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RE: RIP thread
November 30, 2023 at 1:40 am
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: RIP thread
November 30, 2023 at 3:39 am
(November 29, 2023 at 10:02 pm)Belacqua Wrote: Is Henry Kissinger one of the ones we can say bad things about immediately? Or is he one of the ones where it's really really bad to speak ill of the recently dead?
I think we should honour his achievement of attaining the age of 100 without being charged for any of his war crimes.
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RE: RIP thread
November 30, 2023 at 4:06 am
(November 30, 2023 at 3:39 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (November 29, 2023 at 10:02 pm)Belacqua Wrote: Is Henry Kissinger one of the ones we can say bad things about immediately? Or is he one of the ones where it's really really bad to speak ill of the recently dead?
I think we should honour his achievement of attaining the age of 100 without being charged for any of his war crimes.
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He was most probably, legitimately, the last german war criminal.
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RE: RIP thread
November 30, 2023 at 8:19 am
I see Shane MacGowan died.
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RE: RIP thread
November 30, 2023 at 8:54 am
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The Cadillac stood by the house and the Yanks they were within
The tinker boys they hissed advice, "hotwire her with a pin"
And we turned and shook as we had a look at the room where the dead man lay
And big Jim Dwyer took his last trip to the shores where is father's laid
And fifteen minutes later we had our first taste of whiskey
The uncles giving lessons on ancient Irish history
The men all started telling jokes and the women they got frisky
By five o'clock in the evening every bastard there was pissky
Farewell Shane
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November 30, 2023 at 7:13 pm
(November 30, 2023 at 8:19 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: I see Shane MacGowan died.
He's died again?
I thought he was dead years ago.
I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.
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RE: RIP thread
December 1, 2023 at 1:46 pm
Sandra Day O’Connor, first female Supreme Court justice, has died.
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December 5, 2023 at 6:46 pm
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Denny Laine, co-founder of The Moody Blues and Wings, dead at 79.
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