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response 75 of 78:
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Aug 17 07:21 UTC 2003 |
That's a pretty dim grade of liberal that you're testing for, pvn. How
about the "America could *never* have had a Civil War 'cause everyone had
a gun back then" conservative test?
(BTW, what do you think of those slightly-draconian reform schools that
they've been shutting down lately in Mexico/Central America?)
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pvn
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response 76 of 78:
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Aug 17 09:56 UTC 2003 |
Most everybody *did* "have a gun" back then so what is the point?
And I don't have a clue of what you are refering to about draconians in
south america. Other than the exchange rate of the US dollar if I am
planning a visit I personally don't give a shit.
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scott
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response 77 of 78:
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Aug 17 12:45 UTC 2003 |
Ignorance must be bliss, then.
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rcurl
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response 78 of 78:
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Aug 17 18:29 UTC 2003 |
Absence of evidence IS evidence of absence. It is just not proof of it. In
this case, it is strong evidence, as so many millions of people have been
assiduously seeking evidence for millenia - with zero confirmable postive
results.
Ethics are human contrived ideas, with or without religion. The only
thing religion adds is hypothetical rewards and punishments for those
that cannot see the societal value of ethics by themselves.
Children get their ethics primarily from their parents. This does not
require religion. Schools should both exhibit and require ethical behavior,
but this also does not require religion.
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