Monday, September 24, 2007

The Best Simulator For Switches



a blog can be very hard. Depletion of the psquis and intellect to be trying to write something new every time, regular time intervals and, hopefully, short. As the pressure is overwhelming and not all support it well, it sometimes happens that one or another of us blogger simply loses reason and ends completely crazy , writing nonsense like that quote,
The problem is that in Chile in particular and Latin America in general, the power of a particular Christian group, the Roman Catholic, is disproportionate and harmful. (...) Religious elements seem to be the recipients of some truth revealed, and all I announce to society is declared in a tone of certainty eternal, and the Chilean electorate is unable to separate water, in contrast, insists on paying attention to the ecclesiastical authorities.
(...) Given this reality, as I said the American author Sam Harris, one wonders whether the mass extermination of Christians can be considered ethical . While I leave the question for others to answer, at least I think that these circumstances are so severe that civil disobedience is absolutely legitimate.
(...) The decision is now on the Catholics. Decide. Or return to their temples and live their religion peacefully, leaving peace to society, or have to resort to other means to resolve differences . (Emphases are added)

Although he has great caution (what virtue) of letting other the answer to your question to me is more than clear that "other means" of which he speaks Chile Liberal are none other than the mass extermination of believers , fortunately I was saved from death, but after this post I doubt he can settle down as a friend or adviser to the regime "liberal" that would set up this person in case of power their hands. Maybe it would be doomed to live in a sewer. Is not ridiculous that the "liberals" walk promoting mass destruction? "From a blog?

However, if one gives an account of the activities of the Church in public life, perhaps the final conclusion is regrettable exceptions. Since the nineteenth century anti-clerical struggles (which I find fascinating) that the Catholic teaching is opposed to the State and civil marriage, through land reform (and not just pray, it was said), HasbĂșn (the priest of the devil) celebrating the coup, the vicarage solidarity, the priest Medina buying porn for no one else can see it on the stands of Valparaiso the categorical rejection of divorce and the use of condoms, the scandal of the morning-after pill, among others, the truth is that there have always left the best impression. The only action of the Catholic Church that I would no doubt highlight the work of protecting and defending human rights during the dictatorship. Just have to see who makes the ridiculous, if the Catholic Church or the caller to kill them all.

having regard to the merits of the contestants, hereby established the award for stupidity month and is awarded with honors from the case, the author of Liberal Chile, with its post Tolerating the Intolerant . Applause!



Saturday, September 22, 2007

Pro Touch Hair Straightners

build majorities

As social research is not neutral, whenever an object is measured study also modifying it. This story is an example of how research questionnaires could be manipulated to achieve results that suit to their taste. The trick here is to introduce a bias by questions asked and the order in which they are made , but if someone had the intention to put numbers to their personal opinion to give more universal appearance, could simply invent rather than be bothered to "investigate"

B ernard ( B or Mr. Woolley ) tells Humphrey (H ) that the prime minister wants to reinstate the military service because he has a survey that says 64% of the population would support such action. Humphrey then advises Bernard to publish another survey showing that most of the population is against to reinstate the military. Bernard wonders how to accomplish that and Humphrey explains:

H: You know how it happens: a beautiful young woman about you. Obviously you want to take a good impression, do not want to seem silly, does it? Then she starts asking questions: "Mr. Woolley, are you concerned about the number of young people out of work?"
B: Yes
H: "Are you worried by rising crime among teenagers?"
B: Yes
H : "Do you think there is a lack of discipline in our schools?"
B: Yes
H : "Do you think young people need some authority and leadership in their lives?"
B: Yes
H "Do you think you meet the challenges?"
B: Yes
H : "Would you agree to reintroduce National Service?"
B : Emm, well, I guess it could be.
H: "Yes or no?"
B: Yes
H: Of course I would agree, Bernard. After all what you said you could not say no to that last question. Then do not mention the first 5 questions and publish only the last.
B: Is that really what they do?
H: Well, not prestigious, but those not so many. Alternatively, the young woman could get the opposite result.
B: How? H
: "Mr. Woolley, concerned about the danger of war?"
B: Yes
H : "We are concerned about the increase in arms?"
B: Yes
H : "Do you think there is a danger in giving young people guns and teach them how to kill?"
B: Yes
H : "Do you oppose the reinstatement of the military?"
B: Yes
H: You see, Bernard. A perfect balanced sample.


Perhaps the inability to observe without changing is not a feature of social research. Famous examples such as the Schrödinger cat show that harsher discipline (those that sociologists sometimes enjoy relativizing ) also face this situation.
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The dialogue between these two politicians seeking majority circumstantial and comes from a fictional British television series Yes Minister called and the sample is taken and very loosely translated from here .

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Sunday, September 16, 2007

Can I Use My Pur Filter After It Expires

Phi3stas homelands k3wl s0 r!

In comments on a previous post someone asked What is postmodern? Sometimes things like this are best illustrated by example:

If anyone thinks that is a joke, be convinced by clicking here . We leave for another day the discussion on the issue of national identity and those cans, but I anticipate that those who think that there is no such national identity crisis , not even in the light of initiatives such as this inn .

There is always some story in the ideology of ' roots' , of \u200b\u200bthe 'real ' , what ' own' . Whenever someone is outside these official versions are used to mask conflicts and often have more to do with the power to turn than anything else, for example the cueca supposedly so very Chilean, is the national dance since Pinochet came to give this category by decree in 1979. In the country always had more success and ranchera tunes.

is also the problem of fundamentalism: assume that our truth is in origin and that everything that comes next is a betrayal of that origin . Some of it is in what is said in the blog 10:00 a.m. (surely there are more, but it was all I found, if Pedro Morande or Huasos Quincheros would have surely blog linking to them).

Delivery to the beach, next update around the corner.