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Monthly Archives: July 2015
100 Words
I have said that I am not afraid of the idea of Death, hoping only that I encounter it without pain. I am not a believer in a conscious afterlife. I expect that the best to be hoped for is … Continue reading
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100 Words- July 8- Nothingness
I have said that I am not afraid of the idea of Death, hoping only that I encounter it without pain.I am not a believer in a conscious afterlife. I expect that the best to be hoped for is that … Continue reading
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100 Words- July 7
I have heard it suggested that the principle of conscientious objection, which was an option in the United States Armed Services when the Armed Services was a conscription organization, be applied to those who want to deny services to people … Continue reading
100 Words- July 6- Continuing Yesterday
I did not mean to suggest that what I wrote in the previous posting was an acceptable compromise, only that this would be a probable compromise suggested. The great difficulty with these 100 word postings is the very limited space … Continue reading
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100 Words- July 5, 2015
The American Government has, in special circumstances such as combat, provided for individual philosophical objections to a particular act. Under the former Armed Services Draft, many who claimed a conscientious objection to the act of killing another human being, were … Continue reading
100 words- July 4,
Public officials, in America, are elected/appointed under civil authority, not religious. In fact, our Constitution makes no provision for for religious approval of any of its civil provisions/rulings. Appointees, whether elected or appointed, are bound, by their acceptance of office, to … Continue reading
100 Words- July 3, 2015- On America’s Birthday
America is about to celebrate its two hundred and thirty-ninth birthday. There will be parades and fireworks (both sanctioned and illegal), and more political, platitudinous speeches than would be possible to count, if one wanted to count them, just among … Continue reading
100 Words- July 2, 2015
They strangle your voice when you are a child with self-serving aphorisms: You are too innocent in the wisdom of the world, or speak when spoken to, but they speak only at, and never to. Ideas outside the fold are … Continue reading
Happening Now–#BlackOutPride Action Disrupts Chicago Pride Parade
By and large, I agree with the thrust of this statement. I am, however, going to have to look more closely at specific points to judge their justice.
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100 Words- July 1, 2015- Pride Parade 3
One event during the Chicago Pride Parade that went under reported, was the die-in staged by a group attempting to draw attention to the special problems of gay people of color. The protesters formed a circle around a few bodies … Continue reading
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