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Young African-American boy Gabriel works in the horse barns with his Pa in Woodville Farms in Kentucky. The Civil War is on, yet it's far away from thier farm. Or so it seems. Gabriel and his Pa are going to Lexington to race one of the horses when a renegade Rebel captain and his group of raiders stop them. And that's just in Chapter Two!! There's a lot more. As I said, this book really makes you care about the characters and worry when bad things happen. And there are bad men here. And danger is always just down the road, ready to spring when you don't expect it. I really, really, really enjoyed this book. So will you. I have to be brief here but I could rave all day. So get it and read it!!
PS--this is the first book in a trilogy. Now I have more great series books to wait for!


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Until quite modern times, the law was infused with the idea that some principles could not only receive, but also merit, approval or disapproval, and that certain responses could be more just, ordinate, or appropriate than others. This concept is rooted as far back as the ancient Greek philosophers. Aristotle stated that "the aim of education is to make the pupil like and dislike what he ought." The concept was infused in the philosophical treatises of writers as distinct as Augustine in the West and Avicenna in the East, all who referred back to Aristotle in formulating systemic theological treatises that sought to unveil systems of absolute truth. Like those after them, they discovered through human reason a law universal to all cultures and written on the heart of man. Among the values inherent in this universal law are beneficence, justice, good faith and veracity, mercy and magnanimity. Among the precepts of the universal law are commandments to love one's neighbor as oneself and injunctions against murder, theft, and bearing of false witness.
These precepts are available to man not only through God's special revelations given to prophets throughout history, but also through man's capacity to think and reason. Where men of reason and virtue are permitted to think freely and without restraint or coercion, they inevitably recognize these laws. They also recognize that man is born free, with a natural right to life and liberty.
A. The History of England as an Illustration
The history of England is in this respect illustrative. Men of conscience struggled over a millennium to secure man's basic inherent rights against kings that historically refused to acknowledge any law higher than themselves. The people's first victory was the Magna Carta of 1215, establishing citizens' rights, followed by the Petition of Right by 1628, a defense of the supremacy of the common law over the king, the Glorious Revolution, the English Bill of Rights, and ultimately the abolition of slavery in England. One finds natural law thinking reiterated throughout the great thinkers who shaped and justified these events, from de Bracton to Coke, from Milton to Locke, and even Wilberforce, all who vindicated the idea that the law was above any man, including the king, and that man had certain inherent rights that no ruler could infringe.
B. That the Principles Set Forth in the English Revolution Are Universal to Mankind
1. The United States and France
One cannot understand the American Revolution in general, and the United States Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights in particular, without understanding the English Revolution. The American Revolution was in many ways the embodiment of the principles set forth in the Glorious Revolution of England. One further cannot understand the French Revolution and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen without understanding the revolutions in England and the United States that preceded it. While each revolution had its own particular context and placed a different degree of weight on the place of faith, tradition, and reason in defining new constitutions and institutions, each one developed a commitment to the fundamental and natural rights of man, such as his rights to liberty, property, expression, association, and assembly.
2. The International Community at Large
a) Instruments of the UN Prove that Rights are Universal
It would be mistaken to state that the rights established by these revolutions are limited to Western nations. Rather, these rights were instituted and embodied in the virtually universally adopted Charter of the United Nations and its related instruments. On June 26, 1945, the international community convened in San Francisco and signed the CUN, the Preamble of which lists as one of the UN's purposes the affirmation of fundamental human rights and human dignity. The CUN has been adhered to by virtually all states; the few remaining non-member states have acquiesced in the principles established in the CUN.
The fundamental human rights and human dignity laid out in the CUN are further outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948 as an elaboration of the human rights provisions of the UN Charter. The UDHR has been nearly universally adopted, passing at the time of its promulgation with 48 votes in favor, zero against, and 8 abstentions. Some sources consider the UDHR to be a nonbinding resolution that set forth a "common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations" (Preamble UDHR); others view it as an elaboration of the human rights provisions of the UN Charter, and thus claim that it is binding through the Charter.
Regardless of whether the UDHR is binding, a series of more recent international treaties convert the provisions of the UDHR into binding treaty provisions. Among these are the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966). The majority of states in the international community are parties to the ICCPR, which currently has 167 states party, as well as to the ICESCR, which currently has 160 states party. States parties to the ICCPR undertake to protect the wide range of civil and political rights, including a right to life (art. 6 ICCPR), prohibitions on torture (art. 7 ICCPR) and slavery (art. 8 ICCPR), prohibitions on arbitrary arrest or detention (art. 9.1 ICCPR), a right to trial within a reasonable time of arrest or detainment (art. 9.3 ICCPR) and to freedom of thought, conscience and religion (art. 18 ICCPR), as well as freedom of expression (art. 19 ICCPR). Many of these rights reiterate those vindicated in the English, American, and French revolutions, thus demonstrating that they are not limited to Western nations; rather, as nations across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East have recognized and committed to these rights, they have been proven to be universally applicable.
Although countries in the Middle East have signed on to these Covenants, many scholars maintain that the rights embodied therein are western inventions that are incompatible with Arab or Muslim society. Such scholars point to human rights track records in the Middle East as evidence of this: in most countries in the Middle East, with a few exceptions such as Lebanon, political parties not belonging to the governing elite are banned, freedom of expression is heavily restricted, arbitrary arrests and detentions are the norm, and human rights are categorically violated. Scholars thus argue that the adhesion of Middle Eastern states to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights or the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is a mere publicity stunt that has no real bearing as to whether the rights contained therein are appropriate or even compatible with Middle Eastern society.
Yet events today in the Middle East prove otherwise. In the Arab Spring that we see spreading across the Middle East, from Morocco to Bahrain, from Yemen to Syria, the peoples of the Middle East have proven that they too wish to enjoy the same basic human rights that have been in place in the West for centuries. They have demonstrated their aspiration to see the implementation of rights and liberties that heretofore were limited to meaningless treaties and other obligations that were signed but ignored by governing authorities. They too have shown that the right to life, liberty, expression, freedom of belief, association, a free press, and a right to choose one's own government are not limited to the Christian West, but rather, are universal to mankind. They have shown through their blood and sacrifices that man is better and more noble as a martyr than as an imprisoned animal lacking dignity. They have demonstrated the nobility of the human spirit, what it seeks and strives for, and how it yearns with an unquenchable thirst for the freedom that is naturally granted to every human being by his Creator.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Natural Law Theory and Its Implications on Universal Human Rights
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The Cancellation of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Trip to Australia and New Zealand
joint post by Jerry Coyne and Heather Hastie
New Zealand is dealing with the tail-end of Cyclone Debbie at the moment. (It made a huge mess of north-west Australia recently.) There's very heavy rain all across the North Island and the north of the South Island. Several places are receiving a month's worth of rain in just a couple of days.
Normally, this wouldn't have much effect on me. I'm lucky enough to live somewhere that is out of the way of any potential flooding. However, this week I'm playing host to Jerry Coyne of Why Evolution is True fame. Yesterday we were going to visit the world famous Waitomo Caves but that went by the wayside because of the downpour. (We'll go later in the week.)
So we're at my place, each tapping away separately on our laptops. Jerry therefore made the suggestion that we do a joint post on the most recent appalling situation facing Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
Yes, once again a bunch of losers are doing their best to silence this amazing woman.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali's 'Hero of Heresy' Tour of Australia and New Zealand
Like many international acts and speakers, Hirsi Ali planned to visit Australia then "add-on" New Zealand. Thus, New Zealand was going to host Ayaan Hirsi Ali next week, and for the first time. As you can imagine, New Zealand atheists were very much looking forward to this event.
However, neither trip is going to happen. A small number of activists in Australia are accusing Hirsi Ali of Islamophobia and threatening her security via protests and more. Thus, Hirsi Ali has been forced to cancel her trip at the last minute, citing security concerns. Those insuring the visit were also threatened.
It was Hirsi Ali herself who cancelled the tour, which she told the Guardian was due to "a succession of organisational lapses" on the part of Think Inc. There's no mention of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's tour or its cancellation on Think Inc.'s website. However, the Guardian reports:
In a statement Think Inc … said the cancellation was due to a "number of reasons including security concerns".
A spokeswoman told Guardian Australia she was "incredibly disappointed" the tour would not be going ahead. "We're a little bit crushed."
The main security concern seems to relate to the actions of Syed Murtaza Hussain of the Council for the Prevention of Islamophobia Inc. He got in touch with all the companies who insured the venues Hirsi Ali was due speak at, trying to get their insurance cancelled. Think Inc told the Guardian they were working with the Australian Federal Police in relation to that matter.
Before we get to the latest bout of Hirsi Ali censorship, do read Jeffrey Tayler's new Quillette piece on her latest work, a 113-page pamphlet published by the Hoover Institute Press called The Challenge of Dawa: Political Islam and How to Counter It (free .pdf at the link). Or, better yet, read both Hirsi Ali's piece and then Tayler's take on it.
We were told by a reliable source that Retweets of Tayler's article were blocked at least twice by Twitter, forcing Quillettte to change the url each time.
Jeffrey Tayler: Ayaan Hirsi Ali Explains How To Combat Political Islam
Though neither of us has yet read the long piece, Tayler summarizes it in his Quillette article, "Ayaan Hirsi Ali explains how to combat political Islam."
Hirsi Ali's suggestions for quashing Islamism (not Islam!) in the West won't be welcomed by Regressive Leftists, but most seem sensible. They include an understanding of what dawa and jihad really mean; more stringent vetting of Muslim immigrants for extremist backgrounds and sentiments; recognition that organizations like CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations) and The Muslim Brotherhood, regardless of their claims, act to promote Islamism; and a change in U.S. foreign policy to pressure or "unfriend" those nations supporting Islamism in the U.S. and other countries.
Here's one quote from Tayler's piece about those "moderate" Muslims and Islamic organizations so beloved by those who criticize "Islamophobia":
Although he had openly declared his support for Hamas and Hezbollah, Abdurahman Alamoudi, in the 1990s, found himself appointed by the U.S. government to choose Muslim chaplains for the military and standing side-by-side with President Bush at a post-9/11 press conference. However, in 2003 the authorities arrested him for plotting to assassinate then Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, and later discovered him to be "one of Al-Qaeda's top fundraisers."
The executive director of CAIR, Nihad Awad, decried the U.S. government's "anti-Muslim witch hunt" for raiding the offices of Ghassan Elashi, co-founder of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development. But "Elashi was later indicted and convicted of channeling funds to Hamas." (This unsettling contretemps didn't stop the FBI from later thanking CAIR for "keep[ing] the nation safe.") The FBI refuses to "engage in the war of ideas" with Islamists, and therefore blew it severely when it interviewed the infamous Islamist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki four times before he absconded to Yemen to preach jihad. (A drone strike killed him in 2011.)
Later that year, a coalition of Islamist groups urged national security adviser John Brennan to "purge all federal government training materials of biased materials critical of Islamic theology." Brennan duly complied, cutting 876 pages and 392 presentations deemed "offensive" to Islamist sensibilities but that doubtless would have enlightened analysts as to the Islamist danger. One wonders if any of the terrorist attacks that followed could have been prevented had Brennan not been so attendant to Islamist concerns.
Claire Lehmann
Here's Quillette editor Claire Lehmann's video about the cancellation of Hirsi Ali's Australia tour. It includes statements by those opposing her views, including accusations that she's a white supremacist! Have they noticed that she's not only black, but has never advocated such supremacy? That's what you get when you criticize Islam—the worst epithets the Regressive Left can think of. I'm surprised they didn't call Hirsi Ali a Nazi!
You may have come across Aussie Claire Lehmann of Rebel Media recently on Jerry's site. He put up a post: 'Claire Lehmann on feminism's new love for Islamic "modesty culture"'. It's a great video which I highly recommend. It expresses many of the same sentiments I did in my post: 'Islam and Women's Clothing'. Both Jerry and I love Claire's quote in the video, "Wearing a hijab is not an achievement".
This is Lehmann's a statement on the Rebel Media site about the cancelling of the Hirsi Ali tour in Australia.
Our View of Lehmann's Video: White Supremacy?!
It's all pretty disgusting really. We were especially taken with the short video that Lehmann includes by some of the women protesting Hirsi Ali's visit:
First Woman: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Second Woman: You do not speak for us.
Third Woman: How can you claim to stand for our liberation,
First Woman: when you simply repeat the language of our oppressors?
Fourth Woman: This is not the language of solidarity, or understanding, or freedom.
Third Woman: This is the language of patriarchy and misogyny.
First Woman: This is the language of white supremacy.
Jerry and I were both blown away by this. Ayaan Hirsi Ali of all people facing an accusation of white supremacy! To quote Lehmann:
If someone who is of Somalian origin can be accused of supporting white supremacy, then what chance does anyone else have of not being accused? A Somalian woman who has been subject[ed] to beatings, female genital mutilation, who has escaped an arranged marriage and who has had one close friend assassinated [Theo Van Gogh with whom she made the short film Submission], and who has had a fatwa against her for half of her life – well of course she had a phobia of Islam! Who wouldn't?
The Western Left are now teaming up with Islamists and are using accusations of bigotry to silence critics. When councils for the prevention of Islamophobia physically threaten venues!? in a country like Australia we should all be treating this as a wake up call.
And perhaps we in New Zealand should be too. Because if this professional victim culture is now in Australia, it could be here soon too. We really don't need it. We saw some recently in relation to accusations of white supremacy at Auckland University, and we don't want any more. Freedom of Speech must reign supreme!
Our View of Lehmann's Video: Patriarchy and Misogyny?!
There is another galling aspect of this short clip. Three of the four women featured are accusing Hirsi Ali of "the language of patriarchy and misogyny" while themselves entombed in clothing forced on them by a patriarchal and misogynist religion. They can say it's their choice to wear the hijab as much as they like, and in Australia that's true. The fact remains that multiple Muslim-majority countries exist where women don't have that choice. In fact in several it is even a crime not to dress as the male clerics determine.
Further there's plenty of evidence that while wearing a hijab may be a woman's choice in the West, within many communities it's not quite that simple. Women are often still forced to comply with religious rules that stand in opposition to the legal freedoms they nominally enjoy.
More Claims From Protestors
The same group of women set-up a Change.org petition protesting Hirsi Ali's visit. The sponsor was Sherene Hassan who is a board director of the Islamic Museum of Australia. (Who knew there was such a place!?) It got 437 signatures, which is singularly unimpressive.
Syed Murtaza Hussain, the opponent mentioned above who contacted multiple insurance companies, said that if Hirsi Ali spoke in Melbourne there would he 5,000 protestors in attendance. But, if group of women could only manage 437 signatures from the on-line community, where were they going to find all these people? At the time the tour was cancelled, they actually hadn't even managed to crack the 400 mark! It sounds like their bark is much bigger than their bite, and that's exactly the problem.
The real reason protests from Islamic groups succeed is because so many of them are violent. People remember all the murder and mayhem in the wake of Islamist actions worldwide and they naturally get scared. For example, in 2015 there were 29,376 deaths as the result of terrorism. 74% of those deaths were attributable to just four organizations – all Islamist. (Boko Haram, the Taliban, DAESH and al-Qaeda.)
Lying for Muhammad
As is so often the case, in asking for the banning of a speaker, the group asking for the ban insists that they are all for freedom of speech. This group is no different. In their statement on the petition, they say:
We welcome and encourage vigorous discussion and debate regarding Islam and the status of women. However to conflate hate speech with free speech undermines both the intelligence of our community and the efforts we have made to maintain respect and dignity in an environment of such hostility. Ayaan Hirsi Ali's conversation does not contribute to any insights nor further the debate in any way. This is simple sensationalism designed to fuel division and hate. Australia deserves better than this.
This kind of distortion and sensationalism is absolute rubbish. The protestors do not "welcome and encourage vigorous discussion and debate regarding Islam and the status of women" at all! If they did, they would welcome Hirsi Ali. Her desire is for Islam to experience a reformation that would, among other things, improve the status of women. And she has a significant amount to contribute on the topic. Since she was last in Australia she has written a book, Heretic, on the subject. Even more recently, she wrote the paper in the link above.
Hirsi Ali's experience with how she's been treated by Islam and its adherents would justify her expressing virulent dislike of that faith. Instead, though, she approaches the topic in a thoughtful and intelligent way. The truth is that too many Muslims don't want their religion to be put under the microscope. They want people to continue to make comments like, "Islam is a religion of peace," and "ISIS has nothing to do with Islam."
Like most Christians, most Muslims haven't read the Qur'an and often don't know the reality of their holy book. Most Western atheists know the saying that the best way to create an atheist is to get a Christian to read the Bible. The same is true of getting a Muslim to read the Qur'an. A majority only know the good bits, the same way so many Christians only know the good bits of the Bible.
In the end, a woman who should be a hero to progressives and liberals alike is being not only being demonized, but censored for expressing the very values that liberals supposedly hold. It should go without saying that censorship itself is illiberal. So why is this happening? As both of us have emphasized in earlier posts, it represents the clash between two competing issues. Muslims are perceived as people of color, and thus criticism of them is frequently seen as racism. And, as so often happens, when there's a clash between feminism and another issue, feminism is required to take a back seat. The abysmal treatment of Hirsi Ali, now and in the past, is perhaps one of the clearest examples of this clash.
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39 Responses to "The Cancellation of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Trip to Australia and New Zealand"
Et tu, Australia?
Thanks Heather and Jerry for writing about this disgraceful behaviour by the anti-civil rights movement.
"Uses the language of the oppressors" is the kind of phrase that might appear at the conclusion of a careful analysis of language use, and a well constructed argument.
Of course, being the regressive left, the analysis has been deemed unnecessary — TH;DD (too hard; didn't do) — and the argument declared won by default. So the next step is to take to the streets, victorious and with God on their side.
Having rejected the conceptual tools of reason, they have rendered themselves incapable of noticing that the term Islamophobia is itself the language of the oppressors.
This brain-dead mentality appears to be spreading with alarming speed. If it ever becomes truly dominant, the values of freedom, robust debate, and the scientific method could become extinct — replaced by a form of tyranny perhaps different in style from past dictatorial methods but, if anything, even more ruthless.
"Australian imam Mohammed Tawhidi, above, claims he has been forced into hiding after voicing support for the ideas of anti-Islam campaigner Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Tawhidi, of the Islamic Association of South Australia, said he agrees with Ms Ali's call to close Islamic schools in Australia. He has also rejected extremist groups."
Good report. Not much optimism to be had in the situation.
No one can blame Hirsi Ali for canceling the trip. I'm sure Australia is the big loser though. She would have had a positive and enlightening influence I'm sure. You have to wonder if she returns in a year or two – will things be different?
A sad state of affairs down under. How I wish I had an opportunity to hear Hirsi Ali present. Thank you for the excellent report on this.
Yes, thanks for writing about this and keep it up. Sorry about the lousy weather but it too shall pass. Ali's statement about the well functioning Democracy goes right to the point as well. We do not have one in the U.S. any longer, I am very sorry to say but maybe some day again. Hate to see the folks down under going this way — you can never learn or get better if you refuse to hear.
I too was dismayed to hear Ali felt she had to cancel her talks, particularly due to fear for her physical safety. There is just no excuse for such behaviour and I hope none of the pressure came from Aotearoa.
I have noted in other threads, however, that not all her positions in the past deserved support, in particular from ten years ago when she stated explicitly that the West was at war with all Islam and that it should be defeated with any means, including military. Apart from being abhorrent, this approach is deeply ironic, as it is just about the most effective way to ensure her worthy goal of reform within Islam will fail.
Heather and others have assured me that she has retracted all such extremist views, but I've never actually seen where this is the case. I have heard more recent interviews where she doesn't say anything close to those statements, but would still like to know where she said she was wrong ten years ago. Can anyone who follows her more closely than me please provide a reference?
Since you put your comment on both Heather's site and mine, I'll put my response from my site on this one as well:
I am not aware of an explicit retraction, but I always assumed that the "war" was an ideological one and didn't involve military action. I can see, though, how some could construe her statement as a call for real. physical war.
That said, her latest book makes it eminently clear that she doesn't hold a military "war" position. Have you read Heretic, whose subtitle is "WHy Islam needs a reformation"? It gives five ways she thinks we should "moderate" Islam. All are structural changes in the faith; none involve military action.
Is her explanation of her views in her latest book, which is explicitly about non-military ways Islam should be moderated, not enough for you, or will you continue to criticize and discount her views until you get an explicit apology or clarification from her?
I would go by her record instead of singling out one statement and using it to discount everything she says I note that although you properly decry her banning, you concentrate solely on that one statement and don't say you agree with anything she's ever said? Do you? If so, what?
Or is she to be dismissed because of one statement that, to my mind, is ambiguous given her history of writing?
Again, thanks for responding. I've commented over on your blog, so probably best to continue the thread in one place.
I wonder what it will take to disentangle the US (and Canada, etc.) from SA …
" (….) wearing a hijab may be a woman's choice (…)"
I would always further dispute this notion of "choice" – where did this choice come from? Who gave women this choice? When? What are the choices?
Answers: Islam, Islamic men, centuries ago or when women are age 12, and lastly, the choices are between coverings and violence/psychological abuse. I've never seen a covering-less woman promote the virtue of choice, has anyone? How bizarre would that be? I'm sure it's out there though…
Further about claims of "choice" : I think this is a classic example of how religion works its trickery on human beings, a hypnotism of sorts, allowing the religion to survive scrutiny, and a particulars strong one.
Since these few Australian women do not think Ayaan should speak, let me speak for her.
Islam promotes oppression of women. Unfortunately it's not the only religion, but the practices of Sharia law win first prize for domestic violence, child marriage, and all but non-existent property rights.
Makes me think of Crocodile Dundee:
"That's not oppression. That's oppression."
Disheartening and sickening.
Well done Jerry and Heather. The more light shed on this, the better. In Canada, we are heading down this same path. All around me are people spouting the same rubbish as the hijab-clad women in the video. People I have known all my life, who are Liberals , vote Liberal and who believe in liberal values. But when it comes to Islam they are illiberal and illogical.
Thanks for the great reporting on this sad affair. Progress is silenced by silence.
And here I was thinking that the illiberal left hadn't infected Australia and NZ. Depressing.
We welcome and encourage vigorous discussion and debate regarding Islam and the status of women…Ayaan Hirsi Ali's conversation does not contribute to any insights nor further the debate in any way. This is simple sensationalism designed to fuel division and hate.
I have heard Ayaan Hirsi Ali speak several times, and, as usual, the Q & A afterwards was one of the most interesting parts because it was unscripted and often challenging. As I recall, Ali's responses were respectful, thoughtful, nuanced, honest, insightful, and often humorous. When I try to imagine the sort of "sensationalist," divisive speaker who would not in any way further a debate, what I imagine doesn't resemble the speaker I have heard and watched. I cannot imagine her in that role.
This is MY lived experience, as audience.
I've forwarded this post to Twitter.
Islamic nations and Muslim around the world believe in death for blasphemy, apostasy, adultry and homosexuality.Belive in women covered because they are sex objects and their witness is worth only half that of a man and entitled lot less in inheritance and husband is allowed to beat even if the husband is evil How can a moral society accept such evils It can't be be from a loving and just god
Just a correction … the area of Australia hit by the cyclone which, in diminished form, hit N.Z., was in the north-east. Not only was a huge amount of damage done there, but also across the border in northern NSW, where I live. The CBD of Lismore was absolutely trashed with a one-in-a-generation flood that overtopped the levee by more than a metre. So … my sympathies to those affected in N.Z. but please don't point the finger at Aussies – we're having a very hard time right now.
Not helped, either, by the disgraceful 'silencing' of Ms Hirsi Ali whom I'd heard speak in Melbourne (at the GAC) some years ago and whom I was looking forward to hearing again. I had a very unenlightening – although 'just about' polite – Facebook exchange with some of the people who'd helped organised (and signed) the petition that saw AHA's tour cancelled. They didn't seem to get that, whilst accusing AHA of being divisive and bigoted, they had painted themselves into that precise position by their actions.
Very much NOT impressed.
Last year, Ayaan Hirsi Ali was a panelist on Q&A (a discussion programme on Australia's public broadcaster). Here's a very reasonable response to a question from an audience member – not much sign of "white supremacy" here!
Here's a link to the full show, with a bonus discussion on free will (for Jerry) :-):
BTW, a minor picky point – it wasn't "north-west Australia" that copped the brunt of Cyclone Debbie. It was eastern Australia, from around Bowen in north Queensland down to northern New South Wales, a distance of about 1,500 kilometres. Rockhampton, in central Queensland, is still feeling the effects of flooding as it took so long for the water to travel from the catchment areas in the west down to the coast.
"This is not the language of solidarity, or understanding, or freedom."
"This is the language of patriarchy and misogyny."
"First Woman: This is the language of white supremacy."
This is a very nasty & subversive form of propaganda. This is a tactic that fascists and similar oppressive types have used for a very long time to subvert the societies they aim to gain power over. For a historically recent example, we've seen it in spades from the Republican Party and their ilk in the US over the past 20 or so years.
Take the negative things your opponent accurately accuses you of and with a bearing of righteousness or, even better, victimhood, accuse your opponent of those very things. For example, the Republican Party's continuous claim that the Democratic Party are the ones who run up the debt and tank the economy.
It's hard to believe anyone really does believe such lies, but damn if they aren't effective. I'd bet money though that the people at the top that originate or inspire this type of propaganda don't believe it. They know it's a lie.
Well said.
Fascists usually have the decency to wait until they get into power before closing down the opposition.
"It's hard to believe anyone really does believe such lies…"
To quote Hitchens: people need to participate in their own deception.
I'm having trouble sourcing that otherwise interesting quote – any help?
My apologies. It was spoken (Youtube link), and I misquoted it slightly — "People have to take part in their own deception."
He was referring to anti-Iraq war activists initially opposing the war because of the danger of Saddam using weapons of mass destruction, and later switching to saying it was always clear that there were no such weapons. It points to an insincerity at the base of their hysteria.
Ah. Perfect.
Thank You.
Good quote. It does seem as if I've heard or read that from Hitchens before, but I'm not sure and I can't specifically place when or where.
See above. A single unpacked sentence from Hitchens, well worth the taking time to unpack.
This is what pisses me off the most and also kind of terrifies me about these people — the assumption that anyone who makes a statement they disagree with must be labeled and screamed unrelentingly. It's a valuable learning experience to find a well informed, articulate and sincere opponent, and figure out exactly where the disagreement is.
I agree, and feel pretty much the same way.
Thanks for the reference on the Hitchens quote. You've jogged my memory and I now remember when and where I first came across it.
Excellent post, Heather and Jerry.
I may have said it before, but caĺling Ayaan a white supremacist sounds suspiciously like 'slavery is freedom' or 'war is peace', very Orwellian.


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A classic watering hole attached to one of Portland's best restaurants. The bar is refreshingly unpretentious, cozy, and a great place to grab a drink after a movie. Lunch prices are affordable, however not if you get loaded. If you're eating, don't miss the corned beef.
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I love this place. I was introduced to it a couple years ago by some locals. It is now a mandatory stop everytime I'm in Portland. They have a great beer and wine list and the food is amazing, fresh, and local. The open face pastrami is my favorite.
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|Penn Station, NYC, courtesy visitingdc.com
The last time I blogged about a New York City cab ride, I thought I was being kidnapped. I'm not sure why I didn't think I was being kidnapped last Thursday, when I encountered the first New York cabbie in the history of New York cab drivers who had no idea where he was going.
Perhaps this is just my history, but of all the times I've hopped into a taxi in New York, precisely once has the driver looked at me blankly when I gave him an address. Thursday. It has never mattered what the address was. Major, iconic building? The driver knew it. Minor, charming site? The driver knew it. Tucked away sister office? No problem. Cousin's crumbling brownstone in Brooklyn? I swear.
So last week, I did what I always do. I emerged from Penn Station, got in line, and slid into the first available cab. I gave him a street address.
"I don't know this."
I was confused. I repeated the street address.
"I don't know this."
I tried again, giving the building's common name.
"No. Where is this?"
My boss was with me. He speaks/is familiar with five or six languages. He began asking the cab driver if another one would be preferable.
Shaking head from the front seat.
I pulled out a business card that had the address, wondering if I'd gotten something wrong. I spelled it. I read the card again. At a loss, I tried, "Do you want the phone number?"
"No. Where is this?"
Desperate, I named a major city landmark. His eyes lit up. "Oh, yes! Fine, I'll take you there." He then proceeded to drive pell mell through the city, which actually comforted me. At least he was driving like a regular city cab driver because otherwise, really - did he come in on the train with me? Was this really a cab driver?
If I had not been with my boss....
The cab driver passed the street we wanted and then drove four blocks beyond it. "I'll let you out here."
I looked at him blankly. "You can walk that way," he said, waving helpfully in the general direction behind us.
I looked at the meter, wondering if he had been trying to increase his fare by pretending to be lost, but the amount due was about three dollars less than the same ride from Penn Station usually cost. He really had no idea where he was going. He could not possibly have been a real New York taxi driver.
My boss handed him money. He returned only part of the change.
"Where's the rest?"
The driver looked confused. "Tip!"
Wait, I take it back. He was definitely a New York City taxi driver.
My boss growled. "Nah, man - no tip!" relenting in the end to pay our lost cabbie one additional dollar.
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This particular vacation/adventure was special for me because I rarely traveled with my parents as a kid. I am so grateful that I was able to spend this time with them although I must admit 10 hours a day in a car with your parents has
its several moments of discomfort. When I originally started planning this vacation one of my fears was 7 days would be too long in Iceland (with my parents) and that I was wasting days where I could potentially add one more country to my itinerary. The second largest fear would be that it would be difficult to navigate the road through harsh weather conditions. Both fears were proven to be useless after day 3 of traveling the island.
Photo: Overlooking Jökulsárlón lagoon
The weather (in November) was mild, there were a few days where it rained but overall the sky was clear and the (only) main ring road, that travels around the country in a circle, was easy to navigate. The temperature was much cooler than it ever gets in sunny Los Angeles so I quickly regretted not packing a heavy overcoat. I ended up borrowing one from my best friend since buying a decent one there would have run at least three hundred american dollars.
We stayed at an airbnb in Reykjavik and used that as our home base where we traveled back to each evening with our rental car. If I could change something about this trip, I would have rented a camper van and camped along our path starting from Reykjavik moving counter clockwise around the Island. I've read on several blogs that you don't need to rent an SUV but after experiencing driving in the rain and attempting to drive past cars on the one lane road I would suggest something in the middle size vehicle region with decent power. It isn't necessary to rent a 4 wheel drive but it helps if you're planning on doing some heavy off-roading.
In the 7 days we were there, we explored mostly the southern and eastern regions of Iceland. Next time I come back I will be spending more time in the Northern and Eastern regions. Also, please note that we traveled to the southern region 3 times during our trip. It would be very taxing and tiring if we were to have visited all the southern/south eastern sites in one day.
Some Travel Items/Tips that will make your Iceland trip easier
- AirBnb: A decent hotel will cost quite a bit in Iceland, if you are traveling with a group of people it might be worth it to rent an Airbnb or check out hostels if you're traveling by yourself.
- Rental Car: You do not need to go on tour groups for the attractions listed below. Most travel credit cards cover car rental car insurance (make sure you check your credit card policy). II carry the Chase Sapphire card which offers car rental insurance. Also, if you pick up a wifi egg you will not need the GPS they offer you with the car.
- Wifi Egg: Comes in handy when you're navigating the country or you are trying to post photos on social media or if you're like my parents, day-trading stocks in the car on our 10 hour drives.
- Food and water for your long drives: Most of your drives will last all day, load up on snacks for your drive.
- 4 Wheel drive car: If you plan on off-roading and hiking, you won't regret the investment
- External Charger: This might be an obvious one but I feel like the cold weather causes my phone to lose battery quicker, this is an essential when I travel.
- Bathrooms: There are several gas stations along the road that you can make a pit stop at and use their bathroom.
- Alcohol: Liquor stores stop selling alcohol at 7 PM. Stock up earlier if you plan on drinking at your airbnb
- Clothing: Bring a heavy outer layer and water resistant clothing. The weather is no joke in Iceland or maybe it is, our tour guide said to us "if you don't like the weather in iceland wait 5 mintues" which ended being more true than not. The wind and unpredictable rain result in very chilly weather. Wear wool socks, and hiking boots/water resistant shoes. If you plan on hiking or leaving your car, the ground can get slippery or and your socks will get wet.
Southern Region (Listed below From East to West)
Seljalandsfoss – A relatively small waterfall compared to its neighbor (Skogafross) but worth pulling off the road to see.
Skogaforss – A beautiful waterfall which we were lucky enough to see a rainbow that day there. You can hike to the top of the waterfall and look down.
Dyrhólaey – 120 meter high peninsula where you have a view of the inland to the North and to the East you have a view of a black lava arch coming out of the ocean.
Reynisfjara beach – Another black sand beach near Vik where you can see Reynisdranger the large stacked basalt columns.
Photo: Black Cave at Reynisfjara beach
Northern Lights – The later it gets into the winter season the stronger the Northern lights will apprea. You can see the northern lights better anywhere away from the city where there isn't too much light pollution. The most prominent sighting was on our third night driving back from south east Iceland. I would not suggest hiring a tour group to take you out to the middle of nowhere because the total trip takes around 6 hours and chances are if you are there for an entire week you will catch it at some point when you are driving in the late evening.
Golden Circle (Popular tourist route, according to Wikipedia the name Golden Circle has no historic roots in Iceland)
Thingvellir National Park – The location of the boundary of 2 tectonic plates. The landscape here is a beautiful mixture of water, land, and greenery but also really busy tourist location.
Geysir – The site of one active and one inactive geyser. There's a restaurant there that serves classic Iceland food. We tried the lamb stew and the sample platter of meats.
Gullfoss – The largest waterfall we visited. Golfross means golden waterfall in Icelandic, it was given that name for the golden color of the waterfall on sunny days.
Faxi Waterfall – Smaller bonus waterfall we visited with our tour group.
Kerið Crater – Crater hole that has filled up with water to create a small lake. The most noticeable thing for me was the color contrast between the turquoise water and the red earthy material at this site.
Photo: Kerið Crater
Blue Lagoon – A geothermal spa that has natural silica salt in the water. We didn't get to spend that much time here since we traveled with a tour group for this site and it was the last stop for the day. I would recommend taking a few hours on the way to the airport or after a long day traveling to visit this place. Your admission ticket buys you a whole day here, so allot a plenty of time to pamper yourself by soaking in the water and using their complementary silica face masks.
Photo: Relaxing at Blue Lagoon
Western Region
Brimketill Laval Rock Pool (The Trolls' Pool) – A pool shaped lava rock formation carved by the ocean waves that was said to be a giantess' bathing pool. Drive carefully, there aren't very many signs or cars in this area and the trail up to the parking area is a little rough.
Photo: Overlooking Brimketill
Reykjanes Light House – A light house by the ocean.
Gunnuhver Geysir (near by Reykjanes Light House) – We weren't able to walk up to this particular geyser since we weren't wearing the appropriate clothing. If you want to get a better look at this geyser it is wise to wear waterproof/water resistant clothing with/or a poncho.
The Perlan Observatory and Cafe – Get a 360 Degree view of Reykjavik from the observatory deck and stop by to have a sip of coffee in their cafe.
Photo: View of Reykjavik city from the Observatory deck of The Perlan.
South East Region
Jökulsárlón – This was my favorite natural wonder that we visited in Iceland. I remember feeling the breath leave my body and staring in awe. At to top of this bright blue lake filled with glimmering floating icebergs. We took a boat ride around the lagoon to get up close with the icebergs that lasted about one hour. You might recognize this place from the James Bond movie.
Photo: Jökulsárlón Lagoon.
Diamond Beach – On the other side of the road from Jökulsárlón large pieces of ice sit on the black sands of diamond beach. We went in the late afternoon just as the sun was about to set. The purplish skies on the blue ice and black sand created a surreal portrait for us while we were walking along the the "Diamond Beach".
Photo: Diamond Beach.
Skaftkefell / Svartifoss Waterfall – Svartifoss waterfall is the main attraction of the upphill hike in the Skaftafell national park from the visitor center will take approximately 45 minutes to reach. The rock formations are hexagonal basalt columns formed by lava flow that cooled slowly.
Photo: Svartifoss.
Northern Region
Snaefellsjoekull National Park – This park is huge, there are many spots to pull the car over and view the landscape or set up camp. The landscape is reminiscent of a desert by the beach. The plants look like they came from a Seuss book.
Kirkufellsfoss – Known as the "Straw Hat Mountain" for the shape and color resembling that of a straw hat. Probably second on my list of favorite attractions in Iceland.
Photo: Kirkufellsfoss
Reykyavic City
Einar Jónsson Sculpture Garden – The sculpture garden outside of the Einar Jónsson Museum does not require an admission fee and you can stop by any time they are open to check out the mythological and religious themes sculptures.
Harpa Concert Hall – The architecture is inspired by the basalt rock formations that are prevalent in Iceland landscape.
Photos: Harpa Concert Hall second floor.
Hallgrimskirkja Church – A church in the center of Reykjavik. The shape of the building resembles pipe organs. You can also see a view of the city from the top level of this building.
Photo: Halgrimska Church
Exploring the City: If you have some time to explore Reykjavik outside of the major attractions, you can walk along the harbor and the city, there are parks you can grab a coffee and sit at.
Food To Try
Icelandic food isn't too different than any other western food with the exception of the types of meat they serve. We prepared our food for most of the trip to help manage the cost, Iceland is a relatively expensive place to travel to as an American. If you eat at sit down restaurants for meals, expect to spend around $25-35 a person per meal.
- Meat: If you have a more carnivorous appetite, you can eat whale meat, horse meat, and puffin while you are in Iceland. If you are not into exotic meats, lamb and seafood are very popular in Iceland.
- Skyr: an Icelandic yogurt.
- Cod Roe in a Tube: A fish egg spread that was surprisingly yummy on bread.
- Icelandic Bread: Traditional Iceland bread is cooked using geyser heat by placing in a pot and burying it in the proximity of a geyser.
- Mashed Fish: A cream/potato/fish mixture.
- Lamp Soup: Think chicken soup, only with lamb.
- Salted black licorice.
- Bergensteins: After we visited Kirkufellsfoss, we ventured to the town nearby and had dinner on a lake in a very cozy restaurant with a view of the mountain. I highly recommend this restaurant because of the ambiance and the fair price
- Baejarins Beztu Pylsur: A famous hot dog stand in Reykjavik that Bill Clinton has stopped by to grab a bite at. The hot dog casing was crispier or crunchier than the american sausages and german bratwursts I've tried.


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Want to know what all the cool kids are up to? Here are three tech enterprises that are currently on Kickstarter, are more than fully funded, and exhibit some great marketing.
The Weird One: BATBAND
We'll just start by showing you this video:
The BATBAND is kind of amazing; headphones you can wear that don't interfere with your ability to interact with the outside world. They use bone conduction to transfer sound to your ear (what!?). While this idea is not new (there are bone conduction headphones for sale on amazon.com), they sure make it seem new and cool.
The presentation is Apple-level crisp and clean, though it did come across a bit rigid.
While it's a very cool idea, we don't know if we (or anyone else) could pull-off the look of the BATBAND in public; the Geordi-La-Forge-glasses-on-back-of-head look is a tough one to own.
It might help to know that the makers of BATBAND also brought us the ostrich pillow. Which, let's be honest, is an awesome idea, but if used in public looks perfectly preposterous.
Don't care, still want that pillow.
The Hip One: Robin Phone
Robin is a new kind of smart phone from a company called Nextbit. Its platform rests on utilizing cloud technology to provide a better smartphone experience. Robin manages smartphone storage for you automatically. As your memory fills, Robin uploads unused apps, data, and older photos to the cloud.
After watching the video, you might notice that Nextbit seems to be marketing its app more than its phone. It's quite possible that the phone itself is merely a strategy for marketing their software. The Kickstarter page focuses on the software's cloud capabilities, and the unique look of Robin, but then quickly skims over most other aspects of the phone.
The majority of the video time is devoted to Robin's software. Perhaps they are using the phone to create a grassroots demand for their product. Once they have a brand name, they can license the software on other Android devices (or sell out to Google?!).
Of course they could be using the software as a way to enter the crowded mobile phone market, as they have already raised more than $1,000,000. Time will only tell.
All we know is we will be getting the both the Robin phone and the BATBAND; they just belong together.
The Boring (but funny) One: Snooz Sound Machine
So this final product is again, nothing new. It's a white-noise maker, sorry, *ahem* sound machine. It isn't very novel; there are plenty of other noise makers out there that look like the Snooz. That's why opting for a comedic approach for this Kickstarter video was a brilliant move; it makes a snooze-inducing message into an interesting and entertaining one.
The comedic video gives the marketers time to convince you that this white-noise maker is the shiz. I mean look at those curves, and that fan!
Ok, it does have an app to control it remotely (there's an app for that) and it is pretty small as far as sound machines go, so we'll give it that. And hey the marketing is great (after watching, we kind of wanted one, kind of), and other folks do too, they've already bought $236,000 worth of product.
You can check out the Kickstarter Page here.
Marketing Lessons
We noticed 3 things all these successful tech Kickstarter campaigns had in common.
1. Showing Off the Gritty
They all used a common (and effective) Kickstarter strategy of showing the work -concept to completion- that goes into the design of the product.
2. Luxury Factor
A crisp, sleek, Appple-esque showcasing of the product. Despite the differing tones in their videos, all 3 projects make their respective product look and sound highly elegant.
3. Color
In case you didn't notice, aqua and charcoal are IN! (apparently)


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The Rolling Stones have returned to Berlin after nearly half a decade for a concert at the legendary Waldbühne.
Fans in the German capital gathered in 35 degrees Celcius heat to see the legendary British rock band.
Among the crowd was Klaus Meine, the singer with German heavy metal band Scorpions: "I am looking forward to an awesome concert. Great mood here at the Waldbühne, awesome gig, and the Stones… It doesn't get much better than that," he said.
The concert's 22,000 tickets were sold out within minutes according to organizers.
The Stones last played in Berlin back in 1965. That concert famously ended in a riot and the venue had to be closed for refurbishment.
Things were quite different this time round, with the foursome, now aged between 67 and 73, getting the crowd to sing along.
"I have been a Stones fan ever since I was little and now I've finally seen them perform live. It was great," said one fan.
"It was tempered, the audience is no longer made up of young and hip Rock'n'Roll fans. But it was a great concert," said another
"It's a love affair," enthused one French fan.
The Rolling Stones resumed their world tour last week in Oslo.
It was called off in March after Mick Jagger's girlfriend L'Wren Scott was found dead in her Manhattan apartment in what's believed to have been a suicide.
The legendary band is now resuming the European leg of its '14 On Fire' tour before heading to Australia and New Zealand in October.


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In celebration of first lines, we've decided to hold a first lines contest here on YA Highway! Entry and prize information (ARCs! ARCs! ARCs!) is at the bottom of this post. And don't worry -- if you show us yours, we know it's only fair that we show you some of ours...
Refuge, Kate Hart's WIP
'He comes down the road in his Camaro, sliding left to right on the freshly oiled gravel and skidding to a stop in front of my house."
Will and Zoe by Kristin Halbrook
"There is one mirror in my house."
Divergent by Veronica Roth
"Daddy said it was my duty to look nice for Momma's funeral, that wearing white would be a mitzvah."
Daughter of Earth, Phoebe North's WIP
"The irony did not escape me."
My Zero-Sum Mind, Stephanie Kuehn's WIP
"The winds in Washokey make people go crazy."
Like Mandarin by Kirsten Hubbard
"Soldiers are here."
Winterbound, Kaitlin Ward's WIP
"There is nothing more humiliating than being topless in the backseat of your boyfriend's car when someone decides to throw an egg at the windshield."
Shut Out by Kody Keplinger
"The first thing I see as we pass the dusty "Welcome to Texas" sign is an armadillo plodding along the highway."
Reliance, Sarah Enni's WIP
"Trust me, this is going to be great."
Chasing Secrets, Lee Bross's WIP
"Ansel was perplexed."
The Shutter Society, Michelle Schusterman's WIP
Fill out the form at the bottom of this post by midnight PST on Saturday, August 27th. (When time comes to vote, the authors of the first lines will be anonymous; however, we'll name the winners, and if you want, you can share which line was yours in the comments of that post.) Voting will begin on Monday, August 29th.
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You Against Me by Jenny Downham
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iBoy by Kevin Brooks
(first line: "The mobile phone that shattered my skull was a 32GB iPhone 3GS.")
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
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Nocturne by Christine Johnson
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"As soon as I walked in and laid eyes on him, my heart definitely skipped a beat," Isabel says of the first time she met Elliot. After a proposal in St. Barths, they celebrated their marriage in Palm Beach, Florida.
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