The literal Militant Atheists were merely the genesis of the phrase; the common usage today applies to the antireligious: those who actively seek to eliminate religion, as opposed to those who merely lack belief. Considering this diverse group (which includes Richard Dawkins, among others) has the destruction of…

Agreed. And it's apparently causing as much indigestion.

Since I'm in a mood...

Given that "militant atheist" is propaganda phrase for "aggressively recruiting atheist" or "antireligious" and as those people do exist and in large numbers (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of…, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antirelig…, Richard Dawkings) this phrase is not even close to being "the single…

Quality of the game and enjoyment are two different things...I play Giant Boulder of Death on my (bus) commute and, considering I'm on a crowded bus, it's worth more to me than any $50 console game at those moments and it's very enjoyable.

...yet she's driving while recording video on her cell? Everyone fucking sucks at driving.

Why do you assume her judgement of her parents was acceptable? Indeed, why do you believe anything about this story?

The questions themselves are not dumb, I agree that skepticism is healthy. It is the continued skepticism in the face of large body of peer-reviewed studies without a corresponding body of (well designed, well conducted, and well reviewed) contrary studies.

I have always failed to understand the backlash against the appropriation of cultural norms. Walling off one's culture is racism, by definition.

I apologize, I can see now how that looked condescending but I actually intended it to be humorous. A failure on my part.

I was not attempting to absolve him of any responsibility, merely pointing out the root cause. The election may have been fraught with problems, but not enough to affect my point.

Nor did I say…

Well, being upset about press coverage is an altogether different beast, isn't it?

Anyway, Bush was one part of a vast machine we call the United States government which happens to be filled with elected representatives. The aforementioned crimes (save Katrina, though I find that accusation preposterous) were not, in…

Well, being upset about press coverage is an altogether different beast, isn't it?

Anyway, Bush was one part of a vast machine we call the United States government which happens to be filled with elected representatives. The aforementioned crimes (save Katrina, though I find that accusation preposterous) were not, in…

Your anger, however honest, is a reflection of the underlying causes that lead humans to such acts in the first place. Whatever he was before, he is now a man who paints cats and occasional helps with charities. What more could you want?

Death? That leaves you no better than he.
Prison for vengeance? The same.
Prison to…

Your reference to living under high voltage lines as dangerous due to their electromagnetic radiation shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the dangers involved and leads me to question the veracity of your arguments.

At any rate, astronauts are well aware of the dangers of radiation exposure and willingly expose…

Pricing has a complicated and partially unsavory genesis; though it does tragically lead to higher infant mortality due to costs for proper prenatal care. Our comparatively high infant mortality rate is likely tied to our comparatively high teenage pregnancy rates and unplanned pregnancy rates as well as our abortion…

Well, Martin IS a guy. So, at some level, despite his creativity, it must be difficult for him to write POV for women.