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2 months ago

mponochie said :

Regarding your answer:
What’s left?

April 1st, 2009

jahi said :

your answer to the hndu concept is very distasteful qingu! it’s not right to refer to one of the world’s greatest teachings as bs. i’m a christian but i do find that religion is more in-depth about life and how to live it both from a spiritual perspective as well the accumulation of material assets .

March 24th, 2009

fireside said :

I’m glad you have thick skin.
It’s fun to have you around to spar and/or agree with, Qingu.

March 21st, 2009

cprevite said :

Very intelligent and progressive comments. I just added you to my Fluther. Welcome aboard.

March 15th, 2009

fundevogel said :

It’s been a pleasure reading your comments.
much lurve.

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Questions

• 1 month ago

  What are some weird/obscure "societies"?

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• 1 month ago

  What are some good, short, present-tense books?

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• 2 months ago

  Did Glenn Beck rape and murder a young girl in 1990, and if not, is it acceptable to ask if he did?

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• 2 months ago

  What is the Baha'i position on homosexuality?

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• April 25th, 2009

  Who was responsible for 9/11, and how do you know?

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• 14 hours ago

  What is it about sports that gets fans so wrapped up in it that they'll behave so passionately?

  @RedPowerLady, actually, it seems like you’re the one falling prey to the “noble savage” stereotype. Like I said, there are probably lots of exceptions, among Native Americans and elsewhere, but for most observed tribal cultures in existence, murder and revenge killings are huge problems and more commonplace than in state-level societies with codified laws against murder. (Edit: I’m differentiating between “murder” within a society and warfare between societies.) By the way, the native Americans were/are not the only tribal societies. And a number of native Americans did not live in tribes before the Europeans came, but rather had more complex “chiefdoms”; the Aztecs, Maya, and Inca achieved state-level societies (and I think one group in Mississippi did as well). You could probably argue the Iroquois League was chiefdom- or state-level too. By “tribe,” I mean the word in the anthropological sense, a large extended family group without complex political structure.
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• 14 hours ago

  What is your opinion on the Fairness Doctrine?

  Why shouldn’t radio professionals take the idea of yet more government intrusion into their work personally? Because it’s not actually going to happen. Besides, no radio personality is “constantly ranting” about this issue. I haven’t heard anyone else talk about the fairness doctrine except talk radio conservatives and their fans. You just wish to peg those of us that are concerned, perhaps even mildly afraid as fearmongers. No, the fearmongers would be the people trumpeting the fairness doctrine to feed into conservatives’ persecution complex and trump up their narrative of “the liberals are out to get us and take away our freedom.” I don’t actually believe Rush Limbaugh is concerned or afraid, I think he’s a demagogue who makes his living off of playing off of ignorant Americans’ irrational fears and hatreds, and this is one such example.
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• 15 hours ago

  What is your opinion on the Fairness Doctrine?

  No, you never explained how constantly ranting about something that (1) will never happen and (2) your audience is already perfectly familiar with constitutes “education” and not “fearmongering.”
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• 15 hours ago

  What is it about sports that gets fans so wrapped up in it that they'll behave so passionately?

  @RedPowerLady, hm. Depends on how you define “violence.” As I understand it, tribal societies had much more murder than chiefdoms or state-level societies. Also, I’d wager that “tribal morality” has its roots in earlier primate social organizations, since we evolved from them. So I guess I can see how the term could be misinterpreted; I supposed I could have said “us vs. them,” which is rooted in early human social organizations.
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• 15 hours ago

  What is it about sports that gets fans so wrapped up in it that they'll behave so passionately?

  I’m sure it varies from tribe to tribe, but I know many early American tribes looked at all other tribes as “outsiders” or, in some cases, not “real people.” That’s what I meant by “tribal morality,” and as you can see, it has gotten transfered to a lot of state-level societies, as well as religious movements. The idea of “us” vs. “them” based on nothing more substantial than where one happens to be born, or where one happens to live.
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