Another interesting free speech “acid test” has been in the news lately — that of “Holocaust denier” David Irving, who was was sentenced to three years in jail by an Austrian judge for denying [...] the existence of the gas chambers of the Second World War and the murder of six million Jews.
I write “acid [...]
I don’t really keep up much with my alma mater these days, so when I opened up Andrew Sullivan’s blog last week and read about two college editors getting suspended for publishing the infamous Danish cartoons, I was surprised when I found out it was two editors from the Daily Illini.
I had mixed feelings about [...]
I’m not a big fan of Valentine’s day, since in my opinion, it’s just a made up bunch of hooey to sell gift cards, flowers, chocolate, and diamonds. However, one doesn’t always get to choose which holidays in which they participate. That, combined with the fact that I liked to cook, lead me to create [...]
I’ve never really thought of Bruce Willis as a hero. Sure, he’s kicked a lot of ass in some sweet movies (Die Hard, Pulp Fiction, and Sin City) but I always figured that he was just another Hollywood actor type with the intelligence of mashed potatoes.
Not so.
He went over to Iraq to meet the troops [...]
Thanks to Google, I have a nifty personalized homepage where I get to select from various RSS feeds to populate it. One of my selections is the “How To” of the day. Today’s selection was How to make a diaper cake.
What the hell?
(btw, I also subscribe to the recipe of the day, and diaper cake [...]
A buddy of mine writes (insightfully, I might add):
there is a major disclaimer that appears to be hidden from many within this freedom of speech idea, and it’s that freedom of speech does not equate to freedom from consequences.
Good point. But I replied with this…
This is true… but not true at the same time.
Even in [...]
I’ve decided that the best way to end religious strife, once and for all, is the empirical method. Everyone who thinks their deity is the supreme being goes to Antarctica. The rest of the world donates used land mines (solves that problem), guns, knives, and other weaponry. Then, we place a huge plexiglass bubble over [...]
Some links to entertain you regarding the recent furor over the Danish satirical cartoons about Mohammed and Islam.
the actual cartoons
CSM article describing ruckus
Sullivan’s excellent editorial: Your Taboo, Not Mine
Collection of cartoons mocking the intolerance of radical Islam
You want blasphemy? I got your blasphemy right here
And finally, the picture here indicates the fundamental misunderstanding between [...]