The Vatican would like to be a religious concern when it wants to inflict its “moral teachings” on non-Catholics, control Cardinals and Bishops based on church teachings, and not pay taxes. On the other hand, the Vatican would like to be a country when the Pope is named in lawsuits or when they would like …
Category Archive: human rights
Nov 29 2007
Teddy-bear teacher gets 15 days, then deportation
Well, at least they’re not going to flog the skin off her back. I guess that’s what passes for “progress” and “human rights” in the Islamic world.
Aug 17 2007
Episode #512: Intolerance
I have gotten some requests for show notes on occasion. In response, I’m going to begin posting summary notes to the blog, so that when requests for notes come in, I can just point them here. Thanks, Martin. The word “tolerance” has two very distinct meanings that can, but do not always, overlap. One is …
Aug 07 2007
No need to think for yourself
I just finished watching this video, which shows the responses of anti-choice demonstrators in Libertyville, Illinois when asked what sort of punishment women should receive if they had an abortion after abortions became illegal. Go watch it…I’ll wait… The responses speak for themselves. I don’t want to get into the specifics about abortion (though I’ll …
May 12 2007
I understand it’s a “religion of peace”
Check this out. Pakistan, I am told, is our friend in the War on Terror. That’s what they say. Bush says it, and we know what a stand-up guy he is, so it must be true. And we know the Bush administration takes a hard line against those Islamofascists, too, because they’re always saying so …
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