tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post5168015522767512644..comments2023-06-10T20:22:01.348+08:00Comments on The Society of Honor by Joe America: The Cybercrime RulesThe Society of Honorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-16416032485452277952013-01-10T08:54:53.685+08:002013-01-10T08:54:53.685+08:00Well, good. You are bi-national. I find myself pre...Well, good. You are bi-national. I find myself pretty much ignoring US dialogue, but watching the news with interest. I'm fully invested in the Philippines right now.<br /><br />Maybe the Freethinkers will get influential enough to start pushing its people into Congress. Maybe 50 years from now the Philippines will be ready for an atheist. Although as I think about it, I'm not sure an atheist could win in the States. The venom that would provoke. . .The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-5441371704574196962013-01-10T08:43:15.770+08:002013-01-10T08:43:15.770+08:00I do comment on Oz politics, mostly against the Op...I do comment on Oz politics, mostly against the Opposition Leader who is as misogynistic as Sotto.<br /><br />Like PNoy, the current Prime Minister is unmarried. Unlike PNoy, she is female, has a de facto partner, and is an atheist.<br /><br />The Philippines had had female presidents. The US has a black president. But an atheist in Malacañang? I would love to see the convolutions and contortions the Church will suffer when such a candidate throws his hat into the ring. Edgar Loreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363554010485644899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-16945972070402210862013-01-09T15:17:19.631+08:002013-01-09T15:17:19.631+08:00What, you want time in a penal colony?
Do you com...What, you want time in a penal colony?<br /><br />Do you comment on Australian politics and social development? Any local blogs there, or do your reserve your marauding for the Philippines?The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-92101434017142298832013-01-09T12:06:25.114+08:002013-01-09T12:06:25.114+08:00I gather that Aussie libel rules, like UK, are str...I gather that Aussie libel rules, like UK, are stricter than Philippine laws.<br /><br />Well, Australia's heritage is that of a penal colony and as an adopted citizen I have to live up to that heritage.<br /><br />From what I read, truth is accepted as a defense, and replaces the previous defense of "truth and public benefit".Edgar Loreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363554010485644899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-31310346857355392322013-01-09T09:28:52.587+08:002013-01-09T09:28:52.587+08:00Ah, marvelous, except now I'll have to re-writ...Ah, marvelous, except now I'll have to re-write my terms again to say "everything here is a pack of lies except what Edgar writes."<br /><br />Your values are more upstanding than mine, and I wish I had the latitude to be so bold, to say "Sue me for my words if you will!" I'm not sure I have that kind of energy, to deal with the power-monger idiots of great ego and greater sensitivity. I'd just go home to America and write from there, like nasty stuff. People think Mariano is tart, I'd make him look sweet.<br /><br />Your values are very very admirable. Like, there is a certain fundamental goodness to the truth of the statements.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-19461825488158767352013-01-09T09:13:12.447+08:002013-01-09T09:13:12.447+08:00This is my manifesto and a Manifesto for Commenter...This is my manifesto and a Manifesto for Commenters:<br /><br />1. What I write is my responsibility.<br /><br />2. What I write is the truth as far as I know it to be. It is how I see myself, you and the world.<br /><br />2.1 The day I deny that what I write is not my truth is the day I die.<br /><br />3. My intentions in writing are:<br />3.1 Firstly, to express my thoughts.<br />3.2 Secondly, to contribute to and illuminate discourse.<br />3.3 Thirdly, to mould the world closer to the heart’s desire.<br /><br />4. My first hope is that my words shatter the world as it is. The world that we live in is not a perfect place.<br /><br />5. My second hope is that my words shatter your complacency and suggest to you the error of your ways.<br /><br />5.1 I do not sit in judgement of you.<br />5.2 But, as I do, I want you to reflect on what it means to be human, what it means to be given the gift of life, what it means to hear the wind, see the sea, taste the land.<br />5.3 If I think that what you say or do desecrates the sacredness of life be assured you will hear from me.<br /><br />6. My third and final hope is that my words truly reflect the core of my being. <br />6.1 That in the process of writing, I peel back the layers of lies, prejudice and illusion that I find in myself and in others, and arrive closer to that core.<br /><br />7. Sue me for my words if you will.<br /><br />7.1 I freely admit that I am not totally free of error or hatred.<br />7.2 Do I have malice, do I need to see you suffer? No, I do not because I know you already do.<br />7.3 Deal with it.Edgar Loreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363554010485644899noreply@blogger.com