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   From: cary@afone.as.arizona.edu   
      
   In article <6v607uFi5q88U21@mid.individual.net> Mark K Bilbo  writes:   
   > On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:02:10 +1100, fasgnadh wrote:   
   >   
   > > Mark K Bilbo wrote:   
   > >> On Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:21:07 +1100, fasgnadh wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>> raven1 wrote:   
   > >>>> fasgnadh wrote:   
   > >>>>> Angry White Republican wrote:   
   > >>>>>> Emmaneul Goldstein  wrote:   
   > >>>>>>> NewSpeak   
   > >>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>> "the only language in the world whose vocabulary gets smaller   
   > >>>>>>> every year".   
   > >>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> I am an atheist.  I don't pronounce my beliefs on anyone,   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>> but other Atheists do, they pass the collection plate and raise   
   > >>>>> money to carry out Atheist proselytising on buses.   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>>> nor do I attend a  "Church".   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>> I know many theists who don't as well, and not just because they are   
   > >>>>> in Synagogue or Mosque either.   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>> There are many who think their beliefs are private matters, and are   
   > >>>>> happy to fulfil their need for community in work, or other   
   > >>>>> organisations.   
   > >>>> You, on the other hand, practice exactly what you criticize in   
   > >>>> others,   
   > >>> No, I don't practice Atheist dogmatism, or violence, or lying and I   
   > >>> certainly don't run an Atheist tyranny depriving people of freedom,   
   > >>> life and hope.   
   > >>   
   > >> Well, neither do we.   
   > >   
   > > Bullshit, I know some genuine atheists,   
   >   
   > Oh here we go, somebody who--apparently by magic--just *knows* who and   
   > what we really, really are.   
   >   
   > Do you think you're original? Do you think in the ten years I've been   
   > here you're the first of your kind I've seen?   
   >   
   > Do you think I remember the names of *any* of them?   
   >   
   > You're so memorable, I forget about you when I get up from the computer   
   > to get coffee...   
      
   Who?   
      
      
      
   -- cary   
      
   >   
   > --   
   > Mark K. Bilbo                a.a. #1423   
   > EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion   
   > ------------------------------------------------------------   
   > “In this world of sin and sorrow there is always   
   > something to be thankful for; as for me,   
   > I rejoice that I am not a Republican.”   
   >   
   > - H. L. Mencken   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)