1. Vote on freedom of expression marks the end of Universal Human Rights

Comment #152955 by katsuosgrl on March 31, 2008 at 7:03 pm

after reading this article, i literally couldnt move for a full minute.

This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.
-T.S. Elliot, The Hollow Men

2. Don't blame Islam for terrorism, expert says

Comment #130996 by katsuosgrl on February 21, 2008 at 4:57 pm

I agree that religion is a great catalyst for violence.

However, i think that it is very dangerous to lose sight of the other problems that exist in this world. In the case of 9/11, American foreign policy is surely more to blame than religion. Aiding military coups, plundering other countries, and other such activities are likely to provoke retaliation eventually.

The negative forces of religion, oppression politics, and both governmental and corporate greed are usually intertwined as the causes of human or environmental tragedy. While it is important to recognize each of them for what they are, and for their part in the problem, it is dangerous to explain disasters through a sole paradigm.

3. Atheists An Increasingly Outspoken Minority

Comment #129190 by katsuosgrl on February 18, 2008 at 8:53 pm

....in times of need? i remind myself of how old the universe is, and that the conflict at hand is but a tiny speck in time and space.
in a crisis of confidence i place my hope in myself, because i know i am a capable, rational person. and if the crisis is huge, then i count on my friends and family, capable rational people as well, whose support is far more palpable than that of an imaginary friend...

4. Archbishop's 8 March centennial message: Let Sharia Law govern women's lives, Amen!

Comment #129185 by katsuosgrl on February 18, 2008 at 8:45 pm

seqenenre,

i fail to see how the last two paragraphs give anyone the oportunity to divert from the gist of the article.

expand?