Kara Connor

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Why France is banning the Hijab for their Olympic athletes but Amnesty International is not happy about it.

I don’t think that France should ban the Hijab for Olympic athletes.  It’s too much interfering in individual rights.  But

the report argues that the Olympics weaponizes laïcité by imposing restrictions dis…

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What can I say?  The average in the US is 98.

unapologetic wrote:
Yeah, but we’re talking about Louisiana. They have been undereducated for generations.

I’m sure the people in Louisiana are as intelligent as anyone else.

Unseen wrote:
How about a course in moral philosophy instead?

I think that’s a good idea in principle.  In practice, contemporary moral philosophy is mostly, hopelessly, up its own arse.

As @davis once pointed out, they are using moral philosophy quite successfully in medical ethics.  This is because in each ethical system or scheme there are p…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Why Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law is a broken moral compass.

The author, Dan Ariely, makes a good case that morality should be taught in schools, because students need to engage with it and have a hand in creating it, in order to want to follow it, which is understandable.  What makes it legitimate is being an au…[Read more]

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Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
President Biden wrote on social media that he was ending his campaign for re-election after intense pressure from within his own party.

Woo hoo!  He’s a good guy, but he’s got to go.

President Biden wrote on social media that he was ending his campaign for re-election after intense pressure from within his own party. He endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him atop the Democratic ticket.

Thanks Strega, you are very welcome 🙂

Thanks, Reg!

Have a great week!