Awesome, as usual. I have my problems with some of Hitchens' stances on occasion, but there are very few who can string thoughts and words together as well as he can.

Turn off that fucking cellphone. Indeed!

Thou shalt not post "first!"

Thou shalt not use the word fag unless the discussion is about homosexual epithets.

Thou shalt not compare another person to Hitler until they have ordered the deaths of over a thousand people for warped political reasons.

Thou shalt not dis pictures or videos of kittens.

Though shalt not reveal important plot elements from movies, television shows, or books.

Thou shalt not speak loudly or at length while in the audience of a theatrical presentation or lecture.

Thou shalt not speak of another culture or nation as if yours is somehow better.

Thou shalt not claim that support of a war is the same thing as support of the troops.

Thou shalt not tailgate.

Thou shalt not claim that honest dissent is akin to treason, but defend dissent as a patriotic duty.

Thou shalt not feed children refined sugar and highly processed foods.

Thou shalt not fuck with Anonymous.

Thou shalt not regard celebrities as role models.

Thou shalt not initiate the use of violence; thou shalt engage in diplomacy, even with thine enemy, until violence has been initiated upon you.

Thou shalt honor the wisdom of experience, but not the status quo.

Thou shalt not tell others what to believe, but speak only of the reasoning which led to your conclusion.

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I'm on board with everything but the kittens. I love kitties!>> ^MaxWilder:
Thou shalt not post "first!"
Thou shalt not use the word fag unless the discussion is about homosexual epithets.
Thou shalt not compare another person to Hitler until they have ordered the deaths of over a thousand people for warped political reasons.
Thou shalt not dis pictures or videos of kittens.
Though shalt not reveal important plot elements from movies, television shows, or books.
Thou shalt not speak loudly or at length while in the audience of a theatrical presentation or lecture.
Thou shalt not speak of another culture or nation as if yours is somehow better.
Thou shalt not claim that support of a war is the same thing as support of the troops.
Thou shalt not tailgate.
Thou shalt not claim that honest dissent is akin to treason, but defend dissent as a patriotic duty.
Thou shalt not feed children refined sugar and highly processed foods.
Thou shalt not fuck with Anonymous.
Thou shalt not regard celebrities as role models.
Thou shalt not initiate the use of violence; thou shalt engage in diplomacy, even with thine enemy, until violence has been initiated upon you.
Thou shalt honor the wisdom of experience, but not the status quo.
Thou shalt not tell others what to believe, but speak only of the reasoning which led to your conclusion.

I'd start by revising the ten commandments to:

Thou shalt not kill
Thou shalt not kill
Thou shalt not kill
Thou shalt not kill
Thou shalt not kill
Thou shalt not kill
Thou shalt not kill
Thou shalt not kill
Thou shalt not kill
This commandment has been left intentionally blank

Maybe people might take the hint this time. The last commandment is there to reflect the possible need for future revision and the open source nature of the commandments.

My moral code is somewhere between Felicific calculus (e.g. make the greatest number of people happy while harming the fewest number of people you can) and the simple edict: Don't be an asshole.

smashing

>> ^dag:
I'm on board with everything but the kittens. I love kitties!>> ^MaxWilder:
Thou shalt not dis pictures or videos of kittens.



Dis is short for disrespect, ie. mock.

He looks even more hung over than usual, if that's possible.

>> ^jwray:
He looks even more hung over than usual, if that's possible.


Hungover that maybe, but he is still his game. It was a very good succinct analysis of the Commandments and 10 new much more sensible Commandments which would suit society much better.

I wonder what Hitchens moral opinion of NAMBLA is ?

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>> ^MaxWilder:

Thou shalt not fuck with Anonymous.


Had to up-vote just for that.

edit -

Also,

Thou Shall Not open your pie hole during "The State of the Union" speech.

Thou Shall Not use Interest in a monetary system; Follow to Law Three.

Thou Shall Not break the second law of thermodynamics; nor Law Three of the "Two Goats don't Equal Three, Man, Clause".

Thou shall not yell, what you drunkenly believe are, witty comments at the band.

>> ^MaxWilder:
Thou shalt not feed children refined sugar and highly processed foods.


Why? Refined sugar is better for you than unrefined or raw sugar. Refined sugar has had the impurities removed. Unrefined sugar is full of dirt and grit and rat wee and all kinds of stuff you wouldn't want to feed your kids. Furthermore it still metabolises into the same chemicals as those that cause all the problems associated with refined sugar - tooth decay, diabetes, obesity...