Technology As Source Of Evil

I shouldn’t be speechless, but I am. Tip – Emphasis added:

Should teenagers and others in the Church express themselves to the
world through blogs?
Because of the obvious dangers; the clear biblical
principles that apply; the fact that it gives one a voice; that it is
almost always idle words; that teens often do not think before they do; that it is acting out of boredom; and it is filled with appearances of evil—blogging is simply not to be done in the Church. It should be clear that it is unnecessary and in fact dangerous on many levels.

Let me emphasize that no one—including adults—should have a blog or personal website (unless it is for legitimate business purposes).

So who are these folks? They claim to be "the only website on earth that explains the truth of virtually every biblical doctrine" and believe that we are in the "seventh and final era of God’s Church, with many members scattering into “splinters” of varying beliefs." Note that their website is run with blogging software – ah but that’s a "legitimate business purpose" (see the home page).

Seattle City Council Leaning Towards Pacific Interchange

It’s beyond my understanding that the Seattle City Council is seriously considering officially supporting the Pacific Interchange, given its impacts on the Arboretum (outlined in the draft EIS) and Madison Park. But that’s the crux of this Seattle PI article from 4 October, reporting on a "public forum lasting nearly three hours, [where] many of the more than 200
people attending either praised or blasted a six-lane alternative for
the aging floating bridge." [Also, see the Council press release.]

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YouTube Home To Fevered Political Clips

Rhetoric surrounding the mid-term elections is getting more fevered, if a YouTube clip from Hollywood producer and director David Zucker is any measure. According to the Drudge Report, Zucker’s 30-second clip "was intended to be used by GOP organizations in the closing weeks of the 2006 campaign." However, Drudge breathlessly tells us that "GOP strategists all across Washington, DC … have refused to use it!"

I find it hard to believe that the ad was ever intended for TV. Instead, I believe it was intended for   viral net distribution. Unlike the controversy in 2004 over Hitler ads which appeared briefly on MoveOn, this is a professionally produced and sanctioned clip. After all, Republicans gave the clip to Drudge.

The Zucker clip is focused on the Clinton Administration. Its narrative presents an unflattering depiction of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright — from her 2000 visit to North Korea to fabricated scenes where she is subsurvient to bearded Arab-looking men and oblivious to suicide bombers. It’s along the lines of his Kerry flip-flop clip.

YouTube is an interesting place to check out political themes.

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