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6/17/2010
6/09/2010
Soccer and Religion on Jerry Coyne's Blog
Jerry Coyne just posted a Nike comercial about soccer.
Some guy named littlejohn wrote on the comments:
Even though I don't really like soccer, I had to warn the guy. You can just go around and write things like that about soccer... its really dangerous. So I wrote:
The first reply took 6 minutes:
I don't know where this Piero is from... but he surely thinks like a brazilian.
PS.: There are a lot of other replies already. If you're a sports person you might want to follow the comments here
Some guy named littlejohn wrote on the comments:
littlejohn
Posted June 9, 2010 at 9:10 am | Permalink
Soccer is not a sport. Period. A bunch of geeky foreigners run around in silly shorts for hours. A typical score is 1-0. The same could be said of hockey, of course, but at least we let them get into fistfights. The only thing that could make soccer interesting would be land mines.
Even though I don't really like soccer, I had to warn the guy. You can just go around and write things like that about soccer... its really dangerous. So I wrote:
Felipe
Posted June 9, 2010 at 9:40 am | Permalink
@littlejohn
Dude, if you ever come to Brazil don’t ever say that out loud!
Here everyone (christians, atheists, communists, libertarians, …) is crazy about soccer! (everyone but me)
It’s the real national religion (instead of the official Catholicism).
You say “soccer is not a sport” in here and the radical soccer fans might stone you to death for apostasy.
The first reply took 6 minutes:
piero
Posted June 9, 2010 at 9:46 am | Permalink
“Might”? Would! For it IS apostasy! Death to cricket, rugby, football(American), baseball and anything-but-soccer fans!
I don't know where this Piero is from... but he surely thinks like a brazilian.
PS.: There are a lot of other replies already. If you're a sports person you might want to follow the comments here
5/27/2010
Of Vegans and Mice
When a fellow decides to stop eating meat, I usually tend support it. And since I'm lactose intolerant myself, I'm used to the idea of not consuming any milk product.
So, It's not the part of not eating stuff that bothers me about vegans. From my point of view, not eating meat is a valid effort for people willing to do that. I do eat meat because I find it deliciously addictive and I already have problems enough trying to control my food consumption.
But what really pisses me off is when the "save the nature" cause becomes an excuse for fundamentalism and bigotry. Don't get me wrong, I totally agree that humanity should be living in a more sustainable way.
But most vegans I know end up becoming so irrational about our relationtip with other species that they turn a true cause into a radical religion. They gather every week on their ONGs [churches] where together they increase each other's love for the animals [pure souls needing to be saved] and theyr hatred towards mankind [the evil].
The worst dogma of this eco-religion though, is the "Stop Animal Testing" movement. It is so childish and so ignorant that it makes even creationists look smart. Both groups of denialists have no clue about what science is, how it works or what is it done for. They're all blinded by that sense of self-righteousness very often seen in born-again christians (and in almost every religious group).
Even if we ignore, just for the sake of argument, how every medicine and vaccine was developed, what are these eco-loons proposing? That we stop medical research? That we stick to the medical knowledge we already got and stop trying to improve it so no mouse has to be killed?
Let's say that I was a scientist and I was willing to find out if some specific substance is effective or not against diabetes. Instead of going the usual way and order a bunch of lab mice with diabetes from a supplyer, what should I do? Hire real ill people? But what if this medicine I'm researching about is not effective (I don't know yet) ? What about the side effects? People would shove a huge law suit up my ass and I wouldn't ever sit (or research) again in my life.
And this green religion becomes scary when you see public Universities here in Brazil [where people die from starvation and lots of third world diseases] getting pressed by these crazy ONGs to buy incredibly expensive artificial devices to emulate living beans. Imagine what a good scenario this might generate: a just-graduated Veterinarian (or Doctor, Biologist, ...) who has never delt with a real open body.
I don't see any of this ONGs gathering people to offer themselves as test subjects in order to save some animals. A "don't test in animals, test in me" policy would bring a lot more credibility to theyr churches.
So, It's not the part of not eating stuff that bothers me about vegans. From my point of view, not eating meat is a valid effort for people willing to do that. I do eat meat because I find it deliciously addictive and I already have problems enough trying to control my food consumption.
But what really pisses me off is when the "save the nature" cause becomes an excuse for fundamentalism and bigotry. Don't get me wrong, I totally agree that humanity should be living in a more sustainable way.
But most vegans I know end up becoming so irrational about our relationtip with other species that they turn a true cause into a radical religion. They gather every week on their ONGs [churches] where together they increase each other's love for the animals [pure souls needing to be saved] and theyr hatred towards mankind [the evil].
The worst dogma of this eco-religion though, is the "Stop Animal Testing" movement. It is so childish and so ignorant that it makes even creationists look smart. Both groups of denialists have no clue about what science is, how it works or what is it done for. They're all blinded by that sense of self-righteousness very often seen in born-again christians (and in almost every religious group).
Even if we ignore, just for the sake of argument, how every medicine and vaccine was developed, what are these eco-loons proposing? That we stop medical research? That we stick to the medical knowledge we already got and stop trying to improve it so no mouse has to be killed?
Let's say that I was a scientist and I was willing to find out if some specific substance is effective or not against diabetes. Instead of going the usual way and order a bunch of lab mice with diabetes from a supplyer, what should I do? Hire real ill people? But what if this medicine I'm researching about is not effective (I don't know yet) ? What about the side effects? People would shove a huge law suit up my ass and I wouldn't ever sit (or research) again in my life.
And this green religion becomes scary when you see public Universities here in Brazil [where people die from starvation and lots of third world diseases] getting pressed by these crazy ONGs to buy incredibly expensive artificial devices to emulate living beans. Imagine what a good scenario this might generate: a just-graduated Veterinarian (or Doctor, Biologist, ...) who has never delt with a real open body.
I don't see any of this ONGs gathering people to offer themselves as test subjects in order to save some animals. A "don't test in animals, test in me" policy would bring a lot more credibility to theyr churches.
5/25/2010
Wolfman: Another Silly Republican Movie
I admit that, despite what one should expect from a movie about werewolves, I was hoping it would be a good movie. After being positively surprised by Sherlock Holmes, I was thinking maybe the Wolfman would go in the same way and deal with these old topics in a new and clever manner. But It didn't take me to long to see how wrong I was.
Scary as a villain from Power Rangers
The message behind the movie is also that repetitive republican bullshit, enforced by characters like a mad scientist with his non-acceptance of the supernatural and his blind faith in science, both things that lead him to an inability to see or understand the things happening right in front of his eyes... oh, and also, of course, the scientist and his crew are very fond of torturing people.
These things, put together with the family values and the self-sacrificing death, made the movie an awfull version of some [old/new/whatever]-testament story.
After beating yourself up for wasting your time with such a bad movie, this question pops up: how could Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins (both awesome actors) work in such an incredibly lousy movie?
Scary as a villain from Power Rangers
The message behind the movie is also that repetitive republican bullshit, enforced by characters like a mad scientist with his non-acceptance of the supernatural and his blind faith in science, both things that lead him to an inability to see or understand the things happening right in front of his eyes... oh, and also, of course, the scientist and his crew are very fond of torturing people.
These things, put together with the family values and the self-sacrificing death, made the movie an awfull version of some [old/new/whatever]-testament story.
After beating yourself up for wasting your time with such a bad movie, this question pops up: how could Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins (both awesome actors) work in such an incredibly lousy movie?
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