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Jolanta comments on Jun 16, 2020:
I never knew the Souts were a religious group. I was involved with them here in Australia when my children were small but we never had anything to do with religion, never. No prayers, no mention of God or Jesus. Is this something that is going on in other countries with the scouts?
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@Jolanta The Scouts originated in the UK and were very much tied to the C of E who financed them.
Church patrol on a Sunday was mandatory, and it was this more than anything that lead to the Catholic Church forming the "Boys Brigade" so that good little catholics did not have to go to Anglican churches.
Prayer was mandatory in every meeting up until the 1980's and the Boy Scout oath contained a swearing of Allegiance to "God and the Queen".
It was and to a lesser extent still is a religious organisation.
Jolanta comments on Jun 16, 2020:
I never knew the Souts were a religious group. I was involved with them here in Australia when my children were small but we never had anything to do with religion, never. No prayers, no mention of God or Jesus. Is this something that is going on in other countries with the scouts?
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@Jolanta The Scouts originated in the UK and were very much tied to the C of E who financed them.
Church patrol on a Sunday was mandatory, and it was this more than anything that lead to the Catholic Church forming the "Boys Brigade" so that good little catholics did not have to go to Anglican churches.
Prayer was mandatory in every meeting up until the 1980's and the Boy Scout oath contained a swearing of Allegiance to "God and the Queen".
It was and to a lesser extent still is a religious organisation.
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LiterateHiker comments on Jun 17, 2020:
An admirer of Hitler. He murdered a black chief. Founding the Boy Scouts does not excuse him.
Glad his statue is coming down.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@Triphid Wow all that and you still can't see what is wrong with publically celebrating a militaristic, racist pervert. How very sad for you.
LiterateHiker comments on Jun 17, 2020:
An admirer of Hitler. He murdered a black chief. Founding the Boy Scouts does not excuse him.
Glad his statue is coming down.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@Triphid Wow all that and you still can't see what is wrong with publically celebrating a militaristic, racist pervert. How very sad for you.
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Jolanta comments on Jun 16, 2020:
I never knew the Souts were a religious group. I was involved with them here in Australia when my children were small but we never had anything to do with religion, never. No prayers, no mention of God or Jesus. Is this something that is going on in other countries with the scouts?
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@Triphid And old Baden Powell would have hated it.
In fact when girls were admitted to the UK Scouts, it was one of the major arguments against allowing the change.
LBP is on record as saying girls must never be allowed in the scouts as it would lead boys astray from many pursuits, and instead lead that to the terrible sin of "Self Abuse".
It was why he had his "wife" with whom he had a famously and celebrated Celibate marriage set up the girl guide movement, to keep the "fools of women" away from his lads thus ensuring they were too busy whittling at woodcraft, or clasped in prayer to have there hands stray in a southerly direction .
Jolanta comments on Jun 16, 2020:
I never knew the Souts were a religious group. I was involved with them here in Australia when my children were small but we never had anything to do with religion, never. No prayers, no mention of God or Jesus. Is this something that is going on in other countries with the scouts?
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@Triphid And old Baden Powell would have hated it.
In fact when girls were admitted to the UK Scouts, it was one of the major arguments against allowing the change.
LBP is on record as saying girls must never be allowed in the scouts as it would lead boys astray from many pursuits, and instead lead that to the terrible sin of "Self Abuse".
It was why he had his "wife" with whom he had a famously and celebrated Celibate marriage set up the girl guide movement, to keep the "fools of women" away from his lads thus ensuring they were too busy whittling at woodcraft, or clasped in prayer to have there hands stray in a southerly direction .
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LiterateHiker comments on Jun 17, 2020:
An admirer of Hitler. He murdered a black chief. Founding the Boy Scouts does not excuse him.
Glad his statue is coming down.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@Triphid from someone who still holds such views on life and morality at such a venerable age I think I will politely decline your kind offer.
You may have existed twelve years longer than I, but I think my shorter tenure may have been better and more productively spent so far as education and experience are concerned.
LiterateHiker comments on Jun 17, 2020:
An admirer of Hitler. He murdered a black chief. Founding the Boy Scouts does not excuse him.
Glad his statue is coming down.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@Triphid from someone who still holds such views on life and morality at such a venerable age I think I will politely decline your kind offer.
You may have existed twelve years longer than I, but I think my shorter tenure may have been better and more productively spent so far as education and experience are concerned.
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brentan comments on Jun 16, 2020:
That might be justified. I think he did a lot of good.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@brentan Well as we say in the UK " Only the rich and the upper class are eccentric, the poor and working class are dangerous lunatics and psychopaths."
So yes having twelve year old boys pose named for you might be considered eccentric by some, other might call it the actions of a pervert.
brentan comments on Jun 16, 2020:
That might be justified. I think he did a lot of good.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@brentan Well as we say in the UK " Only the rich and the upper class are eccentric, the poor and working class are dangerous lunatics and psychopaths."
So yes having twelve year old boys pose named for you might be considered eccentric by some, other might call it the actions of a pervert.
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Fred_Snerd comments on Jun 16, 2020:
I went on a Scouts camping trip to please my dad. I learned some racist poetry that night.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@Fred_Snerd @Triphid
In Baden-Powell's book (with the unfortunate and highly Freudian name) ***Scouting for boys*** he says this
**the boy-scout movement is an unarmed paramilitary expression of the empire**
I'm really starting to believe you have not got a clue about what you were once a part of @Triphid
Fred_Snerd comments on Jun 16, 2020:
I went on a Scouts camping trip to please my dad. I learned some racist poetry that night.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@Fred_Snerd @Triphid
In Baden-Powell's book (with the unfortunate and highly Freudian name) ***Scouting for boys*** he says this
**the boy-scout movement is an unarmed paramilitary expression of the empire**
I'm really starting to believe you have not got a clue about what you were once a part of @Triphid
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Jolanta comments on Jun 16, 2020:
I never knew the Souts were a religious group. I was involved with them here in Australia when my children were small but we never had anything to do with religion, never. No prayers, no mention of God or Jesus. Is this something that is going on in other countries with the scouts?
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@Triphid
The Australian Scout Promise
To be true to ***my spiritual beliefs,*** To contribute to my community and our world, To help other people, And to live by the Scout Law.
Sounds a lot like a religious oath to me cobber
Jolanta comments on Jun 16, 2020:
I never knew the Souts were a religious group. I was involved with them here in Australia when my children were small but we never had anything to do with religion, never. No prayers, no mention of God or Jesus. Is this something that is going on in other countries with the scouts?
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@Triphid
The Australian Scout Promise
To be true to ***my spiritual beliefs,*** To contribute to my community and our world, To help other people, And to live by the Scout Law.
Sounds a lot like a religious oath to me cobber
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LiterateHiker comments on Jun 17, 2020:
An admirer of Hitler. He murdered a black chief. Founding the Boy Scouts does not excuse him.
Glad his statue is coming down.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@Triphid (good name by the way, I'm a fan of John Wyndham) Wow really touched a nerve didn't I.
You are right, I can only judge you on what you post here, and that is what I did.
And you come across as someone who condones public glorification of a racist pedo as fine and dandy, by all means tell me if I am wrong, prove me wrong, it is called a discussion.
By the way gods are not elected, they are invented and worshiped by morons, I have no desire to be worshiped by anyone least of all a self aggrandizing person who projects their own insecurities on to people who point them out.
LiterateHiker comments on Jun 17, 2020:
An admirer of Hitler. He murdered a black chief. Founding the Boy Scouts does not excuse him.
Glad his statue is coming down.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@Triphid (good name by the way, I'm a fan of John Wyndham) Wow really touched a nerve didn't I.
You are right, I can only judge you on what you post here, and that is what I did.
And you come across as someone who condones public glorification of a racist pedo as fine and dandy, by all means tell me if I am wrong, prove me wrong, it is called a discussion.
By the way gods are not elected, they are invented and worshiped by morons, I have no desire to be worshiped by anyone least of all a self aggrandizing person who projects their own insecurities on to people who point them out.
2020 movie sex
Bobbyzen comments on Jun 20, 2020:
Reminds me a little bit of the Woody Allen movie *Sleeper* and all the men dressed up in sperm costumes 😂🤣
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
yup
Bobbyzen comments on Jun 20, 2020:
Reminds me a little bit of the Woody Allen movie *Sleeper* and all the men dressed up in sperm costumes 😂🤣
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
yup
DISPOSITIVE.
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 19, 2020:
from the Latin dispositio, to arrange or set in place
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@evidentialist Thanks for that, I'll definitely check out your Science fiction stories
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 19, 2020:
from the Latin dispositio, to arrange or set in place
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@evidentialist Thanks for that, I'll definitely check out your Science fiction stories
Does President Trump wish to be known as responsible for more deaths than any other President?
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 20, 2020:
by he way only ten people died in the Cutter incident (ten too many I grant you) but Trump has far surpassed that with his chloroquine and clorox bullshit already
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@FrayedBear So tragically true, Thalidomide was the pharmaceutical industry, specifically the german Pharmaceutical company Chemie Grunenthal profiteering by pushing it as a wonder drug on women as a universal panacea for "women's troubles". It was known to cause birth defects in Germany literally years before it was noticed and then proven to do so elsewhere in the world.
Marketed under various names in various countries it managed to escape detection as the cause for far to long.
Initially since it was give as a cure for the symptoms of PMT/PMS, the menopause, period cramps and "hysteria" it was not such a problem. It was when marketed as a cure for Morning sickness, that the horror story began.
Despite Chemie Grunenthal, causing the problem and being forced to pay reparations, they continued to export the drug to the USA until 1986 as a cure for Leprosy.
The same company is in trouble again today over the addictive effects and poisonousness of their opioid painkillers drug Tramadol.
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 20, 2020:
by he way only ten people died in the Cutter incident (ten too many I grant you) but Trump has far surpassed that with his chloroquine and clorox bullshit already
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@FrayedBear So tragically true, Thalidomide was the pharmaceutical industry, specifically the german Pharmaceutical company Chemie Grunenthal profiteering by pushing it as a wonder drug on women as a universal panacea for "women's troubles". It was known to cause birth defects in Germany literally years before it was noticed and then proven to do so elsewhere in the world.
Marketed under various names in various countries it managed to escape detection as the cause for far to long.
Initially since it was give as a cure for the symptoms of PMT/PMS, the menopause, period cramps and "hysteria" it was not such a problem. It was when marketed as a cure for Morning sickness, that the horror story began.
Despite Chemie Grunenthal, causing the problem and being forced to pay reparations, they continued to export the drug to the USA until 1986 as a cure for Leprosy.
The same company is in trouble again today over the addictive effects and poisonousness of their opioid painkillers drug Tramadol.
Does President Trump wish to be known as responsible for more deaths than any other President?
The-Krzyz comments on Jun 20, 2020:
Lincoln would be hard to top.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
Asa The Donald himself might have said
Perhaps if Lincoln had not spent so much time crossing the Delaware to get to the airport and had instead produced edible bleach for his soldiers, and himself, to take and thus make themselves immune to bullets, then he would not have been shot at the Little bighorn by Lee Steve Harvey!
The-Krzyz comments on Jun 20, 2020:
Lincoln would be hard to top.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
Asa The Donald himself might have said
Perhaps if Lincoln had not spent so much time crossing the Delaware to get to the airport and had instead produced edible bleach for his soldiers, and himself, to take and thus make themselves immune to bullets, then he would not have been shot at the Little bighorn by Lee Steve Harvey!
Does President Trump wish to be known as responsible for more deaths than any other President?
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 20, 2020:
by he way only ten people died in the Cutter incident (ten too many I grant you) but Trump has far surpassed that with his chloroquine and clorox bullshit already
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@FrayedBear it was ten died, 169 (some sources say up to 200) with some degree of paralysis and out of the test group of 200,000 about one fifth became ill to a greater or lesser degree, with most recovering.
Ultimately the vaccine was perfected and the death rate of 2400 per annum (mostly children) was reduced to zero by the 1980s.
It was an absolutely appalling tragedy and should never have happened, and justly served as a warning for years about not rushing improperly tested vaccines out on to the open market due to political pressure, unfortunately one that is today being ignored in the rush to save the economies of the word, rather than the lives of the people.
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 20, 2020:
by he way only ten people died in the Cutter incident (ten too many I grant you) but Trump has far surpassed that with his chloroquine and clorox bullshit already
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@FrayedBear it was ten died, 169 (some sources say up to 200) with some degree of paralysis and out of the test group of 200,000 about one fifth became ill to a greater or lesser degree, with most recovering.
Ultimately the vaccine was perfected and the death rate of 2400 per annum (mostly children) was reduced to zero by the 1980s.
It was an absolutely appalling tragedy and should never have happened, and justly served as a warning for years about not rushing improperly tested vaccines out on to the open market due to political pressure, unfortunately one that is today being ignored in the rush to save the economies of the word, rather than the lives of the people.
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Fred_Snerd comments on Jun 16, 2020:
I went on a Scouts camping trip to please my dad. I learned some racist poetry that night.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@Triphid No, the boy scouts of America was heavily bankrolled by the mormon church, another organisation that venerated a paedophile, racist, self hating homophobe.
Fred_Snerd comments on Jun 16, 2020:
I went on a Scouts camping trip to please my dad. I learned some racist poetry that night.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@Triphid No, the boy scouts of America was heavily bankrolled by the mormon church, another organisation that venerated a paedophile, racist, self hating homophobe.
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brentan comments on Jun 16, 2020:
That might be justified. I think he did a lot of good.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
So did Jimmy Saville doesn't alter the fact that he was a monster and that his good works were an excuse to get close to his victims, for both of them.
brentan comments on Jun 16, 2020:
That might be justified. I think he did a lot of good.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
So did Jimmy Saville doesn't alter the fact that he was a monster and that his good works were an excuse to get close to his victims, for both of them.
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LiterateHiker comments on Jun 17, 2020:
An admirer of Hitler. He murdered a black chief. Founding the Boy Scouts does not excuse him.
Glad his statue is coming down.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@Triphid Fine, you're entitled to your opinion that public glorification of a racist pedo is fine and dandy, tell you what go join the mormons they worship one, you'll be right at home
LiterateHiker comments on Jun 17, 2020:
An admirer of Hitler. He murdered a black chief. Founding the Boy Scouts does not excuse him.
Glad his statue is coming down.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@Triphid Fine, you're entitled to your opinion that public glorification of a racist pedo is fine and dandy, tell you what go join the mormons they worship one, you'll be right at home
DISPOSITIVE.
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 19, 2020:
from the Latin dispositio, to arrange or set in place
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@evidentialist okay you've got 20 years on me, may I have read any of your work?
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 19, 2020:
from the Latin dispositio, to arrange or set in place
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@evidentialist okay you've got 20 years on me, may I have read any of your work?
DISPOSITIVE.
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 19, 2020:
from the Latin dispositio, to arrange or set in place
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 19, 2020:
@evidentialist
quotidian writing, daily reporting, such as journal entries, or diarist's entries
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 19, 2020:
from the Latin dispositio, to arrange or set in place
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 19, 2020:
@evidentialist
quotidian writing, daily reporting, such as journal entries, or diarist's entries
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LiterateHiker comments on Jun 17, 2020:
An admirer of Hitler. He murdered a black chief. Founding the Boy Scouts does not excuse him.
Glad his statue is coming down.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 19, 2020:
@AravindAjith @Triphid Baden Powell was a racist, a paedophile, a pronographer who when his estate was wound up after his death over a thousand pictures and paintings drawn by Baden-Powell were discovered... ALL of them of life drawing of naked or semi naked boy scouts he had forced to pose for him.
He was a despicable man.
LiterateHiker comments on Jun 17, 2020:
An admirer of Hitler. He murdered a black chief. Founding the Boy Scouts does not excuse him.
Glad his statue is coming down.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 19, 2020:
@AravindAjith @Triphid Baden Powell was a racist, a paedophile, a pronographer who when his estate was wound up after his death over a thousand pictures and paintings drawn by Baden-Powell were discovered... ALL of them of life drawing of naked or semi naked boy scouts he had forced to pose for him.
He was a despicable man.
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AravindAjith comments on Jun 17, 2020:
I was a member of the boyscouts. The educational department provides additional scores for students performing well. We were told about his courage and intelligence, but I had no Idea about his racist views. I find it hard to believe it since he adopted the left hand shake from an African tribe. ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 19, 2020:
The left handed handshake does not come from Africa it is a Rosicrucian and Freemason signifier.
AravindAjith comments on Jun 17, 2020:
I was a member of the boyscouts. The educational department provides additional scores for students performing well. We were told about his courage and intelligence, but I had no Idea about his racist views. I find it hard to believe it since he adopted the left hand shake from an African tribe. ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 19, 2020:
The left handed handshake does not come from Africa it is a Rosicrucian and Freemason signifier.
A Question of Morality -- Looking for Opinions
-- Should saving a puppy mill dog just be written...
Mofo1953 comments on Jun 19, 2020:
False equivalence, one does not prevent the other nor may both result in the described outcomes.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 19, 2020:
Exactly
Mofo1953 comments on Jun 19, 2020:
False equivalence, one does not prevent the other nor may both result in the described outcomes.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 19, 2020:
Exactly
Concerned 911 dispatcher asked supervisor to respond to Floyd scene, tapes say - StarTribune.com
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 17, 2020:
It is a well know psychological condition, colloquially known as S.E.P. syndrome.
If you are alone and see an injustice or endangered person, you are for more likely to intervene, however if there are at least four or five other people in the vicinity (even more so if they are strangers), you will ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2020:
@altschmerz exactly
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 17, 2020:
It is a well know psychological condition, colloquially known as S.E.P. syndrome.
If you are alone and see an injustice or endangered person, you are for more likely to intervene, however if there are at least four or five other people in the vicinity (even more so if they are strangers), you will ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2020:
@altschmerz exactly
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LenHazell53 comments on Jun 17, 2020:
Fuck him
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2020:
@altschmerz I was speaking metaphorically of course, but I'd venture to guess he may enjoy using a pole of one length or another a little too much😉
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 17, 2020:
Fuck him
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2020:
@altschmerz I was speaking metaphorically of course, but I'd venture to guess he may enjoy using a pole of one length or another a little too much😉
I thought I would introduce you to Terry Pratchett.
Moravian comments on Jun 17, 2020:
Rambles on a bit and we are not monkeys we are apes !!
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2020:
@Detritus OOOKKK!!!!
Moravian comments on Jun 17, 2020:
Rambles on a bit and we are not monkeys we are apes !!
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2020:
@Detritus OOOKKK!!!!
I thought I would introduce you to Terry Pratchett.
Pedrohbds comments on Jun 17, 2020:
This guy
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2020:
That reminds me of the time Warner Bros threatened to sue Sir Terry over IP infringements on the Harry Potter Stories.
His answer was
"I admit it, I ripped off J.K. Rowling, only I was clever enough to do it 25 years before she ever picked up a pen."
Pedrohbds comments on Jun 17, 2020:
This guy
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2020:
That reminds me of the time Warner Bros threatened to sue Sir Terry over IP infringements on the Harry Potter Stories.
His answer was
"I admit it, I ripped off J.K. Rowling, only I was clever enough to do it 25 years before she ever picked up a pen."
I thought I would introduce you to Terry Pratchett.
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 17, 2020:
I have a friend IRL and on this site @Detritus that mentioned Terry Pratchett to me once, and since then have read and enjoyed a few.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2020:
@Detritus 1,2, many ...lots!
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 17, 2020:
I have a friend IRL and on this site @Detritus that mentioned Terry Pratchett to me once, and since then have read and enjoyed a few.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2020:
@Detritus 1,2, many ...lots!
This. 😉😁
WilliamFleming comments on Jun 17, 2020:
Sir Isaac Newton was a religious folk. Would you say that to his face? 51% of US scientists believe in God. Would you say that to their faces?
Freedom of religion gives you the right to not be religious. By attacking the sanity of religious people you are basically telling them how to live. As ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2020:
By the way Newton was also an alchemist and a sorcerer who believe in no end of genuinely insane things
his Biographer David Brewster, lamented as to..
* ‘how a mind of such power, and so nobly occupied with the abstractions of geometry, and the study of the material world, could stoop to be even the copyist of the most contemptible alchemical work, the obvious production of a fool and a knave.’ *
He was also a pathological misogynist who believed the sole purpose of women was to distract "men of genius" such as himself from higher thought and logic.
WilliamFleming comments on Jun 17, 2020:
Sir Isaac Newton was a religious folk. Would you say that to his face? 51% of US scientists believe in God. Would you say that to their faces?
Freedom of religion gives you the right to not be religious. By attacking the sanity of religious people you are basically telling them how to live. As ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2020:
By the way Newton was also an alchemist and a sorcerer who believe in no end of genuinely insane things
his Biographer David Brewster, lamented as to..
* ‘how a mind of such power, and so nobly occupied with the abstractions of geometry, and the study of the material world, could stoop to be even the copyist of the most contemptible alchemical work, the obvious production of a fool and a knave.’ *
He was also a pathological misogynist who believed the sole purpose of women was to distract "men of genius" such as himself from higher thought and logic.
This. 😉😁
DavidDuhon comments on Jun 17, 2020:
The change that needs to happen, is that the rejection of science should be legal grounds for not hiring someone. If someone follows the instructions of the gnome in their garden, we can refuse to hire them for that, but if instead it is the man in the sky, they get a free pass. That is not right.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2020:
@WilliamFleming
"How do you account for the fact that 51% of US scientists believe in God?"
Easy, most academic institutions rely on donations from Christians and Christian institutions, you promise me a million dollars for an electron microscope I will say I believe in whatever the fuck you want me to say I believe in.
"science has not disproven the existence of God."
You know that is a silly argument Bill and I am disappointed in you for using it.
Science does not have to, since there is no evidence to prove the existence of Goblins, fairies, Lancelot Spratt or the Philadelphia chocolate monster either but no no one asks science to prove they do not exist.
DavidDuhon comments on Jun 17, 2020:
The change that needs to happen, is that the rejection of science should be legal grounds for not hiring someone. If someone follows the instructions of the gnome in their garden, we can refuse to hire them for that, but if instead it is the man in the sky, they get a free pass. That is not right.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2020:
@WilliamFleming
"How do you account for the fact that 51% of US scientists believe in God?"
Easy, most academic institutions rely on donations from Christians and Christian institutions, you promise me a million dollars for an electron microscope I will say I believe in whatever the fuck you want me to say I believe in.
"science has not disproven the existence of God."
You know that is a silly argument Bill and I am disappointed in you for using it.
Science does not have to, since there is no evidence to prove the existence of Goblins, fairies, Lancelot Spratt or the Philadelphia chocolate monster either but no no one asks science to prove they do not exist.
This. 😉😁
WilliamFleming comments on Jun 17, 2020:
Sir Isaac Newton was a religious folk. Would you say that to his face? 51% of US scientists believe in God. Would you say that to their faces?
Freedom of religion gives you the right to not be religious. By attacking the sanity of religious people you are basically telling them how to live. As ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2020:
" By attacking the sanity of religious people you are basically telling them how to live."
So when a Christian missionary goes to a tribe of indigenous people and brings them the "Gospel" is he or she telling those people how to live when he says their god are not real, or are demons?
The acid test for me is to take anything any religious person says about their beliefs and replace the word god with Jelly and Blancmange, and church or similar with the Rice pudding factory and then repeat it back.
'Our Jelly and Blancmange who is in the Rice pudding Factory , hallowed be your name. Your the Rice pudding Factory come, your will be done, on earth as it is in the Rice pudding Factory . Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the the Rice pudding Factory , the power and the glory, for ever and ever Amen'"
If it sounds totally insane, then they probably are, and providing I was sure they were not subscribing to that grand old American, totally sane, practice of openly carrying a gun in public... then yes I would say it to their face.
Because you do not want to piss of a person saying fucking insane things who is carrying a loaded weapon.
WilliamFleming comments on Jun 17, 2020:
Sir Isaac Newton was a religious folk. Would you say that to his face? 51% of US scientists believe in God. Would you say that to their faces?
Freedom of religion gives you the right to not be religious. By attacking the sanity of religious people you are basically telling them how to live. As ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2020:
" By attacking the sanity of religious people you are basically telling them how to live."
So when a Christian missionary goes to a tribe of indigenous people and brings them the "Gospel" is he or she telling those people how to live when he says their god are not real, or are demons?
The acid test for me is to take anything any religious person says about their beliefs and replace the word god with Jelly and Blancmange, and church or similar with the Rice pudding factory and then repeat it back.
'Our Jelly and Blancmange who is in the Rice pudding Factory , hallowed be your name. Your the Rice pudding Factory come, your will be done, on earth as it is in the Rice pudding Factory . Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the the Rice pudding Factory , the power and the glory, for ever and ever Amen'"
If it sounds totally insane, then they probably are, and providing I was sure they were not subscribing to that grand old American, totally sane, practice of openly carrying a gun in public... then yes I would say it to their face.
Because you do not want to piss of a person saying fucking insane things who is carrying a loaded weapon.
Forty five years ago when I finally awoke from my Christian illusions I never dreamed I would ...
Fred_Snerd comments on Jun 14, 2020:
HIstory shows that rational minds are vilified, imprisoned, and murdered.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2020:
@Rodatheist
Not true, an irrational man will run in to a building and blow himself up for god, the rational man will send an irrational man into a building to blow himself up and will tell him god wanted him to do it.
The truly irrational person never leads, he or she desires subjugation and abnegation of responsibility, so hands it to god, ideology and the clergy.
There is nothing more dangerous than a rational ambitious pragmatist. That is the very definition of a psychopath, this is why they persecute other rational people who do not share their ambitions.
Fred_Snerd comments on Jun 14, 2020:
HIstory shows that rational minds are vilified, imprisoned, and murdered.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2020:
@Rodatheist
Not true, an irrational man will run in to a building and blow himself up for god, the rational man will send an irrational man into a building to blow himself up and will tell him god wanted him to do it.
The truly irrational person never leads, he or she desires subjugation and abnegation of responsibility, so hands it to god, ideology and the clergy.
There is nothing more dangerous than a rational ambitious pragmatist. That is the very definition of a psychopath, this is why they persecute other rational people who do not share their ambitions.
TRUMP's RALLY IN THE ROSE GARDEN IS FREE ADVERTISING FOR A DESPERATE TRUMP!!!!!!!! diSGUSTING!!!!!!...
Cutiebeauty comments on Jun 16, 2020:
I don't understand... Isn't he just campaigning?
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 16, 2020:
He called a press conference to talk about police reform and then turned it in to self aggrandizement and a political campaign rally on Whitehouse grounds.
Abuse of privilege
Cutiebeauty comments on Jun 16, 2020:
I don't understand... Isn't he just campaigning?
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 16, 2020:
He called a press conference to talk about police reform and then turned it in to self aggrandizement and a political campaign rally on Whitehouse grounds.
Abuse of privilege
You are entitled to your opinion but you are not entitled to tell me what mine must be.
dalefvictor comments on Jun 16, 2020:
I would never want to tell you what your opinion would or should be. I am much more interested in what you have to say, how you see the world, and what I can learn from you. One never know what is available to them until one asks and listens.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 16, 2020:
* "I have met greater men than I and from them I have learned
I have met lesser men than I and those I killed" *
Fu Manchu
dalefvictor comments on Jun 16, 2020:
I would never want to tell you what your opinion would or should be. I am much more interested in what you have to say, how you see the world, and what I can learn from you. One never know what is available to them until one asks and listens.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 16, 2020:
* "I have met greater men than I and from them I have learned
I have met lesser men than I and those I killed" *
Fu Manchu
This is something.
silverotter11 comments on Jun 15, 2020:
This police department has some VERY serious problems. I am by and large pro union but what the police union has become is NOT healthy for the good cops and the community the officers are suppose to serve. People should NOT be the ones having to monitor police behavior but thank goodness for smart...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 16, 2020:
@silverotter11 "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" Who shall police the police?
I think nothing will change until an independent federal special judiciary is created to do exactly this, who themselves are forced to work in a completely transparent fashion.
silverotter11 comments on Jun 15, 2020:
This police department has some VERY serious problems. I am by and large pro union but what the police union has become is NOT healthy for the good cops and the community the officers are suppose to serve. People should NOT be the ones having to monitor police behavior but thank goodness for smart...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 16, 2020:
@silverotter11 "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" Who shall police the police?
I think nothing will change until an independent federal special judiciary is created to do exactly this, who themselves are forced to work in a completely transparent fashion.
If the bible is fictional, and some laws were derived from the bible, it goes to follow that the ...
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 15, 2020:
"If the bible is fictional, and some laws were derived from the bible, it goes to follow that the law is also fictional,"
Complete and total non sequitur.
Most Greek philosophy is delivered in fictional discourses between two fictional characters, this in no way invalidates the wisdom contained ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2020:
@Rich177 then you did not make it well enough, I used your words and answered them
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 15, 2020:
"If the bible is fictional, and some laws were derived from the bible, it goes to follow that the law is also fictional,"
Complete and total non sequitur.
Most Greek philosophy is delivered in fictional discourses between two fictional characters, this in no way invalidates the wisdom contained ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2020:
@Rich177 then you did not make it well enough, I used your words and answered them
Only 27% of Americans believe Donald Trump is religious.
StarvingArtist comments on Jun 13, 2020:
He bows at the alter of greed
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2020:
Separated at Birth
Right Bishamon Japanese god of money and acquisitiveness, Left Donald J Trump
StarvingArtist comments on Jun 13, 2020:
He bows at the alter of greed
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2020:
Separated at Birth
Right Bishamon Japanese god of money and acquisitiveness, Left Donald J Trump
Only 27% of Americans believe Donald Trump is religious.
AnneWimsey comments on Jun 14, 2020:
Um, so, 27% are blind dumbasses.....
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2020:
Unfortunately all to true
AnneWimsey comments on Jun 14, 2020:
Um, so, 27% are blind dumbasses.....
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2020:
Unfortunately all to true
Forty five years ago when I finally awoke from my Christian illusions I never dreamed I would ...
Fred_Snerd comments on Jun 14, 2020:
HIstory shows that rational minds are vilified, imprisoned, and murdered.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2020:
Sadly true, at least this time there are a lot more of us
Fred_Snerd comments on Jun 14, 2020:
HIstory shows that rational minds are vilified, imprisoned, and murdered.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2020:
Sadly true, at least this time there are a lot more of us
What Are The Odds?
twill comments on Jun 14, 2020:
" SInce it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong"
-Christopher Hitchens
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2020:
@floWteiuQ
If religion did not exist, it would be necessary to invent it.
Voltaire (paraphrase)
twill comments on Jun 14, 2020:
" SInce it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong"
-Christopher Hitchens
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2020:
@floWteiuQ
If religion did not exist, it would be necessary to invent it.
Voltaire (paraphrase)
Only 27% of Americans believe Donald Trump is religious.
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2020:
I always thought he was orthodox cretinous
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2020:
@anglophone So his correct title then is "His Arseholiness" or "His bumptiousness" ?
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2020:
I always thought he was orthodox cretinous
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2020:
@anglophone So his correct title then is "His Arseholiness" or "His bumptiousness" ?
Religious people are often hurt when atheists attack their beliefs, it seems hateful: Being told ...
David1955 comments on Jun 14, 2020:
To whom is this curious post directed? Who are the "you" in this post? Is your last sentence meant for religious people who attack gay people? How many of these types do you think are on this site? I'm hoping none.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2020:
@hankster me too
David1955 comments on Jun 14, 2020:
To whom is this curious post directed? Who are the "you" in this post? Is your last sentence meant for religious people who attack gay people? How many of these types do you think are on this site? I'm hoping none.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2020:
@hankster me too
Do you believe the report?
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2020:
world news daily report is a satire site founded by a former editor of Weekly World News
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2020:
@FrayedBear Still funny as hell
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2020:
world news daily report is a satire site founded by a former editor of Weekly World News
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2020:
@FrayedBear Still funny as hell
Oh wow!! I guess she couldn't reconcile how a drunk man asleep in a Wendy's drive-thru ended up ...
Bobbyzen comments on Jun 13, 2020:
And as usual, law enforcement lied about what happened. But there was video. From a NY Times report:
*The bureau initially said in a statement that witnesses described Mr. Brooks being shot “in the struggle over the Taser.” But on Saturday afternoon, after obtaining surveillance video from ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2020:
now hold on, there is a word for that isn't there, making false statements in an official statement urm let me think what is it again ... oh yes that's it **"perjury"**
Bobbyzen comments on Jun 13, 2020:
And as usual, law enforcement lied about what happened. But there was video. From a NY Times report:
*The bureau initially said in a statement that witnesses described Mr. Brooks being shot “in the struggle over the Taser.” But on Saturday afternoon, after obtaining surveillance video from ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2020:
now hold on, there is a word for that isn't there, making false statements in an official statement urm let me think what is it again ... oh yes that's it **"perjury"**
A 70-year-old man was hospitalized with COVID-19 for 62 days.
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2020:
How great is America, a country where human life comes with with a price tag
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2020:
@SeaGreenEyez I am so sorry to hear that.
Condolences
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2020:
How great is America, a country where human life comes with with a price tag
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2020:
@SeaGreenEyez I am so sorry to hear that.
Condolences
Enochlophobia
Thought I’d add a little fun to this word and do it per cartoon (Frank & Ernest ...
FrayedBear comments on Jun 12, 2020:
I think that I may be enochlophobic & certainly was very wary of the English politician Enoch Powell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_Powell
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Enoch-Powell
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2020:
@FrayedBear
Enoch was to Grindelwald as Trump is to Voldemort
FrayedBear comments on Jun 12, 2020:
I think that I may be enochlophobic & certainly was very wary of the English politician Enoch Powell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_Powell
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Enoch-Powell
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2020:
@FrayedBear
Enoch was to Grindelwald as Trump is to Voldemort
Enochlophobia
Thought I’d add a little fun to this word and do it per cartoon (Frank & Ernest ...
FrayedBear comments on Jun 12, 2020:
I think that I may be enochlophobic & certainly was very wary of the English politician Enoch Powell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_Powell
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Enoch-Powell
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2020:
Brilliant
FrayedBear comments on Jun 12, 2020:
I think that I may be enochlophobic & certainly was very wary of the English politician Enoch Powell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_Powell
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Enoch-Powell
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2020:
Brilliant
Texas GOP Leader: George Floyd’s Murder Was “Staged” to Create “Racial Tensions” | Hemant...
BirdMan1 comments on Jun 10, 2020:
Someone ought to ask him if we can "stage" his death, similarly, for whomever is his life insurance payee.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 12, 2020:
Cynthia Brehm is a he?
BirdMan1 comments on Jun 10, 2020:
Someone ought to ask him if we can "stage" his death, similarly, for whomever is his life insurance payee.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 12, 2020:
Cynthia Brehm is a he?
[rawstory.
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 11, 2020:
The only way now to stop el Trumpo from putting his foot in his mouth is to sew his lips together
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 11, 2020:
@Fred_Snerd I used to believe that too, as I did about our very own citizen Boris (Johnson) , but lately I am coming to the conclusion that someone else may be pulling their respective strings, as I am becoming certain they both certifiable dumbasses.
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 11, 2020:
The only way now to stop el Trumpo from putting his foot in his mouth is to sew his lips together
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 11, 2020:
@Fred_Snerd I used to believe that too, as I did about our very own citizen Boris (Johnson) , but lately I am coming to the conclusion that someone else may be pulling their respective strings, as I am becoming certain they both certifiable dumbasses.
Evangelist Franklin Graham: Rainbow Flags Are “Offensive to Christians” | Beth Stoneburner | ...
KKGator comments on Jun 11, 2020:
At least gay people are REAL.
Much unlike Franklin Graham's god, religion, and "holy" book.
Oh yeah, and his persecution complex.
He can kiss my fat, dimpled ass.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 11, 2020:
@KKgator Now now "Thou shalt not lead in to temptation" 😉
KKGator comments on Jun 11, 2020:
At least gay people are REAL.
Much unlike Franklin Graham's god, religion, and "holy" book.
Oh yeah, and his persecution complex.
He can kiss my fat, dimpled ass.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 11, 2020:
@KKgator Now now "Thou shalt not lead in to temptation" 😉
Sen.
bobwjr comments on Jun 11, 2020:
Insane Bullshit
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 11, 2020:
True but born of idiocy and ignorance.
I have a (moron) relative who once asked my school friend Courtney, a West Indian from the Island of St.Vincent, in all seriousness how he knew when he was clean enough to stop bathing?
Presumably he believed black skin does not show the dirt.
bobwjr comments on Jun 11, 2020:
Insane Bullshit
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 11, 2020:
True but born of idiocy and ignorance.
I have a (moron) relative who once asked my school friend Courtney, a West Indian from the Island of St.Vincent, in all seriousness how he knew when he was clean enough to stop bathing?
Presumably he believed black skin does not show the dirt.
"Buffalo Protester was an ‘Antifa’ Agitator" and “Antifa incited violence during recent ...
WilliamFleming comments on Jun 10, 2020:
Truth? Really, I think that’s a slippery concept.
Each person has to decide for himself.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 11, 2020:
Hey then @WilliamFleming I've got some square circles and some beachfront property in Kansas I can sell you.😜🤣😂
WilliamFleming comments on Jun 10, 2020:
Truth? Really, I think that’s a slippery concept.
Each person has to decide for himself.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 11, 2020:
Hey then @WilliamFleming I've got some square circles and some beachfront property in Kansas I can sell you.😜🤣😂
It has been said that Trumps presidency and his popularity back from 2016 on was as a result of his ...
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 10, 2020:
Not actual racism, not at first, bigotry yes, nationalism definitely, popularism and catering to the lowest base instincts of morons, like a champion yup.
Racism was an added bonus sneaked in later just to sweeten the deal with all the hate mongering filth...ooops sorry "very fine people" he relies...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 11, 2020:
@dermot235 did you actually read past the opening six words of my post?
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 10, 2020:
Not actual racism, not at first, bigotry yes, nationalism definitely, popularism and catering to the lowest base instincts of morons, like a champion yup.
Racism was an added bonus sneaked in later just to sweeten the deal with all the hate mongering filth...ooops sorry "very fine people" he relies...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 11, 2020:
@dermot235 did you actually read past the opening six words of my post?
NASCAR bans fans from flying the Confederate flag at races
maturin1919 comments on Jun 10, 2020:
I wonder if they mean the actual confederate flag, the battle flag of northern Virginia, or both of those/all of the confederate flags...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 11, 2020:
@SeaGreenEyez confederate vexillology
maturin1919 comments on Jun 10, 2020:
I wonder if they mean the actual confederate flag, the battle flag of northern Virginia, or both of those/all of the confederate flags...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 11, 2020:
@SeaGreenEyez confederate vexillology
This is still happening today folks
Hindu priest, 70, beheads man in Indian temple as a human ...
p-nullifidian comments on Jun 10, 2020:
You may want to retract this post.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2020:
thank you for the advice but I think not, see my answer to your previous post.
p-nullifidian comments on Jun 10, 2020:
You may want to retract this post.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2020:
thank you for the advice but I think not, see my answer to your previous post.
This is still happening today folks
Hindu priest, 70, beheads man in Indian temple as a human ...
p-nullifidian comments on Jun 9, 2020:
According to the Indian press, the man later confessed to killing his friend for eating his dinner. Both men were ganja addicts, and were high at the time.
...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2020:
Thanks for the update, it was thought at first he was drunk, turns out he was high, which still does not invalidate the reality that he thought claiming religious revelation was a legitimate excuse or mitigation, for committing homicide that was likely to gain him more leniency than admitting it was a fight over a dinner .
Please bear in mind also India is still basically a Hindu theocracy. The new Indian Express is a mouth piece for the Indian National Congress and so is happy to defend the national religion from disparagement.
It is always good to look at both side of a story and make a truly informed decision before decrying a story in Trumpian terms as "Fake News" especially when the facts of the matter are essentially true.
i.e. A man was beheaded on temple grounds by another who claimed, initially, in an inebriated state, to have done it as a act of human sacrifice, to end corona virus.
p-nullifidian comments on Jun 9, 2020:
According to the Indian press, the man later confessed to killing his friend for eating his dinner. Both men were ganja addicts, and were high at the time.
...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2020:
Thanks for the update, it was thought at first he was drunk, turns out he was high, which still does not invalidate the reality that he thought claiming religious revelation was a legitimate excuse or mitigation, for committing homicide that was likely to gain him more leniency than admitting it was a fight over a dinner .
Please bear in mind also India is still basically a Hindu theocracy. The new Indian Express is a mouth piece for the Indian National Congress and so is happy to defend the national religion from disparagement.
It is always good to look at both side of a story and make a truly informed decision before decrying a story in Trumpian terms as "Fake News" especially when the facts of the matter are essentially true.
i.e. A man was beheaded on temple grounds by another who claimed, initially, in an inebriated state, to have done it as a act of human sacrifice, to end corona virus.
This is still happening today folks
Hindu priest, 70, beheads man in Indian temple as a human ...
Charlene comments on Jun 9, 2020:
What The Actual Fuck..😳😲😳😲😳
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2020:
@p-nullifidian not fake news, simply an ongoing story with more facts emerging
Charlene comments on Jun 9, 2020:
What The Actual Fuck..😳😲😳😲😳
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2020:
@p-nullifidian not fake news, simply an ongoing story with more facts emerging
If I start a post that begins with a rhetorical question, the system DEMANDS I answer that question...
TheMiddleWay comments on Jun 9, 2020:
This doesn't make sense to me on the surface: How does the system know your question is rhetorical or not?
Sounds like a possible bug because I've never had the system force me to "answer" a post before I can move on or edit it
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 9, 2020:
@WonderWartHog99 If the system is as you say it is, just pecede you initial question with:
Rhetorical question.
Blah, blah, blah Question mark?
TheMiddleWay comments on Jun 9, 2020:
This doesn't make sense to me on the surface: How does the system know your question is rhetorical or not?
Sounds like a possible bug because I've never had the system force me to "answer" a post before I can move on or edit it
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 9, 2020:
@WonderWartHog99 If the system is as you say it is, just pecede you initial question with:
Rhetorical question.
Blah, blah, blah Question mark?
Consider this: people have used religion to justify and advance their agendas since the earliest ...
Moravian comments on Jun 8, 2020:
Of course the theists will point to Stalin, Pol Pot, and Mao as atheists who killed millions. They may not have been religious but they were still following a perverted ideology which is really the same thing.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 8, 2020:
They did not however perform atrocities in the name of their atheism, nor have their followers scream "Secularism forever" while blowing themselves up on the promise of a glorious afterlife and the approval of an imaginary friend that they did not believe in.
It is a false equivalancy.
Moravian comments on Jun 8, 2020:
Of course the theists will point to Stalin, Pol Pot, and Mao as atheists who killed millions. They may not have been religious but they were still following a perverted ideology which is really the same thing.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 8, 2020:
They did not however perform atrocities in the name of their atheism, nor have their followers scream "Secularism forever" while blowing themselves up on the promise of a glorious afterlife and the approval of an imaginary friend that they did not believe in.
It is a false equivalancy.
Consider this: people have used religion to justify and advance their agendas since the earliest ...
kiramea comments on Jun 8, 2020:
I had a discussion with a Christian about Christian terrorism and murders. She insists that has never happened. When I mentioned the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Salem Witch Trials, the abortions bombings her reply was "well, those aren't REAL Christians".
I did tell her that as far as they ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 8, 2020:
The no true scotsman defence
kiramea comments on Jun 8, 2020:
I had a discussion with a Christian about Christian terrorism and murders. She insists that has never happened. When I mentioned the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Salem Witch Trials, the abortions bombings her reply was "well, those aren't REAL Christians".
I did tell her that as far as they ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 8, 2020:
The no true scotsman defence
Ut oh!!!!
3 of the 4 officers in the George Floyd murder were claiming they were "just ...
bobwjr comments on Jun 7, 2020:
Nuremburg defense
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 8, 2020:
Precisely
bobwjr comments on Jun 7, 2020:
Nuremburg defense
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 8, 2020:
Precisely
GEORGE FLOYD DEATH Two Buffalo officers charged with assault over police shoving 75-year-old man to ...
KKGator comments on Jun 6, 2020:
It would be really nice if other cops would stop their coworkers BEFORE they kill someone.
Not stand by watching, then cover for them afterward.
Just sayin'.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 6, 2020:
@SeaGreenEyez from the way I saw it another officer pulled away the thug before he could put the boot in, while the guy was down. Or it may have been another cop was pulled away to prevent his giving aid.
Either was the old man was left bleeding and un conscious while hoards of police ignored him and stepped over him.
"To protect and serve" what a joke.
KKGator comments on Jun 6, 2020:
It would be really nice if other cops would stop their coworkers BEFORE they kill someone.
Not stand by watching, then cover for them afterward.
Just sayin'.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 6, 2020:
@SeaGreenEyez from the way I saw it another officer pulled away the thug before he could put the boot in, while the guy was down. Or it may have been another cop was pulled away to prevent his giving aid.
Either was the old man was left bleeding and un conscious while hoards of police ignored him and stepped over him.
"To protect and serve" what a joke.
Brazil Bolsonaro's president says he is a conservative Christian, but his attitudes do not match ...
SeaGreenEyez comments on Jun 6, 2020:
What exactly do you think a Christian is supposed to act like?
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 6, 2020:
Kirk Cameron? He's a pretty bad Christian actor😉
SeaGreenEyez comments on Jun 6, 2020:
What exactly do you think a Christian is supposed to act like?
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 6, 2020:
Kirk Cameron? He's a pretty bad Christian actor😉
The Election...
Philip21 comments on Jun 5, 2020:
tHAT'S NOT EXACTLY 'MIDDLE OF THE ROAD' ....
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 6, 2020:
where else are you most likely to find a dead skunk other than the middle of the reoad?
Philip21 comments on Jun 5, 2020:
tHAT'S NOT EXACTLY 'MIDDLE OF THE ROAD' ....
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 6, 2020:
where else are you most likely to find a dead skunk other than the middle of the reoad?
2 of the police officers charged over George Floyd's deadly arrest had been less than 4 days into ...
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 5, 2020:
Why is it the first response to everything these days to lie?
I've only been a policeman for a couple of days, NO you became a police officer in December and that can be proven.
I was only inspecting the bunker, HU?
That 75 year old man "Fell over" NO we have seen film of you "officer" pushing ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 6, 2020:
@SeaGreenEyez Which is basically like the guy who just cut off your leg with a machete offering you a bandaid on the way to the morgue.
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 5, 2020:
Why is it the first response to everything these days to lie?
I've only been a policeman for a couple of days, NO you became a police officer in December and that can be proven.
I was only inspecting the bunker, HU?
That 75 year old man "Fell over" NO we have seen film of you "officer" pushing ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 6, 2020:
@SeaGreenEyez Which is basically like the guy who just cut off your leg with a machete offering you a bandaid on the way to the morgue.
The Eagles
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 5, 2020:
It's all a matter of POV
That is why we have the tool that is empathy.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 5, 2020:
@MissKathleen sad but true
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 5, 2020:
It's all a matter of POV
That is why we have the tool that is empathy.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 5, 2020:
@MissKathleen sad but true
LASCIVIOUS.
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 3, 2020:
Named for the famous Roman empire's chief pimp?
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 3, 2020:
@Marionville I loved that show
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 3, 2020:
Named for the famous Roman empire's chief pimp?
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 3, 2020:
@Marionville I loved that show
From Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy ([rep.
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 1, 2020:
Using that set of criteria and applying it to gods outside of the three Abrahamic religions are there Olympian agnostics? If not why not, there is equal evidence for the existence of Zeus as there is (or is not) for Yahweh, therefore human reason is incapable of providing sufficient rational ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 3, 2020:
@johan17 But you are arrogant enough to ignore the scientific method?
If there is insufficient evidence to prove the existence of something the default position is to accept that he unproven thing does not exist until such time as there is reason to think it might, NOT o dither and assume it does just incase.
Do you hold that some day fairies might be proven to exist and so you are agnostic about them?
Do you hold that ALL god "might" exist so are agnostic about all of them?
Does your agnostisism hold universal for all purported mythical creatures being and things?
Of course not, you are obviously not stupid, so why the special pleading for A God? Perhaps you should examine what it is that puts you in such a frame of mind?
Fear, peer pressure, caution?
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 1, 2020:
Using that set of criteria and applying it to gods outside of the three Abrahamic religions are there Olympian agnostics? If not why not, there is equal evidence for the existence of Zeus as there is (or is not) for Yahweh, therefore human reason is incapable of providing sufficient rational ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 3, 2020:
@johan17 But you are arrogant enough to ignore the scientific method?
If there is insufficient evidence to prove the existence of something the default position is to accept that he unproven thing does not exist until such time as there is reason to think it might, NOT o dither and assume it does just incase.
Do you hold that some day fairies might be proven to exist and so you are agnostic about them?
Do you hold that ALL god "might" exist so are agnostic about all of them?
Does your agnostisism hold universal for all purported mythical creatures being and things?
Of course not, you are obviously not stupid, so why the special pleading for A God? Perhaps you should examine what it is that puts you in such a frame of mind?
Fear, peer pressure, caution?
I like Texas.
MissKathleen comments on Jun 2, 2020:
smh
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 3, 2020:
Yup almost two hundred years and nothing has really progressed, only Texas would be proud of that.
MissKathleen comments on Jun 2, 2020:
smh
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 3, 2020:
Yup almost two hundred years and nothing has really progressed, only Texas would be proud of that.
From Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy ([rep.
MissKathleen comments on Jun 1, 2020:
I think it is only those who are not agnostic who do not understand this.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 2, 2020:
@yvilletom How very magnanimous of you, whoever you are.
MissKathleen comments on Jun 1, 2020:
I think it is only those who are not agnostic who do not understand this.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 2, 2020:
@yvilletom How very magnanimous of you, whoever you are.
From Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy ([rep.
MissKathleen comments on Jun 1, 2020:
I think it is only those who are not agnostic who do not understand this.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 1, 2020:
I understand it perfectly, I simply do not agree with it, as it is an inherently fallacious argument based on incorrect presuppositions.
MissKathleen comments on Jun 1, 2020:
I think it is only those who are not agnostic who do not understand this.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 1, 2020:
I understand it perfectly, I simply do not agree with it, as it is an inherently fallacious argument based on incorrect presuppositions.
A timely reminder that nothing ever changes
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MissKathleen comments on Jun 1, 2020:
Most everything constantly changes. Sometimes for the better.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 1, 2020:
Thank goodness, you are right
"You cannot step into the same river twice, for other waters are continually flowing on." Heraclitus
I was just making a comment on the intractable nature of bigotry.
MissKathleen comments on Jun 1, 2020:
Most everything constantly changes. Sometimes for the better.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 1, 2020:
Thank goodness, you are right
"You cannot step into the same river twice, for other waters are continually flowing on." Heraclitus
I was just making a comment on the intractable nature of bigotry.
From Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy ([rep.
LiterateHiker comments on Jun 1, 2020:
Not this again. Yawn.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 1, 2020:
@LiterateHiker I blocked this idiot ( @TheMiddleWay )a week ago, I finally realised he is just a troll, you might consider doing the same or not 😊
LiterateHiker comments on Jun 1, 2020:
Not this again. Yawn.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 1, 2020:
@LiterateHiker I blocked this idiot ( @TheMiddleWay )a week ago, I finally realised he is just a troll, you might consider doing the same or not 😊
Are people aware enough of (epidemic) thyroid problems we are all facing in a still nuclear world?
LenHazell53 comments on May 25, 2020:
My wife suffers from under active thyroid.
The first thing she was asked was, is there a history of thyroid problems in her family as it is almost always hereditary.
Sure enough on checking we found it in every generation of women in my mother in laws family going back for at least five ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 1, 2020:
@tipi citation needed
LenHazell53 comments on May 25, 2020:
My wife suffers from under active thyroid.
The first thing she was asked was, is there a history of thyroid problems in her family as it is almost always hereditary.
Sure enough on checking we found it in every generation of women in my mother in laws family going back for at least five ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 1, 2020:
@tipi citation needed
We are so fucked
UK Government refusing to sign up to Brexit safeguards so it can change Human ...
Lorajay comments on May 30, 2020:
I'm obviously an outsider but if Scotland and Ireland become independent nations I think they will soon be richer than England because of trade.
Last spring we went on a Nile cruise using Thomas Crown. We did the 2 week cruise for $800 because of the exchange rate at the time. Because we went...
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
Brexit will leave Britain with no other recourse than to become a tax haven, since will not be able to trade with anyone on a fair footing.
Being a tax haven the bankers, and money men will be able to take commision and so will benefit from it, the actual people will have nothing but rocketing inflation, empty shelves and extortionate prices and greater than ever gap between the rich and the poor.
It was amazing that the majority of British bigots and morons could be so easily persuaded to vote against their own interests, simply on the promise all the brown people will go away because everyone knows Pakistan is in France.
It is no wonder the canny Scots voted against this madness, I and seriously hope they will have the good sense to rejoin Europe, put back up Hadrian's wall and Tell citizen Boris to climb up his own arse.
Lorajay comments on May 30, 2020:
I'm obviously an outsider but if Scotland and Ireland become independent nations I think they will soon be richer than England because of trade.
Last spring we went on a Nile cruise using Thomas Crown. We did the 2 week cruise for $800 because of the exchange rate at the time. Because we went...
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
Brexit will leave Britain with no other recourse than to become a tax haven, since will not be able to trade with anyone on a fair footing.
Being a tax haven the bankers, and money men will be able to take commision and so will benefit from it, the actual people will have nothing but rocketing inflation, empty shelves and extortionate prices and greater than ever gap between the rich and the poor.
It was amazing that the majority of British bigots and morons could be so easily persuaded to vote against their own interests, simply on the promise all the brown people will go away because everyone knows Pakistan is in France.
It is no wonder the canny Scots voted against this madness, I and seriously hope they will have the good sense to rejoin Europe, put back up Hadrian's wall and Tell citizen Boris to climb up his own arse.
Angry Young Preacher: The Bible Says Gay People Should Be Executed (Humanely) | Hemant Mehta | ...
DavidLaDeau comments on May 29, 2020:
Old story. I have a personal past with this fellow. Here is a video I made about him after he purposefully misrepresented myself and many of my friends about a year ago. He just started up agian and featured me on his thumb ( a great angry freeze face). We have talked about doing an i terview for ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
pediphiles?
People who love feet?
DavidLaDeau comments on May 29, 2020:
Old story. I have a personal past with this fellow. Here is a video I made about him after he purposefully misrepresented myself and many of my friends about a year ago. He just started up agian and featured me on his thumb ( a great angry freeze face). We have talked about doing an i terview for ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
pediphiles?
People who love feet?
We are so fucked
UK Government refusing to sign up to Brexit safeguards so it can change Human ...
Fernapple comments on May 30, 2020:
We will end up as the fifty second state of the USA, but without any voting rights.
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
I think that has been the long term plan since Thatcher
Fernapple comments on May 30, 2020:
We will end up as the fifty second state of the USA, but without any voting rights.
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
I think that has been the long term plan since Thatcher
I am so pleased for Charlot Charles the mother of Harry Dunn who now says that her family and the...
Mcflewster comments on May 12, 2020:
We should all be grateful to Charlot Charles for her determination and we would be equally grateful to Ann Sacoolis if she just faced up to it, accepted a verdict and then got on with her life which I am sure she would be able to do.
Also prohibit RH drive cars in the UK
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
@Mcflewster More than you might think, there are American car and Motorcycle enthusiasts clubs all over the UK and these guys (my father was one of them) see it as sacrilege to not have the wheel (or the throttle) on the "authentic" side.
Mcflewster comments on May 12, 2020:
We should all be grateful to Charlot Charles for her determination and we would be equally grateful to Ann Sacoolis if she just faced up to it, accepted a verdict and then got on with her life which I am sure she would be able to do.
Also prohibit RH drive cars in the UK
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
@Mcflewster More than you might think, there are American car and Motorcycle enthusiasts clubs all over the UK and these guys (my father was one of them) see it as sacrilege to not have the wheel (or the throttle) on the "authentic" side.
Peek a boo and good night all...
LenHazell53 comments on May 30, 2020:
It is a nice picture but am I the only person who finds nude or sexy pictures where the face of the person is obscured objectifying and less attractive?
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
@Cutiebeauty Sorry,I was not implying that you did, it was just a passing observation, I guess I just like a pretty smile.
LenHazell53 comments on May 30, 2020:
It is a nice picture but am I the only person who finds nude or sexy pictures where the face of the person is obscured objectifying and less attractive?
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
@Cutiebeauty Sorry,I was not implying that you did, it was just a passing observation, I guess I just like a pretty smile.
We are so fucked
UK Government refusing to sign up to Brexit safeguards so it can change Human ...
Marionville comments on May 30, 2020:
I agree we are definitely fucked! What the people who first voted for Brexit and then Boris Johnson’s government have done, will go down as the two biggest acts of wilful stupidly in British history. I can only hope for a swift breaking up of the UK and look forward to living in either an ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
@Marionville My wife is from Irish heritage so I am with you all the way. England is finished and seem determined to flush itself down the craper.
Marionville comments on May 30, 2020:
I agree we are definitely fucked! What the people who first voted for Brexit and then Boris Johnson’s government have done, will go down as the two biggest acts of wilful stupidly in British history. I can only hope for a swift breaking up of the UK and look forward to living in either an ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
@Marionville My wife is from Irish heritage so I am with you all the way. England is finished and seem determined to flush itself down the craper.
We are so fucked
UK Government refusing to sign up to Brexit safeguards so it can change Human ...
Marionville comments on May 30, 2020:
I agree we are definitely fucked! What the people who first voted for Brexit and then Boris Johnson’s government have done, will go down as the two biggest acts of wilful stupidly in British history. I can only hope for a swift breaking up of the UK and look forward to living in either an ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
@Marionville Could be that if Scotland and NI do secede from the union, I think Wales may decide 700 years of conquest is enough.
Marionville comments on May 30, 2020:
I agree we are definitely fucked! What the people who first voted for Brexit and then Boris Johnson’s government have done, will go down as the two biggest acts of wilful stupidly in British history. I can only hope for a swift breaking up of the UK and look forward to living in either an ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
@Marionville Could be that if Scotland and NI do secede from the union, I think Wales may decide 700 years of conquest is enough.
Very attraction woman?
guynoir comments on May 29, 2020:
I don't like the colors / hues of her skin.
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
I think that may be the lighting
guynoir comments on May 29, 2020:
I don't like the colors / hues of her skin.
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
I think that may be the lighting
Very attraction woman?
RoboGraham comments on May 29, 2020:
Is that Princess Leia?
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
No but I can see why you might think so
She reminds me of the actress D'Arcy Carden
RoboGraham comments on May 29, 2020:
Is that Princess Leia?
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
No but I can see why you might think so
She reminds me of the actress D'Arcy Carden
HUNKER.
LenHazell53 comments on May 30, 2020:
Not to be confused with the Americanism Hunc'a meaning a large piece of a foodstuff usually eaten directly from the hand.
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
@Marionville Contraction of "A hunk of"
LenHazell53 comments on May 30, 2020:
Not to be confused with the Americanism Hunc'a meaning a large piece of a foodstuff usually eaten directly from the hand.
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
@Marionville Contraction of "A hunk of"
We are so fucked
UK Government refusing to sign up to Brexit safeguards so it can change Human ...
Marionville comments on May 30, 2020:
I agree we are definitely fucked! What the people who first voted for Brexit and then Boris Johnson’s government have done, will go down as the two biggest acts of wilful stupidly in British history. I can only hope for a swift breaking up of the UK and look forward to living in either an ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
Stand by for the convoys of us sensible Brit's heading to the border pleading for political asylum.
Marionville comments on May 30, 2020:
I agree we are definitely fucked! What the people who first voted for Brexit and then Boris Johnson’s government have done, will go down as the two biggest acts of wilful stupidly in British history. I can only hope for a swift breaking up of the UK and look forward to living in either an ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2020:
Stand by for the convoys of us sensible Brit's heading to the border pleading for political asylum.
I just learned that the Ethiopian Bible is the world's largest Bible.
LenHazell53 comments on May 28, 2020:
Can you provide a link to that please
True the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church does have the largest cannon of any Christian bible, but to the best of my knowledge neither of those books are in it.
LenHazell53 replies on May 28, 2020:
@RichCC
Here is the actual cannon of the EOTC New testament (from my copy)
It seems that first and second Dominos is an alternate name for the first and second Covenants or at east occupies the same place in the cannon
New Testament[1]
1. Matthew
2. Mark
3. Luke
4. John
5. Acts
6. Romans
7. I Corinthians
8. II Corinthians
9. Galatians
10. Ephesians
11. Philippians
12. Colossians
13. I Thessalonians
14. II Thessalonians
15. I Timothy
16. II Timothy
17. Titus
18. Philemon
19. Hebrews
20. I Peter
21. II Peter
22. I John
23. II John
24. III John
25. James
26. Jude
27. Revelation
28. Sinodos
29. Ser`atä Seyon
30. Te'ezaz
31. Gessew
32. Abtelis
33. I-II Covenant
34. Ethiopic Clement
35. Ethiopic Didascalia
LenHazell53 comments on May 28, 2020:
Can you provide a link to that please
True the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church does have the largest cannon of any Christian bible, but to the best of my knowledge neither of those books are in it.
LenHazell53 replies on May 28, 2020:
@RichCC
Here is the actual cannon of the EOTC New testament (from my copy)
It seems that first and second Dominos is an alternate name for the first and second Covenants or at east occupies the same place in the cannon
New Testament[1]
1. Matthew
2. Mark
3. Luke
4. John
5. Acts
6. Romans
7. I Corinthians
8. II Corinthians
9. Galatians
10. Ephesians
11. Philippians
12. Colossians
13. I Thessalonians
14. II Thessalonians
15. I Timothy
16. II Timothy
17. Titus
18. Philemon
19. Hebrews
20. I Peter
21. II Peter
22. I John
23. II John
24. III John
25. James
26. Jude
27. Revelation
28. Sinodos
29. Ser`atä Seyon
30. Te'ezaz
31. Gessew
32. Abtelis
33. I-II Covenant
34. Ethiopic Clement
35. Ethiopic Didascalia
For the cat people
LenHazell53 comments on May 28, 2020:
Shit's
LenHazell53 replies on May 28, 2020:
@MissKathleen I know, I just could resist being naughty
LenHazell53 comments on May 28, 2020:
Shit's
LenHazell53 replies on May 28, 2020:
@MissKathleen I know, I just could resist being naughty
President Trump: "I don't use insulin. Should I be?
NHjulie comments on May 28, 2020:
I was totally baffled when he said this (what else is new). Does he want to use it because it is cheap? Because he now feels like he can become his own doctor? I don't get it.
LenHazell53 replies on May 28, 2020:
He obviously knopws nothing about diabetes or insulin and simply thinks it is another profitable drug, that possibly cures covid 19?
NHjulie comments on May 28, 2020:
I was totally baffled when he said this (what else is new). Does he want to use it because it is cheap? Because he now feels like he can become his own doctor? I don't get it.
LenHazell53 replies on May 28, 2020:
He obviously knopws nothing about diabetes or insulin and simply thinks it is another profitable drug, that possibly cures covid 19?
[aol.
Fred_Snerd comments on May 27, 2020:
Many Americans commit slow murder-suicide, because they're miserable.
LenHazell53 replies on May 27, 2020:
That is a very astute observation, but it is not just Americans
Fred_Snerd comments on May 27, 2020:
Many Americans commit slow murder-suicide, because they're miserable.
LenHazell53 replies on May 27, 2020:
That is a very astute observation, but it is not just Americans
Grammar Nazi.
Omnedon comments on May 26, 2020:
Hilarious, especially given that in spoken language the two sound identical. :-)
LenHazell53 replies on May 26, 2020:
@Omnedon It was a joke about pedantic language policing, FFS
Omnedon comments on May 26, 2020:
Hilarious, especially given that in spoken language the two sound identical. :-)
LenHazell53 replies on May 26, 2020:
@Omnedon It was a joke about pedantic language policing, FFS
The value of education.
Matias comments on May 26, 2020:
It won´t convince them, because you already have to be educated to appreciate the difference. To those without education, a Trump speech may even sound better, less stilted, more authentic...
Hell... that´s the reason why all those rednecks and hillbillies flock to Trump rallies and have a ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 26, 2020:
"Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile. Filths savor but themselves."
King Lear: Act 4 Scene 2 William Shakespeare
Matias comments on May 26, 2020:
It won´t convince them, because you already have to be educated to appreciate the difference. To those without education, a Trump speech may even sound better, less stilted, more authentic...
Hell... that´s the reason why all those rednecks and hillbillies flock to Trump rallies and have a ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 26, 2020:
"Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile. Filths savor but themselves."
King Lear: Act 4 Scene 2 William Shakespeare
Grammar Nazi.
Omnedon comments on May 26, 2020:
Hilarious, especially given that in spoken language the two sound identical. :-)
LenHazell53 replies on May 26, 2020:
"actually" they don't
Your = Yore
You're = Euwer
Ah, I see point proven oops
Omnedon comments on May 26, 2020:
Hilarious, especially given that in spoken language the two sound identical. :-)
LenHazell53 replies on May 26, 2020:
"actually" they don't
Your = Yore
You're = Euwer
Ah, I see point proven oops
Hello Everyone,
If someone was without enough food or support and did not have enough money to ...
AnneWimsey comments on May 25, 2020:
There is a third option, carry to term & adopt the child out. Adoptive parents can & will pay pregnancy costs & a nice "bonus". There are lawyers that specialize in this, reputable agencies as well. Could be a win-win!
LenHazell53 replies on May 26, 2020:
@AnneWimsey You are correct of course.
AnneWimsey comments on May 25, 2020:
There is a third option, carry to term & adopt the child out. Adoptive parents can & will pay pregnancy costs & a nice "bonus". There are lawyers that specialize in this, reputable agencies as well. Could be a win-win!
LenHazell53 replies on May 26, 2020:
@AnneWimsey You are correct of course.
One of my bits of music, hope you like it
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Hathacat comments on May 25, 2020:
Very nice!
LenHazell53 replies on May 25, 2020:
thanks
Hathacat comments on May 25, 2020:
Very nice!
LenHazell53 replies on May 25, 2020:
thanks
Hello Everyone,
If someone was without enough food or support and did not have enough money to ...
AnneWimsey comments on May 25, 2020:
There is a third option, carry to term & adopt the child out. Adoptive parents can & will pay pregnancy costs & a nice "bonus". There are lawyers that specialize in this, reputable agencies as well. Could be a win-win!
LenHazell53 replies on May 25, 2020:
I was about to point this out to.
However, I would also point out that in this day and age, with widely available contraception for both the male and the female, in the west at least there is no excuse for unwanted pregnancies.
When they do occur the blame falls squarely on the parents, both of them, as does the consequent responsibility.
When religion interferes with the use of contraception, family planning and support, the male and female parent should ignore religion in favour of responsible behaviour.
Should either potential parent refuse to do so, the other partner should simply refuse to participate or accept responsibility.
AnneWimsey comments on May 25, 2020:
There is a third option, carry to term & adopt the child out. Adoptive parents can & will pay pregnancy costs & a nice "bonus". There are lawyers that specialize in this, reputable agencies as well. Could be a win-win!
LenHazell53 replies on May 25, 2020:
I was about to point this out to.
However, I would also point out that in this day and age, with widely available contraception for both the male and the female, in the west at least there is no excuse for unwanted pregnancies.
When they do occur the blame falls squarely on the parents, both of them, as does the consequent responsibility.
When religion interferes with the use of contraception, family planning and support, the male and female parent should ignore religion in favour of responsible behaviour.
Should either potential parent refuse to do so, the other partner should simply refuse to participate or accept responsibility.
Ignorant UK Birmingham bogan - she definitely isn't a Karen!
‘I didn’t realize Wales wasn’t...
Paddypereira comments on May 25, 2020:
Jaysus!!! A few years ago, a German guy was asked if he knew where Portugal is. He asked if it was in the Algarve, which is one of the provinces/regions of the country. There will be always ignorant people. It's a fact that you can't know everything but a few things are a bit too much.
LenHazell53 replies on May 25, 2020:
@Paddypereira Northern Ireland votes almost unanimously to remain in the EU, but were completely ignored.
Even at the time people were saying that all 4 countries should have been counted separately, and then each nation given a single vote.
This would have led to a stalemate, with NI and Scotland voting remain Wales being too close to call and England voting leave. However Cameron insisted on counting the votes of all 4 together resulting in a tiny minority winning on the leave side.
17,410,742 votes to leave and 16,141,241 to remain, a margin of 1,269,501 votes, out of a total population of 66,000,000.
I do not call that democracy or even a pretence at it.
Paddypereira comments on May 25, 2020:
Jaysus!!! A few years ago, a German guy was asked if he knew where Portugal is. He asked if it was in the Algarve, which is one of the provinces/regions of the country. There will be always ignorant people. It's a fact that you can't know everything but a few things are a bit too much.
LenHazell53 replies on May 25, 2020:
@Paddypereira Northern Ireland votes almost unanimously to remain in the EU, but were completely ignored.
Even at the time people were saying that all 4 countries should have been counted separately, and then each nation given a single vote.
This would have led to a stalemate, with NI and Scotland voting remain Wales being too close to call and England voting leave. However Cameron insisted on counting the votes of all 4 together resulting in a tiny minority winning on the leave side.
17,410,742 votes to leave and 16,141,241 to remain, a margin of 1,269,501 votes, out of a total population of 66,000,000.
I do not call that democracy or even a pretence at it.
Ignorant UK Birmingham bogan - she definitely isn't a Karen!
‘I didn’t realize Wales wasn’t...
davknight comments on May 25, 2020:
Be glad you don't live in the US! Most Americans wouldn't know where Wales was.Forty percent can't locate their own country on a map. Fourteen percent can't find the Pacific Ocean on a map.They gave up teaching geography, or even basic map-reading in the public schools fifty years ago.
LenHazell53 replies on May 25, 2020:
I recall a few years ago at a whitehouse dinner President Bush (the younger one) asking Charlotte Church where she came from. Being informed she was from Wales he asked which state that was in.
Oh how we NOW long for only that level of ignorance
davknight comments on May 25, 2020:
Be glad you don't live in the US! Most Americans wouldn't know where Wales was.Forty percent can't locate their own country on a map. Fourteen percent can't find the Pacific Ocean on a map.They gave up teaching geography, or even basic map-reading in the public schools fifty years ago.
LenHazell53 replies on May 25, 2020:
I recall a few years ago at a whitehouse dinner President Bush (the younger one) asking Charlotte Church where she came from. Being informed she was from Wales he asked which state that was in.
Oh how we NOW long for only that level of ignorance
How many US citizens will be dead or permanently incapacitated from C19 by November?
WilliamFleming comments on May 24, 2020:
Blame it all on politicians if it makes you feel good, but that makes little sense to me. Maybe your notice, to be displayed at polling places, should note that all the hardest hit areas are run by Democrats.
Eight thousand Americans would normally die every day. Only three hundredths of one ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 24, 2020:
"Eight thousand Americans would normally die every day. Only three hundredths of one percent of Americans have died of the Coronavirus, and many of those wouldn’t have lived much longer anyway."
@WilliamFleming Jesus Bill, that is cold man, stone fucking cold.
WilliamFleming comments on May 24, 2020:
Blame it all on politicians if it makes you feel good, but that makes little sense to me. Maybe your notice, to be displayed at polling places, should note that all the hardest hit areas are run by Democrats.
Eight thousand Americans would normally die every day. Only three hundredths of one ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 24, 2020:
"Eight thousand Americans would normally die every day. Only three hundredths of one percent of Americans have died of the Coronavirus, and many of those wouldn’t have lived much longer anyway."
@WilliamFleming Jesus Bill, that is cold man, stone fucking cold.
Too many atheists are hostile to the religious.
LenHazell53 comments on May 24, 2020:
A majority of the times I have observed hostility being projected at the religious, it has been BY the religious
A majority of the times I have observed hostility being projected at the atheistic, it has been BY the religious
The majority of the times I have observed "hostility" or as I would ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 24, 2020:
@RussRAB Such behaviour is known as the "No true Scotsman" logical fallacy, a form of circular argument, based on the addition of ad hoc "presuppositions" after the fact.
eg
Premise: All Scotsmen eat porridge
Counter argument: Some Scotsmen do not eat porridge
Fallacy: By not eating porridge they prove themselves to not be "true scotsmen" and are therefore do not invalidate the original premise.
LenHazell53 comments on May 24, 2020:
A majority of the times I have observed hostility being projected at the religious, it has been BY the religious
A majority of the times I have observed hostility being projected at the atheistic, it has been BY the religious
The majority of the times I have observed "hostility" or as I would ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 24, 2020:
@RussRAB Such behaviour is known as the "No true Scotsman" logical fallacy, a form of circular argument, based on the addition of ad hoc "presuppositions" after the fact.
eg
Premise: All Scotsmen eat porridge
Counter argument: Some Scotsmen do not eat porridge
Fallacy: By not eating porridge they prove themselves to not be "true scotsmen" and are therefore do not invalidate the original premise.
Why THE FUCK are we allowing senior members of this site telling junior members to SHUT UP, to STOP,...
LenHazell53 comments on May 17, 2020:
I don't come here to be "allowed" to say anything and the day that this site starts to tell me or anyone else what I or they are they are "allowed" (or are not allowed) to say is the day I will have no respect for this place anymore.
LenHazell53 replies on May 24, 2020:
@TheMiddleWay As you well know, I was referring to self righteous, self appointed, self important busy bodies, not the legal and platform ordered circumstances obligatory to and upon owners and admin of this site.
I had assumed such as yourself had the intelligence to assume such given the context,
I apologize for my over estimation of you abilities.
LenHazell53 comments on May 17, 2020:
I don't come here to be "allowed" to say anything and the day that this site starts to tell me or anyone else what I or they are they are "allowed" (or are not allowed) to say is the day I will have no respect for this place anymore.
LenHazell53 replies on May 24, 2020:
@TheMiddleWay As you well know, I was referring to self righteous, self appointed, self important busy bodies, not the legal and platform ordered circumstances obligatory to and upon owners and admin of this site.
I had assumed such as yourself had the intelligence to assume such given the context,
I apologize for my over estimation of you abilities.
Former CEO Gets 210 Days In Jail For Possessing Over 13,000 Child Porn Images
LenHazell53 comments on May 23, 2020:
horrific
LenHazell53 replies on May 23, 2020:
@SeaGreenEyez This being in Utah, he was probably a Mormon, following the example of the prophet
LenHazell53 comments on May 23, 2020:
horrific
LenHazell53 replies on May 23, 2020:
@SeaGreenEyez This being in Utah, he was probably a Mormon, following the example of the prophet
I went to get cat food at the dollar store this evening.
Pralina1 comments on May 23, 2020:
Were they police ? Or security ?
LenHazell53 replies on May 23, 2020:
@Lorajay
@Lorajay
"fetistic scopophillia" the act of carrying a metaphorical phallus like object in public in order to be seen as powerful and threatening. A technique often used in film and theatre to establish the main male or female protagonist upon their first appearance by metaphorically masculating them.
See especially the films of Billy Wilder.
Pralina1 comments on May 23, 2020:
Were they police ? Or security ?
LenHazell53 replies on May 23, 2020:
@Lorajay
@Lorajay
"fetistic scopophillia" the act of carrying a metaphorical phallus like object in public in order to be seen as powerful and threatening. A technique often used in film and theatre to establish the main male or female protagonist upon their first appearance by metaphorically masculating them.
See especially the films of Billy Wilder.
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