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Points to consider in the debate over when a zygote becomes human.

If a fertilized egg is a human, then we are determined (almost totally) by our genes. If we are determined by our genes then racism is a reasonable approach to organizing a society. Racism is where we presume to know … Continue reading

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On the Open Carry street theater

This is someone else’s response to a facebook post about Open-Carry gun nuts going to a family restaurant. John Maverick: My thoughts as a gun owner (NSFW): I use the word “Fuck.” I like the word “Fuck.” I even carry … Continue reading

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Amazing day

I spent today with my girlfriend, having established just the previous day that I had one. The past fell away, nothing more than some interesting stories to tell when taking a break from kissing. I am beginning to get the … Continue reading

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On Hobby Lobby SCOTUS decision

This implies that one doesn’t have to have religious activities as the prime function of one’s organization to be granted special rights due to one’s religion. I do not believe the Catholic organizations should have been granted an exception as … Continue reading

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Keep on truckin’

A friend’s facebook post: “The hardest part is where you have to keep plodding forward, taking territory one inch, one foot at a time. It is easy to lose hope and forget how close you actually are to the goal. … Continue reading

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Mother’s Day

My mother did for me something that few I have known were willing to do: to admit and be willing to discuss her failings as a mother, to help me unwind the terrors of my early years that were crippling … Continue reading

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Two of the three most traumatic events of my life are abortions. The first when I was about 20 seemed excusable due to relative poverty, the woman (now my ex-wife) never said a word about why she did it. I … Continue reading

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Greg Abbot naive on freedom

From Greg Abbott: “When government is limited, freedom is expanded.” The continental congress extended itself into a full country gov’t creating greater freedom for most colonial citizens (at least in the north). South Africa goes both ways, the gov’t retracted … Continue reading

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On culture

I am greatly annoyed when people present themselves as being a member of a particular culture as an attempt to dodge responsibility for their actions, delegating that responsibility to those who set the norms for that culture. The obvious case … Continue reading

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On Woody Allen’s abuse of a child

Allen’s passing a lie detector test to me is inconclusive. From personal experience I know that at times of great stress people do things that are so foreign to their own self image that they do not accept that they … Continue reading

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