The problem with ...

... reduction ad absurdum arguments such as this is that they assume that the ideas proponents would never go as far as the final absurdum. History has shown time and time again that this is not the case. Perhaps today's particular proponent's wouldn't go this far, but if they get their way, then tomorrow's will.

Apparently...

... things weren't as bad as reported in New Orleans.

http://www.nola.com/newslogs/tporleans/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_tporleans/archives/2005_09_26.html#082732

What a shock--the media reporting uncritically and unquestioningly supposed "facts" that happen to go along with their expectation of how things are.

Well, duh!

This article purports that the presence of religion in a culture does not necessarily make a society healthier. It misses the point though--the health of a culture is not measured by counting drug-addicts and ghonnorhea cases, but by the general happiness and well-being of its citizens. In this sense, I don't believe that Europe is performing better than the US. However, the article's facts are good intellecutal ammunition against religious types.

Well, duh!

This article purports that the presence of religion in a culture does not necessarily make a society healthier. It misses the point though--the health of a culture is not measured by counting drug-addicts and ghonnorhea cases, but by the general happiness and well-being of its citizens. In this sense, I don't believe that Europe is performing better than the US. However, the article's facts are good intellecutal ammunition against religious types.

Interesting Whale Behavior

Animals are so interesting. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,168456,00.html

It's amazing how far a perceptual consciousness can take you.