There is a quote by Popper that I’m quite fond of using that illustrates my utilitarian position on liberty in discussion.
“If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.” - Karl Popper, The Open Society and its Enemies.
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I haven’t posted anything for just over a week, so I thought I’d give you a blog/behind-the-blog report and to be frank, myself a break from the monotony of exam revision.
I still have drafts in the work for the last two in the much belated “Atheism and Theory of Justification” series, a draft of the “The Political Correctness Conspiracy” post and a very skeletal “A Priori Concept of Harm” draft, all of which I hope to spit and polish up for release in July. Read more »
The blogosphere is starting to buzz. What’s the buzz? AP has kicked up about bloggers posting short, linked excerpts without paying. Read more »
You may wish to take not that my title is somewhat sarcastic. Sarcastic? Noooooooo? Read more »
I couldn’t think of a sufficiently witty pun to follow on from the title of a recent post of The Editor’s.
An era has come to an end at GrodsCorp and I freely confess that I’m happy about it. I’m happier still that more than one other has decided to declare an end to it as well. There finally seems to be a broad consensus. Read more »
You know that stage when you’ve been doing a hobby five years or so, and you think you’re getting really quite good at it most of the time, then you cruise Etsy and the blogosphere and realise you’re totally not worthy?
Check out these breathtaking soaps.
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This guest post is from Lauredhel, crossposted from Hoyden About Town
The blogosphere is starting to buzz. What’s the buzz? AP has kicked up about bloggers posting short, linked excerpts without paying. Read more »
NaComLeavMo: More Conversation Than You Can Shake a Stick at
Arrgh, only a little over a week left! Read more »
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