Outside The Asylum

I had an idea today for a truly peaceful protest against racism, and it would make it impossible for anybody to oppose it. How about Saturday morning, both black lives matter and all lives matter people commit to putting lawn chairs and tables in OWN their front lawns, signs on the tables, and spend their morning actually talking to their neighbors from a socially distanced 6 feet? THAT is what a truly nonviolent protest looks like. Not invading other people's spaces, but having conversations with your neighbors for real grass roots change. In my case, crabgrass change. Speaking truth to power in Oregon involves ballot measures, not protest signs and denying your fellow citizens the right to speak. Let alone destroying private businesses, stopping traffic on major streets, and burning down buildings with people still inside them. Orwell's law states that any violent rebellion against a tyranny will create an even worse tyranny. All that ever happens when you get violent is some...

Here is the link for the Knights of Columbus Safe Environment training.   There are two ways to make sure you are updated on this training.  If you are in the REQUIRED TRAINING officer and service program list, you need to press the green button and log in with the userID of your member # combined with your last name, for instance Ted's username is 4253418seeber .  Yours can of course be found on your membership card. If you are not in the list, you should click on the BLUE button and the registration code is KofC safe. Both buttons are halfway down the page. For our council, this is the list of people who need to pass Safe Environment training: Grand Knights Deputy Grand Knights Program Directors Community Directors Family Directors Youth Directors

Is that there really is no law against segregation today, as long as it is chosen voluntarily. There is NOTHING keeping sexist or racist protesters from moving elsewhere and building their own city to their liking. In fact, there are plenty of small towns in Kansas, Texas, Colorado, Nebraska, and Minnesota that would be willing to host such a project, no matter what color you are.

An ethical hacker point of view of the cancel culture: First they came for the conservatives- banning their posts and videos, canceling voices they could not stand. Then they came for the statues and paintings and works of art- the Iconoclasm. Every hint that the past ever existed, must be destroyed. Next they will come for the books, burning any that give a hint that any other way of life than theirs existed. After that they'll be writing memory hole worms to edit the internet to their liking so that no post can be made without approved speech and thought codes applied. At what level of historical revisionism are you comfortable with? Because I am not comfortable with any of it. If you must practice historical revision, add data, don't delete it. Write your own point of view on a plaque to attach to the base of a statue or the frame of that painting so that future inhabitants of the city can get both sides. ...

1. “Charlie X”  (Ep. 2, Season 1) What happens when a young man (Robert Walker), dizzy from hormones and zero family ties, can literally make anything he wishes a reality? His emotions take over, with disaster and death the natural byproduct. Enter Captain James T. Kirk (Shatner), the Alpha Male figure poor Charlie needs. Kirk can’t fully control Charlie, but he commands the lad’s respect and buys the crew time to deal with his god-like powers. The unchecked Charlie has no one to explain life to him, let alone place vital boundaries in his path. Without a father figure he revolts, not unlike what we’re seeing nationwide as the spoiled children who make up the Antifa crowd drag statues to the ground. Kirk’s uber-masculine guidance can’t prevent a sad ending for Charlie, but the captain ensures no more Starfleet personnel will die by Charlie’s hands. 2. “The City on the Edge of Forever”  (Ep. 28, Season 1) Kirk falls in love, hard, during this time travel episode ...