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This is my [[project:Position Statement|Position Statement]] regarding various things. I am willing to defend any of these positions, and change them in the face of sufficient new evidence – though some of them are more firmly held than others.
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This is my [[project:Position Statement|Position Statement]] regarding various things. I am willing to defend any of these positions, and change them in the face of sufficient new evidence
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==Homeland Security and Torture==
 
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'''2008-01-31''' Maybe I don't speak for the majority here, but I can at least say the following for myself. The [[war on terror]] – including the use of torture, illegal detainments by the US government, and even the stupid new [[airline security]] rules – are ''not'' being done for me. I don't want them. If they're being done for my "safety", then I'd much rather be in "danger". (Besides, these measures make me feel more in danger than the terrorists ever did.)
 
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'''Just to make this clear''': Torture is WRONG. NO NO NO NO, a thousand times NO. Maybe if you knew there was a nuclear bomb* in a densely-populated area and the torturee was the only person who knew where it was, then MAYBE (and I'd want to see the video record of the interrogation, too) -- but we've had nothing anywhere near that scale to justify what the American government has been doing (and certainly no transparency, much less video records), so STOP IT RIGHT NOW.
 
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<small>*at least one interrogation expert says that this type of scenario simply never happens -- but if it did, torture would work ''against'' efforts to determine the necessary information. See filed links in [[torture]] for more.</small>
 
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==9/11==
 
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The official story of [[9/11]] is a mixed bag at best. It is also a cover-up of monstrous proportions, regardless of who the bad guys actually were: evidence was destroyed, evidence was ignored, explanations were non-explanations, and some things (e.g. [[WTC7]]) were just ignored altogether.
 
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If you hide or destroy evidence making it difficult or impossible to solve a crime, you are culpable for some portion of the crime committed. On 9/11, nearly 3000 lives and billions of dollars were lost; the parties responsible for the cover-up are therefore complicit in those crimes, [[accessories after the fact]] at best. There may be some mitigating factors, but we need to know what those factors are before the mitigation can happen. Until then, ''if you concealed or destroyed evidence related to 9/11, that makes you complicit.''
 
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When I started investigating 9/11 back in 2005 or so, I believed the official story. The more I looked, however, the more I kept finding (among the chaff) consistent, sane, carefully-considered objections which provided evidence and held up under scrutiny -- and on the other side, a lot of glib counter-arguments which either addressed only [[straw man|the weakest and furthest-out theories]] or else gave quick [[non-explanation]]s and considered their work done. There was definitely a core of "[[9/11 truth|9/11 objectionists]]" who tended to make sense, and no consistent or believable rebuttals from the "9/11 party-liners".
 
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Here are just a few of the more glaring questions left unanswered by anyone in authority:
 
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* The hijackers named may have been ultimately responsible for flying the planes into the twin towers and the Pentagon, yes. But why weren't those names on the passenger lists? If they were flying under assumed names, which assumed names on the list were they flying under? Why did some of them later turn up alive, and why haven't the official lists been revised?
 
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* Why didn't the [[9/11 Commission Report]] explain anything about how the towers actually collapsed?
 
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* Why didn't it even ''mention'' [[WTC7]]?
 
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* Why were all the videos of the Pentagon crash confiscated, and why haven't any of them been released except for 5 highly questionable video frames?
 
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* Why was all the debris hauled off before forensics experts could look at it?
 
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* Why is anyone still claiming that the twin towers collapsed due to extreme heat when this suggestion has been repeatedly shot full of holes?
 
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** How do they explain the diagonal cuts in the girders, the molten steel found in the wreckage, the molten steel seen pouring from WTC2, the sheer symmetricality and lateral forcefulness of the so-called "collapses"?
 
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* Why were we utterly unable to intercept any of 4 planes, when such interceptions had been routine for at least a decade?
 
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** Did it have something to do with the multiple military exercises coincidentally scheduled for that day, one of which reportedly involved more or less the exact scenario which was unfolding in real life?
 
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** Why had intercept regulations recently been changed so that top-level authorization was required?
 
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** Why had airline pilots recently been deprived of the freedom to carry a sidearm?
 
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** How the hell did the hijackers manage to overcome the crews (many of them vets with combat experience) of ''four airplanes'' using only ''box-cutters''??
 
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Yes, there are simple explanations for all of these things which agree completely with the official reports. Take your dried frog pills and go back to sleep.
 
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==Religion==
 
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I think people confuse [[faith]] with [[idealism]]; organized religion encourages this confusion, because faith is much more easy to manipulate. Many people of good will find religion appealing, and I think it is the ''idealism'' of it which they find appealing. Many non-religious people are reluctant to attack religious fallacies because they don't want to destroy someone's faith. It is not necessary to destroy someone's idealism while arguing them out of blatantly fallacious ideas.
 
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It seems to me that the difference between acceptable religion and [[bad religion|unacceptable religion]] hinges on the following points:
 
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* '''Revision''': Is there a central doctrine which must never be revised by anyone? (Or can it be questioned, and revised if found to be in error?)
 
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* '''Interpretation''': Is that central doctrine solely interpretable by those in positions of authority? (Or are followers ultimately free to make their own moral decisions based on their own interpretation of that doctrine and the guidance of their own conscience?)
 
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* '''Renouncement''': Is there any retribution or punishment for renouncing one's membership?
 
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* '''Universality''': Does the core doctrine hold that it applies to ''everyone'', not just those who have agreed to follow it?
 
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The more of these attributes a religion possesses, the [[bad religion|worse]] it is. [[Islam]], for example, includes all four attributes. Even the worst [[Christian fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] varieties of Christianity generally have no (real) punishment for renouncement (aside from metaphysical threats &ndash; burning in hell and so forth &ndash; which are only meaningful to a believer), and can be minimally tolerated within a modern society &ndash; although ''not'' within the sphere of public discourse (e.g. [[Issuepedia:Wacky Award#2007-04-29 Utah Satan resolution|passing a resolution blaming Satan for illegal immigration]]). Any one of these attributes renders an idea unsuitable as a basis for policy.
 
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A religion which has none of these attributes, on the other hand, is far more likely to be capable of making rational decisions and therefore meaningfully participate in a sane [[civilization]].
 
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The solution is not to wipe out toxic religions, but rather to make them less toxic by encouraging religious individuals and groups to renounce the toxic aspects.
 
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===Christianity===
 
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Being Christian is ''not'' [http://nlsngrc.blogspot.com/2008/03/sally-kern-i-was-taken-out-of-context.html sufficient reason for being anti-gay]. Unless you obey every single rule and restriction in the Bible (and how can you, when nobody can agree on exactly what rules the Bible actually spells out and which are merely given as historical background?), ''you'' are choosing which ones to obey and which ones to ignore. This means that ''you'' have chosen to decide that "marriage is sacred" or "marriage means one man and one woman".
 
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The Bible is not a source of moral authority. You must make up your own mind, and be prepared to explain how you arrived at your decision.
 
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==Patriotism==
 
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I believe that loyalty to the ideals of [[democracy]] is more important than loyalty to any particular nation, including loyalty to the {{USA}}. '''However''', the United States is one of the few countries ''founded'' upon those ideals; as such, defending the United States against foreign invaders ''or against being taken over by forces inimical to democracy'' (whether those forces originate from within or without the US) is '''equivalent''' to, and thus just as important as, loyalty to those ideals.
 
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In other words, defending the core values of the United States, as represented (perhaps imperfectly) by the [[Constitution (US)|Constitution]], is important ''because of those core values'', not because of loyalty to the United States as a country. (The latter being represented by the "My country, right or wrong" mentality.)
 
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If the US (through some dreadful series of mistakes) became ruled by a dictatorship, and some country elsewhere in the world wanted to "liberate" us and restore democracy, wouldn't that be a good thing (assuming we had any trust at all in the intentions of the potential invaders)? Furthermore, would it not be ''loyal to the Constitution'' (which does not in any sense allow for totalitarian rule)?
 
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Although I do not (and never did) support the [[US-Iraq War]] and definitely do not support any [[potential US attack on Iran]], I do support the troops. They have been through hell, and are continuing to go through it. I wish there was a way to give them a mission at which they could succeed, but the game has been heavily rigged against them at this point. They performed competently (at worst!) in Afghanistan and during the [[US invasion of Iraq|invasion phase]] of the Iraq War, and I lay what has happened since then squarely at the feet of our (at best!) incompetent [[Bush II administration|leaders]].
 
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==Judgement & Religion==
 
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I believe that making one's own judgements is an important part of being human (in the best sense of the word). I don't mean that you should never say "well, I'll defer to your judgement on this"; you're still making the final judgement call about whether to trust the other person's opinion, on a case-by-case basis. The problem arises when a person (a "[[authoritarian follower|follower]]") accepts the judgement of another (a "[[authoritarian leader|leader]]") as supreme on all matters, and only allows their own judgement to prevail when the "leader" has no opinion or specifically gives the "follower" permission to decide on his/her own.
 
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Organized religion worries me, in large part because of this very tendency to centralize ultimate moral authority.
 
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Anyone who says that everything good in their life has come from their religion obviously hasn't read enough good science fiction. (Recommendations to follow, when I get around to it.)
 
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(2007-09-25) Christians say that [[Jesus Christ]] died for my sins, and that therefore I should do all kinds of things. Stepping into their universe for a moment to address this: It's kind of a done deed now, but if I had the choice, I would tell Jesus: "No, please don't do that. You seem like a decent guy, and I bet we could benefit a lot more from the things you could do in a long life (write down your philosophy so we can really understand it! That would be sheer gold, and might have done a lot of good in the centuries after your death.) than from this "being saved" thing. Have a good life; don't go dying on my account. I'll take the heat. I'd rather not have your death on my conscience; that would be worse than any hellfire or purgatory could possibly be."
 
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Since he's apparently gone and done it, however, without my consent, I have to say "thanks, I do appreciate it -- but I don't think this obligates me to anything, although you might still be able to talk me into it." Many Christians don't seem to understand that you attract more flies with honey than with fire and brimstone; sweet reason is so much easier to swallow than terroristic metaphysical threats. Good theatre, though, and amusing at times (or it would be amusing, that is, if innocent people weren't being hurt and killed by it).
 
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==Gender/Sexual Issues==
 
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My hypertwin and I are [[Marriage boycott|boycotting marriage]] ([[htwiki:Marriage boycott|our page about it]]) ''at least'' until it is available to everyone, and possibly beyond that until it is re-fashioned into a tool for strengthening families of all types, not just two-person families.
 
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I see absolutely nothing wrong with homosexuality, cross-dressing (transvestitism), transsexuality, or any other form of sexual/gender oddity, as long as nobody is getting hurt. I think our definition of what constitutes a family unit is far too limiting (see [[htwiki:Hyperfamily]] for an alternative concept).
 
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Apparently there is a huge amount of disagreement about whether gender roles are learned or innate. It seems quite plain to me that there is a good deal of variation: some people are wired such that they are perfectly comfortable in their assigned gender roles but would not behave in the prescribed way if society didn't encourage it, while others gravitate naturally towards the behaviors society prefers (or even views as "stereotypical"). Still others are wired to prefer behaviors prescribed to the ''other'' gender, which is at least circumstantial evidence that gender can be "hard-wired" and that it varies from person to person.
 
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I also don't see what's so terrible about prostitution; it doesn't seem to me any worse than any other situation in which one endangers one's health for money. It should be legalized and regulated like any other risky profession (as it is in some countries, most notably The Netherlands).
 
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==Life Issues==
 
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As far as life being sacred... I think if anything is sacred, it is the ''spirit'', not the "life" of the spirit's container (body). I would propose the following:
 
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* Every spirit deserves a vessel (body) worthy of it. (The spirit (soul/mind) deserves a body which is physically able to support the spirit, without chronic pain or excessive maintenance, and carry out the spirit's wishes within reason)
 
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* A new spirit deserves to be born into a community that wants it and has the ability to care for it adequately until it is able to care for itself
 
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* Every spirit has the right to choose to end itself
 
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* If the spirit is too new to be able to make or express its life decisions, then the parents (or the community) must make those decisions.
 
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This leaves open a lot of issues which need to be addressed, such as when do parents abandon their right of choice, when is a parental decision out of bounds, etc.
 
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==Illegal Drugs==
 
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I worry more about the dangers posed by laws (e.g. [[wikipedia:RICO (law)|RICO]]) which attempt to prevent usage of certain [[Psychoactive Drugs|psychoactive substances]] than I do about the danger posed by the substances themselves. (I do not, however, personally indulge in any such substances other than caffeine.)
 
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==Politics==
 
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I was very disheartened by the 2004 election results; it seemed clear that Mr. Bush was bent on advancing an agenda of using foreign aggression as an opportunity to spend huge amounts of government money on "reconstruction" contracts which could then be used to increase his power via favoritism (i.e. giving contracts in exchange for favors and personal support) while doing very little towards increasing "security", despite that being the nominal justification for the majority of his actions.
 
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Since then, I have seen very little to change that opinion, but I continue to be baffled by the fact that most of the country still seems to think he's doing the right thing and doing it well. I started Issuepedia partly as an attempt to untangle the complex web of assumptions and beliefs behind the various opinions (pro and con) on the matter.
 
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==Wacky Liberalism==
 
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Normally I tend to fall on the so-called liberal side of things, but below I will be collecting examples of instances where liberalism has clearly gone too far:
 
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*[http://www.opinionjournal.com/cc/?id=110007364 The Sex-Offender Lobby]
 
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==Nuclear Power==
 
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I'm not against nuclear power ''as such'', but I dislike the way we are currently handling it as a social/organizational issue. Nuclear power plants are always constructed by huge companies (such as General Electric in the US), with extreme [[security]] being used as an excuse to minimize the [[transparency]] of the plant's operation. If we had more of a view into each plant's daily operation, we would be able to verify claims of safety. As it is, there is no way to verify and hence no way to trust that operations are being carried out safely.
 
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I do think that we need to look at nuclear power as one option for reducing carbon emissions (and hence [[global warming]]), but the first item of business should be to redesign plant operations so they are more transparent. The second item of business is to take a close look at the entire life-cycle of the fuel and the plant itself: what is the total damage done by mining, how long would the fuel supplies last in abundance if the entire world was switched to nuclear, how can the spent fuel be safely disposed of? The current air of secrecy around nuclear power -- in some cases required by law -- currently makes such an examination almost impossible.
 

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