Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-01 Thread Dave Land
On Aug 31, 2006, at 7:50 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: On 8/31/06, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought it had been determined that they are teal . . . Take your fascist determination and get out of here! It is a basic human right for people to believe that the unicorns are

Re: On scientology

2006-09-01 Thread Alberto Monteiro
David Hobby wrote: How is a cult which ruins peoples lives a joke, a joke which makes its high council VERY rich and a joke which is one of the most dangerous cults in the world. O.K., if it's purely a money making venture, why all the wacky UFO doctrine? Seriously, with all that

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-01 Thread William T Goodall
On 1 Sep 2006, at 5:47AM, Ritu wrote: William T Goodall wrote: In rural India little girls are still sold to temples as sex slaves In rural India little girls are sold as maids/bonded slaves, Devadasis are well documented. See here for example

RE: Religious freedom

2006-09-01 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Ritu wrote: I guess you are not terribly interested in India History, Come on, please! 1 Giga people, millions of ethnicities, 6000 years of recorded history, some other thousand years of archeological history... It's _impossible_ for anyone to know India History. The better we can handle is a

RE: Religious freedom

2006-09-01 Thread Ritu
William T Goodall wrote: In rural India little girls are still sold to temples as sex slaves In rural India little girls are sold as maids/bonded slaves, Devadasis are well documented. See here for example http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/

RE: Religious freedom

2006-09-01 Thread Ritu
Alberto Monteiro wrote: I guess you are not terribly interested in India History, Come on, please! 1 Giga people, millions of ethnicities, 6000 years of recorded history, some other thousand years of archeological history... It's _impossible_ for anyone to know India History. The

history is evil, why it must be eradicated [was: Religious freedom]

2006-09-01 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Ritu wrote: If I'd have had any expectations of WTG knowing these details, they would have been based on the fact that the period he was refering to not only spanned a mere 190 years, it was also a historical experience his country shares with mine. But it doesn't mean that it was

RE: history is evil, why it must be eradicated [was: Religious freedom]

2006-09-01 Thread Ritu
Alberto Monteiro wrote: If I'd have had any expectations of WTG knowing these details, they would have been based on the fact that the period he was refering to not only spanned a mere 190 years, it was also a historical experience his country shares with mine. But it doesn't

Re: history is evil, why it must be eradicated [was: Religious freedom]

2006-09-01 Thread William T Goodall
On 1 Sep 2006, at 3:42PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Ritu wrote: If I'd have had any expectations of WTG knowing these details, they would have been based on the fact that the period he was refering to not only spanned a mere 190 years, it was also a historical experience his country shares

RE: Religious freedom

2006-09-01 Thread Richard Baker
Ritu said: But since I already have been told that the British Raj isn't taught in extensive detail in Britain, I had no such expectations. Nothing is taught in extensive detail in Britain, alas. Rich ___

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-01 Thread William T Goodall
On 1 Sep 2006, at 5:32PM, Richard Baker wrote: Ritu said: But since I already have been told that the British Raj isn't taught in extensive detail in Britain, I had no such expectations. Nothing is taught in extensive detail in Britain, alas. Britain is moving to the American model

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-01 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 1 Sep 2006 at 13:40, William T Goodall wrote: On 1 Sep 2006, at 5:47AM, Ritu wrote: William T Goodall wrote: In rural India little girls are still sold to temples as sex slaves In rural India little girls are sold as maids/bonded slaves, Devadasis are well documented. See

Re: (S)triangulated (Collapse, Chapter 3)

2006-09-01 Thread Deborah Harrell
Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So what relevance is there here for us? Pitcairn and Henderson remind me of the lonely outposts in outer space we read about in science fiction novels. Is there some resource supplied to us by lonely outposts that we could hardly live without?

RE: Religious freedom

2006-09-01 Thread Dan Minette
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Pensinger Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:52 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Religious freedom Alberto wrote: Doug Pensinger wrote: Anyone reasonable can see that instance

RE: Jobs, not trees! (Collapse, Chapter 2)

2006-09-01 Thread Dan Minette
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Pensinger Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 12:10 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Jobs, not trees! (Collapse, Chapter 2) On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:51:06 -, jdiebremse [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: (S)triangulated (Collapse, Chapter 3)

2006-09-01 Thread Doug Pensinger
Deborah wrote: I presume you are asking rhetorically, since oil certainly springs to mind...The interwoven fate of those 3 islands isn't quite a metaphor for us, however, since we could (with some difficulty and a great deal of expense) use more coal for heating, convert more corn or biomass to

Re: To the Back of the Bus!

2006-09-01 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Aug 26, 2006, at 11:54 PM, Dave Land wrote: Apparently, after screening and re-screening that couple of milliseconds of Janet Jackson's nipple at the 2004 Superbowl for hours on end, the geeks at the FCC have lost all sense of proportion. I know the feeling. -- Warren Ockrassa Blog |

Re: Pope prepares to embrace theory of intelligent design

2006-09-01 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Aug 27, 2006, at 7:41 PM, William T Goodall wrote: There have been growing signs the Pope is considering aligning his church more closely with the theory of intelligent design taught in some US states. So … JPII wasn't infallible after all? What does that actually mean for the Papacy?