1. The Lava Lizard's Tale

Comment #130909 by Steven Thrasher on February 21, 2008 at 1:32 pm

Thanks for sharing Richard and Josh. Few of us will be able to visit there (which is probably a good thing for the sake of the place), but all of us are now the little more familiar with it having viewed your video and listened to your insightful narration.

2. Admitting that you have no religion is not politically correct

Comment #122059 by Steven Thrasher on February 4, 2008 at 2:59 pm

As a Canadian University graduate I'm appalled at this.

Laurier University is in Waterloo, Ontario which is not as urban as Toronto, but not exactly Hicksville either. There is a generally high Christian population there.

Synchronium said: "Worst. University. Ever."

I wouldn't go that far, but its not one of the top ones either. From what I remember Laurier was one of the best business schools but is not really known for much else. If you wanted a top science or engineering education in Canada (at least Ontario) you would go to the University of Toronto or the University of Waterloo. For specifically Biology and Agriculture the University of Guelph is also well known. Laurier, Waterloo, and Guelph Universities are all located very close to each other.

I'd like to think if there is even a little bit of a stink made about this the decision by the student administrators will get reversed, either by them or someone above them.

3. U.S. a theocratic state, says former Canadian ambassador

Comment #46824 by Steven Thrasher on June 1, 2007 at 8:41 pm

CruciFiction:

As a born and raised Ontarian please do not feel regret that you did move to Ontario. There is absolutely no way that the best and proudest days of the U.S. are behind it. Regardless of the crap that is going on right now the U.S. is a country that everyone else looks to period.

4. U.S. a theocratic state, says former Canadian ambassador

Comment #46813 by Steven Thrasher on June 1, 2007 at 7:08 pm

I'm also a born and raised Canadian and I'm not so sure I would say God is nothing more than a cultural decoration here. Reading about Toronto in the late 1800s we were apparently devoutly religious. Things have certainly changed a lot since then but I'd still say we are not nearly as secular as Europe is. I do think Canada is far more open to accepting other cultures than any other place in the world I have ever seen. This is overall a good thing though at risk of pandering. RD said in his TV Ontario interview he suspects Canada is somewhere between the U.S.A. and the U.K. as far as secularism. I think that is a fair statement. RD experienced a lot of panderism to other cultures relgion in his recent one day trip to Toronto in his interviews. Canadians in General do not want to stir the pot. As RD or his publisher said at least The God Delusion got a huge boost on amazon.ca

5. Richard Dawkins on Canada AM

Comment #38312 by Steven Thrasher on May 7, 2007 at 1:23 pm

What a boring interview that was. Makes me sad that CTV here in Canada wasted a great opportunity and couldn't come up with better questions. I suspect TVO or CBC (both government sponsored like the BBC) would have done a much better job.