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A Question of Atheist Scruples – unscrupulous media edition
Your gritty current affairs program is in a ratings war. You can take the lead by broadcasting the ‘execution of the week.’ Do you? Now the game shows its age a wee bit. There was a time, boys and girls, … Continue reading
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Tagged A question of atheist scruples, gun violence, school shootings, violence
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X-Men advertisers make giant billboard misstep
CBC reports that Toronto wound up with several of these brainless billboards advertising the newest of the X-Men franchise. So we have here a giant armoured up dude strangling the crap out of a dainty naked lady. My trim/enlargement of … Continue reading
Witchhunts in Cambodia
Not a country I know about, but apparently it’s one with enough superstition and belief in the supernatural to create mobs intent on accusing ordinary people of black magic and sorcery. Why they thought Pov Sovann was trouble? He was … Continue reading
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Tagged Cambodia, death, economics, violence, witchcraft
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For some reason I watched Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Well, one reason: it was there. It’s the sequel following the original Planet of the Apes film. It had its moments but it was pretty stupid overall. Another ship crash lands on the futuristic Earth and the surviving astronaut, Brent, … Continue reading
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Tagged Beneath the Planet of the Apes, culture, films, violence
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“The Turtle Moves…”
I can’t resist a Terry Pratchett quote when the opportunity arises. This is really about the senseless killing of a tortoise by a Uganda police officer, however. After Onegiu had killed the tortoise, a group of people belonging to the … Continue reading
Posted in In the Media, religiosity, Why in the world?
Tagged fear, prayer, religiosity, superstition, tortoises, Uganda, violence
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Alien claims connection to Jesus, hits a woman with a shovel
Apparently bath salts were involved. Robert William White, 20, was arrested in Greendale, California after his ingestion of bath salt-infused soda helped him come to the conclusion that he was an alien being with a direct line to Jesus and … Continue reading
Old news: it’s hard to be atheist in Indonesia
Via the Jakarta Globe, January 19, 2012: An Indonesian civil servant who posted “God does not exist” on his Facebook page has been taken into police custody for his own protection after he was badly beaten. The man, identified as … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, blasphemy, controversy, Indonesia, laws, religion, violence
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“You are what you eat” – yes, but you don’t eat video games
Fox News reports on two different video games released on the same day, one from Lightside Games focusing on Jesus’ life and the other being the demon haunted Diablo III, a product from Blizzard Entertainment. The timing was not lost … Continue reading
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Tagged games, jesus, psychology, skepticism, video games, violence
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“Don’t be that guy!” ads target offenders not victims
Rebecca Watson’s “Elevator Guy” debacle over the summer highlighted a problem women and men need to deal with, not just in atheist circles but across our communities. I just learned this week that there’s an anti-rape ad campaign going on … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness Issues, culture, In the Media
Tagged advertising, crime, rape, sex, sexual abuse, sexuality, violence, women's rights
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Reminder: it’s Banned Book Week
Usually I’m more on the ball when it comes to book issues and support for abolishing censorship of the printed word. The American Library Association has a list of the top 100 banned or challenged books for the past decade, … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, banned book week, banned books, books, religion, sexuality, skepticism, violence
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