January 12, 2010
You can learn a lot about a society by listening to its epithets. The use of racial epithets tells you that a society cares about race (i.e., that race is an issue, that it matters). The use of insults like “retard” or “idiot” can tell you that a society values intelligence (and then chooses to […]
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September 29, 2009
How does one reconcile the need for the soul to find its purest expression with the need for society to effectively function? This is perhaps the most difficult question for one who places unlimited value on the beauty and nobility of the human soul but who also admits of the need for people to assemble […]
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