http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:35:26 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fad6962ecb0005.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(petermcc) http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fad6962ecb0005.html?_c=feed-rss http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fad6962ecb0005.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:35:26 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa9683f5cc0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa9683f5cc0002-50si" alt="BB" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Women's Lib was front and center in the Media when I was a lad. It was the time of Germain Greer's Female Eunuch and a ground swell of interest arose supporting the girls getting a “fair go”. In those days the girls generally got lower wages f... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fad6962ecb0005.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fad6962ecb0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> big brother womens lib http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa9683f4bb0002.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(petermcc) http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa9683f4bb0002.html?_c=feed-rss http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa9683f4bb0002.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:05:42 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa9683f4440002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa9683f4440002-50si" alt="Malcolm Turnbull in the Wings" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The desperate situation of the Libs continues despite a small blip in Kevin 07's popularity last week. Kevin down to something like 63% while young Brendan was up to somewhere around 14%. If that’s the good news I'd hate to see a bad news day fo... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa9683f4bb0002.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa9683f4bb0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> economy global warming opposition aussie politics http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa968496090003.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(petermcc) http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa968496090003.html?_c=feed-rss http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa968496090003.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:43:42 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fad6970cda0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fad6970cda0004-50si" alt="Beer" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> As much as I am enjoying the intelligent style of Kevin 07, I must admit to a bit of nervousness when I see the blooming of wowserism of late. Now for those of you overseas I guess I had better explain this excellent piece of Aussie slang. A mor... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa968496090003.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa968496090003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> drinking laws wowsers http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e40c69000500fad696b3010004.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Koios) http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e40c69000500fad696b3010004.html?_c=feed-rss http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e40c69000500fad696b3010004.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:53:09 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00e398e40c69000500e398e48fb80005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e398e40c69000500e398e48fb80005-50si" alt="The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Up until my freshman year of college, I had never questioned religion or tradition. All I really did was go with the flow: listen to the preacher, listen to the teacher, listen to my father, etc. I was never very religious, though--I didn't care ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e40c69000500fad696b3010004.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398e40c69000500fad696b3010004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> existentialism spirituality book life god atheism andre dawkins meaning atheist harris worldview comte sponville http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e40c69000500fa96838f8d0003.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Koios) http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e40c69000500fa96838f8d0003.html?_c=feed-rss http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e40c69000500fa96838f8d0003.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:19:07 -0700 Society is a dialectic phenomenon in that it is a human product, and nothing but a human product, that yet continuously acts back upon its producer. Society is a product of man. It has no other being except that which is bestowed upon it by huma... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e40c69000500fa96838f8d0003.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398e40c69000500fa96838f8d0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> existentialism spirituality religion life islam evil christian richard truth god muslim society christianity dawkins jew cycle atheist religious stages subjective objectivity four horsemen http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad695b0d30004.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(xmangerm) http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad695b0d30004.html?_c=feed-rss http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad695b0d30004.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:23:35 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fa96833aea0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fa96833aea0003-50si" alt="Thomas Paine" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I anyone in Voxland didn't know my belief in Deism is the number one all encompassing driving factor in my life, therefore, I couldn't resist but sharing this very short passage (taken from The World Union of Deists) that outlines the relationshi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad695b0d30004.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141bbfae685e00fad695b0d30004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> death life fear faith deism thomas paine http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fae8c6bc44000b.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(petermcc) http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fae8c6bc44000b.html?_c=feed-rss http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fae8c6bc44000b.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:54:59 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa9682cd320003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa9682cd320003-50si" alt="Gloria&#39;s" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I must be losing my edge. I certainly haven’t been keeping up with Plonka’s blog. Plonka's excellent blog I was horrified to discover my patronage of Gloria Jean’s coffees has had me help fund those shifty Hillsong Christians. The very same fo... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fae8c6bc44000b.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fae8c6bc44000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> howard christians aussie politics http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa9682cbf80003.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(petermcc) http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa9682cbf80003.html?_c=feed-rss http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa9682cbf80003.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:19:51 -0700 While travelling around Oz we have seen a number of vans with names on them. It’s just a way of marking out your territory and showing your fellow travellers where you are coming from. One such label really impressed me recently. Free Radicals. ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa9682cbf80003.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fa9682cbf80003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics voting democracy aussie politics http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4142cb7986a4700fa9682cb960003.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Snowy) http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4142cb7986a4700fa9682cb960003.html?_c=feed-rss http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4142cb7986a4700fa9682cb960003.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:12:29 -0700 But why should we hear about body bags, and deaths, and how many, what day it's gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it's, it's not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?" : Barba... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4142cb7986a4700fa9682cb960003.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4142cb7986a4700fa9682cb960003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> ich http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fad694f7100004.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(petermcc) http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fad694f7100004.html?_c=feed-rss http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fad694f7100004.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:08:10 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fad694148a0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fad694148a0005-50si" alt="Andrew Bartlett" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Those of you who followed my blog before the last General Election in Oz may recall some thoughtful contributions from Senator Bartlett (and Snowy's responses). Today marked his last day as a Senator after the Democrats failed to win a single sea... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://freethinkers.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fad694f7100004.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41432739c3c7f00fad694f7100004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> aussie politics