On Jul 6, 8:02 pm, ebe <miniskir...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jul 6, 6:17 pm, "D. Spencer Hines" <pant...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > Hilarious!
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> > This amusing rant sounds right out of Barcelona circa 1936.
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> > Best Laugh Of The Day...
> > --
> > DSH
> > Lux et Veritas et Libertas
> > Vires et Honor
>
> > "Tiglath" <te...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > Really? When you look at the Earth from space, it is striking.
> > > There are no national boundaries visible. They have been put there
> > > like the equator and the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of
Capricorn,
> > > by humans. The planet is real, the life is real, but the political
> > > separations that have placed the planet in danger are of human
> > > manufacture -- PEOPLE MADE.
>
> > > The Golden Rule's wisdom implicitly recognizes that all the beings
in
> > > this little world are mutually dependent. It's like living in a
> > > lifeboat. We breath the same air that Russians have breathed, and
> > > Zambians and Tasmanians and Iranians, and people all over the
> > > planet. Whatever it is that divides us it is clear the planet will
> > > be here for a long time to come, but will we?
>
> > > We need to marginalize people like Bush and other leaders who preach
> > > one thing and do another, and especially PATRIOTS who thing that the
> > > artificial division on a part of our planet confers them superiority
> > > and can tell the rest of the world what to do or else.
>
> > > If a human group does better, knows more, and thrives past other
> > > groups it should spread its wisdom and knowledge PEACEFULLY and by
> > > example. No God commands us to ram democracy down the world's
> > > throat.
>
> > >> > All the more
> > >> > noticeable in a president who rules with his faith. Bush clearly
> > >> > told us that he believes that God wants men to be free and that
this
> > >> > belief guides his foreign policy.
>
> > >> And I believe him. And his foreign policy has shown that.
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> > > It's no different than violent Jihad. Same **** different sewer.
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> > >> > I recall "Do unto others as you would have then do unto you." I
> > >> > don't recall "God wants all men to be free."
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> > >> Stuff concerning the universality of freedom generally has
> > >> more to do with Jefferson or Locke, and it's simple enough
> > >> to replace "self-evident" with "God-given" - the speakers
> > >> of those phrases mean the same thing.
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> > > I dispute that. Freedom is not a right any more than being wealthy
is
> > > a right. As long as humans need gods to wor****p, leaders to tell
> > > them what to do and lawyers to mediate their disputes they cannot be
> > > free.
>
> > > My income taxes MEAN that I have to work a certain, not small number
> > > of hours to sup****t the programs and decisions of others, many of
> > > which I don't agree with, like the Iraq War. And if I don't pay I
go
> > > to jail. The alternative is not to work and live in a park. Some
> > > freedom.
> > >> > And religious people seem to see nothing wrong that their most
sacred
> > >> > tenets are just window dressing.
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> > >> Ritual? All people have rituals. Some rituals are formal, some
> > >> are not.
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> > > A tenet is not a ritual. Learn the difference.
>
> Hi,
>
> Something to think about
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=YMyDJMAlHGI
>
> most people want a president not someone who is a commander in chief.
> When will we get to that time, in that video where people can drive
> and sing again given everything life gives you (good and bad).
>
> Although, some say that this time was bad, it was time I remember when
> people were happier, did not need to work 60 hours/week/two jobs
> (because the ex****t of Japan's overwork did not arrive here yet), and
> our shores were safe even at the height of the cold war.
ALso, remember at that time, the US had an average 35 hour work week
then (avg hours/week, compared to a higher value now), and people
could have time for leisure, and still live a middle class lifestyle.
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