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Month: December 2007

2007 Year in Review, and Looking Ahead to 08

Bon voyage 2007!!! I’ve noticed that around this time of year all the newspapers and media outlets run out their top-10 lists. For example, according to Time.com the top news story of 2007 was the unrest in Pakistan; the #1 fiction book of ’07 was The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz, […]

Raven
Last modified on December 31, 2007

It [was] December 22nd…[in some places, anyway]…

I am at a loss, as to why this did not go out to the main blog, when I published it a couple of days ago…I’m going to re-post it now. Today is the winter solstice…chosen day of commemoration, for International Boy Love Day. May today be wonderful for all of you, and may you […]

Steve Diamond
Last modified on December 24, 2007

On a Seasonal note…

Stood in a store checkout queue yesterday, my attention was naturally caught by a cute boy – luxurious brown hair; soft, creamy skin; enormous blue eyes; maybe 5 or recently-turned 6. His mother, stood in front of me in the queue, was piling groceries (high-fat / high-salt ready meals, but that’s another comment) on the […]

Strato
Last modified on December 21, 2007

A Short Blurb About B.L.M.W.

Greetings This is just a reminder that Boy-love Media Watch (B.L.M.W.) does not seem to be sending out e-mails as in the past or noting stories where comments are required. Still it is important to refute the lies that are a part of the propaganda machine that is fueled through hate and shame. There are […]

Viamund
Published on December 17, 2007

“The Persecution Delusion” Delusion (A response to Wikisposure)

Nobody likes to be called a bully—and how an individual or a group of people get into a position of power in which they can fill the shoes of “the bully” is a cultural barometer used time and again to evaluate the actions of the great bullies of history—yet we have seen recently the rise […]

Raven
Published on December 16, 2007

Absolutely Bad…

“Absolutism breeds elitism and prejudice” – The Infidel Guy (http://www.infidelguy.com/) This quote is so beautifully spot on…and it states so eloquently what is so critically wrong with absolutism. Absolutism in practice disallows anything but broad generalizations about entire groups of people, all activities of a certain style, all mental interpretations and motivations (incentives)… Absolutism is […]

Steve Diamond
Published on December 9, 2007

Berlin Court demands proof of copyright-protected works

As you can see in http://oma.home.pages.de/1.Beschluss.pdf I did not provide sufficient proof to the judges that my scientific work on Wikipedia was indeed of high enough quality to be copyright-protected. But I celebrate this first defeat as a victory since the case has been accepted and the required proof should be deliverable.

Roman Czyborra
Last modified on December 7, 2007

Pseudo “discrediting”

“This evidence is, on its own merits, enough to discredit anything Rind et al actually concluded”. (cut/paste http://absolutezerounited.blogspot.com/2006/09/rind-introduction.html) The original paper can be found here. I cited this blogging post because it encapsulates quite well, one of the basic methods of upholding sacred consensus dogmas; the false claim of active discrediting, where in fact the […]

Llort
Last modified on December 1, 2007