Topic: Atheist Ad Campaigns
Positive or Negative?
Based on area, they can be either.
• $25,000 (donation) spent on subway campaign in NYC
• Campaign in Indiana – Similar message
How might that money be better spent?
• Youth programs
• Education
What do these achieve?
• In a major metropolitan area, these may not serve much purpose other than awareness.
• In smaller areas, [...]
Monday October 19 2009
October 19th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: atheism · atheist · bus · campaign · debate · free thinkers · freethinker · freethought · sbu freethinkers · sbuft · stony brook · stony brook freethinkers · subway
Monday September 21 2009
September 25th, 2009 No Comments
Topic: Intellectual Property Rights
Example: “Happy Birthday”
o Written by a school teacher in 1800s
o Now rights are owned by Time Warner until 2020
Should ideas become property? What might be the motivations?
o Jealousy, greed
o Profit
o Societal benefit
o Distribution
Is creating a work of art purely for profit something that can be considered manipulative?
o In this case, should they be given the right to intellectual [...]
Tags: atheism · debate · free thinkers · freethinker · freethought · intellectual property · sbu freethinkers · sbuft · stony brook · third meeting
“I’m offended by your posters around campus”
September 5th, 2008 4 Comments
There are a few reasons people have told me they are offended by our posters. I can understand some people. Others, I just have to clarify our reasoning. Then there are some that I squarely disagree with.
Sustainability
An RA has alluded to being unhappy that we are using so much paper, and all I can do [...]
Tags: first amendment · free speech · freethought · posters · questions · respect · slavery · sustainability
