Posts by never a jw

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Free Speech - Jordan Peterson Debate Live 9:30 EST Saturday

by cofty in

professor jordan peterson of the university of toronto will be streaming a live debate on his youtube channel on the topic of free speech and "bill c-16".. if you haven't heard (where have you been?

) peterson has been making waves by opposing the demands of pc "social justice warriors" at the u of t to use their chosen gender neutral pronouns.

in his judgement proposed "bill-c16" will make his non-compliance illegal - an egregious threat to free speech.. professor peterson is an intelligent and thoughtful academic who has found himself at the focus of attacks from the neo-marxists that are dominating the conversation at elite universities.

never a jw

"Legislation of language..." Cofty

I wouldn't be surprised that the word "nigger" can trigger lawsuits left and right. Legislation of language is a modern way to control verbal bullying and abuse. Verbal abuse, unfortunately is much harder to determine than physical abuse, so we are forced to use the ""victim" description of abuse. I find the whole thing a bit on the trivial side, but I am willing to please the "victim" if it doesn't cost me anything. And the only cost is that I have to memorize few new words. Quite easy

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Free Speech - Jordan Peterson Debate Live 9:30 EST Saturday

by cofty in

professor jordan peterson of the university of toronto will be streaming a live debate on his youtube channel on the topic of free speech and "bill c-16".. if you haven't heard (where have you been?

) peterson has been making waves by opposing the demands of pc "social justice warriors" at the u of t to use their chosen gender neutral pronouns.

in his judgement proposed "bill-c16" will make his non-compliance illegal - an egregious threat to free speech.. professor peterson is an intelligent and thoughtful academic who has found himself at the focus of attacks from the neo-marxists that are dominating the conversation at elite universities.

never a jw

".3 is transgender"

They just need 47.8 of support from non transgender to get a majority. Then we will have to make small additions to our lexicon. No biggy here.

If Anthony Morris wants to be called AM the third, I will call him that...I lose nothing, I gain nothing. Actually, in this case I do gain a chance to poke fun at someone.

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Free Speech - Jordan Peterson Debate Live 9:30 EST Saturday

by cofty in

professor jordan peterson of the university of toronto will be streaming a live debate on his youtube channel on the topic of free speech and "bill c-16".. if you haven't heard (where have you been?

) peterson has been making waves by opposing the demands of pc "social justice warriors" at the u of t to use their chosen gender neutral pronouns.

in his judgement proposed "bill-c16" will make his non-compliance illegal - an egregious threat to free speech.. professor peterson is an intelligent and thoughtful academic who has found himself at the focus of attacks from the neo-marxists that are dominating the conversation at elite universities.

never a jw

" do you think a society should evolve against the express wishes of the majority of its members?"

I never said or implied that. New generations shift the composition of majorities. I live in California, where legalization of marijuana and same sex marriage were very unpopular just a decade ago. Well, that's changed to the opposite side. Our children will reject our values, or at least refine them.

"Liberalism, just like the global economy and technology, is a powerful and unstoppable force..." "that sound ominous."

Perhaps, but the evidence from the last 60 years confirms that those three things have momentum that no single democratic government has been able to contain. That's way they go along.

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Free Speech - Jordan Peterson Debate Live 9:30 EST Saturday

by cofty in

professor jordan peterson of the university of toronto will be streaming a live debate on his youtube channel on the topic of free speech and "bill c-16".. if you haven't heard (where have you been?

) peterson has been making waves by opposing the demands of pc "social justice warriors" at the u of t to use their chosen gender neutral pronouns.

in his judgement proposed "bill-c16" will make his non-compliance illegal - an egregious threat to free speech.. professor peterson is an intelligent and thoughtful academic who has found himself at the focus of attacks from the neo-marxists that are dominating the conversation at elite universities.

never a jw

Languages and societies evolve. Get used to it. Conservatives will always be few decades behind.

Adding few words to the language... no big deal.

Your boss requires you to use certain words...no big deal. Comply or find another boss; use your freedom

At some point the professor says that government is legislating how to think... that's silly. Governments are just setting rules of behavior, not thought, to accommodate to people who have been rejected by our religious society for millennia. Liberalism, just like the global economy and technology, is a powerful, unstoppable force. Resistance only delays, but won't change the course.

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What is the purpose of life?

by slimboyfat in

while reading the magazines the other day it occurred to me that jws never really had a very good answer to that question.

because it was aimed at young people and it said something along the lines, "if you believe in god you have a purpose, but if you don't believe in god your life has no purpose or meaning".

i think that is a faulty analysis of the situation.

never a jw

To what animals can we trace such things?

To the simplest life form. Life grew (evolved) more complex over 3.8 billion years. That's plenty of time to create humans who can count to infinity and beyond.

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Would it be ethical for another nation to supply weapons to anti-Trump protesters?

by fulltimestudent in

jw
friends

the usa, claiming that the usa supports freedom, has often supported revolutionaries/dissenters in other countries.. some examples:.

currently, the syrian war commenced circa 2011 in the so-called arab spring.

it is claimed that the usa supplied weapons to anti-government forces.

never a jw

Trump was elected democratically. No comparison. If you don't like it, make sure you get as many people to vote for your candidate next time around.

Revolution???? because you didn't get your candidate? sigh.

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Hi forum

by A Believer in

i proably shouldnt be on here but i feel like saying this.

i have been for the last couple weeks been studying religion.

i've learned the only ones who today do what the bible says to is jw.

never a jw

Watch out. Most here started as you, BELIEVERS.

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Sam Harris on Trump - The Most Powerful Clown

by cofty in

harris is at his incisive best in his latest podcast.. he likens the situation to being on an aeroplane where the pilot has died and somebody with no experience of flying has grabbed the controls.

we should all be committed to his success.

prize for the best line goes to - "caligula with a iphone".. even if you love trump and despise harris you should appreciate his clarity.. waking up with sam harris....

never a jw

"It's amazing you'd hold up as admirable a list including people who supported Trump." SMB

If you remove context looks bad. But the overwhelming majority of people were trapped between a bad choice and a worse choice. The people in the list would have never chosen Trump if they had been offered more choices than just Clinton.

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Election Post-Mortem

by Simon in

i'm sure many people, republicans included, are shocked at the results of the 2016 presidential election.

really, wtf!.

the polls were wrong and although it's tempting to blame voter suppression and fbi interference, that would just avoid looking at the real issues for the loss.

never a jw

"I feel that anybody upholding Trump with his negative baggage as the potential best choice we had in America to be president is an absolute dumb-ass" fipper

That's a lot of people, if you are referring to the general election. But it's a very small number (close to zero) if we set the clock before Trump announced he was running.

Many Trump supporter held their nose up when they voted. They revolted against liberals who do as they say (Obamacare) and conservative politicians who don't fulfill their campaign promises. I don't think they are dumb-asses. They are just tired of the establishment and the status quo, and Trump was their only alternative.

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Sam Harris on Trump - The Most Powerful Clown

by cofty in

harris is at his incisive best in his latest podcast.. he likens the situation to being on an aeroplane where the pilot has died and somebody with no experience of flying has grabbed the controls.

we should all be committed to his success.

prize for the best line goes to - "caligula with a iphone".. even if you love trump and despise harris you should appreciate his clarity.. waking up with sam harris....

never a jw

You exacerbated your insults with false accusations. Now you are pretending to take the moral high ground. Predictable.

Well. I did have better things to do. I was invited by friends to help feed the homeless. That's far better than going around and around over a trivial comment I made. Basically I said that I didn't like Harris use of some insults towards Trump, but you can't let go of anything that diverges from your views, even unimportant comments.

Oh hell. Let me add another insult. You are an ingrate too. I didn't trash this thread. I kept it alive far longer than it deserved. Furthermore, don't forget that it takes two to tango.