Tuesday, 27 February 2007
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Bush changes popular sayings...
Recently I have gotten word, that President Bush is going to be changing a few popular sayings to reflect the state of terror, of anxiety, of panic. Here are some of them:1. “Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy a presidency.”
2. “Thanks a billion.” (to adjust for inflation)
3. “Third bribe pays for all.”
4. “A million stolen is a million earned.”
5. “Old wars die hard.”
6. “Iraq doesn’t determine who’s right. Iraq determines who’s left.”
7. “When in Washington DC, do as the politicians do.”
8. “A bribe a day keeps the terrorist away.”
9. “Better the terrorist you know than the terrorist you don't know.”
10. “Terrorism anywhere is a threat to freedom everywhere.”
11. “Sure, it's going to kill a lot of people, but they may be dying of terrorism anyway.”
And that concludes todays message!
Next up: The right way to be afraid of fear, global warming, and terrorism.
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"When you told me about our language being racist, I said that most languages could be called sexist - with almost all the words being either male or female. And I don't care what the dictionary says, whatever shade your skin is, we are all blemished by Sin. And you're view of history is a little...skewed. I've read about many a white-pioneer massacre of Indians, and vice/versa. Some of the Indians were very war-like, and some were very peaceful, as has been said. The history taught in most public schools is history that has been rewritten by men who would like to change our view of past events for their own agenda.
You cannot just present what happened in history, this isn't a list of ingredients for a recipe! Every history book is tilted this way or that, against this, and in favor of that. Everyone, has their own bias."
Sure, slaves could be any color BUT, the fact that history books write that Europeans brought the slaves over sounds like the slaves just wanted to come. The point I am making is that American historians tend to omit facts that blemish the "great American way". This also applies to Native Americans "massacring" the white pioneers. In many cases, both groups killed countless people but, why can't all of these attacks be labeled as a battle? Why must it be given the label "massacre", which has a negative connotation or "victory"which has a positive con?
"So is that the belief of your religion? That you won't have to worry about the end, and the choices you made, because everyone will be "somewhere"?"
NO, this is not my religion. I was simply stating the possibilities of where an argument may go. Call it unwarranted extrapolation, but an argument can still be considered liable if you pull it into the extremes with evidence or facts.
"Gah, could you at least have seperated your different arguments in paragraphs?? I'm reading about religion, then about what a crazy world it is, then...."
Oh gosh, usually my real essays have perfect format, but I tend to ramble and cram my sentences up in a blog >.<....
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If you ask the question about why we consider other countries lazy for just lying in the sun, then you have to ask, why do we generalise? Everybody generalises, and when it comes to countries, people still do. Say...in the Middle East, we are considered a country that bombs innocent people, and occupies countries.
We're not made a certain way with one set of beliefs or another."
So.. why do we generalise? Does it make things easier for people? Yes, it does to have organization for say, every kitchen utensil. However, since we are not born with one set of beliefs or another, couldn't we make ourselves to not generalise?
"And...you too are biased. Everyone is biased! It's inescapable that everyone will look and behave through what they believe."
Sure but when it comes to writing say history books, you need to make your facts as un-biased as possible. If you can't do it yourself, enlist a group consensous but in order to write good history, you need to be able to write the facts covering nothing up. Otherwise it should just be called an opinion book.
"How does it all come down to the same thing? It comes down to the same thing in that only one of all these religions is right, and then the other are all wrong. You cannot compare them, nor take the stance that you can accommodate every religion.'"
"So it irritates me when a homosexual, for instance, says "I was born this way! I can't change what I am." People can change! Christ changes people!
Um... this is going to be a long story. Let's save it for later.
Many religion share similar points: "Be good and you will be rewarded... somehow." Whether its moving up to Nirvana, reincarnating to a better life, or going to a great place, there is always something interesting just waiting you.
Thank you SOOO much for reading my jumbly blog :D.
“Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy a presidency.”
Dead on true :D.
So there is a right way to fear fear?
Redundant much?