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QuaQuaVersal: December 2014
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Qua`qua*ver"sal , a. [L. quaqua wheresoever, whithersoever versus, p. p. of vertere to turn.] 1. Turning or dipping in any or every direction. Wednesday, December 10, 2014. I have said these things before. And I will continue to say them as often as required:. Torture is never necessary. There is no legitimate military, criminal justice, or public safety goal that can possibly be achieved or supported by torture. Torture undermines real security. Torture diminishes us as a people. Just a quick shout-out.
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QuaQuaVersal: June 2015
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Qua`qua*ver"sal , a. [L. quaqua wheresoever, whithersoever versus, p. p. of vertere to turn.] 1. Turning or dipping in any or every direction. Sunday, June 28, 2015. Just quickly, while we party. Pride has been awesome, and there are victories for progressives to celebrate, I absolutely don't want to rain on those parades. But, I think it's worth paying attention to the fact that those victories most heavily impact the populations that most closely resemble the mainstream. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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QuaQuaVersal: November 2013
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Qua`qua*ver"sal , a. [L. quaqua wheresoever, whithersoever versus, p. p. of vertere to turn.] 1. Turning or dipping in any or every direction. Monday, November 4, 2013. Gun rights advocacy: You're probably doing it wrong. The other day I got into a Facebook discussion about gun rights. I've since read some actual research. Which suggests that the rate of successful armed intervention may be as high as 1.6% of mass shooting incidents. My friend responded to my -admittedly snarky- post with a good deal of ...
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QuaQuaVersal: Challenging Books
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Qua`qua*ver"sal , a. [L. quaqua wheresoever, whithersoever versus, p. p. of vertere to turn.] 1. Turning or dipping in any or every direction. Thursday, September 25, 2014. Here they are, in no particular order, ten books that are important to me. The Neverending Story by Michael Ende (translated by Ralph Manheim). I re-read it often. I have a Japanese language copy as well that I have also read. If you pick up a copy, get one with the colored text. It's just not the same in standard grey ink. The hero's...
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QuaQuaVersal: So you want to ban a book...
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Qua`qua*ver"sal , a. [L. quaqua wheresoever, whithersoever versus, p. p. of vertere to turn.] 1. Turning or dipping in any or every direction. Tuesday, September 23, 2014. So you want to ban a book. If for whatever reason it strikes your fancy that a particular book should be banned or restricted from a given audience, I have a question that I suggest you ask of yourself:. What does this say about me? Trying to ban a book says much more about you than it does about the book. A ban Even if you get what yo...
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QuaQuaVersal: April 2015
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Qua`qua*ver"sal , a. [L. quaqua wheresoever, whithersoever versus, p. p. of vertere to turn.] 1. Turning or dipping in any or every direction. Monday, April 6, 2015. I'd like to clear up a misunderstanding. This is a fundamentally flawed perspective of the situation. These freedoms have never been under threat. Small business owners who wish to specialize in such a way as to appeal to a specific clientele are not being persecuted. There is no threat to religious freedom in business practice that ...Why s...
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QuaQuaVersal: August 2014
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Qua`qua*ver"sal , a. [L. quaqua wheresoever, whithersoever versus, p. p. of vertere to turn.] 1. Turning or dipping in any or every direction. Friday, August 29, 2014. Stewardship is important to me, and for me, being a nerd and a gamer has always been about liking things enthusiastically and unapologetically, and sharing them happily with anyone who was willing to give them a try. I hope that the wonderful, progressive, and thoughtful people who I know will be going to PAX and talking about it in person...
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QuaQuaVersal: May 2012
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Qua`qua*ver"sal , a. [L. quaqua wheresoever, whithersoever versus, p. p. of vertere to turn.] 1. Turning or dipping in any or every direction. Wednesday, May 9, 2012. There's no wrong time to do the right thing. Marriage Equality is certainly in the news today with both some good and bad news, and in my opinion the two events aren't unrelated. So on the one hand, we have North Carolina's latest move in the ongoing worst state in the Union. Yeah, but better today than tomorrow. Standing up for Marriage Eq...
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QuaQuaVersal: Disentangling
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Qua`qua*ver"sal , a. [L. quaqua wheresoever, whithersoever versus, p. p. of vertere to turn.] 1. Turning or dipping in any or every direction. Thursday, September 25, 2014. So yeah, I'm leaving facebook. I think their name policy is bullshit and demonstrative of the general disdain for the user-base they operate on. Sure it's legal. But I don't think it's ethical. And it absolutely isn't considerate. Who says they get to demand vulnerability from people without accepting any kind of accountability? Which...
