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[SkyAnt 0]

Im bored

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

[AggieDave 6]

You could start a debate about why pro-abortion liberal-conservative gun owners are for the banning of kitchen spoons. That would probably get something going.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

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You could start a debate about why pro-abortion liberal-conservative gun owners are for the banning of kitchen spoons. That would probably get something going.

Either that or a discussion about whether we should pass a constitutional ammendment extending the right to bear arms to human embryos so they could defend themselves against athiest do-gooders.

[br0k3n 0]

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so what are your thoughts on the fact that [sic] the Foundation of Spiritualist Mediums [FSM] was given $2500 [approximately US$1800] of Auckland taxpayers money through an Auckland City Council committee, to teach people to communicate with the dead.

FSM president Natalie Huggard said that such lessons were essential to citizens of Auckland and were in high demand. Said she, "There are a lot of people who have problems communicating with the spirit world and don't know how to deal with it." She chuckled at the orthodox opinions of medical scientists, who told patients who "heard voices" that they were schizophrenic and prescribed medication. The FSM runs courses teaching people how to communicate with the dead and how to heal the sick and injured, which is what the afflicted really needed, she said.

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[swedishcelt 0]

What? You don't hear the voices??





(JK- no voices here. Really.)

[br0k3n 0]

Or perhaps your thoughts on freedom,

IN THE mouths of Condoleezza Rice and George Bush, the word freedom has taken on a bad taste. Using it as justification to invade countries and lecture undemocratic regimes, they have succeeded in turning freedom into a threat, as if to say, "You will be free only if you live by our rules and follow our example."

This standardised, centrally controlled, big brother version of freedom seems to advance that only an American sense of freedom is the right one, that US freedom is good, and anything that threatens it is bad.


This notion of freedom is an ugly monster, turning a good word into justification for just about anything, even if it may be totally irrational in a modern context: such as war without end. Or love over 40. Or having twins at the age of 57.

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[Gravitymaster 0]

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Or perhaps your thoughts on freedom,

IN THE mouths of Condoleezza Rice and George Bush, the word freedom has taken on a bad taste. Using it as justification to invade countries and lecture undemocratic regimes, they have succeeded in turning freedom into a threat, as if to say, "You will be free only if you live by our rules and follow our example."

This standardised, centrally controlled, big brother version of freedom seems to advance that only an American sense of freedom is the right one, that US freedom is good, and anything that threatens it is bad.


This notion of freedom is an ugly monster, turning a good word into justification for just about anything, even if it may be totally irrational in a modern context: such as war without end. Or love over 40. Or having twins at the age of 57.

What would your advice be to GWB and Rice if you had their ear for 45 minutes? What would you hae them do different?