Goodbye

I'm closing Restraint of the Heartless now.

I think now you deserve to know the meaning of "Nulono".

In Esperanto:

• "nul" is the word for zero.
• "-on-" is the suffix for creating a fraction ("kvar", meaning four, plus "-on", plus "-o", makes "kvarono", a fourth or a quarter)
• "-o" is the standard grammatical ending for nouns

Thus a "nulono" would be a "zero-th", or one divided by zero.

Now, division by zero is impossible (as far as we know in 02009), and would have some very serious implications if it was possible. Consider the expression a=b, where a and b can be any numbers. Let's say, for the sake of discussion, that a=2 and b=3002.

• 0*2 = 0
• 0*3002 = 0

By the reflexive property, 0=0.

Because 0*2 and 0*3002 are both equal to zero, we can substitute them in as such:

• 0*2 = 0*3002

So, by the multiplicative property of equality, if divide both sides by zero (multiply them by one "nulono"), we will arrive at an equation that still holds true.

Thus:

• (0*2)*(1/0) = (0*3002)*(1/0)

or

• (0*2)/0 = (0*3002)/0

Simplifying, we get:

• 2 = 3002

This exact same procedure works with any two numbers. Thus, the existence of 1/0 would make any number equal to every other number. Numbers, thus, would be completely meaningless, and the entire field of mathematics would come crumbling down.

What does this have to do with me, you ask?

Yes, I am an atheist (in fact, I am an antitheist). I am also a liberal (in fact, I'm a communist). I am also a feminist (In fact, I support the Equal Rights Amendment*). I am also pro-gay. I am also in favor of helping those in need. I am also pro-science.

Yet I am also pro-life.

I make many people's stereotyping world-views crumble to the ground, just like 1/0 would do to mathematics. I chose "Nulono" because I pretty quickly decided "Cde. Oxymoron" was setting me up for trouble.

*, though equal protection is already in Amendment XIV, so it's technically redundant.

Activism

I took action yesterday. Did you? Among other things, I was silent. Of all the things duct tape can fix, I hope America is among them. It's a wonderful feeling to know you're helping make the world a better place. Abortion has been legal for three dozades and one day too long, and President Obama is not going to make things any easier.

Tell me in the comments what you did yesterday to make the world (or even America) better, especially in the field of prenatal rights.

On a sidenote, I will no longer be debunking Amanda Marcotte. Her stupidity is making me physically ill. Roebot does not even begin to descibe her.

Goodbye

EDIT: I'd originally used this post to announce that I'd just finished reading Democrats for Life: Pro-life Politics and the Silenced Majority; It was very informative and I suggest everyone here read it.

However, due to recent events involving overreaction to the little profanity in this blog (as if words, mere collections of lines and curves, had some magical power to maim innocent kittens), warnings that some may commit the style over substance fallacy (fallacies being, ironically, one of the reasons this blog was founded), and threats of censorship, I have decided to shut down Restraint of the Heartless.

Goodbye, and have a rational 2009.