there is a man known to many people as “JohnGuru” on IRC Undernet #philosophical; John was a programmer who wrote successful programming books, even graduating to teaching programming, as well as managing programming-teams, who, it turns out, eventually learned to dislike programming, & overemphasis of science in general, in favor of humanism & leading a more humanistic life, including patronizing the humanities, esp. discussing philosophy publically —

John even runs a 24-hour philosophy chatroom.

normally for this kind of thing we plug people’s books, when, they have written them, & John has written some programming books; but this time i’d like to ‘plug’ *his chats* – because John as i say publically discusses philosophy most days on the IRC Undernet server, on the #philosophical channel, & even holds a weekly class on western philosophy in another channel. you could ask him about it yourself. say what you think back to John.

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& on a broader note, i think we have a want/need for ‘happy news’ – we have a distinct lack of positive news stories;

& as well we honor our dead, esp. the beloved immediately deceased but really all to some degree – Joan Rivers who died recently was featured, recently…

why not just feature people doing good things & do a little tribute to them, *while they’re alive*, in the media?

honor the people who are doing it right – using them as living examples of what we can attain – & doing this while you can, while they are alive to have ears; this over shaming people who are doing bad, in as much it is tenable.

why don’t we let them ‘have their cake’ while they’re alive. it is ok to like & honor people, & it is good to learn from positive examples all kinds of people have set in all kinds of ways.

yes show a local hero who saved someone from a fire, but there are many many other types of good deeds we might be best recognizing as a community, for their sake & for ours.

so with that in mind, i just thought i’d feature on my little site a blurb about “JohnGuru”, a.k.a. John J. Valley.

JohnGuru can be found on IRC Undernet #Philosophical most days.

were you lucky enough to grow up with Your Mom or maybe be raised by Your Gramma? have you known anyone else to take as good of care as you?

how about in your relationships, if you swing that way – who was more communicative? more nurturing? more Loving?: you or your female companion.

these are stereotypes, some could foam, but there is some truth to stereotypes sometimes, & when we’re talking a positive stereotype i don’t know who can complain.

have you seen violence statistics based on gender? there is a campaign for “No More” sexual assault, i believe, & we all know the lopsidedness of those crimes: Men are the assailant more than Women – & that isn’t a fluke of anatomy. that seems to be a re-occuring theme in more Men than Women’s lives: the tendency towards physical violence.

in fact, 90% of guilty homicides verdicts spoken in the United States are spoken of Men. 90% . . .

like a little miniature model for us, i believe these, like all words of Christ, to be true: “The meek shall inherit The Earth.” (Matthew 5:5). i think with establishing Men of all ethnicities with the preponderance of belligerence, Men make my assessment easy: The Future belongs to Women, more than it has in our hunter-gatherer origins. Information Technology is flourishing, in our time, & who did we say – stereotypically – communicates better? i know who, in my experience.

Who manages her self-image, & social life with heightened sensitivity, elegance – stereotypically.

how about increased technology…. our projected future. Who will manage bombs of inordinate magnitudes better: those drunk with belligerence or those whose attacks, the specialists say, more often remain verbal/secondary to physical violence?

this is a serious thing i do not think will wash away with the next tides to our shores.

i am not female. this is not hubris. this is a positive commentary on a group of people i have come to know.

what should we say to those who think Women have surmounted sexist behavior against them, fully — we need only look a the trajectory of history to see liberation, suffrage are just yesterday in history; egalitarian working rights & privileges are still not established, & we are still living among mutterings of “Women’s place is in the kitchen.”

& this, perhaps most telling: tho women are essentially half our population, they still make up only 1/5th of the US Government Senate & House seats. (that is roughly a middle value, globally.)

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How Can You Increase Your Respect For Women?

as Eleanor Roosevelt’s International Bill of Rights – ratified by the U.N. – said: How Can You Increase The Dignity Of Women Of All Kinds?

these answers help You as much as they help Women; & more over they help Us; All Of Us.

#SocialJusticeForWomenNow.

Thank You For Listening =)

♡,
Joe Valentyn

I think Everyone is doing an amazing job. Everyone.

That is all =)