God is the Original Terrorist article here.


I actually like articles like these, not for their alleged information, but for their "nail in the coffin" idea that this proves the non-existence of god.
Proving religion or religious texts wrong does not prove the non-existence of God.  
God can still exist outside the pages of a book, and at best it just "proves" God is a jerk.... ;p
If you wanted to disprove the existence of vampires, would you poke holes in the plot of Twilight novels?
If you wanted to show that ghosts are not real, would you use arguments that the The Ghost and Mrs. Muir was a movie with actors and special effects?
Arguments like these also ignore certain factors: an afterlife, the changing understanding over time, and God sometimes leaving us to our own devices.
The other factors it ignores is this: if there is no God, then the only people to blame for these acts are people.  Referring back to a book is taking the heat off of ourselves.
If there is no god, then god didn't kill anyone.
But neither did religion....and for this I cite the Gombe War observed by Jane Goodall:
The various tribes (the Kasakela and the Kahama) had no known form of religion, had complex social structures, were able to make tools, were able to observe changes in their environment.  They also raped, stole, tortured, committed infanticide, as well as other various "evils".
So it appears to me that religion has never been the problem.
Religion is at worst the sniffles, a possible symptom of a greater problem.  Getting rid of the sniffles does not mean you are cured.  Actually, hiding the symptoms may make things worse, and hide a greater root of problems.
That's just me.

Source is here.

Yes, because segregation is the solution. Perhaps we should also seperate based on color, like they used to do in the '20s.
(^sarcasm)
I don't feel comfortable sharing a water fountain with gingers. There should be a ginger-only water fountain...you know...so they can avoid harassment.

When I was in school I was bullied horribly. The eventual solution was that maybe I should "stay in at recess and eat lunch inside."
That was bullshit then and it is now. I learned how to deal with bullies, how to defend myself, and how to "not bleed for every little arrow shot my way".
Segregating the children is still allowing the behavior to happen, and worse, creates a system where people create "safe zones" when they can't handle reality or other persons thoughts.
This won't help in the long run. This is a band aid. And when the bandaid comes off, it's going to hurt really bad and they'll find out they are still wounded.
No one should be bullied.  No one should jaywalk.  No one should murder.
 Bullying isn't going to stop though, and these aparent solutions, so called, are going to create more thin skinned victims.

Here's some uplifting lyrics by Henry Rollins from his song Shine:

if I'd listened everything that they said to me, I wouldn't be here!
and if I took the time to bleed from
all the tiny little arrows shot my way,
I wouldn't be here!
the ones who don't do anything are always
the ones who try to put you down
and you could spend your entire life walking around
in the nowhere land of self doubt

'coz when you start to doubt yourself the real world will eat you alive!
it's time, it's time to align your body with your mind, it's hero time
it's time, it's time to align your body with your mind, it's hero time
'coz when you start to doubt yourself the real world will eat you alive!
and you know it's true!
I'm talking to you: hero time starts right now! Yeah, hero time, yeah,
time to shine, hey, hero time!

if ya think you've got 100 years to mess around: you're wrong!
this time it's real, y o u r t i m e i s n o w . . . it's hero time!
Yeah, hero time,hey, time to shine, yeah, hero time, yeah!

hard times are gettin' harder, the liars are acting strong
you better get a grip on yourself or you won't be around too long
it's hero time, hey, time to shine, yeah,
hero time, yeah, hero time, yeah!
it's hero time, it's hero time, time to shine, shine, shine, shine, shine!
oh yeah! (X3)

no such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time
no such thing as down time
all you got is life time... go! 'coz it's hero time, 'coz it's time to
shine
'coz it's time to go, go, go! yeah, hou!

when you're gone, you're so gone (X2)
you've got it now, it's time to go
hero time starts right now! yeah, aha..! ...change it!

I got grace in times of friction, I got truth in times of fiction
I've got no time for the hype... suicide!? I'm not that type...
I got no time for drug addiction, no time for smoke and booze
too strong for a shortened life span, I've got no time to lose!
It's time to shine, yeah, it's hero time, yeah, it's hero time, yeah,
yeah!

when you start to doubt yourself the
real world will eat you alive! yeah!
you could spend your entire walking
around, coward: or you can get up!
get up, get up, get up, get up! it's time to shine! yeah...

Some parents were scolded for not having obvious evidence their outlets are babysafe,
Read here.


Uh oh!  Better call the police and have the child taken away instead of talking directly to the parents...
But to put the danger in perspective, .09% of children (12 a year) died from electrical sockets out of all accidental deaths, compared to INTENTIONAL HOMOCIDE OF 11% (stats from cdc.org).
Theres no data if these electrical deaths were in the childs own home or elsewhere.
I like to think the people complaining to the authorities are also the ones who hate cops, because hipocracy is funny to me,