>It is nonsensical to think that any minority is entitled to a "compromise", "right of expression",
Huh? Do you mean minorities like gay parents, or minorities like religious groups? Both have deeply held beliefs; I don't see why a compromise could possibly harm anyone.
>in contravention of the law of the land.
Oh, I see what you did there. Nice. So now that it's law, you get to call it the law of the land and it is all powerful and unassailable?
>He is also free to move to another state whose religious beliefs more closely mirror his own.
Um, not for long, he's not. Have you seen how many states are legislating on this particular issue? It will soon go national. Once it does, no more freedom of religion.
>Anything else only serves to further fracture public education into ever tinier islets of political/religious/ethnic correctness to appease someones desires, rather than actually educating the students.
You mean you don't think that teaching something a *minority* group believes (namely gay marriage) applies to what you just wrote? You must be joking.
>Is it any wonder we continue to fall behind other industrialized nations in educational rankings [hawaii.edu]?
You mean you think that's going to get any better now that religious students will be persecuted for their beliefs?
Of all the choices I've made as a computer user, my purchase of a Dell Ubuntu laptop ranks as #1.
My purchase was a conscious decision to put principles and the aesthetic of freedom above the proprietary alternatives.
I'm primarily a visual design guy, so aesthetics mean a lot to me. And so, when just yesterday I compiled my own C code (an exercise from a programming book) for the first time in 8 years, I felt like shedding a tear. Linux has supported my career so far, and yesterday it held my hand right back into my CS-influenced past.
When I stopped programming, I was using a Windows machine. Now that I've started again, it seems appropriate somehow that this change took place on an operating system meant to encourage software development and the technical aesthetic.
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"Pardner?" Where are you from, New York City, PODner?
>It is nonsensical to think that any minority is entitled to a "compromise", "right of expression",
Huh? Do you mean minorities like gay parents, or minorities like religious groups? Both have deeply held beliefs; I don't see why a compromise could possibly harm anyone.
>in contravention of the law of the land.
Oh, I see what you did there. Nice. So now that it's law, you get to call it the law of the land and it is all powerful and unassailable?
>He is also free to move to another state whose religious beliefs more closely mirror his own.
Um, not for long, he's not. Have you seen how many states are legislating on this particular issue? It will soon go national. Once it does, no more freedom of religion.
>Anything else only serves to further fracture public education into ever tinier islets of political/religious/ethnic correctness to appease someones desires, rather than actually educating the students.
You mean you don't think that teaching something a *minority* group believes (namely gay marriage) applies to what you just wrote? You must be joking.
>Is it any wonder we continue to fall behind other industrialized nations in educational rankings [hawaii.edu]?
You mean you think that's going to get any better now that religious students will be persecuted for their beliefs?
TheModelEskimo has been around for a looong time. Longer than the lawn meme, even.
Of all the choices I've made as a computer user, my purchase of a Dell Ubuntu laptop ranks as #1.
My purchase was a conscious decision to put principles and the aesthetic of freedom above the proprietary alternatives.
I'm primarily a visual design guy, so aesthetics mean a lot to me. And so, when just yesterday I compiled my own C code (an exercise from a programming book) for the first time in 8 years, I felt like shedding a tear. Linux has supported my career so far, and yesterday it held my hand right back into my CS-influenced past.
When I stopped programming, I was using a Windows machine. Now that I've started again, it seems appropriate somehow that this change took place on an operating system meant to encourage software development and the technical aesthetic.
As an artist, I appreciate that.
>(called "freeters," for some reason)
;-)
Fleeters, because they are fleet of foot - running from job to job, as you say. Ultimate Japanese nightmare.