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Chance Abattoir
Future Rockin' Resmod
Join date: 3 Apr 2004
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04-22-2005 18:51
From: Jeffrey Gomez
Or one of these:
Those don't defend personal rights too well when you're openly anti-"American" and have a history of writing belligerent letters and posts.  I think you have your insults mixed up; tin foil hats are for conspiracy theorists.
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Jeffrey Gomez
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Join date: 11 Jun 2004
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04-22-2005 18:58
From: Chance Abattoir I think you have your insults mixed up; tin foil hats are for conspiracy theorists. I know it. I'm just being a prick for once. 
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Chance Abattoir
Future Rockin' Resmod
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04-22-2005 19:07
From: Jeffrey Gomez I know it. I'm just being a prick for once. :  crawls "Jeffrey Gomez" on a list of names before smearing lipstick all over face::
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Cerulse Sunset
Registered User
Join date: 22 Apr 2005
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04-22-2005 19:40
Government.... what can I say? We need it. We also have good cause to be fearful of it.
“Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.” (Thomas Jefferson)
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Rose Karuna
Lizard Doctor
Join date: 5 Jun 2004
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04-22-2005 20:42
From: Jeffrey Gomez Fun times indeed. Some fundamentals about our situation and my stance:
1) America is a Christian state. We're just in denial of it half the time. Currently, the pendulum has swung one way with the whole Pope and Terry Schiavo cases. Give or take a few months and we'll be right back to "omg noes, government and religion" stories.
2) The rash of stamping out tolerance, be it for opposing views, religion, sexual preference, etc. - scares me. I'm seriously hoping this pendulum will also swing the other way, but until the American people (read: current population) become tolerant as a group, that likely won't happen. I don't see that happening for some time, if at all.
3) However, I'm not surprised by the situation at all. It's just very fitting of what the nation has been raised on - consumerism, protection of power, media mass appeal, and what's best called Americana. Is it suddenly amazing that dissenting opinions are getting silenced or scrutinized?
4) You're never going to "prove" something to someone that's set in their opinion. Ever. Pure Creationism as a worldview would not exist today if not for people refuting tangible proof of the reverse. While everyone is welcome to their own opinion, the staunch of religion will continue to dominate so long as there are strong leaders and individuals to give it credence.
At any rate, ladies and gentlemen, the internet is still a pretty free place for opinions. Hopefully it'll remain that way and not get taken by a single power base like America has.
Or one of these: Got the hat, looks like now I'll have to buy the book.  .
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Devlin Gallant
Thought Police
Join date: 18 Jun 2003
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04-23-2005 12:35
From: Eggy Lippmann What? Who's Emeril?
I just dont believe you americans. What's with this god thing, for crying out loud. We do not mix religion and politics. We do not have organized religious lobbying groups.
We do not even have the G word on the news, at all, ever, let alone people seriously proposing creationism. It's just shocking to me. You're just like those middle eastern countries you so love to bomb. Well, we WERE thinking about bombing Portugal, but you guys don't have any oil.
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