Trying to control what others think and do
Vegans and others concerned about animal exploitation might want to make an assessment of how well we are actually helping with the problem, by way […]
Cycling as a social justice issue ? (Draft)
(This is not published as a response to a post on Columbus Underground thread http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/ride-of-silence-2012-may-16#post-434569 To answer your question, I probably wouldn’t wave and smile […]
Wealthy Westerners imposing veganism on poor and 'developing' countries ?
(Quote from Ptolemy Tompkins)Some people have raised the question of how the vegan movement can avoid being something that relatively wealthy Westerners impose on people […]
Good and Evil
Whether we call it ‘evil’, ‘inhumanity’, ‘extreme cruelty’ and something else, is it a human phenomenon, not supernatural? I’d say yes. But ‘evil’ has a […]
Conservatives-vs-progressives: divide and rule ?
What role can agape love play in avoiding divide-and-conquer ? Very humbly suggest this. We don’t over-emphasize conservative-vs-progressive themes. There are legitimate concerns within both […]
Prisoner Pen Pals
Ben German, 508-785 P.O. Box 57 Marion, Ohio 43301 First contacted: 12/2011 Interests: Used to be a tattoo artist on the outside, and still does […]
Prisoner Pen Pals
[[[[Ben German, 508-785 P.O. Box 57 Marion, Ohio 43301 First contacted: 12/2011 Interests: Used to be a tattoo artist on the outside, and still does […]
Notes on Love
To forgive without humiliation, one must have a political objective. Love seems not only the basis of striving for better relations among humans and between […]
Good and Evil
Whether we call it ‘evil’, ‘inhumanity’, ‘extreme cruelty’ and something else, is it a human phenomenon, not supernatural? I’d say yes. But ‘evil’ has a […]
'Spirituality' and the vastness of our minds
Part of Columbus Underground thread Columbus Underground Generally, the capacity of the human brain for data collection, and perhaps synthesis as well, is such that […]