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Something I think Dawkins misses is that religion is rarely the real cause behind wars. People cause wars, and they cause them for the same shit reasons as always - "They have something I want", whether that something is "oil", "land", "livestock", or "control over my life". Religion, like any other philosophy, may provide a justification for ( Read more... )

How to Take Criticism on your Writing. Fairly straightfowards "separate 'useless' from 'hurtful'", although I would argue that if you're going to give criticism on someone's writing try not to be deliberately hurtful (unless you're friends and that is how your friendship operates - I enjoy getting 3-page medicated rantfests from marika_kailaya when I'm editing ( Read more... )

Last night, among other things, I managed to dream an informercial for getting pap smears done regularly. It is unusable, but I like it: shots of alleyways, bedrooms, public toilets, dancefloors, car seats, etc - all the places where people tend to have sex - with the voiceover "If you open your legs here ... or here ... or here ..." and then one ( Read more... )