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I just did a shoot with a borrowed HPX to go along with my own DVX. This was my first foray into shooting with P2 cards. Since my main camera was the DVX, the HPX was set for 480, 24P, DV to match the DVX's input. I shot 5 hours of tape and we did a clap-sync of the two cameras with every tape change. Otherwise both cameras ran continuously.
After some newbie confusion I was finally able to access (I guess "ingest" is the word being used, yes?) the P2 footage but what materialized in the FCP bin after transfer was unexpected. As I said the HPX ran non-stop along with the DVX so I expected five long clips. Instead there were something like fifteen clips of varying length. 3 minutes, seven minutes, eleven minutes, etc. However there was one repetition and that being five or six clips that were 19:50.
As you can imagine, syncing these clips is becoming fairly nightmarish. I only have a passing familiarity with multi-clip editing making it that much more difficult. I asked my buddy whose HPX I borrowed and he said, yeah, that's happened to him too, but he had no explanation.
So I ask you 2-poppers, what's the deal with this? And while you're at it, what's with the naming paradigm for the clips? It seems like the camera just generated random number/letter combinations for the file names.
What version of FCP are you using?
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It's the very latest...7 point whatever.
There was a 5.x or 6.x that was quirky like this, but 7 has be rock solid for me. Technically, yes, the clips are written to the P2 card with about a 3 minute limit, due to it being FAT-32 format, and thus a file size limit. But FCP's Log & Transfer plugin should "span" those to create one long clip.
As for recording a full hour long live event non-stop, I've always used an FS-100 for that with great success. Never use P2 cards for that sort of duration. Maybe others have, and can comment.
The file naming system follows a pattern, it means something, to Panasonic at least, but there is an order. Just ignore the last two letters/digits in the name. I always rename them, and fill out proper metadata in the Log & Transfer window. It's just good housekeeping. Even with tape.
Clip spanning issues, hmmm.... Yep, when we shoot SD with our HVX200, we use tape. You always want to use tape. It's much safer and more stable than tapeless, period. And not just on the HVX, but across the board. Tapeless is not for everyone, not good for long non-stop event shoots, not good for archiving.
Let me ask, are you reading the clips off the P2 card directly from the card inside the camera, or from a file copy to a hard drive?
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Interesting viewpoints. I must say, I'm surprised at your take on tape vs. tapeless. I will take it all under advisement. Thanks.
I dumped data from camera onto FW 800 external HD and worked from "File and Transfer"-derived files.
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Well and I'm also wondering what the drawback of tapeless is in use for long, non-stop events?
As for the original post, are you copying from the P2 card inside the camera itself, or from a copy of the files made to a hard drive?
It could be one of those P2 glitches that pop up every now and then. Or a bad data transfer from the card to a drive. I'd try on another FCP system just to see.
Hands down a DV tape is more stable, reliable, and much longer shelf life (that you can rely on) than hard drives.
Digital files become corrupt, not if, but when. Digital files require a back up. Hard drives are more expensive than DV tapes we shoot on, per GB.
The only reliable tapless shooting backup/archive solution is DLT or LTO tape systems, which are still pretty expensive for most users.
Shooting long events non-stop with tapeless? You may need to swap out cards, which can interrupt the non-stop event aspect. Files on cards can become corrupt, just like on hard drives, due to so many internal and environmental factors. Tape is not nearly, in fact, hardly susceptible to these influences.
Larger expensive cards will work (we use 32GB P2 cards), or hard drive based systems like the FS-100 (which I have been using a lot for years now). But these are still pricey for many shooters. And are susceptible to damage way more than tapes.
But, P2 cards are way more affordable than DVCPRO-HD tape. But then, the cameras using DVCPRO-HD tape are getting much better quality images (much more expensive cameras) than P2 cameras (cheaper cameras).
Depends on what you're doing. I haven't seen anyone do long live events tapeless without needing to swap out cards than then need to be backed up right away. A tape, yep, swap out a tape, put it in your pocket, done. No realistic need to back up a Mini-DV tape. They're pretty reliable these days. And yes, there have been many instances of CF, P2, and other cards having corrupted data on them. Tapes, well, they're simply more reliable, durable, and have a longer shelf life in the real world.
And yes, I've been shooting tapeless exclusively for a few years now. And it has been more work, and taken up more money and resources than when we used to shoot to mini-dv tapes. But, it's what everything does now.
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A Clarks Hill man was killed early this morning after a single-vehicle crash near Couchton.
Jesse James Ryan, 28, of Clarks Hill was pronounced dead at 3 a.m. after the crash, according to Coroner Tim Carlton.
Carlton said Ryan was driving a 2003 Toyota Tundra pick up traveling east on Highway 302 in Aiken County when the vehicle left the right side of the road, overcorrected, crossed the westbound lane and overturned.
Ryan and the passenger, Aaron Baugh III, 28, of Modoc, were ejected from the vehicle, Carlton said.
Baugh was transported to Georgia Health Sciences University. His status is unknown at this time.
Neither men were wearing a seat belt, Carlton said.
The crash was called in by another motorist that came upon the crash scene. This crash is being investigated by the South Carolina Highway Patrol, and a toxicology report is pending on Ryan.
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The Mocs match at UAB has been canceled and will not likely be made up later in the season. UTC's next match is Sunday, Feb. 24, at North Carolina.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's tennis has postponed its match with Lee University scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 16. This was a planned double-header with the women's teams, but the threat of inclement weather has pushed the contests to later in the season. A make-up date will be announced on GoMocs.com once it is determined.
The Mocs will still try to continue its hot start to the 2013 spring season with a visit to UAB on Sunday, Feb. 17. Chattanooga is 5-2 on the year and faces the Blazers at 10:30 a.m. (C.S.T.) at the George Ward Park Tennis Courts in Birmingham, Ala.
UTC lost a tight 4-3 bout with Austin Peay in Chattanooga before traveling to Murray State for a 6-1 win last weekend. The Mocs other loss was a 5-2 setback in the season opener to No. 63 Georgia State on Jan. 20. Chattanooga also has wins over regional rivals Tennessee Tech, Belmont, Jacksonville State and North Alabama.
The Blazers are 2-6 overall and will face cross-town rival Samford on Friday before hosting the Mocs. UAB has wins over Florida A&M (4-2) and Florida Gulf Coast (5-2) and losses to Florida State (0-7), Arkansas (3-4), Auburn (1-6), Alabama (2-5), MTSU (1-6) and Yale (3-4). UAB won the last meeting in the series 5-1 on Feb. 27, 2009, in Birmingham.
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Duke and North Carolina have combined to win 11 of the past 13 ACC women's basketball tournaments, and both schools have put themselves in a good position to win the title again this year.
The tournament starts with first-round action today at the Greensboro Coliseum, but the Blue Devils and the Tar Heels have byes until Friday's quarterfinals.
"We're excited to have a bye because it's really hard to win a championship and play four games in a row," UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell said. "We've been in that situation and actually got to the championship game but just run out of gas a couple years ago."
After winning the 2010 and 2011 tournaments as the No. 1 seed, sixth-ranked Duke (27-2, 17-1 ACC) is the top seed once again.
No. 15 UNC (26-5, 14-4) started the season unranked and was picked fifth in the preseason ACC media poll, but the Tar Heels surpassed expectations and tied for second in the conference with Maryland. The Terrapins won a coin toss and took the No. 2 seed, while UNC took the No. 3 seed.
The road will be tougher for eighth seed N.C. State (15-15, 7-11), which faces No. 9 Clemson today at 2 p.m. But the Wolfpack had success as the No. 9 seed in the 2012 tournament, knocking off top-seeded Duke and becoming the lowest-seeded team ever to make the ACC Tournament semifinals.
"Tournament time is exciting," N.C. State coach Kellie Harper said. "Basketball is a tournament sport, and there's nothing like it during the regular season. It's just a great time for basketball fans, for players and coaches. It's a time to step out of your season and start fresh."
Duke will face the N.C. State-Clemson winner Friday at 2 p.m., while UNC will play either No. 6 Virginia or No. 11 Boston College at approximately 8:30 p.m.
The semifinals will be Saturday at 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., and the final is Sunday at 2 p.m. All the games will be broadcast on Fox Sport Carolinas except for the championship game, which will be on ESPN2.
"From our standpoint, it's a brand-new season; everybody is 0-0," Blue Devils coach Joanne P. McCallie said. "It's refreshing in a lot of ways because the regular season to me is very, very difficult and kind of a grueling endurance contest. And so the ACC tournament is one for the fans, it's exciting, it's in a great place, and it's an honor to be a part of it, and it's a lot of fun."


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And this goes for reused art from Felicia Bond or Beatrix Potter, or the text of Jane Yolen's Owl Moon.
Though I must say that when I've encountered such things, I could not help sending a rather pointed letter about plagiarism and its extreme inadvisability.
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- My Discworld said...
The comment thread under that post made my day. Everyone was hilarious.
- February 11, 2010 at 1:31 PM
- Wendy said...
Same goes for the complete text of Ella Enchanted, which came with a cover letter quoting the jacket copy verbatim.
- February 11, 2010 at 1:43 PM
- Linguista said...
I suppose the theory behind it is this: they just want to see if you'll pick up on it or if you'd fail a classic.
Although I'm sure agents and editors are busy enough with out haveing to pass tests.
- February 11, 2010 at 1:56 PM
- Rose Green said...
I've always thought those kinds of experiments were pointless. I mean, editors read, don't you think? Wouldn't they recognize a classic if they saw one?
- February 11, 2010 at 2:13 PM
- Sam Hranac said...
Thank you for posting that link! I am so glad I didn't have a mouthful of anything sticky as I read it. I needed that laugh, though.
- February 11, 2010 at 3:32 PM
- maine character said...
That is an awesome site. In fact, I'm surprised The Rejectionist simply sends off a form rejection to those tests when she could do so much more.
Like what you do. Or maybe send off a copy of a famous rejection and see if they get that.
- February 12, 2010 at 5:07 AM
- christine tripp said...
I just loved saying the title of the Rejectionist's post over and over:)
EA, are you saying there are people that actually SEND other artists work in (especially work by well known illustrators) trying to pass it off as their own????
Do they trace it or is it an actual scan from a book?
What do they think they would do if their manuscript AND that art were accepted, learn to draw FAST like a professional????
- February 12, 2010 at 7:00 AM
- The Novelist said...
That link made my day!
- February 12, 2010 at 10:16 AM
- Kerry said...
Thank you for sharing - that was hysterical!
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OMG. Seriously freakin' hilarious.
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CRESTVIEW — City officials have not raised the city's water impact fees, despite water consultants Tetra Tech and CH2MHill's recommendations.
Following Okaloosa County's example, Public Works Director Wayne Steele has another idea: call the fee by another name.
The county has begun referring to its impact fees as "capacity replacement fees." City leaders have said they like the idea.
"I like that terminology," Councilman Shannon Hayes said during Monday's city council meeting. "Sometimes just changing the wording changes somebody's mindset."
Under the council's direction, Steele will consult with city attorney Jerry Miller about changing the city's fee vocabulary to adopt the county's phraseology.
"'Impact fee' has a bad taste in some people's mouth, but as utility providers, we have to find a way to sustain our long-term infrastructure," Steele said. "It is the best option for new development to pay for itself."
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Crestview Public Works Director Wayne Steele, left, assists resident Mack Brooks with a concern about drainage problems on his property. In future, "capacity replacement fees" might fund some city infrastructure improvements.


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I would like to comment on the editorial in last week's Valley Reporter.
Maybe the town office vote was not a mandate, but it was a substantial majority. We live in a democracy and most of the time majority rules. Look at the water issue and also very few properties purchased in the past 20 years had a mandate.
I don't think the voter response or the 60/40 are bad numbers. We have a group of nine people down in Washington who make very important decisions. The vote is often 5/4, not a mandate. They are a very small percent of the total U.S. voters, they are called the U.S. Supreme Court. I don't think the church was the issue in the failure of the office bond vote. I think a lot of people have come to realize that we cannot continue to spend large sums of money on very extravagant and needless properties which provide little or no public good. I don't question the fact we may need a new office. But we need one that fits Waitsfield not New York City -- just an office building not a dreamland castle.
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Only 38 pages of the 234 numbered pages in the notebook are coffee tasting note pages the rest are recipe, shop notes, and collection notes.
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Who stood out at this week's Under Armour Elite Passing Academy?
The Under Armour Elite Passing Academy presented by The Quarterback Ranch and Rich Bartel too place earlier this week at Dragon Stadium in Southlake and featured 50 quarterbacks from around the state. Here is a notebook from the event:
Wooten still weighing options
The best quarterback at the academy was 2016 Marble Falls star Brennen Wooten, hands down.
Wooten made all the right throws and showed off his superior mechanics while working with former NFL coaches and players.
"It was an awesome experience. It was one of the best camps I've been to as far as coaching," Wooten said. "It was great working with Coach (Jim) Zorn, Richard Bartel, Brady Quinn and all the guys. I feel like they helped me with my footwork and even my football IQ."
The 6-foot-2, 180-pounder already holds half a dozen offers, and that list will only continue to grow as Wooten heads into his junior season. Houston and TCU are two in-state schools that have extended scholarships, and Wooten says he is interested in both.
"Houston offered first. Obviously, they have a tradition of good passers with Case Keenum and even their quarterback now (John O'Korn)," Wooten said. "It's a place with a lot of tradition, and they like to throw the ball around.
"TCU has obviously done pretty well in the past. They recently went to the Big 12, which was huge. It's a great all around school."
Wooten does not have any favorites at the moment. Before making a short list, Wooten plans on visiting Boise State, Clemson and Kentucky. Wooten, who said he wouldn't mind going out of state, says he is simply looking for the right fit.
For now, however, Wooten is focused on the upcoming season after passing for 3,094 yards and 30 touchdowns a year ago in Todd Dodge's wide-open system. But with Dodge bolting to Austin Westlake this spring, Wooten and his teammates are still adjusting to new head coach Matt Green, who left Lovejoy to take over at Marble Falls, and his offensive system.
"It was very tough (losing Dodge). We had built a great relationship, and he's a great coach. But we've got a great coach in Coach Green," Wooten said. "We're learning the system, and I think we're going to be ready to go this season. I feel like our team is going to be really successful."
Duffey gaining steam
Fellow 2016 quarterback Jett Duffey might not hold any FBS offers just yet, but that doesn't mean he won't by this time next year.
A dual-threat signal-caller out of Mansfield Lake Ridge, Duffey showed great footwork at the academy and made a couple of key throws in tight windows. FCS schools McNeese State and Stephen F. Austin have extended scholarships, and FBS schools would be smart to follow suit.
Duffey has been making a name for himself at an array of college camps this summer including Baylor, where he got to tour the campus and new facilities with head coach Art Briles.
"Baylor's camp went really well. I loved it up there," Duffey said. "I got to walk around with Coach Briles and everything. It was really nice. It was cool to meet him. He's a great coach, and he's really interested in players. They have a great staff."
Duffey also camped at Oklahoma, SMU, Texas and Texas Tech this summer. The next stop for Duffey will be TCU next week. The Horned Frogs saw him in action this spring, and Duffey hopes he can impress during his time in Fort Worth.
"They asked me to go down to their camp, so I'm really looking forward to it," Duffey said. "I'm also excited to get a feel for the program and just learn more about it. I think it's a good school, and I like that it's close to home."
With over a year to go in the recruiting process, Duffey has plenty of time to garner offers and do research on schools. His stock could continue to rise if he builds off last year's impressive performance.
As a sophomore, Duffey was named the 15-4A Newcomer of the Year after passing for 2,172 yards and 22 touchdowns and adding 801 yards on the ground. His time at the academy and at various college camps will only help him get better.
"I really feel like I improved on my base. I learned a lot from these former NFL quarterbacks. It's a great experience coming out here and learning," he said. "It's part of the offseason, which is going fine. I'm just trying to work on my mechanics and learning the game more."
Quick Hits
- The academy featured an all-star coaching staff, which included former NFL head coach Jim Zorn and former NFL players Brady Quinn, Luke McCown, Richard Bartel, Mark Clayton and others.
- Southlake Carroll head coach Hal Wasson was also a part of the academy. Wasson along with sports psychologist Brian Cain helped players with their mental game. Wasson said he was impressed with his team this spring. We will have more from him soon.
- The biggest 2015 standout at the academy was Justin Northwest quarterback Jesse Drummer. The 6-foot-2, 235-pounder is hearing from Iowa and Northern Illinois.
- 2016 Rowlett quarterback Logan Bonner had great touch on his passes and earned praise from the academy staff. Bonner isn't on recruiting radars just yet, but he's one to keep an eye on.
- Argyle Liberty Christian's Nick Starkel, also a 2016 prospect, is tall and lanky but has a strong arm. Starkel was accurate throughout the day and says Cincinnati, Indiana and SMU have shown interest.
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- 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons whole wheat flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/3 cup superfine sugar (also known as castor sugar)
- 1/4 cup pecans, roughly chopped
- Zest of 1/2 orange
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- 1/2 stick butter, melted
- 2 teaspoons orange juice
- 1/2 cup cranberries
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- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 3/4 cup applesauce
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 1/2 cups almonds, chopped
- 3/4 cup dried cranberries
- 3/4 cup dried apricots, chopped
1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl, mix together the oats, cinnamon, ginger and salt.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, applesauce and honey until thoroughly combined.
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"It was exciting," Gruden told the media following the interview. "It was great to meet Mr. Bidwill and his brother and of course the whole process has been exciting -- it's my first time going through it obviously and I'm very excited about it."
Gruden just finished up his second season as the Bengals' offensive mastermind, and talked about his decision to shun interview opportunities a year ago.
"The Brown family gave me an opportunity to be an offensive coordinator and I didn't want to jump ship after the first phone call," Gruden said. "I wanted to go in there and see Andy Dalton progress another year and see A.J. Green progress another year and see what we could do."
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Longines Kentucky Oaks Update
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"How fast she is."
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Moonshine Mullin Rallies Up the Rail to Win 11th Running of the Alysheba
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Monday, December 8, 2008
more church/state
First off, the Declaration of Independence has no binding legal effects on the United States, so there's no reason to Amend it. Second, if the idea is to demonstrate the Christian origins of our nation, that's a famously difficult question, as many of our founding fathers publicly and explicitly denied the divinity of Jesus Christ. The constitution, the actual document outlining federal governance, is explicit in its denial of a state-established religion. Perhaps germane to the discussion is our treaty with Tripoli, written by the Washington administration and signed by John Adams, which states "the government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion."
Look, depending on how you define the question, you can answer affirmatively that the United States is a Christian nation, just in terms of the history of having a dominant Christian majority. But in terms of the legal establishment of a state religion, we should privilege what our basic governing document actually says. Now, like I said in the post in question, I am little moved by things like Christmas trees in the town green or similar, though, no, in a perfect world I would probably remove such symbols. I find "in god we trust" on money and that sort of thing pointless religious symbolism where it doesn't belong. (Who is served, exactly, by that little bit of writing? Unless the god we're talking about is money....) Again, though, as a matter of political will, I'm not compelled to make it a big deal, although my instinct is that one day, such symbols will disappear-- not because of a death of religiosity but because of a healthy respect for the division of church and state.
Conor's other concerns seem like weak brew to me. I certainly don't think we should stop having holidays, but we could easily make Christmas a "winter celebration" day. Again, that'd be way down on my list of priorities, and that should wait until we as a country have more comfortably separated religion and government. It isn't, I think, a monumental task to preserve the actual observation of federal holidays while removing the religious trappings.
Do I want to pull the accreditation of parochial schools? Not at all. But they need to pass the same basic process of validating their educational value, and they must not receive any government money, in any way, shape or form. Government has a duty to respect the right of parents to put their children into accredited schools of any tradition; it has absolutely no duty to pay the way of parents who don't like the public schools. As far as religious charities go, I actually said this explicitly in the previous post. Provided that a religious charity fulfills the same requirements of charitable giving a secular charity does, they might receive federal money. As far as special religious use of illegal drugs, that's kind of a moot point for me, as I support the legalization of all drugs on libertarian grounds.
As far as the First Amendment goes, I'm not getting the same reading Conor is. The constitution already protects expression and the right to gather. It seems clear to me that saying that you can't abridge the freedom to practice a particular religion, while preventing the privileging of any particular tradition, leads to exactly the kind of distance between church and state I'm looking for. The government can't come in and say "no Quakers", but neither can it come in and say "Quakers above all". I don't think the constitution establishes any special privileges for religion at all. It merely explicitly forbids the kind of religious oppression that had been common in Europe.
To me, the heartening thing about all of this is that the divide between a secular sphere of government and a religious private sphere is that it seems very natural, and in keeping with the American character. People would continue to go to their houses of worship and pursue their religious inclinations in their homes. They could still meet for fellowship and worship with their peers. But they would do so understanding that it would inappropriate for the government to sanctify or privilege their observation in any way, and would expect no recognition of it in the civic sphere. That permits a robust and functioning religious community while ensuring that religious arguments and religious trappings have no place inside government.
Update: Seems Alex Knapp at Heretical Ideas beat me to most of this.
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"...the United States is a Christian religion..."
While I'm quite found of the US, this Christian has yet to actually worship his country. ;)
- December 8, 2008 at 10:51 AM
"fond", that is.
- December 8, 2008 at 10:52 AM
- Freddie said...
Haha whoops! Thanks, fixed.
- December 8, 2008 at 10:57 AM
- Jake said...
Fred wrote: The only project atheism should be concerned with is the project of cleanly and finally separating the spheres of religion and governance.
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1) What does the ideal religion-free government look like to you? You tick off a few examples of religious influence in government that are low on your priority list, but you don't say what are HIGH on that list.
2) I'm not sure a religion-free government is even possible. If you push out all influence of christians, jews, muslims, etc., then the government would be guided by secularist principles. While secularism is not a religion, per se (south park vampire episode, anyone?), I fail to see a difference between a comprehensive belief system premised on the existence of god and a comprehensive belief system premised on the non-existence of god. In other words, religious neutrality is a mirage.
For example, how does the government take a religiously neutral position on:
1) abortion, without favoring the position that abortion is morally permissible at the expense of those who believe the opposite?
2) creation, without favoring darwinism at the expense of those who believe in intelligent design?
3) gay marriage, without favoring the equivalence of gay and straight marriages at the expense of those who believe there are legitimate differences between the two?
You can make the argument that the secular positions on these issues are superior, but I don't think you can say that the secular positions are religiously neutral.
- December 8, 2008 at 11:40 AM
- ryan said...
Freddie, Freddie, Freddie. Come now. You're privileging your own position at every step in your argument, and I call bullshit. Do you honestly think that there is any possible construction of a "basic process of validating [schools'] educational value" or the "requirements of charitable giving" that doesn't implicate religious issues? I would think one as generally insightful as yourself would spot the problem there.
Unless there's agreement about what counts as a religious issue and what doesn't, your interlocutors get shafted. To paraphrase Kuyper, there is no aspect of life to which Christ does not lay hold of as his own. So by saying that, for instance, religious schools can be accredited if they meet secular accreditation standards, you're essentially saying that religious schools are permissible to the extent that they're willing to compromise their beliefs.
Lest you think this is inconsequential or that I'm exaggerating, this is already a big deal. Religious traditions, particularly conservative religious traditions, have drastically different concepts of proper child-rearing than the secular world would permit. Corporal punishment is just one example, but all pedagogy is implicated. There are already people advancing the argument that not offering the kind of pluralistic moral education regarding sexuality (inter alia) is a violation of childrens' Fourteenth Amendment rights to equal protection. Don't believe me? It won't be long before someone these kinds of arguments gain currency.
So don't gimme this "basic process of evaluating educational value" bullshit. It's not that simple, and you of all people ought to know it.
- December 8, 2008 at 11:44 AM
- Bob said...
At the risk of being called a fanboy, wilding shaking the pom-poms for Freddie, let me thank you for making that point regarding the Declaration of Independence. I wish supposedly smart people would stop invoking that document as a basis for constitutional arguments. It is pre-constitutional, it does not count! Thanks F.
- December 8, 2008 at 11:46 AM
- Freddie said...
My beliefs on accreditation aren't restrictionist; I'm not in favor of saying that schools can't be accredited if they teach religious classes. But they must teach a basic curriculum that conforms to certain agreed upon standards of inclusive material. You have to be able to read, to write a paper, to do some math, and, yes, you need to have a background in conventional science. Now if your school also wants to teach that the rain is a demon crying, be my guest; but to be accredited by the state educational system, you need to teach a scientific perspective too. Sorry, thems the breaks. If recognition of education is going to mean anything, there have to be certain minimums of mutual intelligibility.
- December 8, 2008 at 12:04 PM
- ryan said...
Freddie, as an initial, snarky-yet-serious response, what makes you think that there can be mutual intelligibility without religious content? I'm pretty sure that you have no idea what I'm getting at here, because you don't share my religious persuasions. As a result, you insist that what I want to do is religious, but what you want to do is not. Can you give me a single reason why I should take your word for it?
In addition, you're using a minimalist version of your position which completely ignores the maximalist consequences of that position. Reading and mathematics, as technical skills, look like they might be religion-neutral, at least from a results perspective. But the teaching of them is not. Whether you believe that children are inherently virtuous little snowflakes or miserable cretins like the rest of us is 1) a distinction which hinges at least in part on religious belief and 2) will determine the method of pedagogy you use. Furthermore, it completely ignores the idea that mathematical and literacy instruction can be an integral part of inculcating religious virtues like self-control, patience, and respect for authority which have nothing immediately to do with either subject. If accreditation includes educational methods as well as educational "results" then there's no way of avoiding this issue.
But even restricting it to "results" is questionable. How are you going to measure those? Testing? Okay, who gets to write the tests? And are you completely confident that there are no relevant religious issues which might cause me to write the test one way and you to write the test another? And are you completely confident that if those issues do exist that the differences will be non-trivial? Because I'm not at all confident of either of those things.
You seem to be working from the premise that education is more or less the imparting of certain information and skills which are free of any ideology. Even if I were to skip over the latter for the purposes of brevity, the former isn't anywhere close to being universally accepted. Religiously conservative actors such as myself view education as a process by which the young are shaped into the kind of adults they ought to be. As a result, there is no possible aspect of a child's education that is not religiously relevant.
You want to be imperialist about this, hey, you can probably get away with it, and that is the way politics works. No questions there. But as long as you persist in your delusion that there are no religious issues at stake here, concluding that the First Amendment supports your position but not mine, I will continue to call bullshit.
You're asking me and religious persons everywhere to kiss Caesar's ring. Unless you're willing to reopen the coliseum, I wouldn't go there.
- December 8, 2008 at 12:21 PM
- Freddie said...
Isn't that natural, ryan? I am an atheist. My definition of the appropriate space for religion in civic society is going to necessarily be smaller than yours. I don't, actually, think that your objections about education are restricted to education at all; of course, people are going to have fundamental disagreements about what the mission of education is. Religious opinion on that is no different from any other. Somehow, we still craft basic educational standards in the America we already have. Through compromise. Through democracy.
Do I think my America of strict divisions between church and state is likely anytime soon? No, probably not. That's no different from many of the positions I hold. Meanwhile, the vast majority of other self-identified atheists agitate for a vastly more restrictive and religion-intolerant vision of the American future. I don't know if they'll get there. I hope not. But my suspicion is that the religious in this country are going to have to get used to a smaller religious majority, and eventually a declining role of religion in the public sphere; and if I'm right, and that happens, I think you should all hope that my vision wins out over the mainstream of atheist thought.
- December 8, 2008 at 12:29 PM
- Bob said...
Freddie, In your response to ryan you say, "Meanwhile, the vast majority of other self-identified atheists agitate for a vastly more restrictive and religion-intolerant vision of the American future. I don't know if they'll get there. I hope not." Please provide the evidence that support the claim. Are there individuals or groups fighting for some sort of governmental action to bring about your supposed(?) "religion-intolerant vision of the American future"? "Vast majority"?
- December 8, 2008 at 1:27 PM
- ryan said...
Don't flatter yourself. Your vision isn't different in substance from mainstream atheist thought, only in style. The very way you use the term "religion" betrays you: you assume that there are aspects of life to which religion is not relevant, or at least aspects that religious people must compromise. I appreciate your style, but I'm not fooled by it. You're just as content to restrict exercise of religion as anyone else.
You're still missing my point. I have no issue with democracy and compromise as tools of resolving public disputes. But the First Amendment is not about democracy or compromise. If anything, it is intended to set limits to the power of those tools, setting boundaries which democracy and compromise are not permitted to cross. There is no such thing as a decline of religion in the public sphere. There is only the substitute of one religion for another. This isn't compromise. So even if 90% of the country disagrees with me, the First Amendment is supposed to protect my rights to free exercise.
It usually doesn't, but this just serves to demonstrate the impossibility of removing religion from politics. Just can't happen. All you get is the substitute of one set of religious values for another. And I don't care how many people are of a certain religious persuasion: you'll sooner kill me than get me to "compromise" away my beliefs, and make no mistake, that's the position you're putting me in.
- December 8, 2008 at 1:40 PM
- Freddie said...
The one constant in all of your comments, ryan, is that you are guilty of precisely the same failings you constantly critique. You constantly attack me for considering things from an ideological viewpoint, never realizing that, of course, that's the very substance of your critique.
But I imagine that you're so dedicated to appearing clever that you'll have some sort of pithy putdown to come. Won't you?
- December 8, 2008 at 2:10 PM
- ryan said...
I'm not criticizing you for operating from an ideological viewpoint. I'm just trying to get you to admit that you do in fact do operate in such a manner, that that fact shows up in your argument, and that your ideology should not be inherently privileged over mine if you're serious about "democracy and compromise." You've gone on at length elsewhere about viewing self-determination as an inviolable right, yet somehow this principle doesn't seem to pop up when we're talking about religion. If anything, all I'm trying to do is demonstrate that much of what you treat as solvable by "democracy and compromise" is in fact incommensurable.
You treat religion as a kind of patina which can be added to or subtracted from "real life" without any fundamental change to the "underlying" issues. Religious persons who take their religion seriously, such as myself, view their faith as having an impact on every aspect of life. This is a problem if we're trying to build a single, coherent polity, particularly if we want to separate church and state (as I generally do, for what it's worth).
My conclusion to this dilemma is to insist that not only the religious content of particular beliefs but the right to determine what counts as religious content should be points of discussion, and that the mere fact of a particular belief having a religious aspect to it should not be an a priori reason for banning it from the realm of politics, because if we can't have religion in politics, we can't have politics, period.
Your solution is that anything that you characterize as having religious content would ideally be automatically excluded from politics, even if you can't work up the enthusiasm to advocate for that yourself.
You ought to be able to figure out why I find this objectionable.
If that's a "pithy putdown," then my apologies.
- December 8, 2008 at 3:21 PM
- Take the Kash said...
Freddie, I find you "vast majority" comment way out of line. As an atheist/rationalist I think the religious right pose a more substantial threat to civil society than nonbelievers. I am more than willing to debate ryan and other like minded, but I don't seek governmental prohibitions to silence them or any group.
- December 8, 2008 at 6:00 PM
- Freddie said...
Boy, I'm taking it on the fucking chin today.
- December 8, 2008 at 6:10 PM
- Take the Kash said...
Well if you are referring to my comment, I think you had your chin way out there. I just don't see any evidence to back up your comment. I do agree with your stands in general, but not the "vast majority" thing. I'm still saying "over the top" until you show me some support for your statement.
- December 8, 2008 at 6:21 PM


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You may have noticed, faithful readers, that I've been somewhat quiet lately.
There are a few reasons for this. Actually, quite a few reasons.
- I've started studying nursing (LOVE IT!) and I've had exams (hand washing exams, who knew?), lectures, labs, fitting into uni life, making new friends, all that shiz.
- I'm training to be an ambulance first responder in a rural town (which will forever remain nameless) which is where my heart lies, and probably has for quite a while. I even wrote a freaking novel centred around paramedics, not realising I was busy writing a novel for a protagonist I actually wanted to be (if you take out all the horror and dystopian post-apocalyptic world, that is). Is that life imitating art, or art imitating life, I wonder?
- I am editing my novel. I had high hopes of getting it written and edited and a final manuscript complete by the end of 2014, but hey, life got in the way, yo. I'm giving myself til the end of this year. Hopefully I will have many hours at the station waiting (that means no life and death, too, so winning). But jeez, it's a long process.
- I am no longer comfortable telling my kids' stories. I'm happy to tell my stories, but not those of my kids. They are for my kids to tell if and when they choose, not me. So you may also notice Melbourne Mum has been stripped of identity-definining photos of my kids as well as most of their stories. I want them to arrive in adulthood with a digital footprint entirely their own.
- I am exhausted by social media. I still use it occasionally, but I'm tired of its constantness (OK, not a word, but it should be a word). It is relentless. Draining. Too much soullessness (with the occasional patches of soul). I am more interested in the connections I make in the real world. With the family down the street who have kids at my creche or my school. With the one on one contact. The hugs. The tactile nature of humans. I think social media has its place, and many people I have "met" on social media are now my true (indeed, some of my favourite) friends, but there is too much nebulousness on SM. Too many platforms. Too much going in the zeitgeist for me to be bothered.
- I no longer define myself as a blogger. I am a writer and will always be one. I was one before blogs existed and I will be one until my grave. But blogging seems empty to me, now. I've reached out to people here, hopefully I've touched some hearts, but when I read over many of my posts, they seem empty to me. Lacking soul. I think what I'm doing now is filling my soul and I may occasionally write about it here. I'm not saying blogging need be an empty pursuit, it just is for me. For the most part.
I'm not saying goodbye, but Melbourne Mum will mostly switch to geekery, medical science, nursing, pop culture, occasionally framed around being a parent as that is a massive part of my identity as well.
I don't care what other people think of me, I never really have, but I'm just being more careful about what other people can see of me.