Archive for May, 2010
The other night I sat through an agonising episode of Insight on SBS. The topic at issue was Religion in the Classroom. Usually I am bowled over by the way Jenny Brockie can wrangle the audience and guide the discussion but on this night she was clearly not on her game or dare I say, she might even have religious proclivities. It was my first attempt to view TV whilst I Tweeted in real time. I must confess, it was more fun than Warcraft. It was incredible to find so many like-minds responding as one to the eye-glazing dross, teeth-grinding fallacious reasoning and butt-clenchingly inane justifications pouring forth from the mouths of the defenders of indoctrination. I noticed that not one person Twittering with the hashtag #insight wrote anything but pro-secular education comments. I immediately recognised the logic of this 21st century technology being completely owned by those who were most comfortable ignoring bronze age books. It was the most interesting and reassuring company I have kept in many moons. Indeed, only today a woman stood before me and said straight-faced, ‘that Darwin has a lot to answer for’ – I didn’t know where to start, so I didn’t, you get the picture. But I digress.
Besides the fine company I was keeping online, the only voice of reason in that hour of pain was from Phil Cam. I knew vaguely that we stocked some of his philosophy books for kids. Now I am extremely proud to say that we stock some of his philosophy books for kids.
Kirsty
In Current Campaigns the Sunshine Coast Atheists are supporting the High Court Challenge to National School Chaplaincy Program.
Previously donating to the campaign was via the solicitor’s trust account. Now it can be done via PayPal on their page.
Apparently it took a while to get the PayPal account set up because PayPal doesn’t allow trust accounts. Another example of the mismatch between the Internet and the meat world.
Reason Makes a Difference have put up a campaign for the St James Ethics course trial in NSW. The form has options for non-NSW people and some proposed text that you can change or add to if you like.
It would be good to see some support from Qld. Hopefully we will be fighting this battle soon. 
The St James Ethic Centre’s FAQ sums it up if you’d like to know more about the course.