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Saturday, November 27th, 2004

Wow, What a Week!

Okay, so first my computer’s power connection gets a little manky, and I can’t reliably use it.
Not a big deal, though, because I had already planned to buy a tablet PC off from a guy I work with. So in between loading all the files on the new PC and trying to get files [...]

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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004

Hate Crime

I’m kind of torn about hate crime legislation.
People tell me “All crime is hate crime.” But that’s not true, is it? A lot of crime is motivated by hate, true, but more is probably motivated by greed.
Some people argue that the mindset of the criminal should be irrelevant when punishing a crime. But [...]

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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004

Matthew Shepard and Hate Crime

There’s been a lot of controversory in the blogosphere this week about ABC 20/20’s scheduled story interviewing Matthew Shepard’s killers. I haven’t seen the report, but rumor has it that Aaron McKinney and Russell A. Henderson told 20/20 that they didn’t beat young Shepard to death because he was gay, but just because they were [...]

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Saturday, November 20th, 2004

Another Entry in the Get-a-Life Category

Okay, this is totally ridiculous.
The folks from Westboro Baptist Church–you know, Fred Phelp’s God hates fags group–picked their sorry asses up from Kansas and drove to Oklahoma to protest…
A gay-rights group? No.
An important gay activist? No.
A monument to gay people? No.
A gay church? No.
The opening of a gay bar? No.
A gay marriage? No.
A 17-year [...]

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Wednesday, November 17th, 2004

Last Abortion Post

There’s an unspoken assumption, I think, among people who argue about abortion rights. There’s a sense that the woman involved is at best, young and irresponsible, and at worst, a total slut. I’ve felt this from people on both sides of the issue (I’ve even heard people who support choice say they assumed only teenagers [...]

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Wednesday, November 17th, 2004

My turn

My turn to be sick
Well, at least I don’t have the exact same illness that sent my roommate to the hospital last week, but the past three days are kind of a blur. But rest, fluids, kitties–standard therapy–have helped a lot.
But at least you guys have been keeping yourselves busy in the comments–and [...]

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Sunday, November 14th, 2004

Offline a bit

Well, I meant to post this yesterday, but I decided to take my roommate to the emergency room instead. Some kind of intestinal bug knocked her down and got her badly dehydrated. She’s home now and drinking fluids and holding down applesauce, cuddling on the couch getting some kitty therapy.
Upcoming posts will be one more [...]

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Friday, November 12th, 2004

God is not an asshole

I’ve had several people mention my theological litmus test: “Any premise that leads to the conclusion that God is an asshole is, by definition, wrong.”
It is very useful when dealing with fundamentalists. If you walk through the implications of their theology, most of the time you will end at, “Geez, what an asshole!” Then you [...]

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Tuesday, November 9th, 2004

Kool Aid Remedy, Part 1a

I was raised in a conservative Catholic family, went to Catholic schools all the way through college. I was raised on the kool-aid. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be writing up the arguments I was taught on each of the major issues and the different events and information that gradually chipped away at them. [...]

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Friday, November 5th, 2004

Gay Marriage? Get a firetrucking life, people!

The current theme in the blogospere is that it was the state amendments banning gay marriage that brought out Bush’s base. What is it about other people’s relationships that threatens some people so? Years ago it was loving someone outside your tribe, then your class, then your religion (How many good Roman matrons were heard [...]

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