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06-06-2010, 11:09 AM
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to stern:
 One of the most irrational of all the conventions of modern society is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected....That they should have this immunity is an outrage. There is nothing in religious ideas, as a class, to lift them above other ideas. On the contrary, they are always dubious and often quite silly. H. L. Mencken |
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06-06-2010, 02:58 PM
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 Thanks, Eva. Can I have my old category back now instead of obsessed member?  "Those who most loudly proclaim their honesty are least likely to possess it." "Atheism: rejecting all absurdity." S.H. "Reality, the God alternative" |
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06-06-2010, 04:20 PM
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only chris can change it......
One of the most irrational of all the conventions of modern society is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected....That they should have this immunity is an outrage. There is nothing in religious ideas, as a class, to lift them above other ideas. On the contrary, they are always dubious and often quite silly. H. L. Mencken |
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06-06-2010, 08:37 PM
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 "Those who most loudly proclaim their honesty are least likely to possess it." "Atheism: rejecting all absurdity." S.H. "Reality, the God alternative" |
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06-09-2010, 02:15 PM
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Meanwhile, the religion of piss rumbles on unabated.
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06-09-2010, 05:32 PM
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"Last week, Afghanistan held a national peace council"
With (a great deal of) luck, they may discover that they are not at peace.  "Those who most loudly proclaim their honesty are least likely to possess it." "Atheism: rejecting all absurdity." S.H. "Reality, the God alternative" |
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06-09-2010, 08:13 PM
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Afghanistan holding a peace council is like the Klan holding an African American history celebration.
"If God inspired the Bible, why is it such a piece of shit?" (Kaziglu Bey) |
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06-09-2010, 08:36 PM
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I'm a bit torn about Canada's presence in Afghanistan. On the one hand, we've committed to helping out there. On the other, I don't think they really want to live in anything approaching a free society. Realistically, they will revert to a theocracy of one sort or another regardless of anything we do.
If there were prospects for long-term peace/prosperity/Good Things (tm) then I might tacitly support staying, but there isn't. What's the point? "When science was in its infancy, religion tried to strangle it in its cradle." - Robert G. Ingersoll |
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06-09-2010, 09:37 PM
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Labor there must be dirt cheap. Maybe, if we relocate some industry to Afghanistan, we can not only help pay for our fighting there but it would give those folks an example of liberty and help them toward some little prosperity while giving us a clearly defined national interest to defend.
Get those "Blanket" (Afghan) people working on i-Pads so I can get one for USD $90 or so instead of $500. "Those who most loudly proclaim their honesty are least likely to possess it." "Atheism: rejecting all absurdity." S.H. "Reality, the God alternative" |
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06-09-2010, 10:26 PM
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I almost want to say that Afghanistan is unfixable and we should just let it develop/fail on its own. "When science was in its infancy, religion tried to strangle it in its cradle." - Robert G. Ingersoll |
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06-10-2010, 12:28 AM
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Our collective efforts there are not about terrorism or the wish to make Afghanistan a ‘better, peaceful place’. I’d wager it’s about America's desire to control energy in Central Asia and promote corporate plans to plunder the region's reserves - but I’m just a cynical old conspiracy git!
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06-10-2010, 06:30 AM
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Energy in Afghanistan? Unless they find a way to use goatshit to run our equipment, I don't think they have anything useful.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." George Bernard Shaw |
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06-10-2010, 07:20 AM
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I was thinking more about the oil & gas pipelines from the Caspian Sea to Indian or Pakistani ports that would find it difficult to avoid Talibanistan or our friendly Iranians.
Goatshit technology - now there's an idea for a bit of entrepreneurism! Stop the Holy See men! |
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06-10-2010, 09:24 AM
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"Those who most loudly proclaim their honesty are least likely to possess it." "Atheism: rejecting all absurdity." S.H. "Reality, the God alternative" |
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06-10-2010, 12:15 PM
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Re thread title: are Smelly's bollocks a religion of piece?
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