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Isn't this conflating "atheism" with "agnosticism"? Language is all about meanings in terms of common usage, Gary, and in the common usage such a distinction is simply invalid. In every practical sense these two terms are synonymous and it is in fact theists who seek to maintain...

Stephen Anderson has built himself a fine straw man and the dissected it. The vast majority of the world's atheists make no claims about the existence of gods. They merely don't believe in them for lack of empirical evidence. Agnosticism originally was the claim that it cannot be known whether gods...

bobevenson wrote:We will take over the state, town by town and county by county. At that point, we will probably demand secession from an international stage.

Marketing consultants that specialize in various areas hire the companies that carry out specific objectives. Everything is completely open to the media so there is little chance of collusion. It will be very easy to see if money is being wasted or whether operations are being handled efficiently. ...

If the owner of the White House wanted to jack up the rent 10,000 percent, the government can force its sale to another party willing to charge normal rent. Everything about AEP government is totally open to minimize malfeasance. The government would force the owner of the White House to sell his o...

BTW: If you think the US is democratic, then why (pray tell) do you want to get rid of the government? Do you just love torture and punishment? Is having a say in your own affairs and what your country does too much responsibility for you? I guess you don't actually read anything I write. Who said ...

No offense, Prof, but consulting to publically - traded companies is like preaching to the deaf, as they cannot legally act on your advice, unless your advice happens to coincide with their duty to shareholder profit. Note that a privately held company may act ethically, as long as the owner decide...

I may seem like a complete ignoramus to many when I say that Einstein's morality and ethics, etc., are of absolutely no consequence. The ONLY thing of great value in Einstein is his science. The rest of his thinking in a number of areas was totally skewed and he certainly was not this gentle guru-l...

Another Chomsky interview.

https://youtu.be/pxO4Fceodz4

Rest easy, Gary, I'm only pulling your chain and I should be ashamed of myself for doing it because taking the piss out of Americans is just shooting fish in a barrel. I know perfectly well that you guys don't get irony. No worries (as your countrymen seem to say). It's not the first time I've been...

I mean, am I doing something wrong? Am I not expressing myself in an appropriate way? Am I not picking up on clues I should be picking up on? My apologies if I am but sometimes it's difficult for me to figure out what people mean when they type something which seems counter intuitive.

Obvious Leo wrote:I take it you don't get out much, Gary.

Why do you say that?

Not a very helpful reply, but whatever.

Obvious Leo wrote:Good on ya, Bob. Democracy is for pussies.

Are you being sarcastic or otherwise ironic (I hope)?

Maybe you'd care to elaborate on what you think is nutty about it. I wasn't able to watch the Chomsky video, but maybe you'd like to tell me who Chomsky is and what he has to say. Noam Chomsky is probably best known in academia as a pioneer in (or even the "father" of) the field of lingui...