can't you be as openly proud of what you believe as these people?



For the little weasel that can't make an actual point about my post but feels I've enacted a double standard, I'm in this photo below standing up for what I believe. Call me when you've done something meaningful with your life.




Monday, June 29, 2015

Stop telling people they are perfect

One of the great fallacies of the Western world is the foolish belief that anything, anyone can be perfect.

There is no such thing as perfection, therefore to claim to have acheived it is always false. To delude someone into thinking that being perfect is possible makes them expect more of themselves than is humanly possible.

By goading people to work at perfection is to make them think that if they aren't ideal, then they are not worthy. That is the start on the path to unhappiness.

Perfection is a big lie. It is a well-intensioned lie but a lie nonetheless. A lie told to try to motivate people to keep trying without the contentment of satisfaction at anything less than a missing end goal.

Saying "You are perfect as you are," is to say that somehow yesterday or at some other arbitrary time you were not perfect. Nonsensical. Then what happens tomorrow when you aren't exactly as you are right now? Not perfect? Not as perfect? Close to perfect?

You eat a salad you are more perfect? You eat a burger you are less perfect?

Do you see the fallacy of arbitrary perfect "assignment"? You can't possibly pick a moment in another person's life that matches perfection in their eyes!
 
While the journey is noble, to want perfection,  the pursuit is itself the reward. The goal of perfection is unattainable. To make people, especially young people, think perfection is real is to doom them to unhappiness in the struggle. Without the delusion they could enjoy succeeding on the road to perfection.

This is the source of misery in many people that would otherwise be calm and satisfied.

Stop encouraging the self-deception, stop worrying about perfect. 


Friday, June 26, 2015

Temporal-spatial matters are not up to the Pope


I respect Pope Francis as a good person trying to do good for the Earth. I am not shocked he wrote a scathing encylical scourging (metaphorically ) enemies of the Church:

http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html

The problem is that while Pope Francis means well, it is never up to any religion to tell society what it must do. The Catholic Church has no moral high ground, no demonstrated moral track record above reproach for all to see, to dictate anything in the temporal-spatial realm- which means on Earth and in the Universe.

Here is a quote:

He is spirit and will, but also nature”.[12] With paternal concern, Benedict urged us to realize that creation is harmed “where we ourselves have the final word, where everything is simply our property and we use it for ourselves alone. The misuse of creation begins when we no longer recognize any higher instance than ourselves, when we see nothing else but ourselves”.[13]
The Pope is using old Pope Benedict's words blaming our behavior on turning away from religion and not respecting a higher power.

This is the arrogance of religion that presumes to know better because they get imaginary "OnStar" assistance over all matters. It was church doctrine to conquer the new world, to spread faith to heathens with a global pardon for evil so long as the flock grew. Companies were started to expand empire in the new world and bring back riches for Europe.  They, the church and European states,  started us on the road to globalization. The church is a co-conspirator with the companies that Western culture inspired. Their hands are bloody and unclean too.

Of course people with a vested interest in temporal-spatial matters prove how religious they actually are by ignoring what should be a command to do better:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/26/jon-stewart-pope-climate-change_n_7669362.html

That is that saving grace in all this: at least religious people don't actually follow what they preach.

Saturday, June 20, 2015

New punk rock song: dog shit and gasoline

Ok I have the best line for a punk rock song:

All I smell is dog shit and gasoline.

It writes itself.

Another 50 shades sicko version:

All I smell is dog shit and Vaseline.

Kinky. And sick.

Friday, June 19, 2015

Spousal Pre-argument

Unlike the justice system pre-argument, where litigants can start a legal argument before the judge hears the case arguments and deliberates, a spousal pre-argument happens without you in the room where your spouse assumes what responses you will give and judges your "imaginary" arguments merit and finds you guilty in advance.

You get convicted based on your previous belief system. For efficiency, you don't have to be present nor can you moderate how drastic your position is.

There are no appeals in a spousal pre-argument.

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Blame Clinton for USA Job Losses

Bill Clinton just went on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to point out that China's trade imbalance with the US is unregulated.  This was in reference to the potential trade problems moving jobs with the Trans Pacific Partnership.


The problem with his comment is this:  Bill Clinton was the president that signed the bill for China's "Most Favoured Nation" trading status with the USA.  This is the height of hypocrisy. The all-knowing Bill Clinton is the person that allowed US businesses to abandon US workers.

"China's MFN status was made permanent on December 27, 2001."

So the trade negotiations were done during Clinton's presidency. The liberal left is so smitten by Clinton they've become an apologist for everything he did wrong. He's the left's Ronald Reagan.

So when you consider what kind of president Hillary Clinton would be, remember the legacy.


You can watch the interview here.

http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca/blogs/2014/09/daily-show-bill-clinton-extended

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/extended-interviews/8tw6kt/bill-clinton-extended-interview

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Conservative government run by religious fringe: marijuana products rejected by state

The government running on ideology has now turned its back away from real conservative philosophy and turned towards the fringe politics of religious and moral freaks.



Freaks because they hold anti-social anti-humanist ideology that demands the government be the moral police for the nation.  They are taking their guidance from religious dogma: the same people that hid child predator priests and abused native peoples.

The government is willing to stake its reputation damaging people's rights towards freedom, and free trade, to deny people access to marijuana in any form other than smoked leaves. The government is upset the Supreme Court allowed all forms of marijuana as legal for reasonable uses.

 There is no meaning in restricting access to pained or dying people to a form a medicine. The supreme court ruled the government's rules on marijuana form was arbitrary - which means that they had no good reason for what they were doing limiting access. They could increase taxes collected and decrease the financial burden on the middle class with marijuana product taxes.

It's beyond reason to limit a product that generates revenue, eases suffering, is a safe product with a track record, and that should be part of personal freedom. This is what the people want. The only group that rejects marijuana is the religious right.

True conservative principles deny government overreach into the market, allow free trade, and don't waste time and resources litigating arbitrary legal fights which get defeated and waste all the resources for dogmatic reasons.

This is what the Supreme Court said:

"
The Conservative insistence that patients smoke or vape their medication once again finds them clashing with the judiciary, which considers that nonsensical.
"Inhaling marihuana (the archaic legal spelling) can present health risks and is less effective for some conditions than administration of cannabis derivative," the country's highest bench said in the ruling that was unsigned, implying institutional weight.
There is no connection between the prohibition on non-dried forms of marijuana and the health of the patients who qualify for legal access, the court said.
"It is therefore difficult to understand why allowing patients to transform dried marihuana into baking oil would put them at greater risk than permitting them to smoke or vaporize dried marihuana," the justices added.
"Moreover, the Crown provided no evidence to suggest that it would. ... Finally, the evidence established no connection between the impugned restriction and attempts to curb the diversion of marihuana into the illegal market. We are left with a total disconnect between the limit on liberty and security of the person imposed by the prohibition and its object."
The appropriate remedy the court said is a declaration that the law is of no force and effect to the extent that it prohibits a person with a medical authorization from possessing cannabis derivatives for medical purposes."

The same government that rejects scientific advice on climate change, says marijuana research / evidence is needed before they can allow the sale of marijuana products. Wouldn't you think that should be the other way around? The government should have been investigating marijuana the moment it was legalized for medicinal uses?  They don't invest in research and now want to stop people from using a helpful product? There is only one reason for this: religious dogma.

The only part of society that is appeased by stopping marijuana use in other forms are religious fringes that expect to dictate to everyone their morality. This is why it's time to get rid of a nonsensical government.

Monday, June 8, 2015

The Schizophrenic Empire: Obama lecturing Putin about sovereignty

Obama tried to lecture Putin today about respecting peoples and territorial integrity of other nations in regards to Ukraine.

But you can't lecture Russia when you are bombing Syria: a nation you are not even at war with... yet another example of the Schizophrenic Empire.

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Religion does harm: Canadian Residential Schools

The government of Canada has just concluded the Truth & Reconciliation Commision with a final report.



In this document, they have summarized the mistreatment up to torture and death that aboriginal Canadian children endured at the hands of religious groups that took children away from their homes and "instructed" them in civilization.

 Roman Catholic, Anglican, United, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches were the
major denominations involved in the administration of the residential school system. The government’s partnership with the churches remained in place until 1969, and, althoughmost of the schools had closed by the 1980s, the last federally supported residential schools remained in operation until the late 1990s.
 For children, life in these schools was lonely and alien. Buildings were poorly located, poorly built, and poorly maintained. The staff was limited in numbers, often poorly trained, and not adequately supervised. Many schools were poorly heated and poorly ventilated,and the diet was meagre and of poor quality. Discipline was harsh, and daily life was highly regimented. Aboriginal languages and cultures were denigrated and suppressed. The educational goals of the schools were limited and confused, and usually reflected a low regard for the intellectual capabilities of Aboriginal people. For the students, education and technical training too often gave way to the drudgery of doing the chores necessary to make the schools self-sustaining. Child neglect was institutionalized, and the lack of supervision created situations where students were prey to sexual and physical abusers.
In establishing residential schools, the Canadian government essentially declared Aboriginal people to be unfit parents. Aboriginal parents were labelled as being indifferent to the future of their children—a judgment contradicted by the fact that parents often kept their children out of schools because they saw those schools, quite accurately, as dangerous and harsh institutions that sought to raise their children in alien ways. Once in the schools, brothers and sisters were kept apart, and the government and churches even arranged marriages for students after they finished their education. The residential school system was based on an assumption that European civilization and Christian religions were superior to Aboriginal culture, which was seen as being savage and brutal. Government officials also were insistent that children be discouraged—and often prohibited—from speaking their own languages. The missionaries who ran the schools played prominent roles in the church-led campaigns to ban Aboriginal spiritual practices such as the Potlatch and the Sun Dance (more properly called the“Thirst Dance”), and to end traditional Aboriginal marriage practices. Although, in most of their official pronouncements, government and church officials took the position that Aboriginal people could be civilized, it is clear that many believed that Aboriginal culture was inherently inferior.
You can find the summary here: http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/File/2015/Findings/Exec_Summary_2015_05_31_web_o.pdf

These religions were entrusted by the government to care for these children and civilize them. Instead of the intent they committed cultural genocide. Religions, not the government, treated young people badly, tortured children, pedophilia, erased their culture, wiped out their language, starved them, humiliated them, refused to treat illness, among many and all in the name of a moral authority that turned out to be worse than "savage".

Religion does harm. Good people use religious justification based solely on religious piety to commit inhuman acts against fellow humans. It is systemic, it is documented, and it is offensive humanity.