Another tack.

The absence of proof that chemical and biological weapons and their related development programs had been destroyed was considered as proof that they continued to exist.

This is supposed to be rational. Yet when Christians use this "logic" in regards to God (absence of proof considered as proof), atheists laugh and point.

update on the creepy guy

I went home an hour earlier than normal yesterday. He happened to be on that bus (just my luck). The first thing I said was, "I'm glad to have run into you, because there's something I need to talk to you about."( Read more... )

fragments, 10/1/03, 12:24 a.m.

The older I get, the more menstruation seems the act of a desperate woman.

Educate me.

Is it possible to impeach both a president and a vice-president simultaneously? If so, under what circumstances? and, who would assume the presidency?

I had an enjoyable evening, despite my word choices

I watched the finale of Paradise Hotel and read up on the title insurance industry. I did this on a 1st-plateau level dose of DXM. I really got a lot out of my reading, and the episode had a satisfying resolution. So, I've had (and am still having) a nice night.

fragments, 10/1/03, 9:43 p.m.

Humans are the mix between real property and personal property. We are dust and return to the earth--our Lessor--when our life estate is relinquished.

Yet our bodies clearly are personal property: they are "impermanent, movable, and destructible."

This is great! But, you know, we knew this already.

Student May Wear Bush 'Terrorist' Shirt

Some of you may recall that I wrote a letter to the editor of my local newspaper about this incident, as Dearborn High School is in the metro Detroit area.

The ACLU won the case because the student has the right to wear the image. The problem wasn't whether the right was in question. The problem is that, in the political climate we were in, the right was suspended barring further review.

So here we are, in the (bitter) aftermath of that political climate, and the ruling affirms the rights of free expression. We knew that we have the right to free expression. What we need to ponder is why we were willing to suspend that right. We need to not forget what that political climate felt like.