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NOSHA is the New Orleans Secular Humanist Association
This is the NOSHA discussion group.
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Moral Outrage.
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Good point about "natual disaster" v. genocide. Why does everybody want to help, and even consider forcible help, with a natual disaster, but with human caused death, we tend to ignore it? I think there's a measure of "it could happen to us" with natural disasters, but with genocide, it's more of something "those people" do. It couldn't happen here.... more »
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Profiling the Wrong Guy
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NYPD disciplines white officer who stopped black commander 5/10/2008, 5:04 p.m. CDT The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A white police officer was disciplined for acting "in a discourteous manner" when he confronted a black motorist who turned out to be one of the highest-ranking commanders in the New York City Police Department, an agency spokesman said Saturday.... more »
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Karma Kills Killions of Myanmarians with Kyclone
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So Buddhists can be as irrational as Christians. The logical error that immediately sprang to mind is why would karma kill a 100,000 innocent bystanders if it was pissed at the military rulers. Why not just give them all cancer or heart attacks? Grant Many in Myanmar blame cyclone on karma... more »
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Race in America
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Obama is called the first black to be nominated (it's all over but the shouting) by a major American political party. But wait! One of Obama's parents was white, the other black. Doesn't that make him (in the old South African terminology), mixed race? Does it bother anyone but me that we seem to still cling to the old southern legal definition; one drop of black blood makes you black?... more »
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Official Statement Re: Ellen Johnson
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Curious, huh? Statement Regarding Ellen Johnson A specially called, and properly noticed, meeting of the five Boards of Directors that together comprise American Atheists, was held on April 29, 2008. All members of the five boards were personally present via telephone at that meeting, including the President Ellen Johnson.... more »
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Advocate letter
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Letter: Bills about religion, not science a.. Published: May 9, 2008 - Page: 8B - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m. Comments (0) The Louisiana Science Teachers Association urges all citizens concerned about science education to immediately contact the Louisiana House Education Committee and their Senate and House legislators requesting that they carefully consider the consequences should either Senate Bill 733, the Louisiana Science Education Act, or House Bill 1168, the Louisiana Academic Freedom Act, become law.... more »
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