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the war on idiocy

Westboro Baptist Church to picket Heath Ledger’s Funeral

And speaking of religion gone mad:

January 23rd, 2008 by graeme | | 6 comments »

the war on idiocy

Religion used as a cudgel in Afghanistan

Do you love freedom of speech? Of course you do. It’s fun, it’s democratic, and it allows me to publish all kinds of crazy nonsense on a blog.

You know who hates freedom of speech? Dictators, autocrats, and at least three judges in the Balkh region of Afghanistan. Yesterday, they sentenced a 23 year-old student, Sayed Parwez Kaambakhsh, to death for printing- not even writing- several articles that ‘insult Islam’.

Let’s be clear. Sentencing anyone for insulting any religion, anywhere, anytime is idiotic. It’s equivalent to running someone over because they pointed out the third-act problems in the Lord of the Rings. But what really frosts my cookies is that this case isn’t really about religion at all. It’s about using religion to squash political opposition. Read the rest of this entry »

January 23rd, 2008 by graeme | | 2 comments »

green bin

NASA takes picture of rock doing a green dress-wearing alien impression, or vice versa, on Mars

Despite the notable handicap of having very little atmosphere (both in terms of oxygen and nightlife) and a terribly gauche ochre colour scheme, Mars does have a fantastic variety of rocks that look like other things. First there was the infamous Face on Mars. And now there’s a rock that looks like a woman. A green woman. Or a woman wearing green. In any event, stand by all you conspiracy theorists- your hive minds are about to be blown. Read the rest of this entry »

January 23rd, 2008 by graeme | | 1 comment »

green bin

Nunc Scio is a Canadian Blog Award Finalist!

Thanks to what I can only assume is the obsessive voting behaviour of my readers, Nunc Scio has advanced to the second and final round of voting for the Canadian Blog Awards. As you’ll recall, Nunc Scio was nominated in the ‘Best Non-Partisan Blog’ category.

If you’d like to vote for Nunc Scio in the final round (and I think you should), please go to here.

Thanks to everyone who voted in round one. And as always, thanks for dropping by and checking out my humble review.

January 23rd, 2008 by graeme | | no comments »