On Jan 26, 2008, at 12:58 AM, Curtis Burisch wrote: >>> Better idea - remove tax exemptions and other special benefits for >>> religions and quasi-religious organistions, with the exception of >>> charitable ventures (which must be purely charitable subsidiaries of >>> or wholly separate ventures). >> >> And only those over twenty-one should be allowed access to churches/ >> temples/ashrams/mosques/synagogues and other places where the evil >> nonsense of religion is purveyed or to the vile corrupting texts of >> religion. > > Now there's a great idea! And, how about displaying a health warning > outside churches/temples/etc., like the warnings on cigarette packets?
Unfortunately for this plan, as I seem to recall having seen discussed here recently, presence of religious faith has been shown to have beneficial health effects. I am far too lazy to look it up for you. > Someone tell me what the story is with Maru? Here's a link to an answer given on this list in October: http://www.mccmedia.com/pipermail/brin-l/Week-of- Mon-20071008/140300.html It has to do with Japanese ship names and some sort of friendly rivalry between this and the "Culture" mailing list. Dave _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
