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Title: Soapbox Derby
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Users activity: 94 posts per thread
Forum activity: 100 active threads during last week
 

Posting activity on Soapbox Derby:

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Threads: 100 424 1,075
Post: 992 4,824 10,084
 

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Canuckistan
75
user's latest post:
Darwin and the case for...
Published (2009-12-02 01:14:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by Christie Changing your own mind of your own free will is one thing, I don't think though that that is what Silas was talking about. Lemme me rephrase: Changing your mind when presented with a persuasive argument is a form of suppression?
Chloe
71
user's latest post:
Darwin and the case for...
Published (2009-12-02 02:24:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by Silas Sparkhammer As far as acts of religious suppression as far down on the spectrum as saying, "Oh, those beliefs are foolish fairy-tales," I'm not against them. I think that level of suppression is socially valid, even valuable. And I think it's not an act of religious suppression.
AnglRdr
69
user's latest post:
Movement under way in California...
Published (2009-12-02 03:07:00)
New York State has some pretty archaic divorce laws. It's one Steve would support, though, as the couple is forced to be separated for at least 12 months prior to filing for divorce. Which is stupid.
Rabbititus
33
user's latest post:
Darwin and the case for...
Published (2009-12-01 23:51:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by JoeBentley Well if you define simply telling someone that their beliefs are wrong, illogical, unsupported by evidence, etc as "ridicule" then you've put us at an impasse. I am the most militant atheist, to the point of actually possessing a strong sense of anti-theism, that most people are ever gonna met. I make no apologies for the fact that I hold religion as a concept in practically no respect....
lord_feldon
31
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New York State voting on...
Published (2009-12-01 20:47:00)
I imagine there will soon be a tea party to protest the state of New York treading on gay couples.
snopes
29
user's latest post:
Obama's War on Christmas -...
Published (2009-12-01 20:03:00)
Quote: Our government needs to stay out of religious and festival affairs FOREVER. Then surely you'll be urging the government to remove Christmas from the list of federal holidays.
wanderwoman
22
user's latest post:
Darwin and the case for...
Published (2009-12-01 23:40:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by Chloe Well, yes. Talking honestly about your beliefs is perfectly fine, no matter how bizarre they may be. Talking honestly about your lack of beliefs, on the other hand, is insensitive, demeaning, insulting, offensive, and plain being a jerk. Apparently my very existence as a nonbeliever is insulting to a believer, should I dare to come out of the closet. To be honest, I don't care if they tell me I am going...
BringTheNoise
21
user's latest post:
Barack Obama Ecstasy Pills Hit...
Published (2009-12-01 23:31:00)
They look more like my blood pressure medication than my vitamins to me. Not that's there's an awful lot of difference - they're just a big more chalky.
Friends of Alfred
21
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Swiss Vote to Ban New Minarets -...
Published (2009-12-01 16:18:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by Cyrano As you're asking, here's my answer: I'm a Liberal, a Social-Democrat, an Ecologist, a Humanist, an Agnostic, and, after a long internal debate, yes, I voted for the ban . As did my wife (who shares these ideas and is a Feminist, too).. How is any of that relevant? Quote: Originally Posted by Cyrano Because (a) minarets would look awkward around here and (b) would be the visible symbol of a...
Cyrano
21
user's latest post:
Swiss Vote to Ban New Minarets -...
Published (2009-12-01 16:37:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by BringTheNoise ... maybe not vote for discriminatory nonsense when it comes around? It was the first and only time, and I've learned my lesson (anyway, Switzerland seems to suffer of a bad case of hangover these days). I still think very little of religions, but next time I'm tempted to take political action against a particular one, I'll rather tell Mr. Hyde to shut up, wait for an (unlikely)...
 

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Started 3 days, 15 hours ago (2009-12-01 18:18:00)  by Ellestar
Quote: Originally Posted by Spamamander While I realize this is but one side of the story, given Joe Arpaio's horrendous record of human rights abuses, particularly against the Hispanic community, I find it completely plausible. Link to story at rhrealitycheck.org Sadly, this sounds like a positive story next ...
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Started 4 days, 10 hours ago (2009-11-30 23:30:00)  by Canuckistan
You know, I could actually see this succeeding.
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Started 3 days, 7 hours ago (2009-12-02 02:21:00)  by Simply Madeline
Nice to see conservatives "discovering" this. http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/soc/facul..._OpenDoors. pdf
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Started 1 week, 3 days ago (2009-11-24 22:17:00)  by Chloe
I would say "The Pope." ETA: I didn't watch the talk linked to; does he call for a "war on religion"?
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Started 3 weeks, 4 days ago (2009-11-10 00:01:00)  by Sister Ray
I'm thinking now of a political cartoon where two angels are flying past a house. Two people are watching them and notice they carry a "Good Will Towards Man" banner (or some phrase similar to that) and one of the people says "No explicit display of the word 'Christmas' present." The other says "Waste them." Sister "the people are labeled 'say christmas or else zealots'" Ray
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Started 3 days, 13 hours ago (2009-12-01 20:44:00)  by AnglRdr
So Iowa it is, huh?
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Started 3 days, 16 hours ago (2009-12-01 17:17:00)  by Chloe
Because there's nothing in the Bible that says it's good to provide help and succor to foreigners.
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Started 5 days, 12 hours ago (2009-11-29 21:28:00)  by lord_feldon
Quote: Campaign posters depicting a Swiss flag sprouting black, missile-shaped minarets alongside a woman shrouded in a burka, the head-to-toe veil worn in conservative Islamic communities, starkly illustrated the S.V.P.’s determination to go beyond the issue of minarets and play on deep-rooted fears that Muslim immigration would lead to an erosion of Swiss values and...
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Started 3 days, 13 hours ago (2009-12-01 20:40:00)  by Tarquin Farquart
Quote: The drugs look like a "vitamin for kids," police spokesman Lenny Sanchez said. That calls for an eyerolling.
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Started 2 weeks ago (2009-11-21 01:29:00)  by Lainie
I applaud his motive. In any case, he's legally well within his rights to refuse to say the pledge. That was established decades ago. I agree with his mother -- the teacher should apologize for trying to intimidate him into saying the pledge.
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Started 1 week, 3 days ago (2009-11-24 22:17:00)  by Chloe
I would say "The Pope." ETA: I didn't watch the talk linked to; does he call for a "war on religion"?
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Started 5 days, 12 hours ago (2009-11-29 21:28:00)  by lord_feldon
Quote: Campaign posters depicting a Swiss flag sprouting black, missile-shaped minarets alongside a woman shrouded in a burka, the head-to-toe veil worn in conservative Islamic communities, starkly illustrated the S.V.P.’s determination to go beyond the issue of minarets and play on deep-rooted fears that Muslim immigration would lead to an erosion of Swiss values and...
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Started 1 week, 3 days ago (2009-11-25 02:38:00)  by diddy
Quote: Originally Posted by Spamamander I don't think Canuckie knows how to make a "straight" face.... Good point..
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Started 4 days, 10 hours ago (2009-11-30 23:30:00)  by Canuckistan
You know, I could actually see this succeeding.
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Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-11-26 09:52:00)  by Friends of Alfred
As long as they are prepared to pay the price for their civil disobedience, then fair play. If they start bleating about being discriminated against because of a prosecution for said civil disobedience I'd have an objection. Having said that.... Quote: D.C. Council member David A. Catania (I-At Large) said, "It's a shame they don't extend the same efforts ...
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Started 3 weeks, 4 days ago (2009-11-10 00:01:00)  by Sister Ray
I'm thinking now of a political cartoon where two angels are flying past a house. Two people are watching them and notice they carry a "Good Will Towards Man" banner (or some phrase similar to that) and one of the people says "No explicit display of the word 'Christmas' present." The other says "Waste them." Sister "the people are labeled 'say christmas or else zealots'" Ray
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Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-26 22:51:00)  by Christie
Quote: Others have been told by doctors abroad that their baby will be born with a profound illness, needing a lifetime of treatment and medicines. They know the NHS will provide this with few questions asked even if the bill reaches millions of pounds. While this may well be true does having a sick baby born in the UK automatically mean the ...
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Started 11 months ago (2009-01-09 05:12:00)  by Thing 2
I was thinking of this thread just today! We had a letter today (the second one on the page) that seemed to claim that we are becoming a secular nation because of the war on terror: Quote: The assertion that the international campaign of political leaders against Muslim terror is a battle between two opposing forms of religious fundamentalism is ...
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Started 3 days, 13 hours ago (2009-12-01 20:44:00)  by AnglRdr
So Iowa it is, huh?
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Started 6 days, 1 hour ago (2009-11-29 08:42:00)  by lord_feldon
It looks plausible. At least, I've seen similar websites from bona fide candidates. Lots of crazy people run for office. He'll probably get 10-20% of the vote in the primary and not be heard of again until he runs for whatever office sounds nicest to him during the next election. ETA: Quote: Barak Hussein Obama is the Product of a Dishonorable Heritage....
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