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What is the meaning behind your avatar picture?
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#61
RE: What is the meaning behind your avatar picture?
August 19, 2013 at 10:31 am
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Mine is explained here.
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RE: What is the meaning behind your avatar picture?
August 19, 2013 at 10:52 am
(August 19, 2013 at 7:35 am)The Germans are coming Wrote:
(August 18, 2013 at 11:27 am)Danelaw Wrote: And that you're a Nazi fascist.

Fascism evolved out of 20th century catholic right wing politics and then spread into other regions of this planet to all kinds of different people.

Nationalism evolved out of 19th century revolutionary Europe as a movement with the goals of creating nations whos sovereignty was not determined by the ruler but through the culture of that nation. It started as a movement in France and than later poped up in other places such as Germany, Poland, Greece and Haiti. Almoust all 19th century revolutions in Sout and Central America were the result of that movement.

I am neither of both. But I wanted to point out to you that there is a difference between the two.

And I am not a big friend of randomly accusing people you disagree with nazis with the attempt to delegitemise them through that heap way.

4,000 Years of historical facts and recorded history don't go poof because you wish it so, you know. Not even if you literally rewrite the (history) books and brainwash the people into believing an operatically heroic past like the Turks do. The Christians tried it too and failed. The German Nazis tried it too and failed. The Romans tried it too and failed. The Russian, Chinese, Cambodian, and North Korean 'communists' tried it too and failed. Etc. etc.
You can fool some of the people all of the time. And you can fool all of the people some of the time. But you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
Except yourself.
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RE: What is the meaning behind your avatar picture?
August 20, 2013 at 3:15 am
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RE: What is the meaning behind your avatar picture?
August 20, 2013 at 10:29 am
(August 19, 2013 at 10:52 am)Danelaw Wrote: 4,000 Years of historical facts and recorded history don't go poof because you wish it so, you know. Not even if you literally rewrite the (history) books and brainwash the people into believing an operatically heroic past like the Turks do. The Christians tried it too and failed. The German Nazis tried it too and failed. The Romans tried it too and failed. The Russian, Chinese, Cambodian, and North Korean 'communists' tried it too and failed. Etc. etc.
You can fool some of the people all of the time. And you can fool all of the people some of the time. But you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
Except yourself.

What the fuck has this got to do with everything else I posted?

And who the fuck do you think you are?! Somekind of untouchable expert scholar on the topic of history?

I merely told you that simply painting people in ugly colors when you dont have arguments is disgusting.

So quit your pathetic whining bitch!
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RE: What is the meaning behind your avatar picture?
August 21, 2013 at 8:08 am (This post was last modified: August 21, 2013 at 8:08 am by Faith No More.)
My new avatar is exoplanet HD 189733b juxtaposed on top of the star it revolves around.

Thanks goes to NASA for that one.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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RE: What is the meaning behind your avatar picture?
August 21, 2013 at 12:11 pm
My avatar is a picture of me from a few years ago.
Meaning: I'm too lazy to update it to a more recent one.Big Grin
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RE: What is the meaning behind your avatar picture?
August 21, 2013 at 12:21 pm (This post was last modified: August 21, 2013 at 12:22 pm by Doubting Thomas.)
My avatar is a picture of me taken a number of years ago. I don't often like pictures of myself but I like this one.

My face is a lot thinner since then. I should probably have a new pic taken.
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RE: What is the meaning behind your avatar picture?
August 21, 2013 at 3:30 pm
Mine's an Orthodox Jew atheist. Apparently.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: What is the meaning behind your avatar picture?
August 21, 2013 at 3:50 pm
Isn't that the guy from Poltergeist II?
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RE: What is the meaning behind your avatar picture?
August 21, 2013 at 7:59 pm (This post was last modified: August 21, 2013 at 8:00 pm by Cyberman.)
Well, I thought it was the late Julian Beck in character as the even later Baptist minister (or whatever) the Reverand Henry Kane from Poltergeist II (rather cheekily wearing my atheist A badge). That was until old Second Cumming corrected me.

And why should we not believe him?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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