i'd like to get rid of cemeteries altogether, but if we must have them, i'd prefer to adopt the most efficient allocation of space, and that is surely multi-denominational. so, this "but, christians do it" argument is backwards thinking - the better argument is that christians shouldn't do it, either.

i'd make the same argument about schools. "but, there are catholic schools.". yeah, but there shouldn't be. i'm very strongly in support of abolishing the catholic school system and see that as the preferable solution over the creation of a muslim one.

i think there's a broader point here, though, which is that muslims keep getting voted down. and, i think that may be at the crux of a lot of the problems they have in integrating: the broader society is very quickly secularizing, whereas muslims are (in aggregate) becoming more insular and more religious. it's a recipe for civil conflict.

i don't live there. but, i think this town probably made the choice that is in the best interests of it's residents. that is democracy, and it should be celebrated.

http://www.calgarysun.com/2017/07/16/quebec-city-muslim-cemetery-rejected-19-16-in-nearby-town-referendum

when did ted turner buy out pbs?

three night weekend, in which i go to a disappointing tea party show on thursday, go dancing on friday night and go to thurston moore on saturday night. july 13th-15th.

"lee is dead."

is lee free?

if lee is free, then let lee be!

but, if lee is not free?
if it happens to be....
that lee has been cast away from thee,
then...

lee must be free.

i enjoyed the show last night. it was just missing a certain intrinsic, existential quantity. and, one does not run away from history....

....but lee must be free, whatever that means to lee. is he?