Dears, The latest news is that former KGB Spy-turned- President-turned-PM, Vladamir Putin, is trying to make the former President of USSR, Joseph Stalin the GREATEST RUSSIAN in History. That is the latest story. I would toast to that with a Molotov cocktail, one of the concoctions of Russia during Stalin's life and times as an Atheist.
K. Karunanidhi was enamoured with Stalin enough to name his son and successor as Stalin. Stalin was a very effective ruler: not for nothing is the multi-barrel artillery piece known as Stalin's organ. He likes its tunes ...and the cries of the prisoners he sent to Siberia for winter holidays! I do not know if they still have badminton courts in Siberia. ;-) Frederick has put religion in a wonderful perspective : knife or a dagger! Last month we were discussing if tobacco should be grown as an organic crop. We all know that Tobacco is a killer. The question that settled the issed was: Does it matter if the knife used to kill was made of food-grade, aseptic, sterilised, stainless steel or of rusty iron? If one was using the knife to cut food stuff, it is a different issue. Mog asundi Miguel Message: 3 Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:52:49 +0530 From: "Frederick \"FN\" Noronha" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] God Sucks Message-ID: <[email protected]> Can I rephrase the questions below... one could understand different things: 2008/12/28 Gilbert Lawrence <[email protected]> 1. Has the knife benefitted humanity or has it harmed humanity? 2. Is the knife, in its present form, good or bad? 3. Should the design of the knife be improved, or does it need to be discarded altogether? 4. Is the knife a regressive concept or is it a progressive one? :-) FN ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:09:34 -0800 (PST) From: Mario Goveia <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Samir's "God sucks" was not an oxymoron; simply a gratuitous, moronic and vicious insult with no mitigating factors, and Sandeep's "presumption" in trying to defend this indefensible insult confusing presumption with logic is like putting lipstick on a pig and optimistically entering it in a beauty pageant. To add insult to injury, Samir and Sandeep then went on to claim tolerance as an atheist trait, and blame intolerance, death and destruction in the world on religion whereas some of the worst evildoers in history have been atheists, which they conveniently failed to mention until reminded. Besides, initiating and making excuses for the concept of "God sucks" is itself an example of intolerance. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mhapsa 403507 Goa Ph 9822982676 [email protected] -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
