Philosophy Wire: Ban Christmas. We are free !?

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-10-25]: A German district banned Christmas [1, 2, 3] Freedom defeated by neutrality...

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Philosophy Wire: Oath, atheists, hypocrisy, shouting…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-01-03]: A bunch of people (literally) is suing Greece to the European Court for violation of human rights, due to the fact that witnesses have to swear in the Holy Gospels. They claim that not all people are Christians and, thus, this practice is problematic and against objectivity and human rights. [source: web news] Atheists are a minority that is too loud for its size. Yes, they have rights. No one has denied them that. That is why, according to Greek Law, witnesses which are not Christians can say an oath to their Honour instead of the Gospels. Having said this, one can clearly see that their goal is not to protect any "right", since non is threatened in the first place. Their goal is to impose their opinion on the majority. Minority oppression is a trend lately...

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Philosophy Wire: French against gay marriage. At last!

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2012-11-18]: Tens of thousands of people have protested in France against plans to legalise same-sex marriage and allow gay couples to adopt. Police said at least 70,000 took to the streets in Paris; there were other demonstrations in the cities of Lyon, Toulouse and Marseille. [source: BBC News] At last. People are starting to protest against the quiet oppression of the homosexual minority. NEWSFLASH! The majority IS heterosexual! The majority believes that children should have a dad and a mom! Thank God these protests were made on the “atheistic” France and not by any religious group… (because who knows what we might have heard about “religious oppression” if this had been the case – even though religion has for a long time upheld the same opinion as these protesters)

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