Like most people, Matt and I are pretty horrified at what is going on in Mumbai. We have wanted to write something on it but just now I found this piece by Susan the Libertarian, oft heard quoted on Newstalk ZB. Whilst I would not describe the abuse Sus experienced as “feudal nonsense” (chivalry came […]
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Abortion and Child Abuse
November 27th, 2008 1 Comment
Bloggers WhaleOil and David Farrar are in disagreement over some comments made by Garth George in the New Zealand Herald regarding abortion and child abuse. Garth George says: I have said it before and I say it again: The number one cause of abuse against women and children is abortion. David Farrar says: I disagree. […]
Tags: Abortion · Child Abuse · David Farrar · Ethics · Feticide · Garth George · New Zealand Herald · Susan Sherwin · Whale Oil
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November 26th, 2008 11 Comments
We’ve been tagged by our old Free-Students Network chum Trevor Louden. The rules are: Link to the person who tagged you Post the rules Share seven random or weird facts about yourself Tag 7 random people at the end of the post with their links Let each person know they’ve been tagged by leaving a […]
Tags: Meme · Trevor Louden
Homosexuality and the Right-Wing Socialists
November 18th, 2008 27 Comments
Lately I have been thinking I must write a post about the sacred cow of homosexuality and how it can turn the most ardent liberal into a lefty. I am not the only person to have noticed this phenomena. As Matt once commented, “Christians should be very concerned with people who will sell out their […]
Tags: Cactus Kate · Glenn Peoples · Grant Robertson · Homosexual Conduct · Stephen Franks
And the Left FIGHT BACK!
November 16th, 2008 10 Comments
I stumbled across this nonsense over at Socialist Aotearoa; the same old tired slogans from the student union movement are of course today’s mantra for the grown-up ex-student flunkys who now work in the state sector or for the “real world” unions. The only thing that’s changed is the number of wrinkles and the method […]
Tags: Statist Mindset · Tax Cuts · The Standard
The Myth of Left Wing Moral Superiority
November 14th, 2008 2 Comments
Irish Bill at The Standard writes: One of the things I like about being left wing is how often the best moral decision is also the best economic decision. Take economic stimulus for example. In a recession it’s the most vulnerable such as beneficiaries, low paid workers and youth that are hit worst because they […]
Tags: Charity · Role of the State · The Standard
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
