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A Society of Cowards
March 13, 2014 at 6:42 pm
I am afraid he is Right.
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
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RE: A Society of Cowards
March 13, 2014 at 8:36 pm
What a great talk, and every word right.
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RE: A Society of Cowards
March 13, 2014 at 9:17 pm
But it is frustrating to the free thinker.
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RE: A Society of Cowards
March 13, 2014 at 9:17 pm
cultural terrorism is a real problem.. but there isn't a solution coming. look at putin, that homophobe, he handled the muslim situation correctly.
I hate the bible. I love that do as thy whilst stuff.
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RE: A Society of Cowards
March 13, 2014 at 11:56 pm
(March 13, 2014 at 9:23 pm)Shell B Wrote: (March 13, 2014 at 9:17 pm)Bad Writer Wrote: ![[Image: 1897751_803071109720503_964434320_n.png]](https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/1897751_803071109720503_964434320_n.png)
Woah?
At least one prominent member here has the absurd idea that being anti-Islamic is racist. This cartoon makes the absurdity of that obvious.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
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RE: A Society of Cowards
March 14, 2014 at 12:06 am
As usual Condell makes some good points but I think he went off the rails with his expectations of news editors.
They are not the guardians of shit. Their bosses expect them to make money for the corporation. Condell needs a time machine if he expects to see another Walter Cronkite. Times have changed.
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RE: A Society of Cowards
March 14, 2014 at 10:30 am
Chas, my comment was not about the idea of the comic. It was about the misspelling.
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