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Last year we had Russia railing against Halloween, this year we have Pakistan condemning Valentine’s Day.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-…
Western popular culture must be seen as rather invasive in parts of the world governed more by religion than common sense. Referring to Valentine’s Day as a "festival of obscenity" is rather missing the point, but when there are mobs in Karachi toting banners reading “No Love”, it would hardly be worth explaining the point.
If we are, indeed, locked in some sort of “culture war”, the West is clearly the more appealing side.
Keep that in mind the next time you get in a twist over terrorism: We’re winning.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-…
Western popular culture must be seen as rather invasive in parts of the world governed more by religion than common sense. Referring to Valentine’s Day as a "festival of obscenity" is rather missing the point, but when there are mobs in Karachi toting banners reading “No Love”, it would hardly be worth explaining the point.
If we are, indeed, locked in some sort of “culture war”, the West is clearly the more appealing side.
Keep that in mind the next time you get in a twist over terrorism: We’re winning.
Synaptic Fragments
A view of how my Alien-Hybrid imagination stumbles through this existence via rough sketches and ideas.
$2/month
Thank you, anonymous benefactor.
Some kind (unnamed) soul gave me a month's core membership. Thank you, sir/madam :)
DevArt goes full evil.
I’m not going to rail about how material on the site is being scraped for use in AI Composites, or about how DevArt’s “protection” against it is a new check-box that you will have to manually tick for each and every image you’ve uploaded. No. Misuse of your work and DevArt incompetence are expected at this point. Once something is put online, that’s it; it’s no longer under your control. That’s the nature of the beast. You don’t like it; don’t upload content. What I am furious about is the deluge of AI composites flooding my feed, here. I see more of that crap than genuine new content, now. And to make it worse, DevArt has its own AI tool (https://www.deviantart.com/team/journal/Create-AI-Generated-Art-Fairly-with-DreamUp-933537821) which, while they absolutely-pinky-promise it will not cannibalise user content, is only going to exacerbate the problem. I’m now completely convinced that DevArt is no longer a site that serves artists in any capacity. Not only that; it no longer has any
Werewolf Wednesday Artbook
I've returned to Lulu as their print quality has dramatically improved. The first thing I'm peddling through their service is a collection of my Werewolf Wednesday pinups. (I was legitimately blown away by the quality of the proof copy I ordered!) It's now available here.
Password Retrieval emails.
Is anyone else getting a "Password Retrieval" email from DeviantArt over and over again? I was concerned that there was a security issue at play but I see that there's an option in settings to STOP such emails for 60 days, which itself is weird. Why would THAT be needed? What the hell is going on with the platform NOW?
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True followers of a peaceful religion are tolerant of sin and even engage in it from time to time. They recognize the sins and repent for them. They do not force others to observe this atonement, though they may encourage others to. In essence, running from sin is pointless. All it does is make you tired... and look like a douche.