I don’t know how JT did it, but he somehow got a hold of my argument playbook for this speech at Freethought Festival.
Now you know all my tricks, including the most important one. Don’t start the argument unless your opponent is dead wrong. Think that’ll help?
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otrame
July 9, 2012 at 7:27 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
You remind me of Heinlein’s aphorism:
When in the course of any marital argument you realize that you are 100% in the right—apologize immediately.
otrame
July 9, 2012 at 7:56 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
And that was a great speech.
Rieux
July 10, 2012 at 10:51 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Off-topic: at 8:17 this morning, it’s a boy. (Or at least AMAB, if that’s better stated.)
6 pounds 14 ounces, 19.25 inches, 22 hours of back labor by a mom who demonstrated unbelievable guts and stamina in 3 hours of grueling pushing. Then he wrecked the Apgar curve.
Now bedtime. Explaining how rape culture is nasty bullshit that all us XYs have a responsibility to resist will come soon enough.
(Not snark.)
jenny6833a
July 10, 2012 at 2:22 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
The kid in the video would be good if he’d slow down, enunciate, and keep his voice volume within the range of the mic.