The US military which had been developing as a largely mercenary force of hired thugs, is now moving in a different direction. The new wars are being fought by small groups of assassins and terrorists known as special ops. Theres was one of the few budgets that was actually increased in the current US budget proposals.

As a person with extensive experience in both news media and education, I know there is a highly organized smear campaign being conducted against our public schools and their teachers. I know it is false, and I have the evidence it is false. It is being done purely for private profit, and it is doing serious damage to our children.

I think that is damned immoral - with emphases on both damned and immoral'

I've been making my way through Michael Pollan's wonderful book The Omnivore's Dilemma for the past month or so, and I've got to a point where I just don't see eye to eye with his opinion: vegetarianism.

Is the killing of other animals for our dietary preferences moral?  He makes the case that as moral beings, it is up to humans to treat animals as if they have as much of a right to life as any of us, and that since we are not nutritionally dependent on meat-eating, we should change our ways.

Am I the only person who finds the entire concept of vicarious redemption to be utterly immoral (not to mention harmful)?

Hello everyone and thank you for stopping by and reading this post.

If I may ask something please.....    Could we please have just your personal definitions and or understanding of the morality and ethics and the differences between these two concepts.

For those that are of the "christian" persuasion would you please also contribute a comment or two on what you feel the term "christian morality" and "christian ethics" would mean.

It is a common belief among many Christian enthusiasts that all morality comes from the bible and that morality cannot exist without it.  I have personally been asked by a person of religious persuasion that if I don't believe in the bible then where do I get my morals from if I had any?  I found this question extremely interesting, not because he had a good argument, but because it was fuelled by sheer arrogance.  I find it curious how many people are so quick to judge once they find out you are a non-believer. They assume that my ethical and mo

Okay, I'm going to play devil's advocate for a moment.

Anyone who knows me, knows I don't believe in hell, or a God of damnation and punishment. But ....

Since Saw VI is coming out this October, I wanted to see how many of you have watched the franchise/ or have heard about it.

For those of you who have seen at least the first 3 parts, what do you think about John, AKA Jigsaw? What do you think of his "work"?