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I do not support our troops

By On September 1, 2008 · 9 Comments

In Canada and the United States, we are asked to “support our troops”. My response is the opposite: I do not support our troops.

This is a dangerous position to take in North American society, where unqualified “support” is demanded of us from bumper stickers on ambulances and fire trucks, and where even a [...]

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The lost art of argument

By On August 29, 2008 · 1 Comment

I get a lot of mental exercise at DPChallenge.com, where the main subject of photography seems to be heavily subsidized by discussions of religion, belief, atheism, and politics. Unfortuantely, it’s not the good kind of exercise, where I’m kept on my toes by someone obviously much smarter than me, who uses reason in ways [...]

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