Quickies
Skepchick Quickie, 6.1
- Blasphemy has been a serious offense throughout history, and a new study helps us understand why, at least psychologically. (From John.)
- Exorcism claim fails; mom guilty of murder.
- Egyptians decry ‘virginity tests’ on protesters. “‘The girls who were detained were not like your daughter or mine,’ unnamed general reportedly says.” (From scribe999.)
- Why stereotype type threat keeps girls out of math and science and what to do about it.
While I am glad that a jury didn’t allow a mother’s delusion to be seen as reality just because it was couch in religious terms, this story is just too sad.
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Just so sad.
Hmm
Interesting study about the lemon-water/blasphamy thing but I find it a little hard to swallow.
Arab Spring could use a Secular Summer is all I’m sayin’
Accidentally replied to you…however, since I’m replying to you now on purpose: Don’t be a sourpuss, heh
Sorry,
Must have been those Chick Tracts I just got done reading.
Can we start a new meme about “Don’t drink the lemonade?” And what should it mean, if anything?
I read one once, but no more. I’ve no taste for them.
A quote from an anonymous Egyptian general:
Translation: “We sexually assaulted them to prove we didn’t sexually assault them.”
Exactly. I mean, it’s not assault if they’re not virgins, right?