Simon Paynton

@Jakelafort, I am sure that if I walked into a sociology class today, the professor would first ask for my preferred pronouns, then remind the class of the intersectional power dynamics of punctuality, and only then ask if I agreed with the modernized version of the statement that now asserts that “A system is a cohesive whole shaped by bounded r…[Read more]

@Jakelafort, I think your posted into the wrong post (like me now)…but no matter.

Your words “Well articulated ideas forming a cohesive something something” reminded me of year one, day one in my Sociology class (it was a business degree course) when the professor announced within the first minute that “a system is a cohesive whole founded…[Read more]

Yes, had a friend from Atheist Ireland in Dublin who is Syrian and lived among a mostly Druze population, before the Civil War.  She was working towards her Masters on a research team that analyzed the brains of people who died from Alzheimer’s disease. I (stupidly) asked her if she got much push back for being an atheist (having wrongly assumed…[Read more]

Yes, the first massacre was only a few months ago when the violence was sparked by a falsified audio attributed to a Druze religious leader, sparking anger among Sunnis who are easily offended enough to murder people. Israel even carried out targeted airstrikes to “protect the Druze”. Some of the Druze even serve in the Israeli army.

FYI – Dru…[Read more]

@Enco  – Thanks… I have fixed it for the apologists 🙂

Thank you @Enco I am buried under a vile cold and my brain has left the chat.

@Enco

“But if some part of the mind were not free, doesn’t that make all your poetry and all your tomes on these subjects all for naught?”

What does this mean?

Thanks, Reg!!

Have a great week everyone!