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 Don-Keehotay rated 18 months ago- From the page:
"When I was a little boy in Indianapolis, I used to be thankful that there were no longer torture chambers with iron maidens and racks and thumbscrews and Spanish boots and so on. But there may be more of them now than ever--not in this country but elsewhere, often in countries...
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- Joseph-K rated 17 months ago
- From the page: "The 1992 Humanist of the Year ponders the many meanings of "humanism.""
- Don-Keehotay rated 18 months ago
- From the page:
"When I was a little boy in Indianapolis, I used to be thankful that there were no longer torture chambers with iron maidens and racks and thumbscrews and Spanish boots and so on. But there may be more of them now than ever--not in this country but elsewhere, often in countries we call our friends. Ask the Human Rights Watch. Ask Amnesty International if this isn't so. Don't ask the U.S. State Department."
- parfait-peach rated 18 months ago
- A little Something, to read, on the passing of Kurt Vonnegut...
From the page: "Why My Dog is Not a Humanist
by Kurt Vonnegut
The 1992 Humanist of the Year ponders the many meanings of "humanism" Kurt Vonnegut is honorary president of the American Humanist Association. On May 1, 1996, in Portland, Oregon, Vonnegut accepted the American Humanist of the Year Award. What follows is the text of this acceptance speech."
- Cylons rated 18 months ago
- That's it, prepare for my Vonnegut tribute posts (for the next month or so).
From the page: "So science is yet another human made God to which I, unless in a satirical mood, an ironical mood, a lampooning mood, need not genuflect."
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