Zenister

exactly!.. if you dont tell your friends point blank when they are making what you feel is a stupid decision (marriage, tiny canopy, double gainer into the flower pot) what kind of friend are you really? if they persist with their direction, you have to accept it, you can laugh and say i told you sooo later on, but you'd better be buying the drinks when you do... " I told you so." is my least favorite phrase in the entire world. I've said it far more often than i'd like, but its waaaay better than trying to answer "why didnt you say something if you felt like that??" ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

sooooo pissed to be given a 'day off' to play in the tunnel??? WTF is wrong with those wuffos??!?!? ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

absolutely... of course if your really sure she's a complete o2 thieif and totally wrong for someone you've know for ages (who sounds like he's wearing the desperate goggles) simply refuse to take their relationship seriously.. start a betting pool on when the marriage will end, wear a fish tie to the wedding and collect 500$ when you win said pool... of course make sure you use the cash to console your now heart broken friend... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

chemistry is also something you can create if your both willing to put the time and energy into it...sometimes its there from the start, sometimes it evolves... ive always prefered the 'wave' analogy.sometimes your right together with someone, 'synced' on the same wave, other times your many cycles apart. if your lucky enough to meet while close to the same wave? "its chemistry!!" but change the timing slightly and suddenly you might wonder how you ever started talking at all....... but if your willing to put the energy into it isnt hard to get it together... of course that assumes you dont put artificial barriers up with thoughts like.." this isnt working, the chemistry just isnt there.." because of course then it wont be.... timing is everything, but your not a slave to it unless you (or she) chooses to be.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

[reply And going back to the store to buy the policy won't work. Besides, only Ritz has that type of policy, and you have to get it within 30 days. i got a 5 year ESP from Good Guys for my PC120... its a little more than the Sony repair fee....but since there is the chance of a fairly significant drop it seemed worth it to me... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

8 1/2 years...from age 7 to 15, but that was a while ago..so its certainly possible the prevailing social attitudes have changed (and many of my remaining german friends tell me it is a much different place since the reunion.) but i doubt they are beating on 'Mein Kampf' with the zeal of a christian and his bible. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

(would like to know what you really know about Germans ? ) just a small incidental remark: they do not consider these old stories as their "bible" of today. they just live their own lifes, experiences and sins. like i did. Well i grew up in Weisbaden, so quite a bit actually... read my post again, there is a huge qualifier on that statement,"if". With the exception of a few neonazi's, Germans are not continually reinterpreting a text to justify their past and present actions ..... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

you'll have to try harder, its not working.. Christians are claiming they know what God wishes for you, and me and every other soul on the planet....just look, see? Its all spelled out in this book, and since it is 'the divinely inspired word of God' how could it possibly be wrong?? Anyone who has a personal relationship with God must be mistaken if it doesnt fit what christian literature states... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

Yeah? And the crucifix swirling in a used toilet bowl was called art. What's your point, that critics have no taste and live somewhere other than reality?[/reply actually the point would seem to be that the concept and purpose of 'Art' is continually misunderstood by a large portion of the general populace... to many people reject the presentation or the artist without ever critically examining the work at all... of course most people never learned to think critically in the first place so Art is completely lost on them.... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

amen. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

? is that a female varient on the 'Cowboy'? mount up from behind reach around, grab both breasts and whisper in her ear "these feel just like your sisters". then try to stay on for 8 sec?? ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

uh oh...so what the payout? ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

its currently low and crappy in southern WA.... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

true, but then you can also be prosecuted(perhaps not successfully but the investigation and lawsuit could make life 'far to interesting') if poor wandering souls have malicious intent to others...you may have a hard time proving it wasnt you.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

modern Germans do no claim to be following a text that gives them 'God's' authority to act in God's name, and then excuse their predecessors actions by simply saying "oh well it is still God's design' we just weren’t following it correctly, but we are trying to now" (using this decades interpretation) the fact that your 'word of God' has been so grossly misused, misapplied and even accurately followed by those using it to justify genocide means it should be largely excluded as a 'guide' in imposing your beliefs on others. "they've had it wrong many times in the past about many different issues, we're still using the same reference, but we're right about this" is not a convincing argument. if modern Germans were reinterpreting Mein Kampf as a modern guide, trying to excuse their prior actions as 'misinterpretations' and claiming it was the divinely inspired word of God so everyone else should be following their “One True Path”. yes i would hold them equally responsible. the point is you claim 'God' gave you this way and yet those following 'your' way have been responsible for some horrific events and still claim "they were doing God's will [I](as understood this week)[/I]"God told me to do this", "see look God's word says this is wrong" used the jaw bone of an ass to commit genocide? "God told us to do it, he just became a gentle God later on...." if its God's word, and God's way, then its never wrong, and cannot be interpreted incorrectly. After all its God's way and as he is, by definition, perfect, his instructions would be equally perfect. If its been wrong before its not really God's way, perhaps your following far more of Man's way than you believe, since he's far more prone to make mistakes and for his own ends, particularly when trying to justify his actions to history, and it makes for more convincing argument and better literature if you claim it comes from 'God' and not from 'Man' ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

facts cant be proven. beliefs cannot. it is incorrect to claim ''all' are separated from God, you may feel and believe you personally are but that does not make it true for anyone other than you... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

only when what is perceived as the way is self imposed.. trying to tell me (or anyone else for that matter) what God wishes for me is silly. which also means applying your interpretation of his path, to anyone else, is also silly, and so perhaps 'God' shouldnt be invoked in matters that dont actually involve you specifically? ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

it is when they claim they were following the 'one true way as told by God' either you are or you arent. if you are you dont make mistakes. if you do make mistakes then you cant be following the way of God....no matter what your literature is interpreted this decade to say. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

actually toliet paper looks quite entertaining in freefall... there is video around somewhere i'm sure..... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

Good for you....drive on! All of pajarito's beliefs, he "chooses to believe in". All of Zenister's, "fact". not at all.. as so much of this is 'belief' i refuse to impose mine on anyone else, and therein lies the difference between. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

I know I'm naive and all but who the heck hit on me???? and what did they do that for? im sure at some point i did and i'm also pretty sure the reasons are pretty obvious to anyone who's met you...which i have unfortuantly not had the pleasure of yet... but i have eaten slugs with JT! ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

sort of like modern cosmology was 'seen' as wrong by christians for ages before the church apologized and admited they were wrong, or do you still believe in the crystaline spheres? I don't know what church you think I belong to. I'm not Catholic by the way. I don't adhere to their policies or decisions. I'm reformed Baptist. I don't discount science for religion. I believe it supports my beliefs. I just look at it from the other side. ah yeah that right 'modern christians' arent responsible for the mistakes their religion has made before, guess that sort of puts a crimp in the 'unaltered word of god' you claim your religion has followed for the last 2000 years... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

perhaps when graded as movies. King's work simply does not have the depth of character, plot and construction that Tolkien's has, and so would be easier to translate. King also has an advatage in that he knows he has a possible movie for every title. I like King, but i really have to defer to Tolkien as the better story teller. King would not be as good without Tolkien's shoulders to stand on. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

the social control system (churches) in the US would absolutely hate that. it undermines their ability to bond and manipulate people as 'social corporations' begain to replace the support structures churches have traditionally used to attract and keep members. Allowing people to form larger legal 'family' support groups would transfer the 'lure of belonging' away from religious institutions, fewer participants equals less influence, so of course they will scream about how 'wrong it is in the eyes of God' when all they are really speaking for is the church. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

sort of like modern cosmology was 'seen' as wrong by christians for ages before the church apologized and admited they were wrong, or do you still believe in the crystaline spheres? ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.