I wish I had a reliable source of news and information, and then maybe I could actually form a well-backed opinion and be able to figure out what exactly is under debate here.

It seems to me (and I am very un-informed, so I'm probably wrong) that the US media outlets are not very accurate because they are inherently US-biased, but the non-US media ( Read more... )

"I don't wanna miss the boss fight."

[cloned from A Bird's Melody]

Sometimes, it's a tricky area as to how to get the majority to understand the minority's message ( Read more... )

From here:

All right, let me see if I understand the logic of this correctly. We are going to ignore the United Nations in order to make clear to Saddam Hussein that the United Nations cannot be ignored. We're going to wage war to preserve the UN's ability to avert war. The paramount principle is that the UN's word must be taken seriously, and if ( Read more... )

My roommate and her friend were talking just now about the war. One of the things that came up were the anti-war protestors. I can't believe they're against our troops, my roommate exclaimed. Those poor soldiers, over there knowing that so many of their fellow citizens are against them.

All I could do was to keep from saying something in my ( Read more... )

Links to pro-peace sites added to sidebar. Yes, I realize they are kinda far down on the page. I think I'll move the archives to its own page, and that'll help out a little bit.

New Iraq war rant still pending. (It's almost 3AM, so I'm cutting myself some slack. :) )

[cloned from A Bird's Melody]

I watched the first Berserk DVD by myself today so that Rob and I can watch the next three tonight, since he's seen the first but not the next three. Before that, I was surfing through weblogs because I'd really like to read more, but I didn't find any that really interested me, except for all of the opinions about the war on Iraq. I ought to ( Read more... )

Well, well. Another Bush speech. This one was rather disappointing, though. Bush did not impress me very much that much, except for his persistence under pressure. I found his remarks rather contradictive at times. We want Sadaam to disarm, he says. Sadaam will not disarm, he says. He wants peace, he says. We will force Sadaam to disarm, he ( Read more... )

Bush's State of the Union address was pretty solid. I cheered when he brought up the ban against partial-birth abortions. My roommate was disgruntled. Bush also made a good case for war against Iraq, despite my misgivings. However, one line of his bothered me.

"Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have ( Read more... )

Today, the topic in my General Psychology class was critical thinking, but we also talked about the limits of intuition and common sense. One falsity that people often find themselves believing is a false alternative. I mention this because I found one of the professor's examples rather interesting. He said, one example of a false alternative is ( Read more... )