Whenever I say anything, I do so with the unspoken caveat that I may be mistaken. I want to take responsibility for some mistakes I have made in the recent dialogue. Firstly, I should not have kept the same focus on evaluating examples of behavior once my dialogue with Justin had taken on a life […]
Slymepit members struggle with the ethics of removing photoshopped naked image
Members of the Slymepit website have spent the last few hours struggling with the ethics of whether to remove a photograph, newly posted, of an identifiable person’s face photoshopped onto the body of a naked woman. The Site Administrator’s decision: “I have deleted the tags which embed the image, but left the link. Note: this […]
Comments from PZ Myers and Phil Giordana on ‘nasty pushback against feminists’ post
I’ve discovered that several comments posted in recent days didn’t reach the site because of automated settings in the software, seemingly unrelated to the content of the comments. I want to publish two of them here, as they are important contributions. Please read both of these comments in the context that they were written and […]
An interim response to Justin Vacula
Justin, thank you for your latest response. This is an interim response, as there have been a lot of comments about our dialogue which I want to consider before I make my next substantive reply. I am disappointed that you did not even attempt to answer the question that I asked in my last post. […]
I will be debating on Shari’a on Thursday in TCD, and on Faith next week in NUI Galway
Thursday 7 March, Trinity College Dublin Shari’a versus Atheism Lunchtime debate, starting 2 pm Phil Conversation Room, Graduates Memorial Building Organised by TCD Theological Society Mufassil Islam, PhD Law (Candidate) Michael Nugent, Chairperson Atheist Ireland Wednesday 13 March, NUI Galway Does Society Need Religious Faith? Evening debate, starting 7 pm Venue to be announced Organized […]
Atheist Ireland Forum Moderating Policy
Atheist Ireland has removed from our Forum several posts which we consider to be sexist, racist and/or shaming, and we would like to apologise for allowing our Forum to be used as a platform for such material. We would like to thank Skepsheik for bringing this to our attention. As with any voluntary organisation, we […]
Examples of ‘nasty pushback’ against some atheist/skeptic feminists on the Internet
This is part of a dialogue with Justin Vacula about why some feminists receive what he describes as “criticism and hate” and “nasty pushback” on the Internet, and why some people direct such criticism and hate and nasty pushback at these feminists. Trigger warning: For readers not familiar with the type of material published on […]
What if Ireland discriminated for atheism instead of for religion?
This is an extract from a talk I gave at Trinity College Dublin last week on the relationship between religion and the Irish State. I want you to imagine if the Irish State was run in the reverse way to the way that it is at the moment with regard to religion and atheism. Imagine […]
Two questions for Justin Vacula about ‘nasty pushback’ against some feminists online
Justin Vacula has published a video (here with transcript) titled “Feminists’ million dollar question” in which he elaborates on his advice “for people who face criticism and hate on the internet.” While I fundamentally disagree with his analysis, I am interpreting his intentions charitably, and I would like to ask him two questions. Justin asks […]
Life and death after Marie Fleming’s right-to-die Supreme Court Appeal
Marie Fleming is this week asking the Irish Supreme Court to allow her to be assisted in dying peacefully, instead of being forced to live through the final stages of multiple sclerosis. She is appealing against a High Court decision that upheld the current ban on assisted suicide, because the legal right to assisted dying […]