feel quite irritated at how the Chinese government is bullying the Tibetans.
actually, having said that, america has human rights abuses too. singapore and malaysia are purported to have biased/undemocratic election processes.
seems to be that in this century the more upright countries appear to be the australians and western europeans, especially the nordic countries. many of them have done the one great thing of abolishing the death penalty. other than some racism, they seem to have a cleaner record. but then racism (think paulene hanson) is no small problem too.
in the complex world of politics, whose hands are really clean?
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
http://www.conservapedia.com/Main_Page - the Conservative response to Wikipedia, and a big biased joke.
I think Singaporean Conservatives are probably still intelligent, but American Conservatives mostly deserve to be put in an asylum. They claim to be Christian, but advocate War in Iraq and lax gun laws (allowing people to be murdered in cold blood). Sometimes they espouse hatred against Palestine and Muslims. They worship Capitalism as a god, and call the Democrats "the party with no principles". They support the murder of innocent Arabs and Muslims, but cry foul when babies are killed in abortions (the irony). Probably because the life of an American Christian child is worth 1000 times more than the life of an Arab Muslim.
The Democrates have firm beliefs too, but they appear infinitely more intelligent and informed about the world. American Republicans and Conservatives sometimes seem to live in the bottom of wells. And they hold strong convictions that that is where they should be.
It's scary that America has so many stupid people. And it's sad that many of these people are Christians. Conservative Christians.
No wonder I am a liberal. Or rather, no wonder I hold views that society would define as liberal. I hold my views because I believe in them, not because some liberal or conservative told me that I must hold these views. I support the right of gays to marry, but view abortion as a sin. It's a henious crime - murder, no less. It's just that people around me call my views "extremely liberal". They could call my views "cow-like", "of the form of a fish", or "Nigerian", for all I care.
I think Singaporean Conservatives are probably still intelligent, but American Conservatives mostly deserve to be put in an asylum. They claim to be Christian, but advocate War in Iraq and lax gun laws (allowing people to be murdered in cold blood). Sometimes they espouse hatred against Palestine and Muslims. They worship Capitalism as a god, and call the Democrats "the party with no principles". They support the murder of innocent Arabs and Muslims, but cry foul when babies are killed in abortions (the irony). Probably because the life of an American Christian child is worth 1000 times more than the life of an Arab Muslim.
The Democrates have firm beliefs too, but they appear infinitely more intelligent and informed about the world. American Republicans and Conservatives sometimes seem to live in the bottom of wells. And they hold strong convictions that that is where they should be.
It's scary that America has so many stupid people. And it's sad that many of these people are Christians. Conservative Christians.
No wonder I am a liberal. Or rather, no wonder I hold views that society would define as liberal. I hold my views because I believe in them, not because some liberal or conservative told me that I must hold these views. I support the right of gays to marry, but view abortion as a sin. It's a henious crime - murder, no less. It's just that people around me call my views "extremely liberal". They could call my views "cow-like", "of the form of a fish", or "Nigerian", for all I care.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Tibet and China
There's chaos in Tibet, with China barring all foreign presence there and scenes of anarchy being reported.
Violent Tibetan Protestors vs the Chinese Paramilitary.
Though the Dalai Lama has called for restraint, his people are not listening.
You'd kinda side with the Tibetans though. The Chinese Communists marched into their homeland in 1951, and they probably would have suffered a lot over the years. I mean, they are Buddhists, probably the most non-violent religion in world history. Must have taken a lot to get them so riled up.
Violent Tibetan Protestors vs the Chinese Paramilitary.
Though the Dalai Lama has called for restraint, his people are not listening.
You'd kinda side with the Tibetans though. The Chinese Communists marched into their homeland in 1951, and they probably would have suffered a lot over the years. I mean, they are Buddhists, probably the most non-violent religion in world history. Must have taken a lot to get them so riled up.
Mein Kamf
The story of my recent life.
From Skepticism to Liberalism.
It started with "can we really be sure that what we are taught in Church is true?" - after all, these are only the ideas of the Protestant Fathers - Luther, Calvin, Wesley - and how they intepreted the Christian faith. Protestant Christianity is choke-full of influences from all over, but it claims to be pure -direct from God, direct from the Bible (as if the Bible fell down directly from God onto our laps). The way we understand faith is the way Luther and Calvin intepreted it for us - full-stop. The Catholics, using the same Bible, come up with a totally different theology.
So, it progressed to Skepticism. Who's to say that we are right and they are wrong? There is a truth, but who holds it?
Then, there was a tenuous link to Liberalism. Thus, all who believe in Jesus - Catholics, Protestants, Orthordox Christians - are going to heaven. Because, who's to say whose theology is right and whose is wrong? Everyone's theology is equally right to themselves, and equally wrong to others.
Thus, a fair thinker will think: Either everyone is right, or everyone is wrong. Since I am optimistic, I choose to believe that everyone is right.
See you all in heaven, brothers.
From Skepticism to Liberalism.
It started with "can we really be sure that what we are taught in Church is true?" - after all, these are only the ideas of the Protestant Fathers - Luther, Calvin, Wesley - and how they intepreted the Christian faith. Protestant Christianity is choke-full of influences from all over, but it claims to be pure -direct from God, direct from the Bible (as if the Bible fell down directly from God onto our laps). The way we understand faith is the way Luther and Calvin intepreted it for us - full-stop. The Catholics, using the same Bible, come up with a totally different theology.
So, it progressed to Skepticism. Who's to say that we are right and they are wrong? There is a truth, but who holds it?
Then, there was a tenuous link to Liberalism. Thus, all who believe in Jesus - Catholics, Protestants, Orthordox Christians - are going to heaven. Because, who's to say whose theology is right and whose is wrong? Everyone's theology is equally right to themselves, and equally wrong to others.
Thus, a fair thinker will think: Either everyone is right, or everyone is wrong. Since I am optimistic, I choose to believe that everyone is right.
See you all in heaven, brothers.
joy and steve are married! they'll have a wedding in thailand in summer i think.
joy's my age - 23/24, and steve is 21 i think. joy is thai, and steve is american, from north carolina.
talk about a whirlwind romance. they met less than a year ago, dated less than 5 months ago, and they are tying the knot.
it's so bohemian. i hope to attend their wedding in thailand.
sheer bohemia sheer coolness. wish them all the best in their married life.
joy's my age - 23/24, and steve is 21 i think. joy is thai, and steve is american, from north carolina.
talk about a whirlwind romance. they met less than a year ago, dated less than 5 months ago, and they are tying the knot.
it's so bohemian. i hope to attend their wedding in thailand.
sheer bohemia sheer coolness. wish them all the best in their married life.
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