I try hard to stay out of politics
and religion …
AND more importantly geo politics mixed with radicalism and illogic.
One principal that I believe in, as a Transhumanist, is the right to express ones self w/o risk to life, liberty or fear of other repercussions.
I express my sorrow for the people of France and the families of the victims of this senseless crime MUSLIM TERRORISTS committed and in honor of the victims, let us not forget that this crime was religious radicalism that drove this and it should not be tolerated in any form among any civilized people anywhere in the world.
When are we going to wake up as a society and move past the thinking of the 5th century? When can we forget out silliness like ‘political correct’ or tolerate the evil like this? When will we as a species mature past such drivel?
I realize that my language is some what emotionally charged (I apologize as it is normally less so), but let that ‘charge’ help drive out violent radicalism that is a cancer of the mind that should be culled from modern society.
As a sentient being that believes in the ‘sacredness’ of all intelligence above all else it is a great loss and while I try not to be controversial and try to not offend AND try to be even handed, logic, fair and helpful in all things; as a good Transhumanist should be, I encourage all of us to stand up for personal freedom of speech.
@DavidJKelley, a god in the making… in my own personal apotheosis…
in sorrow: http://www.charliehebdo.fr/index.html
January 9, 2015 at 8:02 am
Thank you David ! I strongly believe we all will agree with you on this !
January 9, 2015 at 2:11 pm
I do not accept any form of violence and hatred against our Western societies. Also I am Not Afraid! I’m Charlie Debdo!
January 9, 2015 at 2:52 pm
Thank you Rene; I was honestly concerned that I was being to controversial on t.net but freedom of speech and the ability to express our opinions is just so extremely important and the idea that people are saying it was this guys fault for speaking for making light of islam was just so extremely offensive to me. Given transhumanism it just seems so much more that we need to standup for protecting this right and sand with anyone being punished for it or even worse killed like this.
January 9, 2015 at 10:04 pm
I believe that it was an error to highlight MUSLIM TERRORISTS. I would have been far more comfortable with the phrase RELIGIOUS TERRORISTS. I see little difference between the bombing of abortion clinics by incensed Christians and the Charlie Hebdo affair (except maybe that Charlie Hebdo *was* poking a stick at Muslims while those at the abortion clinics were merely ignoring Christian infringements on their constitutional rights).
January 10, 2015 at 5:39 pm
Mark, your right all religious terror is a negative thing and they are all as bad. however in this case it was Muslim terrorists and since that is the fact it should be highlighted. if it was a bomb as the case in point of a clinic that killed people I would call out the church or religion that fostered that just as well. I think I viewed this one a bit different on the grounds that it attached two key principals namely the killing of innocent life but also free speech and I guess the one that upset me the most was the free speech as it limits the Transhumanist movement if we limit free speech, plus the loss of life.
January 12, 2015 at 7:39 pm
another related post about one of the police that was muslim that died trying to protect Charlie… I think its important to highlight as well http://mic.com/articles/107988/the-hero-of-the-charlie-hebdo-shooting-we-re-overlooking