TheEncogitationer

@TheEncogitationer – Not too often I get to see someone mention Mr. Burke 🙂 I am pondering some of his works to come up with a tattoo to match one I have by William Blake.

Here is some info on Frederick Douglass’ trip to Ireland when he met with Daniel O’Connell.

@TheEncogitationer – I would basically agree with what you say. One word I listen out for is “Traditional”.  I have heard people claim not to be right leaning or even to be liberals while at the same time telling me that we must hold on to “traditional family values”.

** the links I have inserted below show scenes of blood, cruelty to animals…[Read more]

@TheEncogitationer – Thanks for those selections. I have only seen Defiance (twice).

Have you seen Life is Beautiful? I think it is a great movie.

@TheEncogitationer – To start with I would never accept a job with a company that did not hire me the first time. I would never re-apply to the same company. If I was not good enough for them the first time then they will never be good enough for me after that. Even if they did offer me another post it would most likely be months later, when I may…[Read more]

@theEncogitationer – I have used similar arguments in the past. I was threatened with arrest in my polling booth from asking why Bibles were displayed on the desks where voters collected their ballot paper from. This was just a local election but I know it would be repeated on the day of the Marriage Referendum. I was asked by security if I was a…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:

What is not needed is harping on a “rape culture” without firmly defining terms.

I think @TheEncogitationer has a point – “rape culture” is a massive downer.  Why not frame it in more neutral or positive and less gruesome terms, such as misogyny, sexism, or consent culture?  Who wants to be thinking about rape the whole…[Read more]

@theEncogitationer:

I think you might enjoy this video: Weekend at Jesus’s.

@theencogitationer:

Now, whether they can land vertically reliably may be another matter entirely.

@TheEncogitationer. Thanks for the links.

I think many of these laws are restrictive of personal freedom and the pursuit of happiness. What one does, either alone or with other consenting adults, in the privacy of their own “castle” should be no-ones concern.

But conservative Christians can’t bear to think that what they consider to be “vices”…[Read more]

@theencogitationer – of this decades-or-even-centuries-long horror!

That is what I say. It has been going on for centuries. It would be naive or even plain stupid to think otherwise. That is why it is taking so long for the Vatican to get the problem sorted. The entire Catholic Church should be proscribed and outlawed. Why do people still allow…[Read more]