Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Forms of Government
There are all sorts of theories of governments out there in the world, but which one has the best chance of working out the best for its people? Should a government worry about that? Is the solution the far right of Fascism? After all, Mussolini did make the trains run on time, and Hitler rebuilt up a stable, viable German economy from depression. The far leftist Socialism doesn't sound too bad either, no more alienation due to your work, owning the means of production and getting a 100% collective return on your labor. Or maybe you don't fall anywhere on the political spectrum, choosing rather that we should live in a state of natural Anarchy, making our own decisions and fending for ourselves. Does democracy actually work, and is there such thing as true democracy?
Does God Exist?
There is hardly a more hotly contested, more difficult to resolve debate than this one, so why don't we just jump right in with it? Do you think that there is a Creator, a man with a plan behind this whole mess that is our planet? Is life just a random set of occurrences, or is there something more to it? If there is, what form does He/She/It/They take? Why doesn't He/She/It/They make themselves known more obviously to humanity? Are we born simply through biology, and when we die, are we simply just going to rot in the ground? Or is there something beyond it all?
I'd love to see this splinter off into lots of small debates about evolution/creation, the nature of God, the afterlife, anything. Take it and run with it.
I'd love to see this splinter off into lots of small debates about evolution/creation, the nature of God, the afterlife, anything. Take it and run with it.
First Post!
Yes, I did it. I got a blog.
This may come as a real surprise to many of you, for as many of you know, I have always in the past been a sworn enemy of the Blog. I thought blogs were nothing but cries for attention; often annoying testaments to somewhat boring lives. I assumed bloggers were egocentric, bothersome, and narrow-minded . Truthfully, the Internet is still dominated by those people, and always will be, but recently I came to the realization that maybe - just maybe - I was wrong. Yep, I said it. I realized that there was, and had been, something beautiful salvaged from this train wreck that was the so-called "Blogosphere". Maybe there was a way to take the trash of the Internet and turn it into treasure, maybe I too could be one of those rare technological alchemists who can turn the leaden Blog into gold.
And so, welcome to the safe intellectual haven that is Open Mike Nite. It is here that I wish to plant the seeds of debate; to spark interest in controversy, to get people riled up and discuss things we deem important, ridiculous, unfair, and insulting. I want to talk about everything, from politics to religion to science to the superiority of Coke or Pepsi, or why Jurassic Park was the best movie ever made. I want to foster debate, a return to the intellectual clubs of the Enlightenment, I want people to get interested and fired up. I want to invite everybody from every possible point on every possible spectrum; the Atheists, the Socialists, the religious Republicans, the people who are wishy-washy about everything, heck, even the Canadians. All you need is an interest in anything ever, and a willingness to back up why you think it's awesome.
I want to try to get a few threads going by the end of the week, and this Blog will only be as good as you all want to make it, so make sure you leave ideas for topics in the comments section. The way I think this is going to work at the beginning is that once we have some topics, I'll write a post about it and then my views on it (it's my blog after all.). Then we start a chain of debate flowing from the initial topic. Make them as inflammatory, interesting, contested, or just plain ridiculous as you want, this is Open Mike Night, after all. Don't hold back, and tell everyone you know!
Look for more updates really soon.
-Mike
This may come as a real surprise to many of you, for as many of you know, I have always in the past been a sworn enemy of the Blog. I thought blogs were nothing but cries for attention; often annoying testaments to somewhat boring lives. I assumed bloggers were egocentric, bothersome, and narrow-minded . Truthfully, the Internet is still dominated by those people, and always will be, but recently I came to the realization that maybe - just maybe - I was wrong. Yep, I said it. I realized that there was, and had been, something beautiful salvaged from this train wreck that was the so-called "Blogosphere". Maybe there was a way to take the trash of the Internet and turn it into treasure, maybe I too could be one of those rare technological alchemists who can turn the leaden Blog into gold.
And so, welcome to the safe intellectual haven that is Open Mike Nite. It is here that I wish to plant the seeds of debate; to spark interest in controversy, to get people riled up and discuss things we deem important, ridiculous, unfair, and insulting. I want to talk about everything, from politics to religion to science to the superiority of Coke or Pepsi, or why Jurassic Park was the best movie ever made. I want to foster debate, a return to the intellectual clubs of the Enlightenment, I want people to get interested and fired up. I want to invite everybody from every possible point on every possible spectrum; the Atheists, the Socialists, the religious Republicans, the people who are wishy-washy about everything, heck, even the Canadians. All you need is an interest in anything ever, and a willingness to back up why you think it's awesome.
I want to try to get a few threads going by the end of the week, and this Blog will only be as good as you all want to make it, so make sure you leave ideas for topics in the comments section. The way I think this is going to work at the beginning is that once we have some topics, I'll write a post about it and then my views on it (it's my blog after all.). Then we start a chain of debate flowing from the initial topic. Make them as inflammatory, interesting, contested, or just plain ridiculous as you want, this is Open Mike Night, after all. Don't hold back, and tell everyone you know!
Look for more updates really soon.
-Mike
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