Autumn
-
Autumn replied to the topic CANADA: The Friendly Fascist State in the forum Politics 15 hours, 33 minutes ago
Rich, it would seem that when a government reacts to a long, highly disruptive protest at the gates of the democratic institutions, which in part was explicitly under the mission of “getting rid of a democratic government”…
That certainly was one of the oddities of the whole affair. It wasn’t clear what, exactly they wanted fro…[Read more]
-
Autumn replied to the topic CANADA: The Friendly Fascist State in the forum Politics 20 hours, 50 minutes ago
You guys are missing the point. What was the protest about? It was about a draconian program to require vaccination.
In its infancy, it was about border policy. At the time, Canada and the US had similar policies regarding vaccination and quarantine requirements. For truckers crossing the border, this would make their job…[Read more]
-
Autumn replied to the topic CANADA: The Friendly Fascist State in the forum Politics 1 day, 11 hours ago
@autumn You missed the part about blacklisting companies?
I didn’t miss it. It’s largely unintelligible. The federal government, at the time, wanted to cut off funds to the illegal blockade. This meant businesses and individuals who were funnelling money into the convoy had their assets temporarily frozen. The feds pressured banks,…[Read more]
-
Autumn replied to the topic CANADA: The Friendly Fascist State in the forum Politics 1 day, 22 hours ago
The Canadian government didn’t seize bank accounts: it temporarily froze them (seizing, in this context, would mean that the government or government agencies took possession of the funds). This is after streets in front of Parliament had been blockaded for a full month. Money was being promised to the protestors so they could remain indefinitely.…[Read more]
-
Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School 26th March 2023 in the forum Sunday School 3 days, 22 hours ago
Report: LGBTQ Americans tend to be younger and have no religion
Some interpret this data as evidence that being queer/ trans is a contagion. Some interpret it as evidence that acceptance matters and that more accepting societies make it easier for people to be themselves. Pretty confident we’d see a strong…[Read more]
-
Autumn replied to the topic The political and/or religious humor thread in the forum Small Talk 4 days, 11 hours ago
That’s probably too big of a conversation. I don’t know when that audio clip was recorded, but it’s likely been in the neighbourhood of a couple of decades since. A lot has happened since then—enough to let us know that language does matter for quite a few reasons (though that doesn’t contradict Carlin here). While ‘PC’ changes aren’t always i…[Read more]
-
Autumn replied to the topic The political and/or religious humor thread in the forum Small Talk 4 days, 23 hours ago
Anyone “woke” should take notice:
I like Carlin, but in this case, no, not really. I won’t say he’s 100% wrong. It can slow conversation for people who become paralyzed looking for the right term so as to avoid criticism. But he’s missing or deliberately cutting out so much of the conversation that it comes off as misguided and naï…[Read more]
-
Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School 19th March 2023 in the forum Sunday School 1 week, 3 days ago
In contrast, I feel that the US is codifying more religious bullshit now…than I can ever remember.
There is a wave of strong polarization sweeping many nations around the world. It’s almost like there is a given concentration of religiosity that has to be present in the overall population at all times. As more people shed their s…[Read more]
-
Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School 19th March 2023 in the forum Sunday School 1 week, 3 days ago
My understanding is they hired G.R.R. Martin for much of the world building. I don’t know that much about the rest of the game design.
It’s curious how much D&D influenced video games in terms of mechanics and aesthetic, especially when so much of the original lore was ripped straight from material such as LotR, which in turn borrowed heavily…[Read more]
-
Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School 19th March 2023 in the forum Sunday School 1 week, 3 days ago
I have been playing Eldin Ring on the PS5. It is set in a massive open world and beautifully rendered.
I considered Elden Ring because the world and the aesthetic are right up my alley. But I’ve never really been able to get into soulslike games. I like the concept, but I don’t like spending that much time in combat.…[Read more]
-
Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School 19th March 2023 in the forum Sunday School 1 week, 3 days ago
I forgot to mention last week that Satan wants you!
Good. I’ve been listening to devil music and playing D&D for years now trying to get his attention. It’s not really about Satan per se. Sometimes it’s just nice to feel wanted, y’know?
It looks like an interesting documentary. I feel like the internet has radically…[Read more]
-
Autumn replied to the topic Is spirituality minus the spirit still spiritual? in the forum Atheism 1 week, 5 days ago
November 2017 – Lindsay Shepherd – Wilfrid Laurier University While serving as a teaching assistant in a first-year Communications Studies class, Shepherd showed a video to students featuring a debate between Jordan Peterson and Nicholas Matte on the subject of gender-neutral pronouns.10/5/2016 – Jordan Peterson – Univ…
-
Autumn replied to the topic Is spirituality minus the spirit still spiritual? in the forum Atheism 1 week, 6 days ago
What’s happening in states like Florida right now, with their crusade against LGBTQ, and Drag Shows, and book banning, and a woman’s right to choose for herself what to do with her body. Guess Florida has won that “WOKE” battle their Governor is fond of talking about because no one is holding that bullshit accountable. The folks i…
-
Autumn replied to the topic Is spirituality minus the spirit still spiritual? in the forum Atheism 1 week, 6 days ago
pretend to get cancelled?
It is funny. But it’s also the classic line taken by victimisers and abusers everywhere: “look, I did X bad thing. But the victim isn’t really suffering.”
Pretending to be a victim when one has their abuse called out is also a tactic taken by abusers and enablers of abusers.
-
Autumn replied to the topic Is spirituality minus the spirit still spiritual? in the forum Atheism 1 week, 6 days ago
What weighs less: kilogram of woke-ism or a kilogram of spirituality?
If woke falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does someone still pretend to get cancelled?
-
Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School 12th March 2023 in the forum Sunday School 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Somewhere in the fossil record, evidence of fish wearing red hats exists along with futile attempts to build a net separating the water from the land.
Build the net!
Build the net!
Build the net! -
Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School 12th March 2023 in the forum Sunday School 2 weeks, 3 days ago
then fish evolved to walk – and in one case, turned into humans.
ThEn whY ArE tHeRe StILL FiSh?
-
Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School March 5th 2023 in the forum Sunday School 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Yes, we can say that is most likely to be factually true. Would never happen in a church in the USA where the faithful can happily carry guns into church to defend themselves.
You are going to run out of sarcasm if you spend it that freely.
-
Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School March 5th 2023 in the forum Sunday School 3 weeks, 1 day ago
From Autumn, ” At the end of the day, religion is a tool that serves human interest.” Whose or what interest?
Whomever can make the best sales pitch. N.B. I said human interest, not benefit of humanity.
-
Autumn replied to the topic
Sunday School March 5th 2023 in the forum Sunday School 3 weeks, 1 day ago
I restate once again: fixating on Islam as somehow unique in religion = bad government is missing the point and verging into Islamophobic territory.
We also have to take into account that much of the democracy we put up on a pedestal today is a relatively recent development. And even then, many of the democracies that fall under our preferred…[Read more]
- Load More