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25 Feb 2011, 8:11 pm

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Politics: 5 posts
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25 Feb 2011, 8:13 pm

Wonder which country is next after Libya, Yemen, Jordania and Ivory Coast. =/

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25 Feb 2011, 9:58 pm

Saudi Arabia would be the holy grail in terms of the s**t hitting the fan. Thats when faceless men in Washington stop banging their fists on a table as they view a wall of screens, and reach for their revolvers.

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25 Feb 2011, 10:09 pm

jamieboy wrote:

Saudi Arabia would be the holy grail in terms of the sh** hitting the fan. Thats when faceless men in Washington stop banging their fists on a table as they view a wall of screens, and reach for their revolvers.

2 point one for the sentiment one for a mission of burma referance
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzMu6ugTNfA[/youtube]

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26 Feb 2011, 6:51 am

I want to conquer the universe!

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26 Feb 2011, 8:48 am

e^i*p = -1, donc dieu existe --- L. Euler.

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26 Feb 2011, 10:42 am

Moog wrote:

Post anything you want (rules of the forum withstanding) in regard to Politics, Philosophy, or Religion.

I'll start us off with some entries from one of my favourite books The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce.

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POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

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PHILOSOPHY, n. A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

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RELIGION, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

Ooh, wasn't he a cynic.

Ive often thought that alex should get rid of his copy and use the above quotes as the masthead for the PPR Forum

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26 Feb 2011, 11:44 am

The only purpose of security is to secure freedom. Security for its own sake only serves to secure insecurity.

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26 Feb 2011, 11:49 am

Jesus was the first socialist.

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26 Feb 2011, 4:01 pm

naturalplastic wrote:

Moog wrote:

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POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

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PHILOSOPHY, n. A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

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RELIGION, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

Ooh, wasn't he a cynic.

Ive often thought that alex should get rid of his copy and use the above quotes as the masthead for the PPR Forum

Heh, yes, I agree. Someone should suggest it to him.

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26 Feb 2011, 4:43 pm

Mussolini was right, and those who enjoy giving labels to people like Hitler,Martin Luther King jr or Confucius, while completely ignoring the lessons and messages you could learn from them are foolish.

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27 Feb 2011, 11:39 am

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

The devil teaches compassion while god speaks of damnation.

I've heard something similar before. Satan is freedom from God's tyranny.

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27 Feb 2011, 12:40 pm

Quartz11 wrote:

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

The devil teaches compassion while god speaks of damnation.

I've heard something similar before. Satan is freedom from God's tyranny.

That's very Paradise Lost.

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27 Feb 2011, 12:51 pm

Quartz11 wrote:

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

The devil teaches compassion while god speaks of damnation.

I've heard something similar before. Satan is freedom from God's tyranny.

Gnosticism
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27 Feb 2011, 1:50 pm

Philosophical Mysticism - "The Truth is derived by Non-Rational Means".
Philosophical Rationality - "The Truth is derived by Rational Means".

Is well-balanced Reason a combination of the two?

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22 Nov 2011, 3:04 pm

Thread necro!

"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions." - Leonardo da Vinci

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