That woman does what all of em do. Mindless repetition. She may fold under questioning to steal a line.

Congratulations to all of the brain dead parrots. Useful! Useful to whom or what?

Even if you can’t analyze your way out of a lean-to so that you accept every narrative from the lefty’s (genocide, apartheid, colonialist settlers) the Islamic…[Read more]

More on Al Jazeera journalism here.

Enco,

The issue of free speech is in essence a balancing of interests. On the one hand there is the individual. We all know in any variety of dictatorship that the state will censor the individual when the individual is critical of the state. That happens in Communist states. Happens in theocracies. Happens in North Korea. Happened with John…[Read more]

Jake,

The genocide could occur whether not the effigy is burned and that is what a State should act to prevent and what citizens should limit a State from practicing.

And, of course, as Californians will certainly attest, burning anything in an uncontrolled fashion is always dangerous, so there’s that angle. If anybody’s going to burn anything…[Read more]

Enco,

I assume you are an absolutist as to free speech?

I agree insofar as your take is speech directed at power. Not so when it is power intending to harm the defenseless, the vulnerable, the disenfranchised, and that sort of power dynamic. So if some antitheist burns a Quran the state ought not punish the antitheist for that expression. (or…[Read more]

Reg,

Far be for me to interrupt the Lonely Planet/Conde Nast/Town & Country happy talk, but there were several thing earlier that you mentioned about the Euros that need addressing:

One, free expression necessarily includes offensive expression, and that includes hateful expression. Free expression would mean nothing if it were only freedom to…[Read more]

Donegal looks like a no fishing sign to an avid angler. Loop hikes are always good. Something about not setting foot on already tread land. I have in mind hiking the trail that goes along the Newfoundland coastline. It is around 190 miles and looks spectacular.

Every day? So you never get sick. That is impressive having that quotidian rythm.…[Read more]

It is funny how our interests broaden as we age….

I find the broader my range of interests, the less complicated life becomes. When I am on a long walk or hike, at some point I remember that I am not just observing nature, but that I am part of it. It is not external to me. Of course, you already know what I mean 🙂