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Thread: On the decline of democracy + the impending collapse of our way of life

Started 1 month, 2 weeks ago by Thoroughly_Modern_Chx
Additionally, it seems that a further battery of reasons - such as deliberate monetary inflation, excessive warring well beyond your own borders, steady moral and social decay, monetary taxation and direct requisitioning, over-immigration, excessive greed and corruption in both business and politics, the rise of Christianity as well as the the loss of agricultural land given over to the ever-...
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worov replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Well . . . that's cast rather a gloom over the evening! "The supernatural is the natural not yet understood." xA7; xA7; xA7; xA7; <x)))><

nosimplehighway replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
two questions what do you personally see as the moral and social decay part of the poster's essay? and what about the loss of agricultural land to the aristocracy? Reach out your hand, if your cup be empty if your cup is full, may it be again

very_cingulated replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
deliberate monetary inflation That's not necessarily a bad thing. steady moral and social decay Where? monetary taxation That's a good thing. direct requisitioning Where? over-immigration Where? Economically, immigration is a good thing. the loss of agricultural land given over to the ever-expanding aristocracy What? ______________

very_cingulated replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The salmon mousse! ______________

Leon-Scott-Kennedy replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Not really. Well, you know, like, I don't really give a fxFC;ck what the general public think.

worov replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
"Dear, you didn't use canned salmon, did you?" "I'm frightfully embarrassed. Serving salmon with botulism in it is social death!" "The supernatural is the natural not yet understood." xA7; xA7; xA7; xA7; <x)))><

gilliking replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
when taken out of the context, yes all those things are similar. But the way things work now and the way they worked during the Roman empire are two different things. Driving a motorcycle into a wall at 50mph and driving a tank into a wall at 50mph, have a lot of parallels too, that doesn't mean the results are going to be the same.

very_cingulated replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Shut up! SHUT UP you American! You always TALK , you Americans, you talk and you talk and say 'Let me tell you something' and 'I just wanna say this' ! Well, you're DEAD now, so SHUT UP! ______________

Thoroughly_Modern_Chx replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
what do you personally see as the moral and social decay part of the poster's essay? Well, *I* don't, but there is no shortage of people lamenting the moral laxness of today's youth in particular; how contraception and abortion have resulted in complete (and completely destructive) irresponsibility and promiscuity; how "socialism" is threatening this country's foundational "stand-alone ...

GayIthacan2 replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
It is a historical truth that the most advanced and artistic cultures have been those in which Democracy has been virtually non-existent or strictly limited in scope. In fact, most were absolute dictatorships or family-based monarchies. Sad, but true. Which I suppose means that permitting the under-educated and ignorant too much of a say in affairs of state leads inexorably to dumbed-down ...

 

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Thoroughly_Modern_Chx
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Published (2009-11-09 12:32:00)
Execute those who can't spell to save their lives
very_cingulated
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Published (2009-11-08 22:42:00)
Interesting. I do own &quot;The Life of Python&quot;, where the surviving lads get together (and even do some sketches - including Carol Cleveland! - which sadly aren't *that* funny, but that's OK). There's also an interview with the five surviving members, and Chapman's ashes, which inevitably get spilled over everyone ... have you seen that one? Is it better than that? I read an article on cnn.com where Terry...
worov
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Y'know, it's churlish of me to diss MoL, isn't it. Though I might not be all that fond of every last bit of it, it's still the last totally Python film, meaning with all the lads in attendance. For that alone, I should be grateful. And (natch) I own it on DVD. Speaking of that, have you seen/purchased &quot;Monty Python: Almost The Truth&quot; DVD? I'm just now watching it and I have to say it's beyond...
Photiphar
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Yeah a type-o..but ten brownie points for you, if you like. It don't matter with all the logical fallacies you have made on this thread there is no worry that you will ever catch up.
nosimplehighway
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I see the loss of farms, especially family farms, too, but I think it has more to do with government subsidization policies and Americans general disinterest in &quot;where the food comes from&quot; than aristocracy, even if aristocracy is taken to simply mean wealth. I thought your op implied your agreement with his entire post. Reach out your hand, if your cup be empty if your cup is full, may it be again
gilliking
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it does help to update beliefs with the current events; although I'd be careful about suggesting that to christians, because then wouldn't they all be Pentecostal, I dont' think anyone wants that
WayofTheNomad
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Well considering that 45 years ago it was constitutional for states to pass laws banning the use of contraceptives and the fact that religious identification is on the whole is decreasing and the fact that, using Democracy, more people have become enfranchised in this country than at any point in its history, I'd say that pointing out that abstinence only education exists hardly goes far enough in proving the OP's outlandish thesis....
Leon-Scott-Kennedy
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Not really. Well, you know, like, I don't really give a f&#xFC;ck what the general public think.
GayIthacan2
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It is a historical truth that the most advanced and artistic cultures have been those in which Democracy has been virtually non-existent or strictly limited in scope. In fact, most were absolute dictatorships or family-based monarchies. Sad, but true. Which I suppose means that permitting the under-educated and ignorant too much of a say in affairs of state leads inexorably to dumbed-down societies that are based on the basest of human drives....
coffeeshot
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Published (2009-11-08 21:15:00)
&lt;the impending collapse of our way of life&gt; Which one would that be? The only science in Creationism &amp; ID is psychology.

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