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timmy
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Location: UK, in Devon
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Apart from being fed up to the back teeth with them, it strikes me that, since the USA has such a huge reach globally, for good and for ill, that other nations should also have a vote. I wish to cast a vote!
After all, "no taxation without representation" has a certain ring to it, and the USA has managed to screw up the world financial markets single handedly!
The world view on the USA is, pretty much, that it is a laughing stock right now. A shame for what was once a great nation run by statesmen.
[Updated on: Fri, 03 October 2008 23:00]
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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unsui
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marc
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Registered: March 2003
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HUH!
This is just plain rediculous.
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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I'm not qualiied to comment on your post, Michael, but I have heard all this before somewhere.
Hugs
Nigel
I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.
…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
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marc
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Registered: March 2003
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One finds the more paranoid one is the more obscure the conspiracy throries are.
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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Dear Michael,
Forced to choose between the conspiracy and the cock-up theories I would have to choose the cock-up! 
Love,
Anthony
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timmy
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Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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David Icke, probably
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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Timmy,
Please tell me what Occam's razor has to do with this topic.
The argument is, I think, the central contention in physics as soon as the objects under discussion can't be seen. It is arguments similar to Occam's that keep us from teaching creationism in school and worrying about angels on the head of pins.
The people in the USA are what frighten me because their beliefs and values are (typically) so different from mine. How can anybody fail to see that a "War against terror" is a meaningless jumbled and self-inconsistent concept invented by a fool to allow him to continue to do whatever he wants?
Love,
Anthony
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marc
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Creationism is a fallacy...
A concept invented to bolster an already unstable religious belief system.
In this day and age, I find it difficult to understand how inteligent, educated people can adhere to such antiquated beliefs.
It absolutly boggles the mind......
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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timmy
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Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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Broadly "the simplest solution is likely to be the right one"
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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Marc wrote:
>Creationism is a fallacy...<
If that is so, isn't it a very good reason for discussing it in classrooms and everywhere else, instead of peremptorily dismissing it?
Hugs
N
I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.
…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
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oh no....not the Illuminati conspiracy theory again.
If you stand for Freedom, but you wont stand for war, then you dont stand for anything worth fighting for.
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JimB
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Man invented religion to provide him with a sort of comfort by answering basically unanswerable questions. To maintain control over their flock religious leaders forced them to also accept other dogma, such as creationism. The followers are told that you can not accept one without the other and the entire package is drilled into them from an early age. It is a type of brainwashing, much like the child who is repeatedly told that he/she is worthless and will never amount to anything.
Even scientists are guilty of such narrow thinking. They may believe in the big bang but don't believe in an oscillating universe, as if all the energy and matter of the big bang just happened.
I do agree with Nigel that there is a place in classrooms for discussion of the concept of creationism.
JimB
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Yep Roger, that load of tripe again.
aqua
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving
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"The people in the USA are what frighten me because their beliefs and values are (typically) so different from mine."
Wow. LOL ya know I would say the same of you, but not because I find your beliefs and values so different. What I find frightening is your self righteousness.
Don't be so insecure dude!
Peace
Rick
People will tell you where they've gone
They'll tell you where to go
But till you get there yourself you never really know
Where some have found their paradise
Other's just come to harm
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(\\__/) And if you don't believe The sun will rise
(='.'=) Stand alone and greet The coming night
(")_(") In the last remaining light. (C. Cornell)
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pipo
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I have to agree with you there. In my experience, if a cock-up remotely fits as an explanation for things going wrong, it is likely to be the correct explanation and you do not need a more elaborate one. SNAFU, as they say in the American army 
Why is it, that conspiracy theories are always so popular? I think it might be that if things happen that are outside our control, we want to be able to point to someone that is GUILTY or RESPONSIBLE for that. A mere cock-up or accident with no single person clearly to blame doesn't satisfy those feelings.
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timmy
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Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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It is mildly illuminating, though.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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I believe it boils down to the old adage that he who has the gold makes the rule.
Nothing is hidden never had to be. The economy and the working population are and always will be working to the advantage of those that hold most of the wealth, and they do work together for the most part.
Another truth seems to be that the rich continue to get richer and a larger population of poor seem to have less and less. Is this good, what will come of such a trend?
Now what about the middle class, do you guys think that % of the population and what they have is shrinking?
Another thing I'd kinda like to address is the economic troubles rippling across the world at present and the foreseeable future, can the USA, though admittedly the epicenter of the current woes, be held responsible for all? I mean I saw this coming a minimum of three years ago, so why in h*ll did the rest of the world keep riding that wave?
Would any one like to speculate on the ramifications and future trends of this seemingly new paradigm we seem to be on the verge of? I see things changing radically and would like as much input as I can get. I think I've made the right decision in becoming a truck driver as it is pretty much iron clad job security, especially for someone over 50, and it pays well, so when the economy does turn around I should have the cash to invest. Still I'd like to hear any input and thoughts on the economic future picture.
People will tell you where they've gone
They'll tell you where to go
But till you get there yourself you never really know
Where some have found their paradise
Other's just come to harm
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Oh! Right, Timmy,
sorry to be so stupid: you were agreeing with me!
It just isn't safe to be laconic in emails. It is too easy for people to associate a short answer with the wrong bit of a previous message.
Did you ever hear the laconic story about Calvin Coolidge?
He had a great reputation for taciturnity and at one grand banquet the woman sitting next to him said "Mr President I have a bet with a friend that I will be able to get three words out of you during this meal." He replied"You lose."
Love,
Anthony
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