Hmmm

I have this really weird feeling in the bottom of my stomach right now. I cannot decide if I am feeling guilty for something, but cannot remember what (there is a lot to choose from), or if it is yet another symptom of the huge hang over I had today.

Either way I do not like it and would really rather it would stop.

I am

Stolen from http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/06/18/i-am/ who in turn stole it from http://dcberner.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-am.html

I live in a world of people, animals, places, things, ideas, time, space, matter, energy, forces, galaxies, quasars, mesons, and bosons. I live in a universe that seems self-sustaining and acts a whole lot like there’s no God in it. I am an Atheist.

I believe I have not yet sufficiently investigated the myriad of religious, spiritual experiences others claim to have had, and that there are too many well-educated, intelligent people who claim religious belief without a hint of shame, to discount the existence of an otherworld completely. I am an Agnostic.

I believe the teachings of Christ regarding positive social change and mercy to the oppressed are just a bit too clear a message of the gospel to be swept up as a minor sub-plot to securing an eternal country club membership for oneself. I am a Christian.

I believe that by and large, suffering is brought on by the mindless pursuit of people’s desires, and that suffering can be mitigated by increasing one’s awareness, tempering one’s desires, and following a couple relatively intuitive guidelines. I am a Buddhist.

I believe that in small and loosely organized groups of people, the voluntary sharing and distribution of wealth provides badly needed assistance to many without the means to achieve or produce it on their own. I am a Communist.

I believe that governments should not prevent human beings from doing whatever they wish, so long as they are not a danger to others. I believe in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all, not just those who have the means to afford it or who act a certain way or whose skin is a particular color. I am a Liberal.

I believe in the right of all people to seek monetary gain by their own means and increase their standing in society through honest work. I am a Capitalist.

I believe in responsible control of public funds over increased taxation. I support the use of force to prevent one human being from harming another. I am a Conservative.

I believe that no self-sufficient living organism should have to fear a superfluous death for the selfish desires of another. I am pro-life.

I believe that an acorn is not an oak tree, and that what could have been is not what is. I support the right of a family to decide when raising a child is right for them, including in the early weeks of pregnancy, without fear of backlash. I am pro-choice.

I am a person who despises labels and categorizing. I am a whole person with many beliefs and views (some of which are contradictory and conflicted), hopes and dreams, worries and fears, qualities and quirks, delights and aversions. I would prefer that you take the time to get to know me rather than try and pigeonhole me from something someone said about me or something I wrote on a blog at one point or another.

I agree with those definitions, and I am Atheist, Buddist, Communist, Liberal, Capitalist, Conservative, Pro-Choice and Pro-Life. I also could not work out how to turn itallics off after the quote.

Reader

Has anyone else's Google Reader stopped working? For the last few hours now mine has not been allowing me to see feeds. It tells me at the top how many are unread, but then will not actually load any.

Strange.

And yes, I am aware that if you all use Google, and they are all broken, that no one will answer this.

Doctor Who

As predicted, this weeks and last weeks episodes were awesome!

I now predict that next weeks will be quite good, but the one after really quite bad.

To be honest, so far Tate has not been as annoying as expected, but that just goes to show how annoying I expected her to be.

Iran

So, I have been reading a bit about Iran recently, and things seem to be kicking off again. But I am unsure how I think about this, I do not know enough about the situation to have a proper opinion. I was extremely angry when out sailors were held by them last year, and if i were in command Tehran would be a crater now.

But I have been thinking. They want nuclear weapons (supposedly), why should they not have them? What is so special about the UK, US, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel? I agree that the less nuclear weapons in the world the better (up to a point) but what right do we have to deny Iran, or any country, the right to have all means of defense at their disposal.

Some argue that they would just use them to bomb Israel, but why? The whole point of the weapons is that if you use one on another nuclear power you will be destroyed. So then people point out that if a radical jihadist were in control they would not care, but then look at America and how many religious fundamentalists there are(both in power and not) and we have been OK so far.

So, surely is not better to let countries who want the weapons have them out in the open so that the safeguards and program itself can be monitored and made safe and secure, rather than forcing them underground into the hands of the fundamentalists.

So my point really is that if Iran, or anyone else, really wants nuclear weapons they will find a way to acquire some. So surely it would be better to encourage them to do it in the open, rather then threatening to invade if they try to gain the technology, hence forcing them into hiding and increasing the risks of an accidental detonation or some splinter group or faction getting their hands on them.

Opinions? Arguments? are all welcome.

The Empire Lives

http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3041/six-degrees-of-wikipedia

- Awesome!

About Me

I do not have Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia