Comments by Y. Bother

Comment #40473 by Y. Bother on May 14, 2007 at 10:24 am

The comment in the end "Don't waste it." is stupid, manipulative and judgmental.

It takes the whole delight out of free choice, free choice means not to care whether Brian Coughlan or anybody else thinks that you wasted anything.

It was also covered in the responsibility part, taking responsibility also means bringing actions in accort with some goals, (not aimlessly waste it).

2. Christopher Hitchens - God is Not Great

Comment #40028 by Y. Bother on May 12, 2007 at 6:23 pm

C.Hitchens says in that interview, that everybody must pay chirch tax in Germany, which isn't true, though most churches can (and do) use the income tax system to collect from their members.

German chirch tax ranges from 1.6-4.0% off income depending on income hight, which led many people to officially abandon the church.

(Shouldn't the symbol for this entry be audio? :o))

3. NEXT MONDAY: Bill O'Reilly interviews Richard Dawkins

Comment #34429 by Y. Bother on April 24, 2007 at 3:26 am

The (4m:40s) video is available on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Dawkins%20O%27Reilly&search=Search

O'Reilly is disgusting though, but his way of patronizing the dumb with his political agenda is efficient, or transleited to O'Reilly'an level of reasoning:
"He is bad for the nation, because he is evil!"

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