Friday, April 8, 2011

Religious Superstition Contributes to African Oppression.http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/08/opinion/08konan.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/08/opinion/08konan.html http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201104050025 This allignment between religious right reactionaries, and corrupt dictators, shows the true colors of dominion theology. The dominionists do not care about the people, and there will. Instead they want to try to impose the supposed will of there so called god. But subjugation to a deity is the negation of liberty. And any belief system which condones the killing of harmless people is not a system of thought that any good natured person should want to adhere to. Now some otherwise well meaning persons may say that foreign forces have no rightful business intervening in the Ivory Coast. I however feel that stopping mass murder should be everyone's business. Brutal attrocities must not be allowed to stand. If it is possible to step in to protect lives, without further contributing to the war carnage, all that is necessary to do so should be done. The international community has a shared humanity, regardless of nationality. I know that if my country, the U.S.A. , were to fall under the rule of an unjust tyrant, I would welcome an invasion by some other country, such as Canada perhaps. And, can you imagine what might happen if someone like Sarah Palin were to win the presidency, and then refuse to step down, if and when she were to be defeated for re-election? No matter whether it's Africa, or America, it's still the product of the same repressive religion. On a related matter, I feel the same way about darling dictators of the left, such as Gaddafi, in Libya. Though I know that numerous comrades will disagree with me, I feel that there reasons for standing against the U.N. authorised action in Libya are as dubious as the extreme right's reasons for standing by Gbagdo. I say that the workers of the world have no country. And that no national boundries should stand in the way of human rights. Legitimate governments derive there powers from the popular consent of the people whom they represent. It is not against the people that the U.N. peacekeepers fight, but against war criminals, from outlaw states. So while generally speaking, libertarians are against intervention in foreign nations, I myself feel that those nations relinquished some sovereignty, when they joined international organizations, such as the U.N. , amongst others. The people of the Ivory Coast, and Libya, are not against military assistance, so why should any of us be? Workers of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains. As the words of "The Internationale" says, "the internationale unites the human race". http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/INTERNAT.html

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Second Grader Maced By Police.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/aidan-elliot-pepper-sprayed-colorado-elementary-classroom-police/story?id=13307371 This is actually at least one case in which I will publicly support actions taken by police. The police, as well as the teacher, were being threatened by a boy who was holding a makeshift weapon. I think that had the officer tried to engage him in hand to hand combat, there would have been a chance of injury, for both the boy, and especially the police. In any violent confrontation, you want to try to end it as swiftly, and safely as possible. So I feel that with the means the police had, they did the right thing. I am also disturbed to hear that the boy is said to have autism. Obviously, if he actually is autistic, he must be high functioning, as he not only threatened to kill both the policeman, and his teacher, but swore at them as well. Personally, as I believe that I myself have Asperger Syndrome, which is listed on the Autistic spectrum of the DSM-IV, I feel that this incident might give people like me a bad reputation. I feel that having a neuro-psychiatric condition is no excuse for delinquent behavior. Even neuro-diverse persons should be expected to take responsibility for there actions. And if they can not, then they should be institutionalised. The security of the public, especially children, should take priority over the opportunity of any indivisual to be accommodated in the public school system. And also I feel that having so called behavioral disabilities covered by the Indivisuals with Disabilities Education Act was an oversight by Congress. One which was probally unintended. I think that the only real disorder, in regards to behavior, that certain students with A.D.H.D. , R.A.D. , and/or O.D.D. have is Bad Attitude Disorder, or B.A.D. The proper treatment for this condition is firm disipline. Something which seems to have been lacking in the life of Aiden Elliot. He shouldn't be allowed to give a bad name to other autists, most of whom are respectable, and responsible, citizens. Really we're not all that scary once you get to know us. :)