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Whose Dog Is It Anyway? - On Pets, Ownership, Slavery
The Rage of the "Righteous
Stupid Opinion #1
- THE WEST -
Are All People Equal? If Yes, Then All Opinions Are Not
in the West, children are taught 2 contradictory beliefs -
bad thinking, yes - but why?
July 2010
Mass Hallucinations, Mass Danger
Jung's collective unconscious - and new traps in the new small world
June 2010
Small World, Smaller Choices
who gets heard in the internet babble?
is this the death of diveristy? the present verison of 1950s TV?
June 2010
The Complexity Taboo
Superman comics and Star Wars have more complexity
than many popular Western
views of reality
June 2010
Healthy Pride? video
a question - is there healthy pride?
even, should whites be proud to be white?
Feb 2010
Proud To Be White? video
answers about healthy pride,
vs pride cometh before the fall
Feb 2010
See Hear Speak No Evil? video
what if there is evil and we must see no evil?
a dangerou weakness in Western values
Feb 2010
Crack the Crazy Mirror and Clear the Rubble
political correctness gome mad - more mad than mad cow disease
Nov 2009
More Taboo than Incest
never yet on Oprah, Good Morning America, 60 Minutes
Oct 2009
Breaking the Silence on a New Taboo
different religions different!
Sept 2009
Collective Guilt Feelings & Political Correctness
past horrors, current baggage
Feb 2009 MORE ALL
Western Blocks - The Enemy Within
tolerance, acceptance, all opinions are equal,
lack of critical thinking ... cover-ups for fear?
March 2008
Political Correctness and Fundamentalism
Jan 2008 MORE ALL
- ANIMAL RIGHTS -
11 Cats - and Loving It video
living with many animals and emotionally healthy?
Mar 2010
Feed the Bears?!
Bears starving to death
Sept 2009
On Animal Domination vs
I Utterly Know That's Wrong
I heard the Bible story of Caen and Abel
as a child -
god preferred the brother who killed animals and burned them -
and knew from deep inside me that the god was wrong
Dec 2006 MORE ALL
Whose Dog Is It Anyway -
On Pets, Ownership, Slavery
The dog next door wants to move in. He's
been hungry.
He's kept in a cold barn. What rights should an animal have?
Dec 2006 MORE ALL
- GOOD THINKING -
Big Difference: Keep It Stupid Simple VS Keep It Simple, Stupid
a huge step skipped - confronting complexity, thinking
Sept 2009
All Religions Equal?
all governments? all medical treatments?
Sept 2009 ALL
A Celebration of Good Thinking
lots of thinking on good thinking, including on 2 highly non-secret ingredients
Mar 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
How To Think - Helpful Tip Number One -
Ask Yourself This One Question
Apr 2007 MORE ALL
Don't Keep it Simple, Stupid -
We're Not All Mental Vegetables, Mental Couch Potatoes
mental challenge - the kiss of death on the web?
mental challenge - the thrill of a lifetime
Dec 2006 MORE ALL
- STUPID OPINIONS or ... BAD THINKING -
Are All People Equal? If Yes, Then All Opinions Are Not
in the West, children are taught 2 contradictory beliefs -
bad thinking, yes - but why?
July 2010
Critical Thinking versus Stupid Opinions
the most popular stupid opinions taken on and debunked
May 2008
Stupid Opinion #1
the opinion that all opinions are equal
Aug 2006 MORE ALL
Stupid Opinion #2
the opinion that you areexactly where
you are supposed to be,
that everyone is exactly where they're supposed to be
Aug 2006 MORE ALL
stupid opinion #3
the opinion that everything happens for a reason
stupid opinion #4
the opinion that everyone always did the best they could -
an opinion voiced most often about parents who did lousy parenting
stupid
opinion #5
the opinion that we shouldn't be judgmental
Breaking the Spell of Rigid Bad Thinking
rule #1 - don't start by calling it a stupid opinion
Aug 2006 MORE ALL
- MORE -
The Power of Taking Responsibility
it's not all my fault, my creation - but there's still the power of taking responsibility
June 2010
Amazing Grace
amazing, yes - but I want road directions
June 2010
All Religions Equal?
all governments? all medical treatments?
Sept 2009
Paranormal Proof - True Warning of Danger
Watch out! Listen!
Sept 2009
What's Narcissism Anyway?
And what's wrong it it?
Sept 2009
The Fatal Flaw in a Growth Driven Economy
And from that: how to survive recession, manage downturn
Aug 2009 MORE ALL
Conservative America: Bad Thinking
mixing apples and giraffes and getting bananas
June 2009
What About the Ultimate Reality?
many people now hold, all religions are basically the same -
but are they? and what might the ultimate reality be like?
Mar 2009
Imagination - Hope and Horror
It's Not Just Make Believe -
or, The Awesome Power of Imagination
Dec 2008 MORE ALL
Open Secret on Surviving Recession
economic bloat, economic indigeston - and us
Nov 2008
Bush, Palin, McCain - Armed and Dangerous
strong armor, often impenetrable
Oct 2008 MORE ALL
Paranormal or Para-nutty?
proof of life after death or wishful thinking?
Sept 2008 MORE ALL
Do Ghosts Exist and Lots of Similar Questions
easy to answer for the religious - not for me
Sept 2008
Gambling - Great? Gruesome?
Gambling - Essential, Addictive, Destructive
May 2007 MORE ALL
Walls in the Mind - They Cripple and They Bind,
Keep Us All Confined
inner walls, inner blocks - invisible to those with them,
frustrating to those trying to get through
Jan 2007 MORE ALL
Bush the "Righteous"
World Winner of the
Raging Righteous Trophy
his shell - harder than stone - illusions, delusions, lies
Sept 2006 MORE ALL
Even More
From Idea to the Idea Emporium
what's an idea? why an idea emporium?
July 2006
Definition Emporium: em-po-ri-um, n
exploration of the word emporium
July 006
innerwear for those who dare
The Idea Emporium, for innerwear that dares -
fun poem
Jan 2007
- ALL -
Are All People Equal? If Yes, Then All Opinions Are Not
in the West, children are taught 2 contradictory beliefs -
bad thinking, yes - but why?
July 2010
Mass Hallucinations, Mass Danger
Jung's collective unconscious - and new traps in the new small world
June 2010
Small World, Smaller Choices
who gets heard in the internet babble?
is this the death of diveristy? the present verison of 1950s TV?
June 2010
The Power of Taking Responsibility
it's not all my fault, my creation - but there's still the power of taking responsibility
June 2010
The Complexity Taboo
Superman comics and Star Wars have more complexity
than many popular Western
views of reality
June 2010
Amazing Grace
amazing, yes - but I want road directions
June 2010
11 Cats - and Loving It video
living with many animals and emotionally healthy?
Mar 2010
Healthy Pride? video
a question - is there healthy pride?
even, should whites be proud to be white?
Feb 2010
Proud To Be White? video
answers about healthy pride ,
vs pride cometh before the fall
Feb 2010
See Hear Speak No Evil? video
what if there is evil and we must see no evil?
a dangerou weakness in Western values
Feb 2010
Crack the Crazy Mirror and Clear the Rubble
political correctness gome mad - more mad than mad cow disease
Nov 2009
More Taboo than Incest
never yet on Oprah, Good Morning America, 60 Minutes
Oct 2009
Big Difference: Keep It Stupid Simple VS Keep It Simple, Stupid
a huge step skipped - confronting complexity, thinking
Sept 2009
Breaking the Silence on a New Taboo
different religions different!
Sept 2009
All Religions Equal?
all governments? all medical treatments?
Sept 2009
Paranormal Proof - True Warning of Danger
Watch out! Listen!
Sept 2009
Feed the Bears?!
Bears starving to death
Sept 2009
What's Narcissism Anyway?
And what's wrong it it?
Sept 2009
The Fatal Flaw in a Growth Driven Economy
And from that: how to survive recession, manage downturn
Aug 2009 MORE ALL
Hard Lessons about Islamic History
I look back three years - I was so naive!
Aug 2009
Deceptive Advertising relating to the Islamic Religion
deception toward outsiders - part of Islam from the start?
July 2009
Conservative America: Bad Thinking
mixing apples and giraffes and getting bananas
June 2009
What About the Ultimate Reality?
many people now hold, all religions are basically the same -
but are they? and what might the ultimate reality be like?
Mar 2009
A Celebration of Good Thinking
lots of thinking on good thinking, including on 2 highly non-secret ingredients
Mar 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Collective Guilt Feelings & Political Correctness
past horrors, current baggage
Feb 2009 MORE ALL
Imagination - Hope and Horror
It's Not Just Make Believe -
or, The Awesome Power of Imagination
Dec 2008 MORE ALL
Open Secret on Surviving Recession
economic bloat, economic indigeston - and us
Nov 2008
Bush, Palin, McCain - Armed and Dangerous
strong armor, often impenetrable
Oct 2008 MORE ALL
Paranormal or Para-nutty?
proof of life after death or wishful thinking?
Sept 2008 MORE ALL
Do Ghosts Exist and Lots of Similar Questions
easy to answer for the religious - not for me
Sept 2008
Critical Thinking versus Stupid Opinions
the most popular stupid opinions taken on and debunked
May 2008
Elsa's Quest: To Explore
April 6, 2008
What is Islamophobia?
April 6, 2008
Is Islam a Religion of Peace?
turning to sources - Muslims, Islam, Koran, Reality -
sources - people who know Islam and dare to reveal what they know
Mar 2008
Political Correctness and Fundamentalism
Jan 2008 MORE ALL
Parents Responsible for Ongoing Autism Increase?
childhood vaccines, autism increase, and chains in the mind
October 2007 MORE ALL
Gambling - Great? Gruesome?
Gambling - Essential, Addictive, Destructive
May 2007 MORE ALL
How To Think - Helpful Tip Number One -
Ask Yourself This One Question
Apr 2007 MORE ALL
Walls in the Mind - They Cripple and They Bind,
Keep Us All Confined
inner walls, inner blocks - invisible to those with them,
frustrating to those trying to get through
Jan 2007 MORE ALL
Don't Keep it Simple, Stupid -
We're Not All Mental Vegetables, Mental Couch Potatoes
mental challenge - the kiss of death on the web?
mental challenge - the thrill of a lifetime
Dec 2006 MORE ALL
On Animal Domination vs
I Utterly Know That's Wrong
I heard the Bible story of Caen and Abel
as a child -
god preferred the brother who killed animals and burned them -
and knew from deep inside me that the god was wrong
Dec 2006 MORE ALL
Whose Dog Is It Anyway -
On Pets, Ownership, Slavery
The dog next door wants to move in. He's
been hungry.
He's kept in a cold barn. What rights should an animal have?
Dec 2006 MORE ALL
Rottweiler Pope, Danish Cartoon,
and Muslim Moderates
the Catholic pope speaks, many Muslims are offended,
Clinton talks, and I give my analysis
Sept 2006 MORE ALL
Mirror Mirror on the Wall -
Eeks, Who is that Horror in the Hall?
on the rage of the self-proclaimed righteous when coming across mirrors -
and on the potential beneifts of being mirrored
Sept 2006 MORE ALL
A Dangerous Temptation -
Counter-Hostility, Counter-Prejudice
the lure of hating back and hurting back -
childhood memories, adult understandings
Sept 2006 MORE ALL
Bush the "Righteous"
World Winner of the
Raging Righteous Trophy
his shell - harder than stone - illusions, delusions, lies
Sept 2006 MORE ALL
The Pope Speaks
more Muslim rage of the righteous
Sept 2006 MORE ALL
Stupid Opinion #1
the opinion that all opinions are equal
Aug 2006 MORE ALL
Stupid Opinion #2
the opinion that you areexactly where
you are supposed to be,
that everyone is exactly where they're supposed to be
Aug 2006 MORE ALL
Breaking the Spell of Rigid Bad Thinking
rule #1 - don't start by calling it a stupid opinion
Aug 2006 MORE ALL
Give Peace a Chance
- by giving empathy a chance
An Open Letter to All People, and
for now, especially all Muslims -
Open Your Eyes, Open Your Hearts,
Give People a Chance,Give Peace a Chance
Feb/Aug 2006 MORE ALL
This Is Not Me
but it's a tempting disguise as the "righteous" are
often ready to use fear
(through threats of violence, and violence) to silence those
who
want to speak out
Feb/Aug 2006
The Rage of the "Righteous"
on Muslim outrage at a Danish cartoon
-
on cultures where "righteous" rage
is encouraged -
and why this happens
Feb-July 2006 MORE ALL
About Me
Elsa's Quest: to explore
More
ideas and illusions
top of page
The West and Islam - Explorations
MY JOURNEY
from the first question I faced, to the next, and the next ...
THE EXPLORATIONS
question after question: on Western tolerance, Muslim outrage, plus
****
MY JOURNEY
from the start to the present
Steps & Stages
Muslims, a Danish Cartoon, and Me ... The Beginninng
The Exploration Continues
Muslim Outrage meets Western Political Correctness -
toxic Western tolerance
Western Blocks - The Enemy Within
tolerance, acceptance, all opinions are equal,
lack of critical thinking ... cover-ups for fear?
The Muslim Religion - A Religion of Peace?
Exploration of Evidence - and a question:
why the insistence, among the evidence of Muslim violence
and the lack of general censure of the violence
The Role of Muslim Moderates
Muslims for peace, Muslims against terrorism - a call to action
Still More Explorations
The Rottweiler Pope, A Dangerous Temptation, and more
An Ongoing Barrier - Fear
a core part of terrorism
The Hope
Give Peace a Chance
What Do I Want? - Perception, Critical Thinking, and ...?
and a core quality - blocked easily in humans -
easy to stop its formation
Overview - All the Steps, Stages, Idea Pieces
****
THE EXPLORATIONS
Explorations - starting with a look at anger
The Rage of the "Righteous"
on Muslim outrage at a Danish cartoon
Feb-July 2006 MORE ALL
Mirror Mirror - Who is that Horror?
on the rage of the righteous when coming across mirrors
Sept 2006 MORE ALL
Political Correctness and Fundamentalism
Jan 2008 MORE ALL
****
More Explorations - Western tolerance
and other blocks to good thinking
Stupid Opinion #1
the opinion that all opinions are equal
Aug 2006 MORE ALL
Walls in the Mind - They Cripple and They Bind,
inner walls, inner blocks - invisible to those within, frustrating for outsiders
Jan 2007 MORE ALL
How To Think - Tip Number One - Ask This One Question
Apr 2007 MORE ALL
The Ingredients of Good Thinking
Feb 2009 ALL
Breaking the Spell of Rigid Bad Thinking
rule #1 - don't start by calling it a stupid opinion
Aug 2006 MORE ALL
****
Urgently Needed Information
Is Islam a Religion of Peace?
turning to sources - Muslims, Islam, Koran, Reality
sources - people who know Islam and dare to reveal what they know
March 2008
****
More Thinking re Islam, Muslims, Moderates, and more
The Pope Speaks
outraged Muslims protest, kill nun, demand apology -
more rage of the so-called righteous
Sept 2006 MORE ALL
The Rottweiler Pope, The Danish Cartoon, and Muslim Moderates
the pope's remarks and the Danish cartoon - help or hindrance?
Sept 2006 MORE ALL
A Dangerous Temptation - Counter-Prejudice
the lure of hating back and hurting back
Sept 2006 MORE ALL
****
The Hope
Give Peace a Chance
- by giving empathy a chance
An Open Letter to All People, and for now, especially all Muslims -
Feb/Aug 2006 MORE ALL
****
that was one ending -
but there has been further thinking
Further Thinking
Hard Lessons about Islamic History
I look back three years - I was so naive!
Aug 2009
Deceptive Advertising relating to the Islamic Religion
deception toward outsiders - part of Islam from the start?
July 2009
**
About the Explorer
Elsa's Quest: to explore
April 6, 2008
Elsa Asks a Final Question: What is Islamophobia?
April 6, 2008
This Is Not Me
but it's a tempting disguise as the "righteous" are
often ready to use fear
(through threats of violence, and violence) to silence those
who
want to speak out
Feb/Aug 2006 MORE
contact
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of page
- and even more -
interesting to me - maybe coming soon
The
Rage-Hate Shell
The Block-Out-All-Evidence-Cut-Off-All-Empathy-
Refuse-Deny-Shut-Out-Shut-Oneself-In-
Sometimes-Utterly-Absolutely-Totally-Impermeable Shell
so ordinary, so human, so dangerous
Seeing Others
actually seeing them
Strengths and Dangers of Rights Movements
(race, gender, sexual orientation, religion,
nation)
Ideas
about The Idea Emporium
as part of the creativity emporium
- a very favorite quote -
If you bring forth what is within
you,
what is within you will save you.
If you do not bring forth what is within you,
what is within you will destroy you.
from the gospel of Thomas
(part of the gnostic gospels).
Thoughts on this.
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Elsa's creativity blog -
on the creation of the site, including
the writing of the idea pieces,
click here.
For
an overview of elsas-word-story-image-idea-music-emporium.com,
click here.

Questions. On rage, hatred, narcissism, empathy,
caring,
peace, animal rights, gambling, plus.
The Idea Emporium. Logic plus emotion.
Facts, ideas, analysis. Good thinking.
And stupid opinions exposed.
Elsa,
brain trainer
always looking with ideas cooking




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