Quote from: Dustin on October 07, 2014, 07:05:58 AM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on October 07, 2014, 02:43:03 AM

I don't.

Anybody who does is either delusional or an idiot by dint of being a dualist.

Well there is one semi-legit reason for people to think that.

What, dualism?

Sort of, but more scientific. Double slit experiments and other electron pathing experiments like it.

Quote from: Camnator on October 07, 2014, 07:11:15 AM

I've seen no credible evidence to suggest Hitler was atheist, if we're only going by his own words it's likely he was Catholic.

I'd try and find some but the computers in my college have pretty much any information relating to Hitler blocked on the grounds of "intolerant material".

Quote from: Dustin on October 07, 2014, 06:59:41 AM

Maybe you could try putting more emphasis away from Islamic fundamentalism?

That's precisely why I mentioned the WBC in the same sentence. I certainly could have mentioned the Christian violence in the Central African Republic, or the Lord's Resistance Army or even the Buddhists in Myanmar massacring and committing pogroms against Muslims.

However, the teacher explicitly stated that we need to watch the news unfold regarding ISIS and their exploits in Syria. Not to mention, the entire course is about the tension between secular and religious authority, I couldn't steer clear of Islamic influences on secular society in practice let alone on principle.

Maybe it could have helped to leave another note that not all religious people are radicals? I'm more inclined to say that your teacher doesn't know what she's doing, but if you have to write another paper for her/him it might help.

Other times.. I feel like I'm in a interactive movie because the characters around me are either poorly scripted or poorly made.

Stuff like this is why I love Philosophy.

That isn't what philosophy is, that's just day dreaming.

Quote from: Dustin on October 07, 2014, 06:52:11 AM

Are al-Qaeda and ISIS trigger words in britbongistan?

Yeah. I mean, I don't want to end up like a Danish cartoonist, but apparently it isn't kosher to imply that such radical groups are, in any way, meaningfully Islamic.

Maybe you could try putting more emphasis away from Islamic fundamentalism? It might not be in popular media, but there's plenty of other religious terror groups operating all over the world. I don't have my terrorism textbook anymore to look up the names for you, but they have some in India and South America. Although with the latin religious terrorist groups they tend to be intertwined with the drug trade (surprise) which leads you to question if they're really an extremist group or if they're just criminals, but your professor probably won't know who they are anyway so it probably doesn't matter. Just an idea though.

Are al-Qaeda and ISIS trigger words in britbongistan?

"If you're old enough to fight for your country, you're old enough to have a drink."

Well except for the fact you're not allowed to drink in the military.

I live in Connecticut, totally not a drive through state

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I'm going there Friday.


Oh joy.

I assume you're going to NYC?

Unfortunately.
It's an Art Colloquium trip.

no matter how many tourists say how great the city is I still think it's a shit hole..


the smell aside, it just becomes annoying

I hate it.  It's like the entire mid-east coast is one collective cesspool. 
I can't wait to get away from here to Seattle.

I wish I could travel more, from what I've seen of Seattle it seems like a wonderland

New York isn't actually all that bad when you take the famous city out of the equation

Yeah, it seems like it gets nicer the more north you go.  It's mainly the NYC, Jersey, Pennsylvania area that is complete trash.  But Maryland is nice, at least what I've been through.

I took a trip to rhode island last summer, the place looked like a commercial for Claritin clear

Yeah, like I said, New York, Jersey, and Pennsylvania are the trashpit of the east coast.

*Looks down upon filth from the glorious wealthy lands of Connecticut*

You're exactly 16 days older than me. I turn 18 on the 22nd.

No really that's a crazy ass show and I love it. It came out some time last month and they're only on their second episode but it's really good. It's basically about this heartless lawyer who gets murderers out of jail and there's a lot of other drama and shit that goes on.

http://abc.go.com/shows/how-to-get-away-with-murder/episode-guide/season-01/101-series-premiere-pilot

They don't have any banks in the south?

Hamas isn't full of spiteful Jewish cun­ts and greedy bankers.

The West has a problem with Islamics and Arabs, hardly the actual religion.

Quote from: Dustin on October 06, 2014, 11:47:16 AM

How is it malicious?

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The idea of the "mind" being higher than the material, and somehow more sacrosanct (due in no small part to the aforementioned dualism, as well as religion) has led to the stigmatisation of diseases and illnesses to do with one's emotional or cognitive well-being.

People, generally, are more apt to take medicine for ills of the body - such as for arthritis, muscle injuries, heart problems, et cetera - yet more shy to take the likes of anti-depressants or anti-psychotics. It is especially bad for illnesses like psychopathy, schizophrenia, borderline, or pretty much any personality disorder or psychosis. If that needs putting in perspective, think of the contempt some people who suffer from just depression have to face.

I was under the assumption that we're an over-prescribed society? I guess there are probably plenty of people out there who aren't able to understand that mental problems are just as physical as anything else and so they reject mental medicines. Wait what am I talking about, there are tons of people who reject modern medicine.