Now here is a guy who seems to think that only Christians can behave as decent humans.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/01/29/how-did-this-guy-become-a-darling-of-the-conservative-skepticatheist-movement/
And then there the is the Muslim concept of controlling women. Like that was even possible. Can you verbally herd cats?
Then there is the christian "free will", which truly is ludicrous. We can chose between the available and known options. If we do not know that that choice even exists, or is possible, it is not a choice. If it is at the onset an obviously bad choice, it is not a real choice. If we are unable to do what look like a choice, but we are unable to do it, how can it be a choice.
This nut thinks religion is the salvation of trouble. http://freethinker.co.uk/2018/01/29/a-shortage-of-irish-exorcists-has-led-to-an-upsurge-of-evil/ Pythagoras reminds us we can chose the natural way or the supernatural way. The supernatural can give us relief until we die, but the natural way can fix the problem but will hurt more.
All humans have alturism and social need, is one more piece of bullshit. Abuse can remove altruism, it can even create introverts, hermits, isolationists. Avoiding people is a natural protection method for the abused and harassed people. Oh well, in the end we all just die anyway. But what do I know?
Monday, January 29, 2018
Sunday, January 28, 2018
Ethics Important, Religion not so much
So even the Dalai Lama agrees, Ethics are more important than religion. So what about those things that religion can supply, that we give up when we become atheist? Social network? Well, some of us never really had those in religion much anyway.
We do not give up ethics, and in most cases we become more ethical. We become responsible for our own action, our own ethics, and morals. We lose the scrapegoats. We become responsible for all our actions. Ethics is the foundation for the remainder of our lives and by extension our morals. We do give up one source of motivation, but only duty based motivation, to follow the ethics and other behavior, that is the "because god said so" claim. Authority motivation, is what it is, but for some things it is not much good anyway. It is the slave-master relationship.
Many of us who become atheist,did so gradually not over night, it is a gradual growth away from any reliance to total rejection of any god concept. We typically do not get to the clear fork, clear dichotomy, like Pythagoras "live by nature or supernatural" until later. In hindsight, it is a clear choice, and decision.
Along the way we need to realize that there are many different schemes of motivation for ethics. The Stoics used duty to the city state, nation for military service and following of city laws, and virtue ethics for personnel life. Set out the characteristics that you wish to become, and work toward that end. Toward eudaimonia, that word with no English counter, pleasure satisfaction flourishing joy, the result of serotonin mainly. Virtue ethics still leaves the choice of which virtue to follow up to the individual, to a large degree. Following virtue ethics gives us the ability to think that "if there was wrong done, it was not by me."
Cultures utilize the technology that we have and that is limited to that which we can afford or are able to provide. With the great disparity that we have there is tremendous temptation, and in some respects, it is the opulence that creates the greed that drives much theft. It is the lack of sexual release that drives the lust that drives the sexual trial closing that causes the current environment of common male lust. Frequently the females know no boundaries, and this may create some of the problems to start with, aka flirting without any intention of allowing completion, baiting the trap, but it is just a trap that will do us damage. Oh well, in the end we all just die anyway. But it is up to our ethics to keep us out of such traps.
We do not give up ethics, and in most cases we become more ethical. We become responsible for our own action, our own ethics, and morals. We lose the scrapegoats. We become responsible for all our actions. Ethics is the foundation for the remainder of our lives and by extension our morals. We do give up one source of motivation, but only duty based motivation, to follow the ethics and other behavior, that is the "because god said so" claim. Authority motivation, is what it is, but for some things it is not much good anyway. It is the slave-master relationship.
Many of us who become atheist,did so gradually not over night, it is a gradual growth away from any reliance to total rejection of any god concept. We typically do not get to the clear fork, clear dichotomy, like Pythagoras "live by nature or supernatural" until later. In hindsight, it is a clear choice, and decision.
Along the way we need to realize that there are many different schemes of motivation for ethics. The Stoics used duty to the city state, nation for military service and following of city laws, and virtue ethics for personnel life. Set out the characteristics that you wish to become, and work toward that end. Toward eudaimonia, that word with no English counter, pleasure satisfaction flourishing joy, the result of serotonin mainly. Virtue ethics still leaves the choice of which virtue to follow up to the individual, to a large degree. Following virtue ethics gives us the ability to think that "if there was wrong done, it was not by me."
Cultures utilize the technology that we have and that is limited to that which we can afford or are able to provide. With the great disparity that we have there is tremendous temptation, and in some respects, it is the opulence that creates the greed that drives much theft. It is the lack of sexual release that drives the lust that drives the sexual trial closing that causes the current environment of common male lust. Frequently the females know no boundaries, and this may create some of the problems to start with, aka flirting without any intention of allowing completion, baiting the trap, but it is just a trap that will do us damage. Oh well, in the end we all just die anyway. But it is up to our ethics to keep us out of such traps.
Monday, January 15, 2018
A Spade is a Specific type of Shovel
Freedom of Speech, verses Prejudices
So how much freedom of speech do we have in Canada? The US claims freedom of speech, but you cannot call a spade a spade. Germany has a "no hate speech" law, but do as they like, but not in the press, just like here. Here in the blog world, we can get away with more as some of us just delete or never allow the blow back to stick. Spam filters or black comment processes have there purposes. Just like black hole warranty, the product never comes back.
Canada is trying to be an open culture, not prejudiced against any identifiable group except the obese, homeless, and the bearded. Oh, well, that is the formal position anyway. Individuals have their own views, many of which are far below what the government would like to see. Hiring practices are definitely prejudiced in many companies; others are culturally selective. There are companies that are Punjab run and staffed, Jewish run and staffed, Korean staffed, and many more. There is not much of an employment issue with natives that I have seen, many of them cannot hold a job for long except on the reserves.
So here in Canada, we have formal government standards, informal company standards, and private opinion on many subjects, and these are not the same. It is more about not transgressing any laws that the laws reflecting the true belief of the population. Our cultural superego, ego, and id do not match with reality, producing different results depending on the exposure conditions. We are a nation of great diversity, and opinions differ depending on what we think is or should be the desired objective. We are publicly inclusive and privately exclusive. Not a good mix. This effects what we say, and what we communicate to others, producing a selective truth in the media.
So the government sets out a vision, and laws to support that vision follow. We citizens do what we do, and occasionally the law alters our behavior, after it catches and prosecutes us. Oh well.
I was involved in the investigation of a fatality event of a sewer contractor. As soon as the site was released, the contractor was back in business under a different name, operating the same unsafe way as before. The hoe operator, who was the one man company, was fined a few thousand, and everything carried on as before, unsafely. The name of the trench victim was never made public while the event was in the news. I never did here the name of the fellow, only that he was day labor, and this is Canada, the land of the free, or so the song says.
So how much freedom of speech do we have in Canada? The US claims freedom of speech, but you cannot call a spade a spade. Germany has a "no hate speech" law, but do as they like, but not in the press, just like here. Here in the blog world, we can get away with more as some of us just delete or never allow the blow back to stick. Spam filters or black comment processes have there purposes. Just like black hole warranty, the product never comes back.
Canada is trying to be an open culture, not prejudiced against any identifiable group except the obese, homeless, and the bearded. Oh, well, that is the formal position anyway. Individuals have their own views, many of which are far below what the government would like to see. Hiring practices are definitely prejudiced in many companies; others are culturally selective. There are companies that are Punjab run and staffed, Jewish run and staffed, Korean staffed, and many more. There is not much of an employment issue with natives that I have seen, many of them cannot hold a job for long except on the reserves.
So here in Canada, we have formal government standards, informal company standards, and private opinion on many subjects, and these are not the same. It is more about not transgressing any laws that the laws reflecting the true belief of the population. Our cultural superego, ego, and id do not match with reality, producing different results depending on the exposure conditions. We are a nation of great diversity, and opinions differ depending on what we think is or should be the desired objective. We are publicly inclusive and privately exclusive. Not a good mix. This effects what we say, and what we communicate to others, producing a selective truth in the media.
So the government sets out a vision, and laws to support that vision follow. We citizens do what we do, and occasionally the law alters our behavior, after it catches and prosecutes us. Oh well.
I was involved in the investigation of a fatality event of a sewer contractor. As soon as the site was released, the contractor was back in business under a different name, operating the same unsafe way as before. The hoe operator, who was the one man company, was fined a few thousand, and everything carried on as before, unsafely. The name of the trench victim was never made public while the event was in the news. I never did here the name of the fellow, only that he was day labor, and this is Canada, the land of the free, or so the song says.
Friday, January 12, 2018
Decriminalization-- but not really, at the traffic stop stage
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/drunk-driving-laws-decriminalize-2018-changes-police-licence-1.4468021
https://infotel.ca/newsitem/drunk-driving-is-nearly-decriminalized-in-bc-and-madd-is-quite-happy-about-that/it37915
So now if you are stopped, you loss your license, well for a while, and a bunch of dollars. OK. But that is not really decriminalization of much. If you have a accident, this change has no impact, you are still in court. So now the revenuers can just fine everybody, and there is no appeal possible, for the stop, towing, vehicular damages and inconvenience. It is just up to the revenuer.
Now the public opinion or each and ever officer will be driven even lower. They are having difficulty finding people now. So what is it going to be like in the future? Those hopped up egos that so many of the young cops have. They are all branded with the same brush.
When I went through school, the thug personalities joined the RCMP. What does that say about the makeup of the RCMP. Perhaps it is better now, but I doubt it.
So what about those who are drugged up? Some are so aggressive, and some are so lay back, creating blockages on the road. I am sure glad I do not drive as much as I once did. Some long days I would fill up the pick up with gas three times, 1000 km or more.
I think that it will push home drinking even higher. Buy a bottle and go home, bring your friends and get drunk. Get evicted, if you and/or your friends get to loud too often. Not good for society either, but it will shift the drinking out of the bars more. Unless we walk to the bar.
So it effect is limited to a bad situation, currently a bad situation, but will increase the revenue for the revenuers, tow trucks and storage, and the lawyers. If it was unconstitutional to remove the license before, it still is but it will take a while before it is declared such. Oh well, in the end we all just die anyway.
https://infotel.ca/newsitem/drunk-driving-is-nearly-decriminalized-in-bc-and-madd-is-quite-happy-about-that/it37915
So now if you are stopped, you loss your license, well for a while, and a bunch of dollars. OK. But that is not really decriminalization of much. If you have a accident, this change has no impact, you are still in court. So now the revenuers can just fine everybody, and there is no appeal possible, for the stop, towing, vehicular damages and inconvenience. It is just up to the revenuer.
Now the public opinion or each and ever officer will be driven even lower. They are having difficulty finding people now. So what is it going to be like in the future? Those hopped up egos that so many of the young cops have. They are all branded with the same brush.
When I went through school, the thug personalities joined the RCMP. What does that say about the makeup of the RCMP. Perhaps it is better now, but I doubt it.
So what about those who are drugged up? Some are so aggressive, and some are so lay back, creating blockages on the road. I am sure glad I do not drive as much as I once did. Some long days I would fill up the pick up with gas three times, 1000 km or more.
I think that it will push home drinking even higher. Buy a bottle and go home, bring your friends and get drunk. Get evicted, if you and/or your friends get to loud too often. Not good for society either, but it will shift the drinking out of the bars more. Unless we walk to the bar.
So it effect is limited to a bad situation, currently a bad situation, but will increase the revenue for the revenuers, tow trucks and storage, and the lawyers. If it was unconstitutional to remove the license before, it still is but it will take a while before it is declared such. Oh well, in the end we all just die anyway.
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