Unreasonable

I find the trolls lurking reason.com to be highly unreasonable. Nothing worse than an ancap. Jeez!

Anarchism: Philosophy and Ideals (Kropotkin)

But a change, much more profound, and with far wider reaching results, is being effected at the present time in the whole of the sciences, and Anarchy, you will see, is but one of the many manifestations of this evolution.

https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/kropotkin-peter/1890s/x01.htm

A Bible Verse on Every Taxi

TAGBILARAN, Philippines-- One city in the Philippines requires that a scripture be painted on the main public transportation method -- a three-wheeled motorcycle.

Any driver caught without a Bible verse is fined or has their license revoked. The city wants the world to know how much they love God's Word.

http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2014/December/Mandatory-Verses-Has-City-Driving-for-Jesus/

10 Ways Conservatives Don't Act Like Christians

Going to church doesn’t make someone a Christian.  Heck, following the Bible doesn’t even really make someone a Christian. Christianity is based on a belief in Jesus Christ and one’s attempt to live their life based on the values for which he lived.

http://www.forwardprogressives.com/10-ways-conservatives-dont-act-anything-like-christians/

DoucheCam Evidence Mounting

Police dashboard camera video shows Robinson arresting Vasquez for the expired sticker.

When the officer first grabbed Vasquez's arm, the older man pulled it away. Robinson then pushed Vasquez down on the hood of the police cruiser. The two fell out of the camera's video frame, but police said the officer used the Taser on Vasquez twice while he was on the ground.

https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2014/dec/13/victoria-police-officer-investigated-for-tasing-dr/

The DoucheCam is kind of making the case for a Police Offender Registry

Pope: animals go to heaven

... and why not since heaven is an imaginary construct?

http://www.alan.com/2014/12/12/pope-animals-go-to-heaven/

The Name Heretic Doesn't Hurt Me Like You Thought

It doesn't mean what you thought.

Pray the Gay Away, or just kidnap and beat them

"[A] 2013 incident has now led to the indictments of five church members: Sarah Covington Anderson, Adam Christopher Bartley, Brooke McFadden Covington, Justin Brock Covington and Robert Louis Walker Jr. Each face simple assault and kidnapping charges. Anderson also faces an additional charge of assault by strangulation. The Rutherford County Sheriff's Office released the information Tuesday afternoon."

Honestly, religious fundamentalists scare the shit out of me!

http://www.wspa.com/story/27588131/wnc-church-members-indicted-on-assault-kidnapping-charge

Understanding Antisocial Personality Disorder

From Drugs.com:

A person with [Antisocial Personality] disorder usually does not take responsibility for any of his or her own suffering.

But then...

Antisocial personality disorder is probably caused by a combination of factors. Having any of these characteristics does not necessarily mean that a person has antisocial personality disorder.

• Influences from the environment. A chaotic family life contributes to the development of this personality disorder, especially where there has been little supervision from parents or other adult role models. The disorder also may be more common where the community is not supportive or provides little reward for positive behavior. In some situations, there may even be reinforcement for sociopathic behavior.
• Genetic (inherited) or biological factors. Researchers have found certain physiological responses that may occur more frequently in people with antisocial personality disorder. For example, they have a comparatively flat response to stress. They seem to get less anxious than the average person. They seem to have a harder time maintaining daytime arousal. They also have a weak "startle reflex," the involuntary response to loud noises. This relative insensitivity may affect their ability to learn from reward and punishment.
• The frontal lobe, the area of the brain that governs judgment and planning, also appears to be different in people with antisocial personality disorder. Some researchers have found changes in the volume of brain structures that mediate violent behavior. People with this kind of brain function may thus have more difficulty restraining their impulses, which may account for the tendency toward more aggressive behavior. Neurobiologists cannot say with certainty that these variations in brain structure are a cause of antisocial personality. The variations could easily be the result of life experiences that are more common in people with this personality disorder rather than a cause.