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Owned by Unordained - Created on 10/03/2005 - Never edited 11/01/05 :: Folder :: Freedom & Responsibility11/01/05 :: Folder :: Philosophy & Argumentation11/01/05 :: Folder :: Society & Culture 02/12/04 :: Article :: Baring it all :: Do we have to go there? 11/08/06 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonIn matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. 09/29/05 :: Quote :: Robert FrostA civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. 02/11/05 :: Quote :: Bjarne StroustrupCuriously enough, the volume of interest and public debate is often inversely proportional to the importance of a feature. The reason is that it is much easier to have a firm opinion on a minor feature than on a major one; minor features fit directly into the current state of affairs, whereas major ones - by definition - do not.
[Editor's note: while this was in the context of C++ language featur [...] 02/02/04 :: Article :: I'm thinking in plaid! :: We strive to make sure our editorials are as trendy as we can.11/06/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: A Vindication of Moral Liberty10/06/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Meme, Counter-meme09/10/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Political Compass09/04/03 :: Quote :: Aldous HuxleyThere is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: [unspecified]Jones' First Law: Anyone who makes a significant contribution to any field of endeavor, and stays in that field long enough, becomes an obstruction to its progress -- in direct proportion to the importance of their original contribution.  06/28/05 :: Article :: Skepticism :: 05/20/07 :: Quote :: Friedrich NietzscheThe most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.  02/12/04 :: Article :: Boobygate :: New and improved! Now easier to skim and ignore!!01/20/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Logic and Fallacies01/09/04 :: Quote :: George D. PrenticeMany a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't understand his own meaning.  07/12/04 :: File :: A talk about chastity with high-schoolers :: Real-Media audio05/20/04 :: Article :: The power to make people listen :: When you talk, does the world stand still?01/06/06 :: Reference :: (link) :: Is Europe Ready for 'Whore Power'?11/16/05 :: Quote :: Louis D. Brandeis, US Supreme Court JusticeThe greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Omar Khayam, 13th century philosopherHe who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool. Shun him.
He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is a child. Teach him.
He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep. Wake him.
He who knows, and knows that he knows, is a leader. Follow him. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Mae WestMarriage is a great institution -- but I'm not ready for an institution yet.
09/04/03 :: Quote :: Aldous HuxleyMost human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Albert EinsteinReality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: [unspecified]Marriage is a ghastly public confession of a strictly private intention. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Napoleon BonaparteHistory is a set of lies that people have agreed upon. 08/26/05 :: Reference :: (link) :: Inside Ronald Reagan08/22/06 :: Quote :: John Stuart MillIf mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one - if he had the power - would be justified in silencing mankind. 07/31/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonI would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it. 06/30/03 :: Article :: Please enter your date of birth and gender :: Fighting for individuality in a world that doesn't care06/12/07 :: Quote :: Bertrand RussellThe most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. 06/02/04 :: Quote :: Lao-TzuA leader is best when people barely know that he exists.
Less good when they obey and acclaim him.
Worse when they fear and despise him.
Fail to honor people, and they fail to honor you.
But of a good leader, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled,
they will say, "We did this ourselves."
05/12/06 :: Quote :: Patrick Henry [disputed]I know not what course others make take, but as for me: give me Liberty, or give me death. 05/12/06 :: Quote :: George Bernard ShawLiberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. 05/12/06 :: Quote :: John F. KennedyLet every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty. 05/12/06 :: Quote :: Patrick HenryGuard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. 03/15/08 :: Quote :: Bertrand RussellThe greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution. 02/14/05 :: Article :: Having a reason for laws :: Because I said so!02/12/04 :: Quote :: CS Lewis: "The Weight of Glory""To be ignorant and simple now--not to be able to meet the enemies on their own ground--would be to throw down our weapons and betray our uneducated brethren who have, under God, no defense but us against the intellectual attacks of the heathen. Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered." 02/11/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Handy Latin Phrases02/10/07 :: Quote :: Sir Francis BaconSilence is the virtue of fools. 02/07/08 :: Quote :: C.P. SnowWhen you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. 01/30/05 :: Quote :: Chuang-tzuAll men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility. 01/28/05 :: Quote :: Frederick DouglassNo man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck. 01/21/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Anti-Semitism: A Practical Manual01/08/06 :: Reference :: (link) :: UK report upcoming on psychosis effects of cannabis (pot) 11/04/04 :: Article :: A -> B -> C :: But wait..I only like B. I hate C!10/18/05 :: Article :: Stub - Evolution &c :: 03/13/11 :: Message :: Marriage and Equal Rights12/15/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Criminalizing Motherhood12/03/03 :: Article :: Tips for making your arguments unbeatable :: Just a few tricks of the trade you might want to avoid picking up, if you care about fairness.12/01/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Culture and What Courts Can't Do12/01/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Opponents Of Gay Marriage Divided 12/01/03 :: Quote :: Abraham Lincoln
We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness o [...] 11/13/03 :: Quote :: Michael PaineAn important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public. 11/05/03 :: Quote :: Arne TiseliusThe distinction between true and false appears to become increasingly blurred by... the pollution of the language. 10/09/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Two Civilized Men Among the Barbarians10/03/05 :: Quote :: John MiltonHere the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and
punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
10/03/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Godwin's Law09/04/07 :: Reference :: (link) :: The God Fuse09/04/03 :: Quote :: O'RourkeOne of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Richard Kerry (R-Florida)I think that the free-enterprise system is absolutely too important to be left to the voluntary action of the marketplace. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Arthur C. ClarkeYou can't have it both ways. You can't have both free will and a benevolent higher power who protects you from yourself. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Mark TwainClothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Albert EinsteinIf most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Aldous HuxleyFacts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: BerliozTime is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. 08/27/05 :: Quote :: Mark TwainIf it is a Miracle, any sort of evidence will answer, but if it is a Fact, proof is necessary. 08/01/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonShake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
08/01/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonThe care of every man's soul belongs to himself. But what if he neglect the care of it? Well what if he neglect the care of his health or his estate, which would more nearly relate to the state. Will the magistrate make a law that he not be poor or sick? Laws provide against injury from others; but not from ourselves. God himself will not save men against their wills. 08/01/04 :: Article :: Don't ignore differences! :: The Vatican reminds us that women are different from men, hurray!07/08/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: The morality police07/02/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: United States divorce statistics07/02/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: World-wide divorce statistics06/29/04 :: Article :: Freedom and Authority :: Shedding light on America's political system06/09/05 :: Quote :: [unspecified]The more we disagree, the more chance there is that at least one of us
is right. 05/20/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Harper's Magazine05/20/04 :: Article :: Holding back :: Laws are only for the lawful?05/12/06 :: Quote :: Patrick Henry [disputed]Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! 05/12/06 :: Quote :: AristotleA tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. 05/12/06 :: Quote :: Patrick HenryThe liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them. 05/12/06 :: Quote :: Samuel AdamsIf ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. 04/07/04 :: Article :: Moral Authority? :: 04/07/04 :: Quote :: Howard ChaykinI don't believe in sweeping social change being manifested by one person, unless he has an atomic weapon. 03/23/05 :: Quote :: Dale HancheyNever be too proud to steal a good idea. 03/12/04 :: Quote :: Victor HugoAn invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
(Translated from "On résiste à l'invasion des armées; on ne résiste pas à l'invasion des idées.") 03/02/04 :: Article :: Anti-discrimination and the Church :: Should you be worried about gay marriage because your church doesn't want to officiate such things?01/09/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: How to deconstruct almost anything |
