I did my first post yesterday that included AIDS and gays in the topic...wow, a flood of comments? So what's up with that? Clearly I have some readers that are to the left of me on some topics and yet nobody felt strongly about "And Yet More Insanity"? Those of you who worry about home land security efforts and how it could affect civil liberties, our treatment of prisoners of war, or profiling in law enforcement, blah, blah....but are you fine with our education system rewriting or suppressing our very own history? What the &*#$ gives?
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Don't be weirded out Tiny. You don't know and I don't know you. I found your blog randomly. Anyways, I am glad that you express your opinions openly. It's quite refreshing actually. However, not only gay men get AIDS and no one ever wants that Anally Injected Death Serum.
Sorry Tiny. I was working most of today so I had limited time to read your blog. Not many of us have the luxury to make blog postings all day long. You must be rich!
Hi all, just wanted to see your thoughts on this issue so asked...thanks. And yes we are all rich here in s.valley! :)
Mov....the park thing is bogus....however I doubt Bush himself suggested/approved such a thing. Your examples of what people believe fact or theory doesn't really work for me. 20-ish years ago I was a junior on my way to a BS in mathematics (I dropped out to take a job as an computer design engineer) and also studied astronomy a bit. Most astronomical theories are based on direct observation and/or mathematical calculations. But because we can't obtain truly empirical data to prove them they are called theories. The label isn't really correct though....most who study higher math (and astronomy) believe based on their understanding of how the physical universe follows a mathematical formula don't need that ultimate proof. Understanding the science behind say something as simple as determining distance with triangulation I fully believe my calculated result and don't need to verify it. Copernicus who is best known for the theory that the sun lies near the center of the universe and that the earth spins once on its axis daily as it revolves around the sun relied on observation and math. He lived with a mathmatician who was credited with stimulating his interest in astronomy.
Observation and math based proofs are very different from the belief in a god. Religion, as I see it, is mostly based on questionable documents, questionable history, folkore and your being brainwashed by your parents insistance as a youth that you participate in their faith. And in the end scientific proof doesn't exist proving any deity worshiped on earth today...faith is what gets people by.
Ok, a bit long and maybe I drifted a bit...but it doesn't take much understanding of science to believe in carbon dating, partical half life, blah, blah to know (not exactly, but also not theory) the earth is millions/billions of years old. Some have overly blind faith when they believe in things so easily proven false.
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