The Only Thing Stupider than Politics is Religion

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Post by JStep » Tue Dec 07, 2010 7:20 pm

"And what comedian designer configured the region between our legs--an entertainment complex built around a sewage system?" - Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Post by Aiee! It burns! » Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:56 am

H.G.Crosby wrote:Image
You logged in quick !

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Post by H.G.Crosby » Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:59 am

wolf or sheep-dog....you decide...



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Post by ygmir » Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:01 am

Ralph, is that you?

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Post by Simon of the Playa » Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:06 am

yeah, lets get a beer in da bar, my treat...


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Post by Dr. Pyro » Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:08 am

Looks like the good people from Hollywood are at it again. Am I the only one who found this to be somewhat offensive?

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Post by lucky.bastard » Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:26 am

" Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. "

in my house we have three rules:

1. righty tighty , lefty loosey
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Post by DVD Burner » Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:59 am

Politics and religion are for suckers!


Oh wait, did I say that already?
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Post by Trishntek » Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:52 pm

Politics (from Greek πολιτικος, [politikós]: «citizen», «civilian»), is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions.
So Burning Man org should be abandoned and we'll all just meet somewhere,,,,, sometime,,,,, and ?????
Religion is a cultural system that creates powerful and long-lasting meaning, by establishing symbols that relate humanity to truths and values.
So let's all gather in the name of lies while raping, robbing and destroying one another!
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Post by Mojojita » Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:10 pm

I really love eplaya and most all eplayans. But I get sick to death of the insults to people for what they believe.

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Post by Elderberry » Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:26 pm

Mojojita wrote:I really love eplaya and most all eplayans. But I get sick to death of the insults to people for what they believe.
Hey, it's their fault for believing such stupid things.

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Post by Elderberry » Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:36 pm

geekster wrote:"Evidence suggests drug use and abuse significantly declined during the Reagan presidency. According to research conducted by the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, more young people in the 1980s were saying no to drugs. High school seniors using marijuana dropped from 50.1% in 1978 to 36% in 1987, to 12% in 1991 and the percentage of students using other drugs decreased similarly. Psychedelic drug use dropped from 11% to 6%, cocaine from 12% to 10%, and heroin from 1% to 0.5%."
And this was a good thing? Sure, you lie to kids and scare the he'll out of them they are going to stop...for awhile, then when they find out the truth, they say fuck you and start to use drugs again. Hence the rise in drug use. :D :D :D
Nancy Reagan's related efforts increased public awareness of the problem, but a direct relationship between reduced drug use and the Just Say No campaign cannot be established.[12]
The campaign drew some criticism, including that the program was too costly.[15] Author Jeff Elliott stated that the Reagan administration's synonymous use of the terms "drug use" and "drug abuse" was improper, and that drug use in America was underestimated; Dr. Michael Newcomb claimed that there is "no evidence that most people who experiment with drugs get hooked."[15] It was also argued that the program did not go far enough in addressing many social issues including unemployment, poverty, and family dissolution;[15] Nancy Reagan's approach to promoting drug awareness was also labeled simplistic by critics who argued that the solution was reduced to a catch phrase.[16]
Oh, and trickle down economics DOES NOT WORK either.

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Post by Trishntek » Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:01 pm

When it comes to politics and religion, you cannot have a community without politics.

When it comes to religion, you believe something,,,, all of us do. Just because someone disagrees with what you believe neither makes them stupid or any less of a human being.

Sometimes I cannot believe there is a need to actually express the obvious.
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