Comments for Earthman's Notebook http://hankfox.com www.HankFox.com Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:11:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on ‘Culture Wars’ and the Ground Zero Mosque by David Harmon http://hankfox.com/?p=483&cpage=1#comment-27174 David Harmon Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:11:49 +0000 http://hankfox.com/?p=483#comment-27174 For one thing, it's not actually a mosque, but a public community center, hosted by a local Sufi group. Making Light has had a lengthy thread about the situation, with more details than I can reasonably recount here. For one thing, it’s not actually a mosque, but a public community center, hosted by a local Sufi group.

Making Light has had a lengthy thread about the situation, with more details than I can reasonably recount here.

]]> Comment on About Hank Fox by Rickey Miller http://hankfox.com/?page_id=2&cpage=1#comment-23915 Rickey Miller Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:07:22 +0000 #comment-23915 Yeah, you look like a pretty good well meaning doofus, as far as well meaning doofuses go. Man! I've been atheist since the summer of 2007. I've never felt so lonely as when I just read your permissible piece and I'm trying to decide who I can send the link to. Very nice thinking. Thanks. Yeah, you look like a pretty good well meaning doofus, as far as well meaning doofuses go. Man! I’ve been atheist since the summer of 2007. I’ve never felt so lonely as when I just read your permissible piece and I’m trying to decide who I can send the link to. Very nice thinking. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Unfinished business … finished by David Harmon http://hankfox.com/?p=464&cpage=1#comment-23330 David Harmon Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:19:02 +0000 http://hankfox.com/?p=464#comment-23330 The thing is, Cody may have been acting from fear and insecurity -- but as a kid, you weren't equipped to recognize that! Or in other words, his act worked well enough to fool his peers, including you. But then you outgrew him, and (physical height bedamned) became the bigger man. And yeah, you don't need him and his fears riding around in your head. The thing is, Cody may have been acting from fear and insecurity — but as a kid, you weren’t equipped to recognize that! Or in other words, his act worked well enough to fool his peers, including you. But then you outgrew him, and (physical height bedamned) became the bigger man. And yeah, you don’t need him and his fears riding around in your head.

]]> Comment on The Range of Permissible Actions by David Harmon http://hankfox.com/?p=452&cpage=1#comment-22647 David Harmon Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:48:32 +0000 http://hankfox.com/?p=452#comment-22647 One big reason no religion wants to edit their holy books is the same reason as why Constitutional amendments rarely get traction -- once you've opened up the process, everything becomes fair game. And in the religious case, they'd also have to actually examine and argue over all sorts of things that really don't bear examination. One big reason no religion wants to edit their holy books is the same reason as why Constitutional amendments rarely get traction — once you’ve opened up the process, everything becomes fair game. And in the religious case, they’d also have to actually examine and argue over all sorts of things that really don’t bear examination.

]]> Comment on Unfinished business … finished by David Harmon http://hankfox.com/?p=464&cpage=1#comment-22646 David Harmon Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:41:48 +0000 http://hankfox.com/?p=464#comment-22646 Well, we read you, when you actually write here! ;-) Well, we read you, when you actually write here! ;-)

]]> Comment on Unfinished business … finished by hankfox http://hankfox.com/?p=464&cpage=1#comment-22263 hankfox Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:36:53 +0000 http://hankfox.com/?p=464#comment-22263 Chad, everything's fine. I've been writing a lot on some other projects, and haven't felt like I had the time to keep up here. Recently, I've felt a bit more like writing. I hope to continue. And thanks for following! Every writer finds it uplifting to hear that people read you. Chad, everything’s fine. I’ve been writing a lot on some other projects, and haven’t felt like I had the time to keep up here. Recently, I’ve felt a bit more like writing. I hope to continue.

And thanks for following! Every writer finds it uplifting to hear that people read you.

]]> Comment on Unfinished business … finished by Chad http://hankfox.com/?p=464&cpage=1#comment-22261 Chad Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:40:03 +0000 http://hankfox.com/?p=464#comment-22261 Good to see you writing again. I've been following this blog for a while, and one day I realized, "hey, Hank Fox hasn't written in a while, is everything OK?" Hope that everything is, in fact, going well with you. Good to see you writing again. I’ve been following this blog for a while, and one day I realized, “hey, Hank Fox hasn’t written in a while, is everything OK?”

Hope that everything is, in fact, going well with you.

]]> Comment on COWs by Dareth http://hankfox.com/?p=459&cpage=1#comment-22225 Dareth Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:08:38 +0000 http://hankfox.com/?p=459#comment-22225 Moo! Moo!

]]> Comment on Letters to the Future: 2 by Brian http://hankfox.com/?p=281&cpage=2#comment-22214 Brian Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:19:41 +0000 http://hankfox.com/?p=281#comment-22214 I created an Atheist / rational thinker store, mostly out of anger and frustration at the general public's stupidity and/or apathy about just these kinds of things. Check it out if you like... I keep all of the prices as low as is possible through zazzle in order to get as much out there as I can and help spread the word that we’re not going to take this shit anymore. :-) http://www.zazzle.com/briman232* I created an Atheist / rational thinker store, mostly out of anger and frustration at the general public’s stupidity and/or apathy about just these kinds of things. Check it out if you like… I keep all of the prices as low as is possible through zazzle in order to get as much out there as I can and help spread the word that we’re not going to take this shit anymore. :-)
http://www.zazzle.com/briman232*

]]> Comment on The Range of Permissible Actions by julio http://hankfox.com/?p=452&cpage=1#comment-22185 julio Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:06:08 +0000 http://hankfox.com/?p=452#comment-22185 I was a fundamentalist Christian for several decades. I endorsed the Bible and defended the KJV. At one terrible spiritual crisis I freed myself from that rabid intolerance, and abandoned the faith. I now propose wherever I go that the Bible [or the Koran, for that matter] should be symbolically BURNED once a year in front of the UN and its ashes removed from the planet - all in a symbolic ceremony. People get offended and outraged with my proposition, but I insist that a holy book that is the source of much CRIME throughout the history of the last 40 centuries should be OFFICIALLY condemned by people of good will. One way or another, I know some future generation will do exactly that in remembrance of those millions of innocents that were murdered & slaughtered exactly because of those holy books - all done to exalt some almighty's holy character! Julio. I was a fundamentalist Christian for several decades.
I endorsed the Bible and defended the KJV.
At one terrible spiritual crisis I freed myself from that rabid intolerance, and abandoned the faith.
I now propose wherever I go that the Bible [or the Koran, for that matter] should be symbolically BURNED once a year in front of the UN and its ashes removed from the planet – all in a symbolic ceremony.
People get offended and outraged with my proposition, but I insist that a holy book that is the source of much CRIME throughout the history of the last 40 centuries should be OFFICIALLY condemned by people of good will.
One way or another, I know some future generation will do exactly that in remembrance of those millions of innocents that were murdered & slaughtered exactly because of those holy books – all done to exalt some almighty’s holy character!
Julio.

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