Is that on cable, Gar?
I saw a showing by our local film society.
'The Message'
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Is that on cable, Gar?
I saw a showing by our local film society.
What would "Judeo-Christian political theory" be, anyway?
What would "Judeo-Christian political theory" be, anyway?
Everything has to be "based on the Bible," whatever that means.
Frequently, people who use the phrase "Judeo-Christian" like that remind me of people with PhDs in botany or some other non-medical field who insist on being called "Doctor".
Dude, if I put went through all the blood, sweat, and tears of getting a PhD you'd be calling me Dr.
Miss? Mrs? Ms?
Fuck you. It's Doctor.
(maybe not always with the Fuck You)
In a political context, Judeo-Christian originally meant "Not a godless Commie." So it's antitotalitarian in that it's anti-Stalin.
[er, not that the Christian Governance people seem to be aware of that bit of history. Though they also seem to be Canadian, so perhaps it's not really relevant.]
I hear "Judeo-Christian" and then to think "ok, so we (the white guy Christinan establishment) like the Jews now. So include 'em for this."
I hear "Judeo-Christian" and then to think "ok, so we (the white guy Christinan establishment) like the Jews now. So include 'em for this."
After WWII that was exactly the point - religious to differentiate us (Americans) from the Soviets, and "Judeo" to make it clear we also weren't Nazis.
The Ig-Nobel for Management makes so much sense it's depressing:
MANAGEMENT PRIZE: Alessandro Pluchino, Andrea Rapisarda, and Cesare Garofalo of the University of Catania, Italy, for demonstrating mathematically that organizations would become more efficient if they promoted people at random.