I'm not sure how they define Paganism, but the technical definition is a) following a polytheistic religion b) one who has little or no religion So, by all accounts, these guys are talking about the largest minority in the states (posted to Politics, Pagans, and "Christian Martyrs")
If you thought that Depends commercial was bad, check this one out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8n76TiTieA&NR=1 I don't see why people can't accept this fact: some people are good drivers, some are bad. Driving skill - or just skill in general - has (posted to If it were up to Depend, gender binary would rule the world.)
Exactly, although I think the 9 billion by 2150 is actually 9 billion by 2050, last I heard. Which is even more scary. Plus, the impact of CO2 will be negligible once the massive pockets of methane currently trapped under (posted to Rejecting "population control" as a way to fight climate change)
Actually, for many women who get abortions, it is not an "optional" procedure. Choice doesn't come into the picture at all, because other avenues of preventing or dealing with a pregnancy simply aren't available to a lot of women. If (posted to Whose health care victory?)
I didn't read the full thing, but I read enough to get the gist (I'm at work and don't have the time to read it all). But it kind of reminds me of A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift. However, (posted to The Society for Cutting Up Men)
I'm not a big fan of the whole (which I find a bit too essentialist and science-fiction), but I really like the first paragraph: "Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of society being (posted to The Society for Cutting Up Men)
I suppose my reaction would depend somewhat on the intent of the author. I can't quite tell if this is intended as satire -- or whether the author is simply a seething misandrist. Even as satire, it is somewhat clumsy (posted to The Society for Cutting Up Men)
It makes me uncomfortable in all sorts of ways. Immediately because I am a man and thus right in the cross-hairs, secondarily because if taken literally it advances a kind of willing hatred and violence, and thirdly because it has (posted to The Society for Cutting Up Men)
Kind of scary but interesting seeing men so cruelly misrepresented for a change. I was particularly put off by the comment about men as fathers. My ex-husband is a wonderful father, very patient with our sons. He is a better (posted to The Society for Cutting Up Men)
How can anyone compare this to A Modest Proposal except in the vaguest of terms? A Modest Proposal was easily identified as satirical because of how plainly it stated its facts and how despite the plainness, the straight-forwardness, it was (posted to The Society for Cutting Up Men)
