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Kei Vollerei
From beyond the Veils comes she of flight, war and fanfare. Her, the star-child.
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IDGAF if the women in my fiction are empowering or aspirational, I'm an adult, I don't need role models, I want the women in my fiction to be interesting, and if that involves being pathetic, hypocritical, amoral, or trapped in a delightfully dysfunctional relationship so be it
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Why do you call yourself "transhumanist"? You don't mean that in the cyberpunk sense, do you?
If the 'cyberpunk sense' is identical to the definition of it - that being the advancement and improvement of the human condition via robust research into human-enhancement technologies - then yes, I guess I do mean so in the cyberpunk sense. I don't see the problem with that either; the cyberpunk genre captures the improvement of the human condition aspect of it fairly well, but admittedly places that on a backdrop of immense dystopia. Transhumanism aims to create a utopia to the best of our understanding of the concept.
As for the 'why', its because I agree with the principles. It's no different to calling yourself a fan of a sports team, or a capitalist or a Christian. We have words for people that hold certain opinions and I use one of them.
For one I am an atheist, but was plagued with thoughts of holding an amoral position. I embraced secular humanism as a means of explaining why I hold the moral positions I do. I combined the label of 'secular humanist' and 'transhumanist' to get 'secular transhumanist', and more people than not have understood what I've meant.
I hope I've answered you sufficiently.
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Nigerian here, it's even worse on the ground. The issue has exposed how the Muslim population is so easily whipped to violence and how incompatible Islam is with modern society. A message in a group chat is being used to justify mass destruction of property and public assault of people even perceived to be Christian. Looking on as a non-member of both camps, it's absolutely abysmal, but it is also expected. Nigeria has always been an arranged marriage between a more educated, westernized Christian south and an anti-education, anti-westernization Muslim north. Violence between these camps flare almost monthly, and this issue in particular has always been a 'when' rather than 'if'.
Most telling is how even educated Muslims in high positions have no issue admitting they feel the punishment as justified. Slander against the divine is an offence punishable by death, as though the divine has skin as thick as paper and anything perceived as insult results in weeping fits and tantrums.
Very few people here recognize religiousity as the core of the issue. Nigeria has always been a theocracy masquerading as not, and the budding secular movement is constrained to online spheres. It's a terrible state of affairs, but I'm glad to see it being discussed, especially on here.
I’m sorry to ask, but have you heard of the recent event (to my knowledge) of what happened to the Nigerian student. The student was accused of blasphemy (by Muslims) and beaten, and burned alive all because she asked that a class group chat focus on the class content and not on “god.”
Yes, it was really awful. It demonstrates how much of a powder-keg Nigeria is, as the north is largely Muslim and the south mostly Xian.
https://religion-is-a-mental-illness.tumblr.com/post/684604525823377408
The reaction was unbelievable too, with fanatics saying that she got what she deserved, and even organizing protests over the arrests, that they did the right thing because that's the Islamic law.
"If our grievances are not properly addressed, then we should not be criticized for addressing them ourselves."
These are the words of a Professor from the Nigeria's National Mosque, not some crazy person on the street. it's overtly a threat, since "properly addressed" is not defined. Never mind that they never raised their grievance in the first place and went straight to the killing. The likely claim that this attack has nothing to do with Islam and the attackers weren't true Muslims really isn't going to fly.
Islam truly is poison.
You don't give in to bullies. You stand up to them. That's what Draw Muhammad Day is about.
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