Rock On, Buddha!
Passed along by Zahid Makdoom:
The Philosophers’ Café tomorrow evening March 30th at Café Kathmandu (2779 Commercial Drive, Vancouver) at 7:30 pm. Our topic is:
Is Social Darwinism an instrument of racist and authoritarian thought? Is survival of the fittest an appropriate moral, social, economic, or political ethic?
Your gracious and sagacious presence would indeed add a unique dimension to our discourse tomorrow. See you real soon. Have pleasant evening.
The Café Kathmandu is a vegetarian Nepalese restaurant on the West side of Commercial Drive, near the skytrain station around 11th avenue. I have it on good authority (Zahid is a gourmet!) that the food is excellent. These Philosopher’s Cafes are monthly events, not as far as I know associated with the ones occasionally run by SFU or the Humanist Society. There is no cost to attend, but you’re encouraged to order some food, of course.
raincoaster media 
ian in hamburg
March 30, 2009
Social Darwinism as justification for wife-beating?
As a talking point you might peruse the shit-stains laid down by “roissy in dc”
(no link provided, I refuse to) especially the Feb. 24 post “Hitting a woman will turn her on”
raincoaster
March 30, 2009
Does he cite Social Darwinism as the inspiration for his beliefs, or is this just a non-sequitur?
ian in hamburg
March 30, 2009
From a post entitled Chris Brown is Alpha:
In Darwinian terms, any guy who has the cojones to hit a woman is a guy who gets so much pussy he doesn’t care about the risk that she’ll leave him. And what that attitude encapsulates – Imperturbable Aloofness — is attractive to women.
This guy believes his own bullshit: that it’s OK to beat the crap out of women, because in Darwinian terms, it proves he’s alpha.
raincoaster
March 30, 2009
And will you be discussing that tonight at the Philosopher’s Cafe?
ian in hamburg
March 30, 2009
Not unless they invent teletransportation. Or is this a twitter event? :-)