The proper response to the defensive rhetorical question "Do you think you're better than me?" is not the standard "No, of course not." Rather, it is "I don't know and I don't care."
Thought of the Day
Thought of the Day: Offensive to Me
I hear someone say "This movie / book / game / show / joke is offensive because it presents an unflattering stereotype of such-and-such a people." I think "Wow. As a Roman Catholic, socially reactionary monarchist who tends to support 'right wing' politics, I can't image what that would be like."
Thought of the Day: The Elephant in the Room
We supposedly know more today than ever before about human behavior and society. We know more than ever about how the brain actually works, what people actually want and need, and we've been steadily throwing off more and more of the old taboos, prejudices, and superstitions that once ruled our lives. The elephant in the … Continue reading Thought of the Day: The Elephant in the Room
Thought of the Day: A Solution to the Immaculate Conception – Evolution Problem
Honestly, I have no bone in the evolution fight. To my mind it makes no practical difference whether, as a matter of prehistoric fact, humans are or are not bodily descended from apes or other animals. I think most of the 'conclusions' that people derive from the theory (e.g. "see, everything is just a chemical … Continue reading Thought of the Day: A Solution to the Immaculate Conception – Evolution Problem
Thought of the Day: Corporations
Possibly the greatest single political trick in all of history comes in convincing people that the corporate entity called 'the State' is somehow different from any other corporate entity. Socialism essentially amounts to saying "Corporations have too much power, so we should give as much power as possible to a single corporation. Only this one … Continue reading Thought of the Day: Corporations
Thought of the Day
Brought on by viewing this year's TCM Remembers. When the day comes that Arnold Schwarzenegger ends up in one of these, there is only one line they must use as his epitaph: "I know now why you cry. But it's something I can never do."
Thought of the Day: Usefulness
"Useful" is synonymous with "Replaceable". To the extent a thing is for use, it can be replaced by anything that does the same function as well or better.
Thought of the Day: The Idiot Elite
It occurs to me that we are in such a strange position: we are, ostensibly, a non-hierarchical society (there's no such thing, of course, but that's what we claim to be), yet we are in fact ruled by a malleable class of 'elites' whose primary goal seems to be supporting each other while openly despising … Continue reading Thought of the Day: The Idiot Elite
Thought of the Day
The biggest mistake Conservatives make in dealing with Liberalism in all its forms lies in treating it as an intellectual problem. We take them at their word that their views are simply an exercise of reason. A philosophy, grounded in the intellect and subject to rational investigation. It isn't. It's a religion. A religion that, … Continue reading Thought of the Day
Quick Thought of the Day
One of the chief features of modernism is the urge to separate cause and effect; we either love the cause and hate the effect or hate the cause and love the effect. In our hubris, we think that we can have the one without the other, and so we create endless problems for ourselves.
Serpent's Den 