My mom laughed so hard at this that she was crying. I don’t find it *that* funny… maybe I’m missing something. :)
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Steve Martin is a pretty funny guy, though. I personally adore watching him on his banjo… but I adore bluegrass.
In a lead in to his upcoming talk, the Toronto Star has published this goodie. “There’s a big difference between tolerance and respect. Tolerance is you saying something crazy and me smiling and saying ‘that’s nice.’ Respect is when you say something crazy and I say ‘you’re out of your … Continue reading
There is more work for lawyers in Quebec now that the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that an abuse victim can sue the Catholic church and reopen her case. (side note: I wonder how many other URLs end with court-priest-sex.html) I don’t know enough about Quebec’s civil law to … Continue reading
The Freedom House has released a detailed report (pdf) on the effects of blasphemy laws using examples from selected countries. Most of the countries studied are reoffending favourites like Pakistan and Egypt but a few Christian countries made the cut. The Freedom House periodically releases reports and maintains a ‘Freedom … Continue reading
At the latest board meeting of the BC Humanist Association we agreed to move forward and pursue the ability to appoint officiants to perform marriages in BC. One of our board members will begin filling out the documents over the next month and after that we’ll start seeking out people … Continue reading
On the topic of successfully co-sponsored events, the BC Humanists, CFI Vancouver and SFU Skeptics worked together to bring Marci McDonald, author of The Armageddon Factor, to Vancouver for a discussion of the state of secularism in Canada. The talk, at SFU’s downtown Harbour Centre campus, was attended by about … Continue reading
This is just a quick note for all of those who are still up/waking up. My rescheduled appearance for CIUT will be tomorrow morning at 9am EST. If you’re in Toronto, tune in, otherwise check online and hopefully we can get an audio copy online afterward.
This past week, British Columbia was host to creationist lecturer Dr. Jonathan Sarfati, a PhD in chemistry who gave a series of lectures entitled “Evolution: The Greatest Hoax on Earth.” The title, while pithy enough on its own, is based on the title of the international bestselling book The Greatest … Continue reading
I’ve been listening to the audiobook of Sam Harris’s The Moral Landscape… While I have no doubt some atheists will thoroughly enjoy his neuroscience based advocacy of utilitarianism, so far, I’m less than impressed. The neuroscience bits are good, and I think he has some interesting things to say about … Continue reading
The great skeptic webcomic Cectic adds a statement about the consequence of being a douchebag: (Click to see original) Of course this exchange seems far more likely in an online forum then in any actual encounter with real human beings, but comics wouldn’t be as funny without stereotypes.