Climate Change, Farewell Fawell, Gaming News

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Unitarian Extension Movement's forum on climate change, species deaths and alternative technology last Sunday was excellent. Most appropriately the following day had a wonderful opportunity to slap-down some serious idiocy courtesy of the von Mises Institute. It really was like shooting fish in a barrel. Climate change was also a media feature this week with recognition that extremes will affect Australia, and especially Victoria.

A couple of days ago my flist seemed to in celebration over the demise of Jerry Fawell. His apocalyptic beliefs, and hatred of secular liberalism and abhorrent theology certainly generates little sympathy from this corner of livejournal. Rather appropriately, nom_de_grr plays Godwin's and challenges us to find the differences (in speech) between Fawell and Hitler. The key point: both are people who sought not to keep their theological beliefs to their own lives, but rather to impose them on others. Appropriately angel80 links to North Korea's Juche as a religion.

Monte Cook makes some very good comments about Dragon and the state of D&D. On Sunday ran the first session of Stormbringer's Rogue Mistress which is just great. Also have completed a further two scenes for the HeroQuest Glorantha epic.

Best title goes to reddragdiva. Science proves that trolls really are a bunch of dicks. Mightily impressed by beagl linking the free LP for a compilation of New Zealand undergound music (yes, I've been looking at properties in Dunedin again). Do you have ten favourite movies? List them on slipjig's survey.

Comments

Falwell

[callistra.livejournal.com]

Did you see Fred Phelps is planning to picket the funeral?

[mr-figgy.livejournal.com]

I didn't bake a cake and throw a party on news of Falwell's passing, but there are some people I'm just not going to miss and he is one of them. I'm also wondering if the void left in his movement by his death will simply cause someone equally abhorrent yet younger and more vigorous to take his place...

[ser-pounce.livejournal.com]

On a similar theme.....Hong Kong has got the right idea:

http://community.livejournal.com/nolongerxian/10576.html?style=mine

[autobeast.livejournal.com]

Why does the Von Mises institute continue to be at war with reality on SO MANY issues? Von Mises himself as not that kind of fool.

[madame-mage.livejournal.com]

*scratches head and looks puzzled!~*..

but but but..seems people like to see MY reaction when they bait me..I must have some real ZINGERS for facial expressions when I get cranky...., I never fail to amuse Im sure of it! *wry grin*..I don't think this last part of your post regarding men's reactions to getting mightily twreaked..is fair to some of us females..but hell then again there are always exceptions!..

meh to Fawell..Jackass! the world is a little brighter thanks to his passing..

[tempusfrangit.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if Phelps was going to do something.

Move to Dunedin!

[kimeros.livejournal.com]

We're looking at properties in Dunedin as well.

Possibly looking to move there in October.

[cinematic.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure that Monte's comments say anything much about D&D. I think it says more about him - he sounds jaded - and the past will always be better than today

[strangedave.livejournal.com]

Arguing with the von Mises people will get you nowhere. They have long ago decided that ideology trumps inconvenient facts. Far better to needle and annoy them when they step out of their own little blog.

[reddragdiva]

Is that the best of the von Mises mob? Good God.