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21 Sep 2008, 7:40 pm

Macbeth wrote:

Never trust a nation that feels the need to state it is democratic in its name, as it invariably isn't.

QFT.

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People say colonialism is bad.. but to be fair, a lot of this sort of thing got roundly stamped on by colonial powers. A nation that cannot be trusted to NOT set fire to its own young is not looking all that healthy, nor all that capable of efficient self-governance.

Even the extreme brutality of the Belgians was probably less evil than what the postcolonial era has been like. Congo is probably beyond help, the only thing that can be done is to quarantine it.

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21 Sep 2008, 8:04 pm

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Wow you have to feel sorry for the children, and feel totally outraged at the medieval thinking parents

Ignorance + Religion = Superstition + Oppression

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21 Sep 2008, 8:05 pm

Fnord wrote:

SaddamHussein wrote:

Wow you have to feel sorry for the children, and feel totally outraged at the medieval thinking parents

Ignorance + Religion = Superstition + Oppression

wow i actually feel more sorry for you than the burned children now

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21 Sep 2008, 9:11 pm

Fnord wrote:

SaddamHussein wrote:

Wow you have to feel sorry for the children, and feel totally outraged at the medieval thinking parents

Ignorance + Religion = Superstition + Oppression

ignorance + skepticism = conspiracism + suffering

Hey this is a fun game... I could do this all day. :roll:

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21 Sep 2008, 10:58 pm

Superstition+religion+one subway token= a ride on the subway

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22 Sep 2008, 3:57 pm

dogma plus common sense = witchcraft and burning people at the stake

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22 Sep 2008, 4:41 pm

ShawnWilliam wrote:

dogma plus common sense = witchcraft and burning people at the stake

Common sense =\= burning people at the stake

superstition + ignorance + poverty + despair = burning people at the stake

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22 Sep 2008, 6:04 pm

slowmutant wrote:

ShawnWilliam wrote:

dogma plus common sense = witchcraft and burning people at the stake

Common sense =\= burning people at the stake

superstition + ignorance + poverty + despair = burning people at the stake

I know I was just makin stuff up like Fnord was..

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22 Sep 2008, 6:29 pm

I'm a witch

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24 Sep 2008, 10:20 am

Kilroy wrote:

I'm a witch

Tell you what, I'll denounce you, then you denounce me, and we'll both meet someday over a couple o'beers.

Deal?

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24 Sep 2008, 11:49 am

Barbaric!

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