40 Burst results for "Society"
The Mason Minute
Rizz (MM #4641)
"Yesterday, we were talking about the Merriam -Webster dictionary word of the year, authentic, not to be outdone. The Oxford University Press or the folks who bring us the Oxford English Dictionary have their word of the year and it's a word that depending upon how old you are, you may not even know it. The word is Riz, spelled R -I -Z -Z. It's short for charisma, the definition, style, charm, attractiveness, the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner. First heard back in like June, actor Tom Holland was in an interview talking about his Riz factor that he has no Riz whatsoever, very much used by Generation Z and they love the fact that for the most part, baby boomers to this day don't know what Riz is. And when they think Riz, they think like Rizzo from Greece. I learned about Riz just a few months ago because I spend a lot of time on TikTok. Hard to believe we have competing words of the year. Hard to believe the words of the year aren't a little bit more powerful. We're in a very strange time right now and to talk about Riz and to talk about being authentic, well, kind of strange.
Stephanie Miller
Fresh update on "society" discussed on Stephanie Miller
"The East Coast well listen I have to thank you since we last talked I have two new rescue doggies for the first time in my life I have a little tiny dogs I have Bonnie and Clyde they're a Shih Tzu Yorkie mixes and a love I had giant dogs as you remember I had great Pyrenees oh yeah and so I now my girlfriend has allergies the and asthma so I have two little hypoallergenic dogs and I gotta tell you they love your food they love nature's blend as much as my giant dogs did yeah one of the highlights of my life is how many testimonies we got on how much dogs and even cats love this food besides it being I think the highest level of biologically appropriate health they just love I am telling you I I have unsolicited testimonials my one of our other producers that fills in Sean Kaminsky his dog jefe was notoriously picky and I said would you like to buy some of dr. Marty's nature's blend he said yes he said his dog went crazy I think it's the raw the it's freeze -drying isn't it because I feel like the Kimball I used to use they kind of blast it and it takes all the flavor and the nutrients out right oh yeah freeze -drying is like having like five slices cake and eat it to what it does if you go to dr. Marty pets calm slash Miller or you can text Miller to 511 511 or if you want to shop in store how fun is that dr. Marty pets calm use their store locator I think if I ran into in person I would faint my doggy daddy my hero dr. Marty thanks your for love of the animals of dogs and cats if you go to dr. Marty pets calm slash Miller or you can text Miller to 511 511 or if you want to shop in store how fun is that dr. Marty pets calm use their store locator enter we this world of hyper reality in you didn't case know hyper reality is the inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from a simulation of reality especially in technologically advanced societies the action of hyper reality is to desire reality in an attempt to achieve the desire to fabricate a false reality that is to be consumed as real
The Mason Minute
Rizz (MM #4641)
"Yesterday, we were talking about the Merriam -Webster dictionary word of the year, authentic, not to be outdone. The Oxford University Press or the folks who bring us the Oxford English Dictionary have their word of the year and it's a word that depending upon how old you are, you may not even know it. The word is Riz, spelled R -I -Z -Z. It's short for charisma, the definition, style, charm, attractiveness, the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner. First heard back in like June, actor Tom Holland was in an interview talking about his Riz factor that he has no Riz whatsoever, very much used by Generation Z and they love the fact that for the most part, baby boomers to this day don't know what Riz is. And when they think Riz, they think like Rizzo from Greece. I learned about Riz just a few months ago because I spend a lot of time on TikTok. Hard to believe we have competing words of the year. Hard to believe the words of the year aren't a little bit more powerful. We're in a very strange time right now and to talk about Riz and to talk about being authentic, well, kind of strange.
Bloomberg Surveillance
Fresh update on "society" discussed on Bloomberg Surveillance
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The Mason Minute
Rizz (MM #4641)
"Yesterday, we were talking about the Merriam -Webster dictionary word of the year, authentic, not to be outdone. The Oxford University Press or the folks who bring us the Oxford English Dictionary have their word of the year and it's a word that depending upon how old you are, you may not even know it. The word is Riz, spelled R -I -Z -Z. It's short for charisma, the definition, style, charm, attractiveness, the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner. First heard back in like June, actor Tom Holland was in an interview talking about his Riz factor that he has no Riz whatsoever, very much used by Generation Z and they love the fact that for the most part, baby boomers to this day don't know what Riz is. And when they think Riz, they think like Rizzo from Greece. I learned about Riz just a few months ago because I spend a lot of time on TikTok. Hard to believe we have competing words of the year. Hard to believe the words of the year aren't a little bit more powerful. We're in a very strange time right now and to talk about Riz and to talk about being authentic, well, kind of strange.
The Mason Minute
Rizz (MM #4641)
"Yesterday, we were talking about the Merriam -Webster dictionary word of the year, authentic, not to be outdone. The Oxford University Press or the folks who bring us the Oxford English Dictionary have their word of the year and it's a word that depending upon how old you are, you may not even know it. The word is Riz, spelled R -I -Z -Z. It's short for charisma, the definition, style, charm, attractiveness, the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner. First heard back in like June, actor Tom Holland was in an interview talking about his Riz factor that he has no Riz whatsoever, very much used by Generation Z and they love the fact that for the most part, baby boomers to this day don't know what Riz is. And when they think Riz, they think like Rizzo from Greece. I learned about Riz just a few months ago because I spend a lot of time on TikTok. Hard to believe we have competing words of the year. Hard to believe the words of the year aren't a little bit more powerful. We're in a very strange time right now and to talk about Riz and to talk about being authentic, well, kind of strange.
Bloomberg Daybreak
Fresh update on "society" discussed on Bloomberg Daybreak
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The Mason Minute
Authentic (MM #4640)
"The Mason Minute with Kevin Mason. Last week, Merriam -Webster dictionaries released their annual Word of the Year. What surprised everybody this year is they expected deep fake or AI or something like that. And the word of this year was actually authentic. It kind of shocked people because we're talking about a world that's less authentic all the time. Sure, a lot of it plays into AI with artificial intelligence and taking away authenticity, but celebrity culture, social media is all about being authentic. Well, sadly it's not, but people are talking about it becoming more authentic. There have been social media sites like Be Real that kind of popped up over the last couple of years. That was all about being authentic. They didn't want you to glamorize your life. They wanted you to show real life, your authentic life. It's interesting they picked authentic because a lot of people aren't thinking the world's filled with authentic anything these days and in a world where AI and deep fakes are going to become more and more prevalent in society, authenticity is going to be pushed to the wayside. Let's hope not. Authentic. It's an important word. I think that's perhaps why they picked it this year.
The Charlie Kirk Show
Fresh update on "society" discussed on The Charlie Kirk Show
"So, Dr. Khoury, I want to ask you, in your professional opinion, we see this story a lot. I know there's been a lot of reporting on it and a lot of speculation, but it just is a pattern that is not letting up, which is otherwise very healthy athletes that are just dropping inexplicably. We saw one University of Minnesota football player, University of Minnesota Duluth. I want to be very careful. I want to play devil's advocate. Are there any other possible explanations? Are we seeing an increase in this? Is this just pattern recognition bias, meaning we're just now seeing it more? Because we're we're we're expecting it. What's really going on here in your personal medical opinion? Confirmation bias. I mean, Dr. Khoury, what you're seeing is real. I mean, what you see before your eyes, first of all, should be real. It's presented as these rare idiosyncratic cases. But the data absolutely supports that. And the best data for that is the life insurance industry. There has been numerous articles. I've published some of them looking at the Society of Actuary Reports. And you're seeing these massive spikes in the healthiest strata of society historically that we've never seen before. Unprecedented. So, for instance, in the third quarter of 2021, you saw a rise and I think it was between 25 and 44 year olds, white collar employed 25 to 44 year olds. You saw this massive rise in death claims in the group, the group life and health insurance data that's never been seen before. A 10% rise year to year, Charlie, is a one in 200 year event. A 38 to 40 to sometimes 60% rise in certain strata is unprecedented. So, if you're wondering if these repeated newspaper reports of young people dying in their sleep, dying on ball fields, dying in athletic competitions is just like a one off in a, you know, a strange rare event and that, you know, we're over interpreting it, then someone needs to explain to me why that's totally supported in young people dying at rates that have never ever been reported historically.
The Mason Minute
Authentic (MM #4640)
"The Mason Minute with Kevin Mason. Last week, Merriam -Webster dictionaries released their annual Word of the Year. What surprised everybody this year is they expected deep fake or AI or something like that. And the word of this year was actually authentic. It kind of shocked people because we're talking about a world that's less authentic all the time. Sure, a lot of it plays into AI with artificial intelligence and taking away authenticity, but celebrity culture, social media is all about being authentic. Well, sadly it's not, but people are talking about it becoming more authentic. There have been social media sites like Be Real that kind of popped up over the last couple of years. That was all about being authentic. They didn't want you to glamorize your life. They wanted you to show real life, your authentic life. It's interesting they picked authentic because a lot of people aren't thinking the world's filled with authentic anything these days and in a world where AI and deep fakes are going to become more and more prevalent in society, authenticity is going to be pushed to the wayside. Let's hope not. Authentic. It's an important word. I think that's perhaps why they picked it this year.
The Charlie Kirk Show
Fresh update on "society" discussed on The Charlie Kirk Show
"Joining us now is Dr. Pierre Khoury, who is an American hero and stood up against the cartel, the pharmaceutical industrial complex. Dr. Khoury, thank you for taking the time. Several topics I'm going to cover. I want to start with the first one, that to an untrained eye, you would think that there is a new virus that is emerging and hitting children, especially in America. Some people are calling it white lung syndrome. What is the truth here? Yeah, I mean, from the day that I've seen and the reports that I've reviewed, I mean, what seems to be happening in China is something that really happened here last year. I mean, last year in the fall, early winter season, we saw this huge surge in RSV and flu, which we hadn't seen before. And I think they're seeing the same in China, but they're also seeing mycoplasma, which is actually a bacterial infection. And so they're seeing this sudden surge in cases of respiratory illnesses. I don't think this is a new unidentified pathogen. Charlie, if this was a new virus or a new bacteria or something weird that was coming on, like, I hate to say it, a new bioweapon, we have sophisticated technology that could identify what it is and what its characteristics are. This is really just a surge in respiratory illnesses. Now, I'll ask the question for you, Charlie, but why would this be happening in China right now? A couple of reasons. China had the longest of lockdowns. I mean, theirs only ended, I believe, last January. So this is kind of the first fall, winter season that they're seeing after lockdowns. That's probably driving a lot of this new exposure to vaccines. But the more important thing, Charlie, is it's the mass. This is in the wake of a mass vaccination campaign against the respiratory virus. We have data going back a long time, for instance, around the flu vaccine. When you get vaccinated for the flu, your risk of other respiratory illnesses grows. And we've mass vaccinated the planet against one respiratory virus. And now we're seeing this huge rise in other respiratory viruses. And I think it's not unexpected. So I think it's two things. It's the prolonged lockdowns with the fact that now you have a population that was mass vaccinated against respiratory virus and they're now succumbing to others. Is it conceivable that the vaccine has suppressed immunity, meaning it makes it harder for a person to be able to create antibodies and have a robust immune system? Is there any data to suggest that, especially the mRNA shot? It's not just conceivable, Charlie. It's the reality. Immunologists, virologists, vaccinologists know this, especially around this COVID vaccine. It induces several forms of immunosuppression. And it also kind of trains the immune system to direct against a certain virus and not others. So it's altered immune systems that are leaving you at higher risk of other infections. There's not even a question about it. So the media, I will say that the CDC has come out and they say we don't see a new pathogen. You know, this is not necessarily out of the ordinary. RSV and pneumonia and flu and COVID are going up slightly. And I guess the question in front of us, they're already pushing. I mean, this Travis Kelsey commercial is ridiculous. You know, you can get you could get two shots in one. And are we creating this almost vaccine dependent, you know, society where our immune system is so suppressed that it's not about losing weight, vitamin D, any of that stuff? And I'm afraid it's creating a permanently sicker type society. And it's also getting into pediatric circles where they're now pushing the COVID shot for my one year old. I said, what on earth is this? I mean, this this is what what planet is this acceptable? Dr. Corey, it's just not it's hurting the overall health of our population, especially the young people. This monolithic, obsessive response to everything with a vaccine is not sound. I like that you just mentioned things like vitamin D and nutrition. There are much more sensible things that we can do that don't bring with it harms that generally safe and bring about improvements to health. I mean, even if you believe that these vaccines against rapidly mutating respiratory viruses was a good idea. The downsides of them have to be considered. And there's a lot of downsides. And that's what we're talking about today. That's what we're seeing across the world. And what's happening in China has happened in many other countries. And like I gave you the example, it happened in the US last year. I mean, my organization, right, the FLCCC, we put we came together and we put together repurposed drug protocol for RSV and flu a year ago because of this massive surge that we saw coming out of the first two years of the COVID pandemic of those other viruses, which is not unexpected. And so you're right. The vaccine is a solution for everything. Infectious is just absurd. And what I think is really good about this discussion, Charlie, it's bringing to light the negative adverse consequences. Nobody's thinking about the secondary things. In medicine, you think about things that you always weigh benefits, risks and alternatives. And these vaccines were prevent, you know, presented as nothing but benefits constantly while always mitigating the risk. Well, now we're seeing a whole other set of risks beyond the ones you and I have already talked about. Yeah. And I hate to be cynical, but I think that Dr. Corey, you're on the same page. I don't get the impression from Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna, Johnson and Johnson that they want a healthy society. It's almost the sicker we are, the more money they stand to make.
The Mason Minute
Authentic (MM #4640)
"The Mason Minute with Kevin Mason. Last week, Merriam -Webster dictionaries released their annual Word of the Year. What surprised everybody this year is they expected deep fake or AI or something like that. And the word of this year was actually authentic. It kind of shocked people because we're talking about a world that's less authentic all the time. Sure, a lot of it plays into AI with artificial intelligence and taking away authenticity, but celebrity culture, social media is all about being authentic. Well, sadly it's not, but people are talking about it becoming more authentic. There have been social media sites like Be Real that kind of popped up over the last couple of years. That was all about being authentic. They didn't want you to glamorize your life. They wanted you to show real life, your authentic life. It's interesting they picked authentic because a lot of people aren't thinking the world's filled with authentic anything these days and in a world where AI and deep fakes are going to become more and more prevalent in society, authenticity is going to be pushed to the wayside. Let's hope not. Authentic. It's an important word. I think that's perhaps why they picked it this year.
The Mason Minute
Authentic (MM #4640)
"The Mason Minute with Kevin Mason. Last week, Merriam -Webster dictionaries released their annual Word of the Year. What surprised everybody this year is they expected deep fake or AI or something like that. And the word of this year was actually authentic. It kind of shocked people because we're talking about a world that's less authentic all the time. Sure, a lot of it plays into AI with artificial intelligence and taking away authenticity, but celebrity culture, social media is all about being authentic. Well, sadly it's not, but people are talking about it becoming more authentic. There have been social media sites like Be Real that kind of popped up over the last couple of years. That was all about being authentic. They didn't want you to glamorize your life. They wanted you to show real life, your authentic life. It's interesting they picked authentic because a lot of people aren't thinking the world's filled with authentic anything these days and in a world where AI and deep fakes are going to become more and more prevalent in society, authenticity is going to be pushed to the wayside. Let's hope not. Authentic. It's an important word. I think that's perhaps why they picked it this year.
The Mason Minute
Lighting Up The Neighborhood (MM #4639)
"Americans have become more obsessed with Christmas lighting than ever before. They say now you can actually see the Christmas lights from space. More people, more neighborhoods working together to expend more energy. And in a time when our infrastructures are being pushed to the limit, people are spending more and more every month when it comes to the holiday lighting. And more importantly, they're starting to put the lights out even earlier. They say in a lot of places you could see Christmas lights the day after Halloween. They even think I saw some Christmas decorations before Halloween. People are getting more obsessed with, I guess, outdoing their neighbors. Or more importantly, being Clark Griswold, you know, of the Christmas Vacation movie where it's just so obsessed with being the biggest and the brightest displays in the neighborhood. And it's not just Christmas lighting. It comes to the inflatables. It comes to things that you put lights on. It's just getting crazy. What's more interesting, though, there are ways to cut the costs for lighting. There's a way to cut the energy costs, especially with new LED bulbs. But of course, people don't want that. Bigger, brighter, more exciting, more bombastic. That's what's more important than energy and savings and cost.
The Mason Minute
Lighting Up The Neighborhood (MM #4639)
"Americans have become more obsessed with Christmas lighting than ever before. They say now you can actually see the Christmas lights from space. More people, more neighborhoods working together to expend more energy. And in a time when our infrastructures are being pushed to the limit, people are spending more and more every month when it comes to the holiday lighting. And more importantly, they're starting to put the lights out even earlier. They say in a lot of places you could see Christmas lights the day after Halloween. They even think I saw some Christmas decorations before Halloween. People are getting more obsessed with, I guess, outdoing their neighbors. Or more importantly, being Clark Griswold, you know, of the Christmas Vacation movie where it's just so obsessed with being the biggest and the brightest displays in the neighborhood. And it's not just Christmas lighting. It comes to the inflatables. It comes to things that you put lights on. It's just getting crazy. What's more interesting, though, there are ways to cut the costs for lighting. There's a way to cut the energy costs, especially with new LED bulbs. But of course, people don't want that. Bigger, brighter, more exciting, more bombastic. That's what's more important than energy and savings and cost.
The Mason Minute
Lighting Up The Neighborhood (MM #4639)
"Americans have become more obsessed with Christmas lighting than ever before. They say now you can actually see the Christmas lights from space. More people, more neighborhoods working together to expend more energy. And in a time when our infrastructures are being pushed to the limit, people are spending more and more every month when it comes to the holiday lighting. And more importantly, they're starting to put the lights out even earlier. They say in a lot of places you could see Christmas lights the day after Halloween. They even think I saw some Christmas decorations before Halloween. People are getting more obsessed with, I guess, outdoing their neighbors. Or more importantly, being Clark Griswold, you know, of the Christmas Vacation movie where it's just so obsessed with being the biggest and the brightest displays in the neighborhood. And it's not just Christmas lighting. It comes to the inflatables. It comes to things that you put lights on. It's just getting crazy. What's more interesting, though, there are ways to cut the costs for lighting. There's a way to cut the energy costs, especially with new LED bulbs. But of course, people don't want that. Bigger, brighter, more exciting, more bombastic. That's what's more important than energy and savings and cost.
The Mason Minute
Lighting Up The Neighborhood (MM #4639)
"Americans have become more obsessed with Christmas lighting than ever before. They say now you can actually see the Christmas lights from space. More people, more neighborhoods working together to expend more energy. And in a time when our infrastructures are being pushed to the limit, people are spending more and more every month when it comes to the holiday lighting. And more importantly, they're starting to put the lights out even earlier. They say in a lot of places you could see Christmas lights the day after Halloween. They even think I saw some Christmas decorations before Halloween. People are getting more obsessed with, I guess, outdoing their neighbors. Or more importantly, being Clark Griswold, you know, of the Christmas Vacation movie where it's just so obsessed with being the biggest and the brightest displays in the neighborhood. And it's not just Christmas lighting. It comes to the inflatables. It comes to things that you put lights on. It's just getting crazy. What's more interesting, though, there are ways to cut the costs for lighting. There's a way to cut the energy costs, especially with new LED bulbs. But of course, people don't want that. Bigger, brighter, more exciting, more bombastic. That's what's more important than energy and savings and cost.
The Mason Minute
Lighting Up The Neighborhood (MM #4639)
"Americans have become more obsessed with Christmas lighting than ever before. They say now you can actually see the Christmas lights from space. More people, more neighborhoods working together to expend more energy. And in a time when our infrastructures are being pushed to the limit, people are spending more and more every month when it comes to the holiday lighting. And more importantly, they're starting to put the lights out even earlier. They say in a lot of places you could see Christmas lights the day after Halloween. They even think I saw some Christmas decorations before Halloween. People are getting more obsessed with, I guess, outdoing their neighbors. Or more importantly, being Clark Griswold, you know, of the Christmas Vacation movie where it's just so obsessed with being the biggest and the brightest displays in the neighborhood. And it's not just Christmas lighting. It comes to the inflatables. It comes to things that you put lights on. It's just getting crazy. What's more interesting, though, there are ways to cut the costs for lighting. There's a way to cut the energy costs, especially with new LED bulbs. But of course, people don't want that. Bigger, brighter, more exciting, more bombastic. That's what's more important than energy and savings and cost.
The Mason Minute
Lighting Up The Neighborhood (MM #4639)
"Americans have become more obsessed with Christmas lighting than ever before. They say now you can actually see the Christmas lights from space. More people, more neighborhoods working together to expend more energy. And in a time when our infrastructures are being pushed to the limit, people are spending more and more every month when it comes to the holiday lighting. And more importantly, they're starting to put the lights out even earlier. They say in a lot of places you could see Christmas lights the day after Halloween. They even think I saw some Christmas decorations before Halloween. People are getting more obsessed with, I guess, outdoing their neighbors. Or more importantly, being Clark Griswold, you know, of the Christmas Vacation movie where it's just so obsessed with being the biggest and the brightest displays in the neighborhood. And it's not just Christmas lighting. It comes to the inflatables. It comes to things that you put lights on. It's just getting crazy. What's more interesting, though, there are ways to cut the costs for lighting. There's a way to cut the energy costs, especially with new LED bulbs. But of course, people don't want that. Bigger, brighter, more exciting, more bombastic. That's what's more important than energy and savings and cost.
The Mason Minute
Lighting Up The Neighborhood (MM #4639)
"Americans have become more obsessed with Christmas lighting than ever before. They say now you can actually see the Christmas lights from space. More people, more neighborhoods working together to expend more energy. And in a time when our infrastructures are being pushed to the limit, people are spending more and more every month when it comes to the holiday lighting. And more importantly, they're starting to put the lights out even earlier. They say in a lot of places you could see Christmas lights the day after Halloween. They even think I saw some Christmas decorations before Halloween. People are getting more obsessed with, I guess, outdoing their neighbors. Or more importantly, being Clark Griswold, you know, of the Christmas Vacation movie where it's just so obsessed with being the biggest and the brightest displays in the neighborhood. And it's not just Christmas lighting. It comes to the inflatables. It comes to things that you put lights on. It's just getting crazy. What's more interesting, though, there are ways to cut the costs for lighting. There's a way to cut the energy costs, especially with new LED bulbs. But of course, people don't want that. Bigger, brighter, more exciting, more bombastic. That's what's more important than energy and savings and cost.
The Mason Minute
Stamp Collecting (MM #4638)
"Day, The other the U .S. Postal Service announced the new stamps that were coming out, the new designs that were coming out for 2024. And it took me back to a day when, gosh, I was probably what, 12, 13 years old, I collected stamps. And I got into it pretty heavily for a brief time, but I thought, does anybody collect stamps anymore? There used to be stamp collector shops in malls, just like coin collector shops. You don't see those anymore. I don't even know if it's a thing anymore. Since the Forever stamp came out, stamps, there aren't as many of them. Prices, while they do raise, they don't look any different. The Forever stamp doesn't have a price on it, so the same stamp no matter what the price is. That was the one thing about stamps. You could have a six cent stamp, or an eight cent, or a 10 cent, or 25, or whatever we're up to now. 50, 60, I don't even know what we're paying anymore. I got my Forever stamp sitting here, and I only use one or two a month. I don't mail anything anymore. But it's interesting, a hobby that was so big and so popular for so many years. I had so many people giving me stamps and helping me out, and stamps from all around the world. It's kind of sad to me, something that was so cool and so interesting, thanks to the world we live in, isn't quite as cool as it used to be.
The Mason Minute
Stamp Collecting (MM #4638)
"Day, The other the U .S. Postal Service announced the new stamps that were coming out, the new designs that were coming out for 2024. And it took me back to a day when, gosh, I was probably what, 12, 13 years old, I collected stamps. And I got into it pretty heavily for a brief time, but I thought, does anybody collect stamps anymore? There used to be stamp collector shops in malls, just like coin collector shops. You don't see those anymore. I don't even know if it's a thing anymore. Since the Forever stamp came out, stamps, there aren't as many of them. Prices, while they do raise, they don't look any different. The Forever stamp doesn't have a price on it, so the same stamp no matter what the price is. That was the one thing about stamps. You could have a six cent stamp, or an eight cent, or a 10 cent, or 25, or whatever we're up to now. 50, 60, I don't even know what we're paying anymore. I got my Forever stamp sitting here, and I only use one or two a month. I don't mail anything anymore. But it's interesting, a hobby that was so big and so popular for so many years. I had so many people giving me stamps and helping me out, and stamps from all around the world. It's kind of sad to me, something that was so cool and so interesting, thanks to the world we live in, isn't quite as cool as it used to be.
The Mason Minute
Stamp Collecting (MM #4638)
"Day, The other the U .S. Postal Service announced the new stamps that were coming out, the new designs that were coming out for 2024. And it took me back to a day when, gosh, I was probably what, 12, 13 years old, I collected stamps. And I got into it pretty heavily for a brief time, but I thought, does anybody collect stamps anymore? There used to be stamp collector shops in malls, just like coin collector shops. You don't see those anymore. I don't even know if it's a thing anymore. Since the Forever stamp came out, stamps, there aren't as many of them. Prices, while they do raise, they don't look any different. The Forever stamp doesn't have a price on it, so the same stamp no matter what the price is. That was the one thing about stamps. You could have a six cent stamp, or an eight cent, or a 10 cent, or 25, or whatever we're up to now. 50, 60, I don't even know what we're paying anymore. I got my Forever stamp sitting here, and I only use one or two a month. I don't mail anything anymore. But it's interesting, a hobby that was so big and so popular for so many years. I had so many people giving me stamps and helping me out, and stamps from all around the world. It's kind of sad to me, something that was so cool and so interesting, thanks to the world we live in, isn't quite as cool as it used to be.
Unionist Central
"society" Discussed on Unionist Central
"Welcome to the unionist central podcast. This is the introductory and first episode for society of reason series. The content of this episode will be explained shortly. But I feel it's essential to place a disclaimer here before I continue. This episode as well as the entire series are made first and foremost as focused episodes for the podcast. Placed under the umbrella of society of reason. Podcast episodes are written in crafted in a certain way. However, that clashes with the secondary purpose of this series. It is meant to act as an audiobook of sorts for a larger paper, which I intend to compile using the scripts for these episodes. At the end of this project, an example of this being a source of strife is how I freeze statements about my previous work. Is this being read or is it being listened to essentially? So this discrepancy may appear within this chapter depending on the medium, it is consumed. Additionally, because I want this series to stand on its own two feet, my references to the podcast as a whole will be nonexistent, and although unionism as a term may appear, I have hesitancy using it. I wish only to outline the requirements for a society built on reason. And incorporating my own ideology in although I think it's a natural conclusion, may be off putting. I can suggest what I think should be taken away from this series, but in my opinion, it's best to leave things more open ended. Lastly, it may be noticed that I slipped the word chapter into this segment. From this point on, I'm going to be freezing this series as a paper and each episode as a chapter. With all that out of the way, we can finally get on with introduction to society of reason. This is an introduction to the content that will be covered in this series of audio essays. The core theme of the paper is this question..
Discussions of Truth
"society" Discussed on Discussions of Truth
"Reason. Is it breaking up? Okay, you call you back, sure. Okay, so we're obviously having an issue here with the. Having issue here, folks with the with the audio. And this is not uncommon. This is not uncommon because I look usually for some reason with a software that I have with the software that I have. I simply I have issues with Skype, but with Skype, Skype is a system that I like using. But I simply have continual issues with Skype. So let's see if we can bring this bring this again. Here we are. Yes, okay, sorry about technical problems. It's not a problem. You know, I have, I have issues with Skype. It's not the first time, but welcome, sir, welcome to discussions of truth. Gonna hit the record button here for video. We are live on a number of my sites. It's not any problem. Please shift away, please make an introduction for yourself. Who you are and the work that you do. Okay. Thanks for having me. My name is sapi lako. I am 50 years old. I was born and raised in Sweden, Illinois. I graduated from Yale University. I currently live in my ancestral homeland, which is Guinea-Bissau. Like many Afro descendants in the United States for most of my life, I didn't know anything about my ancestry or heritage until I took a DNA test. Discovered my paternal ancestors of the balanta people. And now, you know, I used to run my fitness trucking business in the United States, which was a health and wellness company for truck drivers. But now I spend most of my time pretty much as an ambassador in a diplomat trying to connect our membership to our balanta society in America to their ancestor homeland. So and I'm still a competitive swimmer. Getting ready for the world championships next month. So I do a lot of things. So how's that first reduction? Why? I think that's great. That's wonderful to hear that you're so active. Is that the correct pronunciation repeat your name again? P wave, the H is silent. So P wave, see if we weigh, I came across the chronology that your organization, the Blanca society, balanta society that your organization has put out last year and it is the most comprehensive to date that I have found, talk a little bit, talk a little bit about and they are an ethnic group in Africa. What is made that belong to a little bit different from other cultures and groups in Africa to my understanding and you can elaborate on this please is that they have been successful in a sense or they have fought colonialism over the centuries. Talk a little bit more about who the balanta or the blotted people. Okay, thanks for asking, yes. The volante people originated in the Nile valley and do a lot of research we've been able, you know, genetic research, archeological research, rereading of African history. We were able to basically retrace the belong to history. They migrated out of the Nile valley due to conflicts they had with their prior to the establishment of the first dynasty in chemet. So they left between 3503 1100 BC and they kept the conflict basically was another group of people who were trying to dominate them forced them to pay taxes. And they resisted and rather than fighting war, they just decided to find new land and territory. And so they've been moving west across Africa ever since. And have successfully resisted various attempts at domination by all kinds of foreigners, both black and white, you know, Islamic Christian, indigenous African Mali Empire, and so one of the unique people is they never developed kings or chiefs or leaders. It's an egalitarian society where the highest sovereign.
Fair Winds Podcast
"society" Discussed on Fair Winds Podcast
"That is a good way because what ends up happening is all the boys join in on a joyous dance around the room and people come and watch and have fun and I don't know there's not really any like. I mean neil philosophy philosophy way to say it but it harkens back to the dead poets society. I think was a very good thing and just having a close group of friends who will push you out of your comfort zone is super important. I would say. I think because just i had a personal experience of being a wallflower for a little. While so yeah. That's just me to go on that. It's gang cast gangs or like groups are not. It's that they're not going to form. It's just how do you be a part of one and make sure that one is ordered towards the good yeah. I don't know every time. I wanted to see new things kind of canada. Show up so i love this movie. Maybe it's just that if you break down the philosophy of this movie it's bad but it's a great coming of age story. I think. I still don't think the philosophy is bad. I think it's just really sh- shallow in a bad way. Well if you re it's a starter movie. I don't think he's like. There are other movies that i wanna watch in talk about that are more. We should have to have breakfast on their after drying so many parallels bones you guys would love by so many perils you mean the one and a half things you brought up now. You guys are coming of age story in this group. They came at the same time and they're both like challenging. Societal norms which this is supposed to be mainly about. Can i can do whatever you want. My hope poems that i want to talk about that used in the movie and i think inappropriately. Okay i went to the woods..
Fair Winds Podcast
"society" Discussed on Fair Winds Podcast
"He graduated from that school and then he was teaching in london. Yet which is like that's a huge prestige thing. And i don't know in the nineteen sixties and might have been different. Maybe he could've found another job easily but like it could also be very extreme like he could never teach again. Because neil did the bad too big bad to himself and But there's not much to be said. Neal is a young kid. He saw basically his whole life was dead even though he could have really. If you want a military dad. I'm going to join the army and go fighting nominee career or something and then his dad would like as a patriot. Yes but as a father. No and then i think meal had more chance to get out of it and he very much packed himself into that corner and then further back. The dead poets society into a corner. Yea i wanna make sure that. I don't blame mr keating for neil because he doesn't advise neil to kill himself he clearly does not like that. It happened and would not want it to happen. The critique that i have for the way the movie portrays it is that it's very much like how romeo and juliet is often understood as a love story when it is in fact a terrifying awful thing and not a love story because love does not produce death. Love is life producing. Romeo and juliet ends in death. Which be your first clue that it's not really love that's going on between the characters and so with the dead poet's society movie. I think i would have liked to see the movie show. Neil rather than falling into utter despair having a moment where he actually sees the value of his life as not dependent on just whether or not he gets to do what he wants. I think what i would have loved. Is that little biotic thing you could at the end of the movie. Were neil moment. Now i to figure out a meeting and maybe you're able to show the audience that if the thing that you are truly talented at by divine providence is good like that. That's a good thing and you ought to pursue it no matter what. Neil doesn't do that at the end. He kills himself rather than continue to act to be entirely fair. He just as much chooses to make. Sure that neil never acts again and that is not what mr keating is trying to go for on the one hand but also not a great message to make your main character look a lot like jesus and then kill themselves and then make the ending. Happy and support like.
Fair Winds Podcast
"society" Discussed on Fair Winds Podcast
"Because i will say him. What's that dumb indian name. No-one no-one i will say no. One was definitely a bad influence on. The wanda is the one student that keating ever calls out for anything which is interesting does justify in two hundred percent. Yeah i think that's probably actually my favorite scene. It is a great team especially to because it changes how that character addresses. Everything rested the movie kind. I don't know if that's true. No there's definitely a shift there is because he kinda takes one. The character kind of takes a back seat in the movie. You still have to prominent character. That's still is also only one major plot point in the movie after that no true but he he He he stops telling he stomped like telling the story of and kind of making fun of the headmaster for calling him out right after keating calls him out on it. So well let me get back to it I might have to throw episode man. So what some hands hood movie the ending. The ending was just bad about a guy who kills himself because he can't join the school play. I wanna hear what hundred has to say. Because i have a comment that is almost identical to one hundred now for. I think i'm gonna go back to where i think it's to go wrong and wanda brings the girls to the club and brings neighboring alcohol. Which i imagine from the way robin williams character is that definitely happened. The dead poets society. But i don't think like that. That's i did end as well. So maybe both kind of had the same fate ultimately where it's just like at a boarding school with all these marriage and stuff you can't really get away with that normal high school experience. Not that that's a totally good experience. And if you didn't have that that's completely fine but like maybe it's where i expected. Alcohol at parties is not the average high school experience. Now probably not. Because i didn't just absolutely is not the average students experience but I kind of expected. Keaton to actually. I expected the movie to end like this words. They get into trouble with headmaster. And they're getting to maritz all the time and qian's like hey. This is a really good. I like what you guys are doing. But i'm gonna come here to your meetings now. I'm going to properly guide this and it will become more fraternity like it's aspect. Okay why you lost a good way. I also am turned off by greek life just because of certain aspects of it good but like in a good way where there is an adult guiding these children and like he is encouraging them to live life and land like he's maybe a cigarette with somebody's lying. He's keeping them away and steering them away towards like alcohol women and more towards like. Hey let's get back to like expressing and talking about how we feel in our lives right now and maybe that's not much alternate room to show any guidance at all towards maturity to be fair. The kids did start a club without heating. You're right. He does not actually have an active role in the club. That's an important point especially for understanding the end of the movie. And that's why. I say neal ruins it for everybody because he probably ruins keaton's career even though did he teach at a london high school or did he graduate from he was teaching it..
National Secular Society Podcast
"society" Discussed on National Secular Society Podcast
"I thought guest is dr. Tony meacham electric coventry university whose research interests include comparative constitutional and the different ways. In which different states treats religion. He was previously civil seventeen australia working. In the areas of social security in higher education. it will be providing objective academic perspective on the place of religion. Tony meacham welcome to the podcast. Thank you very much appreciate. You have me on both festival. What motivated you to write your article. The conversation about Basically i came across the united in the newspaper highlighting that there was a documentary called testify and that was screening in the united states. Todd heard of the pets affair in general saints as pickle. Have and i was intrigued about it. Saying i'm interested in concentration lawrence specifically Secularism in the states relationship to religion. Not so we'll twice having look at. What the documentary olivet saying. What was the vegas documentary. And so on so there are a number of points in that duck. I found well. For example they were showing how was being traded around the world that's different states like new zealand. The united states countries in europe and they were the past affair with saying if we're a recognized religion than we should be getting benefits tax breaks of the things that Organized religion only get you so for example. Simple things like if you have a religious headdress than there. Exemptions have getting driver's license four people who have of a recognized religion to have religious headdress. So the way have went to. We should get that exemption in the why not so. They tried to talk. What are the parameters for that exemption will broadly have defining religion through the definition of a hindrance at the point so it making was simply sign If you're saying not a religion proof we are not give us the the parameters by which you defined religion would find what is a religion so i thought it electorally. That's an interesting argument. Had the desert because in centuries past its phillies today's mice countries you've only had one dominant religion and when you said religion what you were talking about. Was that religion in the united states for example early as you were talking bad had christianity in particular protestantism. So the two were interchangeable terms in walden times. However it's been interesting to see. The state tried to determine things that require a definition of religion but having a definition that is all incumbency that covers every particular perspective said so his the the idea of the need to define religion really been forced upon states over the centuries by the emergence of new religions. Well it stopped metro force. I guess Religion has always had a place in communities and with that his head a particular So for example. If you look at the charities act the united kingdom it toys dane accepted that religion has a charitable purpose that the educate people fade them. They do good things so in centuries past when you head in the charities act that the charities act will allow a charity to be registered for the purposes of advancement of religion in the term religion was understood. And you didn't have to work from that. You distributed Way the local branch of the dominant religion we obviously have a charitable purpose Charity full education. Whatever has now been submitted to you in so this should be no difficulty in recognizing replication. But in recent years defining religion has been more problematical. How is religion currently defined in english the pence iced definitions of anything Usually i need to find legislation for the purposes of that legislation for the purposes of just one pace legislation. You might have a dif- nation that doesn't match with others signing Said that the charities act which defines has religion for the purposes of of charitable Would include the advancement of religion than we've got the equality act twenty ten Making religion belief that protected characteristic. And then we've got the human rights act will so to these three have different definitions of relational have different definitions being developed with them. Well i do like lawyer hit but the the pins if you take the charities act it says some religion includes a religion which involves belief in more than one god and a religion which does not involve belief in god which is terribly clear. It still seems to understand what religion is so much of the discussion on nath the charity. Exactly the definition to the courts which doesn't help. Because if you really haven't got any sort of parameters for the courts than the courts really at to make stuff head of whole cloth. If looking at employing the tribunals i've looked at belief in spiritualism psychic powers anti fox hunting beliefs the virtues of public service broadcasting humanism but at the same time they said a Police conspiracy theories and that probably should be for red remembrance day. Not religiously points for example. You get if you're the religious viewpoint that says they should not be like the quake. Quakers tend to have philosophical viewpoint. That says well. It should be self-evident. War is a silly thing. Then is that philosophical viewpoint to adjust individual opinion The fact that's i'm the quakers pacifists should the fact that that debt pacifism is connected with their religion give that beliefs a protected status which wouldn't do if The people who pacifist but nonreligious us vests attorney meacham. Thank you very much thank you. This episode was produced by the national secular society. All rights reserved the views expressed by contributors. Do not necessarily represent those of the ss. You can access the shirt nights. And subscribe information for this and all episodes at secularism dot org to a to k ford slash podcast. The feedback comments and suggestions. Please email podcast at secularism dot org dot uk. If you enjoyed this episode please subscribe and leave a positive review wherever you can. Thanks for listening. And i hope you join us next time..
The Financial Guys
"society" Discussed on The Financial Guys
"Because i signed up on that mission on that trajectory right and they have. They have already had kobe. There's no reason there's no scientific filed the science that none the next one will be these kids with a zero percent chance of dying with a zero percent chance of dying they will force them to get vaccinated in the schools. But if you they had it though if you've had it though if you've had covert look at the look was israel the chart chart lonely. Put that chart up. The the chart from israel showed of the five hundred people that were awfully sixty percent had had fact forty percent. We've axed you know how many were in hospitals or head copa. That already had coke zero zero zero again. I can't measure it so let me get straight if you had that vaccine. There's a strong possibility you could still get it. We've heard now if you had the vaccine. These these wizards of smart have told us. You're still just as transmissible as if as if you weren't on vat already. No we're gonna blame the unveil and here's the thing guy. There's these people act like there's no consequences to the shots. We know people that have gotten deathly sick from the shot. there's consequences to it. There's a trade off to this thing right. Some people get the shot and end up very very sick. I had a friend. She was sick for three weeks on her bed. Like really in signal. Well had they treated her like they should have probably fine right back but she got that from the shot. She didn't get it from code. She got it from the shot actors consequences for. Why would you get the shot. This is already had it. They don't give the chicken. Paul right and this is still exploratory. We don't know what's going to have by the way look at the military. There are all kinds of shots that we do not give shoulders Soldiers anymore that we used to why because we found out. There's all kinds of problems later on right. So why would we do that to.
The Financial Guys
"society" Discussed on The Financial Guys
"By the way i thought reggie luke was like a big deal right with left-winger aren't all those universities like that's how you get smart. I don't care if you're a podiatrist if you graduate from medical school. Yeah you're smart. You're smarter than me. This and most of those countries to be honest. Some of especially the left and i ultimately chose to become an is surgeon. I've been telling everyone for a year now. The doctor vouching and other public health bureaucrats were not following the science. And i've been proven right time and every single. But i'm not the only one who is fed up. I can't go anywhere these days without people coming up and thanking me for standing up for them. Whether i'm at work or events in kentucky at airports in restaurants or stores people thank me for taking a stand. They thank me for standing up for actual science for standing up for freedom for standing against mandates lockdowns and bureaucratic power grabs. I think the tide is turning as more and more people are willing to stand up. I see stories from across the country. Parents standing up to the unions in school boards. I see brave mom standing up and saying my kids need to go back to school. In person. I see members of congress refusing to comply with petty tyrant pelosi. We are at a moment of truth and a crossroads. Will we allow these people to use fear and propaganda to do further harm to our society economy and children or will we stand together and say absolutely not not this time i choose freedom. Well i think you're gonna have pockets of both my friend and you look at places like new york just you know. I'll tell you what hulk will is is she's she's nuts. She's absolutely crazy. First opportunity she gets us. I think it should be mandatory for all the kids. Wear face diapers yeah. There's respiratory problems now in children but none of them are dying of cova deity so this just out just out Ub has just announced that ub students without shots will be barred from in person classes. I wouldn't pull your kids out of euboea as a good school. You beat the grace. We've got we've got. We've got three kids that have cut lie. Say kids adults. We have three fantastic employees. That have all come from the masters program at ub to finance program at ub. Ub finance programs a wonderful program. The leadership is lousy again. If you've had half of these kids go nubia had cova radio. Why would you force somebody who has already had. I put look really sharp. Put that shot up again here for the role you play this. Healthcare organization changed what is herd immunity herd immunity. Used to be like you get the shot or you get cold. Whatever it is right it should be just getting cova because the shots yacht help. But that's what forever herd. Immunity was okay if we get enough people vaccinated and a lot of people with the flu. Okay we're at community not anymore. It's all about the shot all about the shot one day after what what what did they know that. We don't know buffalo news this morning reporting. Ub students without shots will be barred from in person classes so honestly i would be suing the school if i have stood going to ub..
The Financial Guys
"society" Discussed on The Financial Guys
"We don't have to accept the mandates lockdowns and harmful policies of the petty tyrants and bureaucrats. We can simply say no not again. Nancy pelosi seen you will not arrest or stop me or anyone on my staff from doing our jobs. We have either had cove. It had the vaccine or been offered the vaccine. We'll make our own choices. We will not show you a passport. We will not wear a mask. We will not be forced into random screenings at testings. So you can continue your drunk with power rain over the capital president biden. We will not accept your agency's mandates or your reported moves towards a lockdown. No one should follow the cd's anti-science mask mandate if you want to shutdown federal agencies again some of which aren't even back to work yet still. They're getting paid coming through with an amendment to cut their funding. That's right that's exactly right. What should happen. That's exactly rats and union bosses. We will not allow you to do more harm to her children. Here's the thing. Plaza jaws are not and so on a local level. Not only are these people still getting paid. Many of them don't forget are getting paid overtime right and they're not working at gale bursting eating overpay for a lot of these folks. At least burstein is working. Now give her credit for actually going out the comedian working. Maybe a lot of these bureaucrats are not working right. They're not she read home. We've asked to improve what she's doing and she can't do we've been trying to get a mortgage brokers off the ground for a year and a half. It should take four weeks four weeks. We're on week. Eighty now you know what we called one lady in new york city right. She's a processor. she was well. I can't i work at home. I can't go to the office. I can't print anything. I don't have a so. Why are we paying. Let me get this straight. Why are we sent you home with with no equipment for you to do your job whatsoever..
The Financial Guys
"society" Discussed on The Financial Guys
"Got into the first city he would dropped a few bombs we would have given them the the greatest airshow they've ever seen in their lives they would have scurried like little rats caves and i write back to their caves. That's exactly right. And guess what they probably would have never even attempted to do that because they knew damn well that donald trump would have fought back. This guy is a total income. All lists human being he is. He's he's gonna he's gonna cost so many issues around the globe when it comes to terrorism simply because he doesn't wanna fight it. I said at the early on in his administration that i didn't think he finished a year. He's duffy not finishing his for you. Well he's i don't know that he makes this year he's a. He went back to vacation after giving a pathetic speed. And get mrs harris by the way what. She's more incompetent that she's a lunatic. Let me let me play these. She's hiding from this and she was a big part of it. She was responsible assigned to the exit of this. This let me play this. We'll talk about none of them. Want to admit it to it. And i'm gonna come out and say sorry it'll are bad like you know. Look we need to be way more proactive. I the incompetence here is unreal. Why do we feel like it's okay though to broadcast our intent even trump number eleventh. We're getting out. why why. why tell them. Here's how it should have worked. Okay okay we want to get out of gas dan. We're not gonna tell anybody who's gonna do i. We're going to get out most of our personnel. That's number one slowly. Probably two years quickly. We're going to drain down our personnel. To we have all the civilians all the people out of their number one number two. We're going to make sure that all the sensitive documents are either removed or destroyed a number three. We're going to start to remove military equipment especially small arms. That could be used against us number four. We removed the rest of our personnel. And then we announced that we're gone under five number five you make sure the airforce surrounding the whole town with the battle of intention so to scare the crap out of these. They abandoned the base but they tried to hold the airport so they abandoned bogra airbase where they could have easily flown civilians out influence out instead. They're trying to fly him out of the kabul airport which is surrounded by insurgents. I mean you're showing pictures. Sadly of afghanis clinging to the military plates. Did you falling off several died. Try to get on the plane. Noah's that's the most alarming to me. The most alarming thing did you saw the video. Obviously of all those people clinging to the airplane. Yeah just sad women. No not one now. The biden administration basically knowing what the taliban is all about right. They're gonna come in. They're taking your fifteen year old daughter out of the house and forcing her marriage. Some taliban derp the the men there are the weakest upon week so the men are hanging from the airplane. Trying to get out and leaving the women behind joe. You did that. You left those where you did that. You left those women. Catch the metoo movement joe. That's who you left behind right. You left the women. You left the women you left the children..
Buddhist Society of Western Australia
"society" Discussed on Buddhist Society of Western Australia
"Go to thailand you find that the monastic tradition. There is run in a different way for the way. It was done in india in thailand. The abbot of a monastery has a very very strong position. And maybe that again is a result of the thai i. The more structure more structured society bit more hierarchy perhaps than the indian society again. Thai culture has influenced way. Buddhism is done in thailand. Although it is much closer to the indian original in many ways in terms of robes for example but also in southeast asia you have the same problem with scriptures we have scriptures that would take an later on in which even today are regarded by many as very important and again. I say if we want in australia we can learn something from this. We can learn that those scriptures that are not the word of the that we know. Today we great certainty are not we can put those to one side and we can focus on those things which are the root and the original form of buddhism. So just to summarize what i've been saying today and just draw some conclusions for how we should maybe approached this whole business here in australia. First of all. I again want to say that. Tradition is not wrong in. Its own. Right tradition simply. How buddhism is practiced at any particular point in time and at any particular place and tradition is always different from country-to-country it always adapts according to the local situations and it's good that adapts. Its it's right. It should adapt because this is the only way that we can take root in a firm and strong way in any particular society so we should do the same in australia. We shouldn't be afraid when something is really important. We shouldn't be afraid of adapting things. We don't have to take things wholesale on board according to any particular existing tradition. We cannot adapt things when we see it is right and the criteria that we should use for that adaptation is one. We should always remind ourselves. What did the buddha say and we should make sure that anything we do is in accordance win the teachings the original buddhism the experience would have had under the enlightenment. That is very important if we don't do that. We risk throwing out the baby with the bathwater. We don't want to keep that baby got baby. What buddhism is all about. You have to make sure we don't throw the baby out. And the second criteria we should use having established what the word of the buddha is. We should ask ourselves well. What are the demands that australian society places on us as a buddhist and if those demands that are placed upon us as buddhist by australian society if they match with what the buddha said if those two things come together and i say that is the right time to adapt the tradition that we have to whatever that is when they come together the word of the buddha and the demands of our local society. That's when adaptation should happen. in fact. did not honest shouldn't happen. I would almost say it must happen. Because in those circumstances if we don't adapt in those circumstances we are not going to have a buddhist which survives in australia in the long run. Eventually it will be rejected by australian society. Because it's not close enough to the norms of australia but close enough to the norms of people. Living here then we should adapt to society. Which is here. We shouldn't do this with lighter. We should make sure that when we do this that we're doing the right thing that it really is important and that actually is something which will benefit buddha's in the long run so let me give you some examples because examples always clarify things first of all some examples of the wrong way wrong way of adaptation and sometimes you can read nike people writing about what is and they're saying that will in our modern day and age. You cannot believe in things like rebirth so out with rebirth and we have this buddhism without rebirth. So the right thing we should do however is not just having opinion about whether rebirth is right or wrong here. What we should do. According to the criteria. I've just laid out. We should go back and see. What did they say matt. Rebirth did a buddha say that there is rebirth. there isn't river and that should be the starting point for whether we should accept reject this idea of rebirth. And of course those of your hurt misspeaking here before. I always say that rebirth is a fundamental part of the buddha's teachings you take it out. You don't have buddhism anymore. You've got something completely different. It is so important. It is so central. But if you take it out if anybody rejects buddhis- sorry rebirth out of hand. I say the cannot really be buddhist anymore at the very least you have to have an open mind. Map is things so and this for me. That is the wrong way to go about. Reforming or adapting would is is to throw out those principles which are central to the buddha's teachings and other mistaken way is with say. Take all the rules. The buddha lay down for the monastics for the laypeople. And say these rules. As i mentioned before no longer relevant for the modern society so throw them out wholesale and that does make up our own rules. Whatever we feel is appropriate again. It's the wrong way because the buddha lay down these rules and most of these rules are very important and most of these will have a function that is very important and instead of throwing them out we can instead allow ourselves to just look at these rules and adapt adapt interpret them in such a way but they are acceptable to our modern world within the guidelines of the role but not in a very necessarily strict and traditional way of interpreting them so these two examples the way we shouldn't practice in my opinion of course other people might disagree with that but still that is the way i look at it. So what is an example of the kind of reform that we should be doing in australia. And of course you know what. I'm going to getting at now. And of course the kind of reform that we should be doing is the sort of thing that we did here at the buddha's society about five or five months ago on october. The twenty second we dane kunis here actually putting down a monastery here. That is the kind of reform we should be doing as buddhist in australia. Why because the buddha lay down the female ordination full ordination for women won the buddha later down there is no real reason for rejecting theme and ordination ordination. The second reason is that. As far as i can understand. It is the demand in most modern societies including australian society that we should have that equality of opportunity between men and women. It is considered as a matter of ethics is considered the matter. What is right and wrong in our part of the world so there is a demand for that in our australian society and in all modern societies. Really here so. This is a classic case or the demands of the modern society and the original teachings of the buddha fall in line with each other and then we should adapt. We should reform. We should change things so that they are in line with those two criteria..
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"All this things became more and more subtle change decided to multiply into many various kinds of teachings of course it moved onto different countries. Went to china with through lack of first of all went to china. They went to central as you went to burma thailand all these different countries and wherever it went it took on some of the characteristics of the local community here just like it took on the characteristics it in ancient india when the buddha i made these discoveries so what are some of these characteristics just briefly and one very good example is buddhism in china. I'm no expert on this. But i know certainly can tell you about some of the changes that happened when buddha's went to china because it definitely took on some of the characteristics of chinese society and you will see that one example for example is the robes. They wear in china. They're very different from the rogue we. We're in south east asia. Which are these. Kinda rob's not only china but in in most of east asia that were different kinds of robes and of course i think that must have been response to the climate conditions in the north of china in particular where it was very cold during the winter and it was difficult to wear. These kind of role was when it was snowing when it was minus ten or twenty degrees or whatever. You needed something more. And that's why. They moved onto using trousers using jackets. If you look at these mahane amongst the stand down the still monks because it looked very different from ordinary people but they have moved on. And they have a different set of robles than what we have in southeast asia and we have a board indiana monastery and some people fame. All these are wrong robes. We can't really use those jobs over there. These are the right ones but in my understanding of the vinegar. My understanding of the buddha's teachings led the buddha actually is quite flexible and there isn't any absolute standard. You have to use any particular obser- as i mentioned before these robes themselves part of the tradition india the time it wasn't something that buddha laid down as particularly buddhist. So i say it is okay. We can't accept the kinda roams that a warner in places like china korea vietnam. It's at it's all right. They're not really all that different. What we are wearing and other such chains have happened in china whereas you would see. Some of the architecture in china is very different. What you find in other countries in particular. You have the chinese pagodas this multi-storey buildings lots and lots of stories going up now. These pagodas in china originally were the same thing as the stupas in ancient india. The stoop as an ancient india were like a burial mound where you would put in the ashes or the relics of a saint and there were initially. They were just amount of earth. Nothing more maybe with a few bricks inside and the venture the become more liberated become like this famous stoop in sunshine in north of india. Very famous stoop which are an important site of pilgrimage to this particular day but again they would basically just a mound been kind of dome maybe many meters tall but still just a dome and then like maybe a railing around the fugate ways etc and some parasols on top that was essentially what it was but in china it became a pagoda. Is multi story building very kind of fancy structure compared to the simple buildings of india and again that must have been under the influence of chinese culture. At the time you can see the change happening but the original thing actually came from india another aspect of chinese culture which affected buddhism as it came to india is it became more hierarchy caller. And i again. I'm no expert. But i take it that may have something to do with the confusion values of china which tends to be maybe more hierarchical and for that reason. The zen which arose in china. Or what's had patriarchs patriarch was like the man or the monk- on top of the pyramid of the sangha of the channel. Zen tradition in india and again came from. I think the chinese society which was more structured than probably indian society wiser. Then you had things like meat eating meat. Eating was forbidden in china. And sometimes people think that these things actually are part of the monastic rules in china. But actually it seems. That meeting was a banned in china. Not because any monastic thing. But it was. The emperor of china decided that monks and nuns should not be eating meat again. Chinese culture which is mixing here with buddhism to form a chinese variety of buddhism. And of course. I think that this is actually a good thing that this is happening because if monks not monks and nuns allowed to wear warm clothes in china but is probably would never survive. If it was not allowed to adapt in certain ways to the chinese society then probably still wouldn't survive. Because it wouldn't get accepted by the chinese society was a good thing that buddhists adapt in these ways to the local culture but there is a downside with adaptation and the downside is when you start to go against the original buddhism the real teachings of the buddha and that is what you see happening in india already soon after the buddha you see it also happening in china because you see that many of the suitors and things that were accepted in china because a lot of the things that were taken from india into china came at a fairly late stage. You can't maybe five six seven eight hundred years. After the buddha over very long period of time it was taken into china and because of that many of the teachings that became the most important in china when not necessarily the most fundamental teachings that were given by the buddha himself but other teachings became more prominent things like the body set by path things like pure land buddhism and these kind of things. And because of that. I feel that that is a danger. That is where i would say that. This is a good example for us in australian to think about when we bring buddhism into australia to be careful of these sort of things and be very clued up so to speak on. What actually is the core teachings of the buddha otherwise you might be led astray and i've of course. I'm not saying here that. All of buddhism in china is wrong. Anything i'm so there's a vast variety of buddhism's over there and some people who obviously practice very correct in very right. Why here but still i feel there is a danger when you start to move away and you focus too much on those things which are not the word of the border and the same thing happened in india itself of course as well as time went by there was a great greater focus on different teachings etc and not only in india but also in southeast asia you find the same thing there was a development over time so not only in china in in southeast asia as well and some of the things you find in southeast asia are first of all the south is asia is much closer to india so the culture is much closer to indian culture but even there you find differences from the way things were done in india for example. If you go to thailand you find that the monastic tradition. There is run in a different way for the way. It was done in india in thailand. The abbot of a monastery has.
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"You're listening to episode forty seven of the national secular society podcast produced by a macaque just before easter a group of largely male muslim. Protesters assembled outside batley. Grammar school in yorkshire. They were protesting against the use of an allegedly last month and racist cartoon muhammed possibly from charlie hebdo. That had been used by teacher school in religious studies less they had muster gary kibble rather than putting the teacher or even reserving judgment immediately issued an unequivocal apology. He describe the use of such material is totally unacceptable and suspended the teacher pending a formal inquiry. Meanwhile the teacher himself is going into hiding after receiving death threats from islamic extremists. His father said that he had been fred under a bus by the school. National secular society is one of the first organizations to draw attention to the badly case. Stephen evans the ceo to open letter to the school urging it not to allow protesters to impose a blasphemy taboo that would restrict freedom of speech since then responses from the rest of society have been mixed the commentators who have come out most firmly in support of the teachers use of the cartoons off. Predictably there's in the right wing media. The government has condemned. The protesters thought without doing anything specific to help the teacher opinions on the left from the media. Politicians to teaching organizations have varied from support for the principle of free speech will be at hedged with guns to disapproval of the teachers decision to use cartoons. That were offensive and this episode. I'll be talking to three guests. Whose perspective student straightforwardly align with either political right left but british muslim campaigner. An ex muslim journalist. And the ns stephen evans. My first guest is fires miguel. Ob finance is a british muslim. Who in twenty seven founded tell muck and organization that aims to monitor anti muslim hatred and provide support to its victims. He is currently director of faith matters an organization that works to resolve conflicts and strengthen relationships between faith communities in response to the badly case. Fires region article for the spectator entitled the badly protesters do not represent me fires. Miguel welcome to the podcast in your article for the spectator. You that the batley protesters did not represent you. What motivated us right this. Well it was important to get an alternative opinion out there into the public's fan public domain predominantly because the key view. That was coming out from bike lane. Was that a group of merchants of mainly domini overwhelmingly. Muslim man was standing outside of school and the impression given was that it was intimidating to school itself religious chance outside the school the view that a certain perspective all the protection ov. Our religion was coming across on. I just felt there are many different opinions around issues of islam within muslim communities on the way the prophet can be depicted within muslim communities in people have different perspectives. I wanted to ensure a different perspective came out many muslims myself. I want to get on with their lives. Islam is a very personal thing in our lives. We don't particularly see see this enforcement. Rigid enforcement of the way islamist practiced as being on the mental to islam and we see affects ability in interpretation of islam and flexibility which also involves how to discuss enjoy and also include the views of others in how we practice in how we believe in the spectrum and of of different muslim belief safe from fundamentalist to more liberal. Where would you put yourself very difficult scale. you've given me you know the conservatives and in groups of fundamentalists and and there is a different route differences. Even in what. I've just suggested here would say that. I would probably sit on a more progressive liberal form of islam. But i don. I reject that totally. I reject those kind of brock. That bracketing totally because actually is is never. An religion never really sets into these homes of brackets. Traditions can be interpreted at interpreted fluidly and they change and go back and reenact change over time. So if i have to say something i would say that i would see myself as practicing and islam which is through which it takes into account the changing context of society. I think any religion any process exactly goes through that adaptation at a time so they may say progressive stroke liberal. I would say actually realistic of my view of my religion. What responsibility had so far for readers of your article in the spectator. Both muslims and others have been overwhelmingly positive. But obviously there are those who. I've i've had responses from handful of members of british muslim community negative many responses from british muslims. Who have been very positive saying exactly that could actually. They don't see a clash of values that actually they live their lives in his llamas very personal to them and you know and that they are just thankful somebody speaks out against the kind of brittle and against a marginal views all individuals like those standing outside backley school. And so i've had. I've had a lot of positive responses from but also has the resources champion literally saying. Oh we agree with you. Box and the we review you bought then goes on to say but the picture was one which showed muhammed a bomb on his head in the school and my view to them is. Wha what are you trying to justify the actions on the back of what you've just said in so this is kind of. Oh we agree with you is now. We agree with you in this. In this conversation you can't agree and then take a dissenting which says but you shouldn't show cartoon irrespective of what cocktail was if it was used in the context of discussion to say what is the role of racism in our society. Because let's be honest. Some of these teams have a very very strong racial overtones. They place a muslim saint place pm individuals in a very aggressive term. Obviously threatening tone with the ball in the head you know a terroristic. If i can say that but you know we're not we we have to have these discussions because these things already out as i've said before within one or two clicks somebody can find them online. We don't live in a society where you can hide things. Actually i think thankfully. And we're going to have to have this discussion safe. You can help if we can have this. Discussions in fashion which is facilitated in which was students do not feel targeted. But how their chance to say what they need to say and be heard and fuel included in that discussion and a discussion about racism on cartoons and discussion about faith and its place in society but it is done and i consider -tated in a fashion which does not target students as i believe it wasn't done in bradley. These are discussions. We need to have because frankly.
National Secular Society Podcast
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"How you define religion but if you define it likely due for surveys and censuses. We are definitely becoming with every year a less religious country. You're listening to episode forty four the national secular society podcast produced by emma park in this episode. I'll be considering the place of religion in britain today and in particular its place in our education system. A number of people in britain who identify as religious is decreasing yet by in particular. The number of people who consider themselves christian and especially who attend church has been on the decline for over a century. There are a large number of adherence today. And one hundred years ago to use including judaism. Islam hinduism sikhism but they are still in a small minority in the country's a hope this all raises. The question of how.
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"The teachers care society. The podcast talk about on us and development in the educational field. We have today during my macy's mail a pre k. Teacher from rhode island as discussing the benefit of small groups. Further deal all.
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"Be provided at the end of the podcast. We'd love to hear from you and state should be separate written and read by stephen evans from the national secular society on november. Twenty twenty ahead of the national secular societies twenty twenty braga lecture argued the disestablishment of the church of england is right in principle and could benefit church and state to like. This is a busy period of anniversaries. For disestablishment tyrians twenty twenty mocks santini the disestablishment of the church. You miles new year's day. Twenty twenty one will mark one hundred fifty years since the church of all was disestablished but when will be the turn of the church of england. The church's hierarchy has shown little enthusiasm to take the lead on this the current archbishop of canterbury justin welby has said disestablished in the church of england wouldn't be a disaster but said the removal of its privileges should be a decision for parliaments and people in his book cuts the connection disestablishment. In the judge of england. The full of bishop woolridge colin buchanan. Said this seems to be almost principle of history. That leads isn't establish. Churches often have difficulty in thinking positively about this establishment that when that came both the church of ireland on the church in wales took this establishment like ducks to water submerged. So that fifty is on the church. Abandoned is celebrating one hundred fifty years of independence from the state. We destruct line free to shape. Future welby himself preached judge one hundred fiftieth anniversary service. He remarked higher. Gold reminds us constantly of temporal security of complacency and reliance on riches and without any apparent already said disestablishment liberated the church of england from that but despite the upbeat nature of the one hundred fiftieth celebrations. Disestablishment wasn't universally regarded so positively at the time reflecting on the separation. The of all moss spoke off widespread uncertainty about whether the church could survive financially and also that it might frighten men into different doctrinal ecclesiastical factions nevertheless survive it did and it now recognizes that disestablishment naval the church to find a fresh. Its independence mission. All these the sunlit uplands that could wipe the eileen church of england should he decide to forgo its privileges. The church of england policy in relation to the state today is a massive for the church. But the state's approach to this matter is all about business and the arguments and maintaining the established church looking thinner by the day. The majoritarian argument for an established church is gone. Few two percents of people in england regularly worship at churches only one percent of people aged eighteen to twenty four saturday belong to the i know the half the population said i don't belong to any religion for all its claims of being presence in every community it's relevant people's lives doesn't justify prominence in public life any argument that the church provides the nation with some sorts of morally ship has also long disappeared. Most of us no longer look to clerics ethical guidance quite the opposite with the moral compass cloudy by dogma. Religious leaders of often proved an obstacle to desirable unpopular progress on issues such as assisted dying and same sex marriage recent findings from the independent inquiry on child sexual abuse that the church covered up abuse. Guide abuses a place to hide an often offer damore support and victims shouli places in the final nine in the coffin of any moral leadership argument for retaining state. Church the argument from tradition isn't such argument ford establishment as the absence of one warnings of irreparable damage to the uk social and cultural fabric. All little more than thinly veiled prescriptions russia designed to create the impression that this is topics And never will be possible. But it's a matter of historical record that disestablishment can does occur and we favorable consequences. Perhaps the main arguments advanced these days. Preserving established church is it a secure platform for religion more generally in the public square but why should religion enjoy special platform to participate in public life. Religious voice should of course be free to participate in the affairs of the nation but it should be on terms of equality not privilege that interests should be given a mole than any of the special interest groups. The pretense that we're still a christian country lacks fantasy and it makes it harder to foster any sorts of inclusive national identity that we can blame to irrespective of religious beliefs or lack of them. They're all those who won't relatively benign church of england axeas sort of bulwark against moore extremists phones of religion but the presence of established church gets fundamentalist religious groups which are more reactionary than the church of england foot in the door ended can bishops some of the most infused ask proponents of multifaith as the light. Christopher hitchens noted the barbarians never take city until someone holds the gates open to them. And it's your own multicultural sororities. Who will do it for you and indeed christian privileges morphing into multi-faith him. That's fueling the fragmentation of society it's led to the spread of fight schools erosion of freedom of speech and the name of tolerance and respect and the ghettoisation of ethnic minorities all of which undermines the notion of common citizenship. A secular state would be better place than establish church to keep the more destructive elements of religion in check. Many anglicans also agree with the principle of church sites. Separation nyc theological arguments for it as examples of wiles than island show. Disestablishment could breathe new life into the church. Virtually every other church in the world manages fine on two feet. The church of england could to writing in the times newspaper in nineteen ninety nine the religious commentator clifford longley said any christian church which still needs official state privilege for supporters chosen to monica itself to a spiritual copes in their halts. Everybody knows it but no one will admit it for the time. Being the church still appears on ready to unshackle itself from the copes those who benefit from religious establishment will instinctively cling to not. Miss the bishops. Whose seats in has laws give them considerable political lobbying power and prestige but if we value equality and democracy disestablishment needs to happen. It's right in principle and would be an important step towards recognizing all citizens.
Teachers Care Society
"society" Discussed on Teachers Care Society
"Teachers care society and development in the educational field. We have a good show for you. Today is joined by lever. Some signed a special education teacher from canada. As we'll be discussing the points teaching life skills that you skills with aggression and self injury.