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Entries from July 31st, 2007

The Dawkins Delusion

July 31st, 2007 35 Comments

A friend sent me this this morning: This is great, witty satire. I particularly like the parody of Dawkins’ “Who made God” argument. Dr Terry Tommyrot addresses the question of whether science can explain the existence of Dawkins’ books without postulating the existence of an intelligent author, Richard Dawkins. Tommyrot asks, “If Dawkins designed this […]

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Not Madeleine Setchell

July 30th, 2007 2 Comments

I wish to clarify that I am not Madeleine Setchell. My maiden name is Richards. Apparently, after I commented on kiwiblog the other day under my usual posting name which is simply ‘Madeleine’ a lot of people jumped to the conclusion that I must be the Madeleine in the story. Whilst there have been instances […]

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The Rationalists: Round Two

July 30th, 2007 4 Comments

In an earlier post I mentioned the schism within The New Zealand Association of Rationalist Humanists (NZARH) between former spokesperson Paul Litterick and current spokesperson Dr Bill Cooke. NZARH contend that Dr Cooke was a Professor at The State University of New York at Buffalo. Paul Litterick maintains this is false. Litterick claims Cooke was […]

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Benson-Pope – Lousy Staff or Just a Liar?

July 29th, 2007 3 Comments

Here is a list of the instances I can recall where Benson-Pope has blamed one of his staff members for something he did: Leaked content of Police Report over Tennis Ball saga – staff member leaked it without his knowledge. (Later turned out it was with his permissison/instruction) Having the police collect a $35 cleaning […]

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Some Questions for Dr. Michael Cullen

July 27th, 2007 5 Comments

I saw Dr. Michael Cullen speaking in on TV3 last night. What he said was interesting because it highlights a tension I have often noted in liberal views of sexual morality . The issue was as follows: A school had hired a teacher. This teacher however had advertised on an internet adult site for a […]

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Benson-Pope

July 27th, 2007 1 Comment

Benson-Pope is someone that the more closely you observe him the more his slimy, smarmy, bullying, bullet-dodging just pisses you off. Until recently I used to live in Dunedin so I have had a few encounters with Mr Benson-Pope a.k.a. panty slut boy and have crossed swords with him politically and know other people who […]

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The Flat Earth Myth

July 18th, 2007 2 Comments

A few days ago I got sent the following message from a high-school student in the US. I’ve been studying Christopher Columbus in my history class and my history books say that prior to Columbus everyone did think the world was flat……..I don’t know if it was a mistake in the history book or your […]

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