John Green – What happens when generations of children are reared to view others as less than human, unworthy of basic human rights? It creates a dysfunctional society, which has lost any sense of morality. It’s a society in which rape, torture, kidnapping, and the wanton murder of innocents is met not with moral outrage, but with celebration.
It’s a society incapable of coexisting with others, because its values have diverged from anything considered “civilized.” When such a society is created, it must either subdue others around it or be subdued itself. There can be no negotiated peace when one side of a conflict refuses to acknowledge the inherent humanity of the other side. There can be only a winner, a loser, or perpetual conflict. Continue reading
Dee Chadwell – Time was when we could look at our political differences and see those differences as just a wrinkle in the cloth of society. We could look at our religious variances as mere quirks — most people recognized God in one way or another.
Joseph P Farrell – Yes, you read that headline correctly. An institution of “high learning” in Amairikuhn quackademia has decided that menstrual equality needs to be promoted on its campus(note, I said “high”, not “higher”, because I strongly suspect the people behind this idea – and I’m using the term “people” loosely here – were high when they proposed it).