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	<title>Collie's Bestiary</title>
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		<title>Why not logic? (3 of 3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reflections
To sum up: if you (generalized you) have not thought through why you believe something, it may well be difficult (although not impossible) for you to explain your reasoning &#8212; especially if the belief is not based on logic. Also, if you hold conclusions based only on emotion, you will most likely find it extremely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why not logic? (2 of 3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In effect, as a friend pointed out, they expected me to manage the conversation for them, so they didn&#039;t have to take responsibility for their fear of confrontation &#8212; which was how they saw a good argument. Curiously, they often then stomped angrily off to yell at someone else about how they were right and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why not logic? (1 of 3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[or: &#034;Collie, you&#039;re just so intimidating!&#034;
(Originally posted January 2005)
To Bob, Dave, &#38; Lou, who aren&#039;t intimidated&#8230; or so they say. ;) 
As those who know me are aware, I love a good argument. By &#034;argument,&#034; of course, I don&#039;t mean screaming and verbal fisticuffs. I mean a thoughtful, mentally challenging discussion where two or more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stormtiger.com/collie/bestiary/2010/03/why-not-logic-1-of-3/</link>
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		<title>Primate &quot;Infanticide&quot;: Truth or social fantasy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Since I seem to be musing about honesty recently&#8230; a short college paper written in 1999 for a primate anthropology class. Enjoy!)
A current &#039;hot&#039; topic in primate studies today is the issue of infant killing. Our readings contain three articles on the subject.
The first was the 1977 Hrdy article &#034;Infanticide as a Primate Reproductive Strategy,&#034; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stormtiger.com/collie/bestiary/2010/03/primate-infanticide-truth-or-social-fantasy/</link>
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		<title>The amazing King Tut birthday! :) [2 of 2]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that I think about it, I realize there was a constant emphasis of the Pharaoh &#8212; a symbol of rightness and order? &#8212; triumphing over entangled, combative animals. Do the raging animals symbolize the disorder and &#034;unright&#034; chaos of the assaulting foreigners? Further (in a personally exciting moment of inspiration) I wonder: does this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The amazing King Tut Birthday! :) [1 of 2]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For my birthday in October, my wonderful housemate took me to see the display on King Tutankhamen at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. It was, quite simply, amazing. Not only were the precious items quite breathtaking, but the information which accompanied the display was fascinating. There was some history on King Tut, including probable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Redux on &quot;How do we Keep Honesty?&quot;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This month&#039;s Firestarter is a (badly needed) review and reflection on How Do We Keep Honesty? I figured since February is traditionally a month for love, this time I&#039;d attempt to achieve love of self, and gently engage in some internal reflection &#8212; always a scary proposition. :-) Fair warning: this Firestarter will make the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;Mythologies&quot; by Roland Barthes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Originally written some time in 1999 for an Independent Study anthropology class on various seminal works in the field)

Roland Barthes&#039; exploration of the mythologizing characteristics of bourgeoisie society in France is an absorbing read. He starts out by investigating the possible mythical meanings of many of the conventionally accepted societal norms or rituals in France, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stormtiger.com/collie/bestiary/2010/02/mythologies-by-roland-barthes/</link>
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		<title>A posting on Haiti</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I try not to write &#034;hop on the bandwagon&#034; postings about the current &#034;hot&#034; topic in the news. I like to have a bit of time to consider and reflect on issues and situations. Within that timeframe I frequently find that simply quietly helping however I can is all I wish to say on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stormtiger.com/collie/bestiary/2010/01/a-posting-on-haiti/</link>
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		<title>Applying aikido to life (2 of 2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;ve come to the conclusion I don&#039;t agree with the definition of Gatekeeper. I do agree there&#039;s more than just the two extremes &#8212; regardless of whether you call them &#034;Warrior&#034; and &#034;Forgiver&#034; or &#034;heavy-handed militarism&#034; and &#034;turn-the-other-cheek pacifism.&#034; I suppose Gatekeeper is as good a term as any for that &#034;middle of the road&#034; [...]]]></description>
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