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1. The economics of public speaking
2. Eric Posner's theory of pardons
4. Bryan Caplan on moderate Islam
Posted by Tyler Cowen on December 4, 2008 at 04:24 PM in Web/Tech | Permalink
Comments
yikes indeed
Posted by: simpsonian at Dec 4, 2008 5:31:57 PM
Here's a thought on the moderate Islam meme; what role can/should modern practicing Muslims in the UK/US/West-more-generally play in defining the 'moderate path' between fundamentalism & western life?
I feel that the best way forward is for those thoughtful progressive Muslims in the US/UK and elsewhere who can articulate the failings of corrupt or closed Muslim states in an Islamic context, offer the best hope of bringing sustainable progress to those states. But they have little incentive to 'return' from their life 'here' in the west to what is often the homeland their parents left/fled. Any thoughts?
Posted by: nick at Dec 4, 2008 6:26:25 PM
Department of Yikes
Oh come on. We just elected a very smart philosopher king and he's bringing in a lot more very smart philosopher kings. Everything is going to be just fine. Just fine....
Posted by: at Dec 4, 2008 7:28:57 PM
Sex and politics
ROFL!
Clearly put together by a man who doesn't understand that to get the ladies you should leave the seat UP. ;-)
- (This poignant aspect of the female heart proves once again a theory advanced by a high-school chum of mine, an improbable lothario who replied when I demanded that he explain his freakish success with the ladies: "Chicks thrive on rejection.")
from "What Girls Want"
Posted by: at Dec 4, 2008 7:40:20 PM
From Caplan, relaying an interview of a religious official
Q: The niat (intention) of the fatwa is one thing, but its application is another. What is going to happen if someone who has heard of this fatwa starts harrassing a woman whom he feels is dressed or behaving like a man?
A: Let's forget about the possibility of harassment by men.
Q: We can't.
A: Alright. But what if the woman who behaves like a man attracts the attention of other women. Doesn't that also present a threat of harassment?
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I'm glad human nature is so predictable. Even over there the conservatives are worried about how person A's behavior will affect person B, and the liberals are worried about how person B's behavior will affect person A. It seems just plain tolerance and not letting people's behavior influence you one way or the other is the scarcest resource. Why don't we teach our kids not to let strange behavior make them strange and not to let "fatwahs" or the equivalent do their thinking for them?
Posted by: Andrew at Dec 5, 2008 4:56:19 AM
"Chicks thrive on rejection."
Is that kind of like an application of The Peter Principle? Women climb just to the social status where they sense pushback?
As a man, feign rejection and send the signal that you are the glass ceiling?
Posted by: Andrew at Dec 5, 2008 4:59:46 AM
Re Yikes -
I found this charming sentence in one of the comments to Professor DeLong's post-
"I posted this a few weeks ago on dailyKos where it was largely ignored, but I still think these ideas have some merit."
Made me laugh, like a piece of overheard conversation.
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