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Then we can solve the rest of the world's problems by dissolving friendship. We can cure cancer maybe by dissolving the father-son bond.

"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "

Equality: Government/church sanctioned marriage is not necessary for a happy life.

Well I dunno about the good meaningful relationships thing, there is the Facebooking of birthdays and things like that.

But you're right, state-approved marriage is dying a natural death as we speak.

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^Now what would actually work is dissolving the genetic bond you know. Many types of cancer have been found to be linked to heredity. So if we somehow dissolve the genetic link we might be on to something....

You're really talking about gene selection and not dissolving a the genetic link between offspring and parent. That would lead to biological chaos.

"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "

Here's Dan Savage, anti-suicide and gay rights activist, speaking at a conference for high school journalists. He's not a big fan of the bible. The people you'll see marching out as he gets going were the Christian group in attendance, though judging by the crowd noise the majority supports him.

The controvery is whether he's taking a ballsy stand for his beliefs, or whether this anti-bullying icon is actually engaging in bullying of Christian students.

Personally, I believe the content of Savage's speech is here is spot on. The problem is his choice of the words "bullsh*t" and "pansy-assed" which are not respectable terms to be using in this context. Still, they shouldn't be walking out. They should be complaining to him and saying "Hey, you can disagree with the bible, but calling it "bullsh*t" and Christians "pansy-assed" was unprofessional and you could've put the same message across using more appropriate terms." That would be OK. Walking out makes them look scared.

Yes I know about William Wilburforce thanks, doesn't change what it says in the bible.

OH BUT THAT BIT WAS SPECIALLY WRITTEN TO BE ONLY TRUE AT A CERTAIN TIME whatever.

Epilogue: The event's organizers put salt in the wounds of the Christians by defending Savage AND saying that people who walk out instead of listening to something they don't want to hear have no business being journalists. Ouch.

Edited by Textbook - April 30 2012 at 04:59

Textbook wrote:

Still, they shouldn't be walking out. They should be complaining to him and saying "Hey, you can disagree with the bible, but calling it "bullsh*t" and Christians "pansy-assed" was unprofessional and you could've put the same message across using more appropriate terms." That would be OK. Walking out makes them look scared.

Or it makes them look like people who don't want to be verbally abused and waste their time listening to his speech.

"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "

I'm against suicide, personally.

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I think some people would benefit from it.

"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "

It did, but the government threw Kevorkian in jail.

"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "