Thread: Get your tinfoil hats ready...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jamesaritchie Well, anyone with enough sense to spit downwind is going to be on the right wing side of these issues. I spit into the wind and lived to tell about it. . . phlegm free. . . . .

i'm simply saying it's all we've got. beyond that, all bets are off.

It's just me doing a Kubrick Stare. You'll get over it.

I have no problem with anybody believing any fiction they care to believe. In the cases where it reduces friction between people, it can even be beneficial to society. Jesus was a pacifist who cared about his fellow travelers, and we could use more of those. However, when people confuse beliefs with facts, and start assuming their particular fictions are universal truths, problems start. When they then decide that everyone should accept their...

Well, basketball IS stupid...

Quote: Originally Posted by William Haskins WASHINGTON – Five young American Muslims arrested in Pakistan met with representatives of an al-Qaida linked group and asked for training but were turned down because they lacked references from trusted militants, Welcome to the adult world of job-searching. caw

That's the wonder of a country as huge as this, I guess.

The Aurora Borealis is so cool!

I don't think race was the main reason Obama got elected. As a rhetorician, Obama is unparalleled in this political climate. He's eloquent, intelligent and politically savvy--and after all, that's what we require from our elected leaders. Having said that, his one flaw rhetorically (in my opinion) is his inability to bridge that gap between well-spoken public leader and the down home, guy next door kind of comfortableness that...

On the other hand, I believe twelve-step programs are inherently harmful, especially but not only because of their low long-term (and in some cases short-term) success rates. Professionals generally aren't involved, and there's a reason for that. The mixup with religious belief makes them resemble NRMs. But I guess that's a topic for another thread. More on-topic, I have known both those who are religiously flexible and those...