http://open.salon.com/user.php?uid=15801Wed, 22 May 2013 14:05:16 -0400 <p>It is no disrespect to Mr. Broccoli's feelings to point out that he is woefully misinformed about&nbsp; "guns doing you no good" (re: Columbine)&nbsp; It has been studiously established that guns prevemt something like a million crimes (assaults, rapes, etc) per year.&nbsp; Since nothing happens in those cases, there are no alarming headllines, (other than "mugger shot dead")&nbsp; It is simply not "news", but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.&nbsp; Why do you suppose Police carry sidearms?&nbsp; They are not there for the purpose of killing people, but to prevent that. disigny</p> http://open.salon.com/blog/disigny/2010/04/20/respecting_feelings_respecting_factshttp://open.salon.com/blog/disigny/2010/04/20/respecting_feelings_respecting_factsTue, 20 Apr 2010 21:04:54 -0400 <p>The Scientific Method is cool; it really works!&nbsp; Why don't the Religious try it?&nbsp; If you can at least theoretically resolve all the appalling Paradoxes in Christianity, you could end up with a theory that makes sense, and is intellectually respectable.&nbsp; I am not suggesting that "Atheists" are intellectually respectable, far from it; they usually just ignore paradoxes and hope they'll go away.&nbsp; At least, they are honest enough not to revel in them.&nbsp; Where you can't tell the difference between a Jesuit and a Buddhist, you're getting warm..disgny</p> http://open.salon.com/blog/disigny/2010/01/02/how_about_the_truthhttp://open.salon.com/blog/disigny/2010/01/02/how_about_the_truthSat, 2 Jan 2010 21:01:23 -0500