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The Used - Evolution

Both Gandhi and King owed much of the success of their civil disobedience campaigns to the rising tide of violence that preceded them. When a full scale war -that looks to be an extremely dirty one- seems about to break out, someone willing to risk their lives without violence -someone who won't fight on philosophical grounds, but has courage enough to gain the respect of even the most warlike of men- becomes a very attractive way out.

Yup. I'll also note, MLK and probably also Ghandi used widespread economic violence as an important part of their campaigns, through the use of boycotts.

A question for the atheists: If you had the option of an afterlife, would you take it?

Depends on the details.

Question for everybody: Do you think that humanity as a whole needs a collective mythos?

Define "Mythos".

So for those of us who are Atheists, what kind of beliefs do you hold? What things are important to you, what do you base your morals on, what do you find meaningful, etc?

For myself, I believe, no, I work under the assumption, that there is an objective universe, and that while our perceptions of it may be flawed, we can learn about it if we try hard enough. I value truth and honesty, and struggle above all else to be honest with myself, to not lie to myself or trick myself into believing things that aren't true.

My morals are largely based on what I want, and what I feel is right, and a whole lot of logic and consideration of whether my various values and desires are consistent with each other, and how best to enact them. As for what I want... Well, obviously it all comes down to the pursuit of Felicity, or the state of being happy. And in order to really be happy, I need the people around me to be happy. So I pursue

Also, I feel that the universe is vast and cold, and doesn't care about us in the slightest, and that ultimately it will kill us and destroy everything we've ever loved. And I don't really like that, so much of what I do is a way to metaphorically give the universe the finger. "I don't care if none of it matters in the end, I'm going to live my life as best I can, and I'm going to try and help others to do the same. So suck it!"

Quote from: Angle on April 06, 2015, 09:03:47 pm

Quote from: i2amroy on April 06, 2015, 08:58:22 pm

I might not have faith in the good nature of humankind as a whole, but I do have faith in the self interest of the corporation; if there is a profit to be made then somebody is going to do it.

Eh, on this point I'm afraid I'll need to disagree with you. There are enough places where being a dick outweighs self interest that it makes me uneasy.

Fair enough, I guess I just don't see why anyone would chose to screw someone they have nothing against over when the other option involves bettering their "class" and moving up while the screwing people over choice does absolutely nothing for them.

Yeah, I don't understand it either, but it clearly happens, *Cough Indiana Cough*, so there you have it.

I've gone ahead and applied the GPL to the work. So there's that, now. I've also created a corporation for the project, and soon I'll be applying for 501 c (3) status.

So alright, I've filed the articles of incorporation. Now I need to file a bunch more paperwork in order to get nonprofit status. I'll also need to make sure we've got a license applied to our software. I'm thinking one of these, not sure which yet. That sound good?

Edit: More specifically, the GPL looks pretty good.

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