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You might think that, by now, people would have become accustomed to the idea of natural catastrophes. We live on a planet that is still cooling and which has fissures and faults in its crust; this much is accepted even by those who think that the globe is only six thousand years old, as well as by those who believe that the earth was designed to be this way. Even in such a case, it is to be expected that earthquakes will occur and that, if they occur under the seabed, tidal waves will occur also. Yet two sorts of error are still absolutely commonplace. The first of these is the idiotic belief that seismic events are somehow timed to express the will of God. Thus, reasoning back from the effect, people will seriously attempt to guess what sin or which profanity led to the verdict of the tectonic plates. The second error, common even among humanists, is to borrow the same fallacy for satirical purposes and to employ it to disprove a benign deity.

~ Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens 2004 2004 Earthquake And Tsunami 2005 Atheism Earth Earthquakes Humanism Intelligent Design Natural Disasters Plate Tectonics Religion Theodicy Tsunamis Young Earth Creationism

As a Nobel Peace laureate, I, like most people, agonize over the use of force. But when it comes to rescuing an innocent people from tyranny or genocide, I've never questioned the justification for resorting to force. That's why I supported Vietnam's 1978 invasion of Cambodia, which ended Pol Pot's regime, and Tanzania's invasion of Uganda in 1979, to oust Idi Amin. In both cases, those countries acted without U.N. or international approval—and in both cases they were right to do so.

~ José Ramos-Horta

José Ramos-Horta 1978 2004 Cambodia Cambodian Vietnamese War Genocide Idi Amin International Law Iraq Iraq War Khmer Rouge Nobel Peace Prize Pacifism Peace Pol Pot Tanzania Tyranny Uganda Uganda Tanzania War United Nations United States Vietnam War

...the Bible is probably the most genocidal book in the literary canon.

~ Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky 2004 Bible Genocide Wallace Shawn

Anyone who is truly crazy, in my book, wouldn't be able to understand the dialectic of crazy and not-crazy. Listen, I've worked for the pharmaceutical companies, they have a vested belief in making you believe that if you have a chemical imbalance you need them to be 'cured' of your current issues and personality. Indefinitely. Imagine diagnosing personality only in terms of its negative aspects. Does this strike you as a strategy designed for health? The only way to deal with a problem is to fucking deal with it. Get inside what positive motivation, what intention, makes you behave in the way you are... and how you could maybe satisfy that need in a healthier or at least more agreeable manner. America wants quick, easy and painless; being a real person is slow, difficult and very messy.

~ James Curcio

James Curcio 2004 America Drugs Dsm Insanity Motivation Neurosis Pharmaceuticals Profit Motive Will

They taught me in the Army to make plans based upon the other guy's capabilities, and not based upon his stated intentions. And an employer is capable of firing you at any time.

~ Stephen Morrill

Stephen Morrill 2004 Employment Freelancing Loyalty Planning Ahead Strategy

Bloomberg does not support the measure to silence the useless and maddening car alarm: he would rather impose himself on people than on mechanical devices.

~ Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens 2004 Big Government Car Alarms Cars Law Mayoralty Of Michael Bloomberg Michael Bloomberg Pettiness Tyranny
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