Who enforces adherence to the Constitution?

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

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[nerk]

The Constitution is based on principles, not on what's happening at the moment. Are you really saying that the right of free speech, of a right to defend yourself and own property, to name a few, is too old fashioned, too stagnant, for our Brave New World, that they should be modified or done away with entirely.

Should the laws of physics be ignored because they've been around too long? Snap out of it!!!

Physics is for Godless atheists.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/evangelical-scientists-refute-gravity-with-new-int,1778/

 

[Guest]

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[nerk]

green grinning faces are for degenerate perverts

*crosses fingers*

 

[Guest]

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[nerk]

Well, yeah!

Actually, I prefer the happy pussy.

nothing better than a happy degenerate pervert pussy ...

 

[mynameisben]

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[Stella_Omega]

I could not have said it better.

This is true. You can't say much of anything very well.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

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[bronzeage]

The Constitution is based on principles, not on what's happening at the moment. Are you really saying that the right of free speech, of a right to defend yourself and own property, to name a few, is too old fashioned, too stagnant, for our Brave New World, that they should be modified or done away with entirely.

Should the laws of physics be ignored because they've been around too long? Snap out of it!!!

The laws of physics are based on observations and conclusions. It was once thought heavier objects fell faster than lighter ones.

Why would anyone believe this? Simply because they weren't paying close attention and accepted the concept which made sense.

Galileo looked closely and discovered something different. Newton looked closer and discovered even more. They thought the Laws of the Universe had been defined, until Einstein realized the observations made close to the Earth's surface did not apply to the entire universe.

Principles change based on a change in our point of view and that is always dependent on what's happening now.

If longevity is the measure of the principles of government, please tell me why you abandoned the divine right of Kings?

 

[amicus]

Physics is for Godless atheists.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/evangelical-scientists-refute-gravity-with-new-int,1778/

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Being an atheist myself, and a militant one at that, one can appreciate the criticism of Fundamentalist Christians as they attempt to keep God and Faith in the social equation.

Still, there is an aura of righteoues intellectual snobbery and superiority expressed here and in the article, that needs addressing.

The history of man is a history of his beliefs', in terms of attempting to understand the threatening and hostile world or reality he found himself in. Attempting to please the Gods to ameliorate the harshness of famine and flood, earthquake and volcano, was the only means man had to survive before the birth of natural science.

It is only in recent history that man had the audacity to challege the faith of billions and claim that intellect was superior over faith.

Extrapolating a moral and ethical foundation from that newly gained scientic knowledge, has been a difficult task for the new intellectuals; one which they decided not to address, but to rather ignore, and claim that man, existentially, could not know with certainty, any moral rules of conduct.

Not being smart enough to comprehend the rightness or wrongness of killing a baby or sodomizing the neighbors dog, the new intellectuals deny any moral statements in opposition, claiming that 'faith' was demonstrably old fashioned, traditonal, conventional, and...wrong...(although they claim no 'right', moral system.)

Physics may be for Godless Atheists; it is also firmly entrenched in the nature of reality which is an enigma for modern intellectuals, as they continue to claim there is no 'absolute' reality and even if there were, man is not capable of knowing it...which...translated....is but mere faith.

Liberalism = Fundamentalism...both are faiths; neither advocate reason or rationality.

Amicus

 

[nerk]

Being an atheist myself, and a militant one at that, one can appreciate the criticism of Fundamentalist Christians as they attempt to keep God and Faith in the social equation.

Is a militant atheist someone who's willing to kill and die for what they don't believe in?

Extrapolating a moral and ethical foundation from that newly gained scientic knowledge, has been a difficult task for the new intellectuals; one which they decided not to address, but to rather ignore, and claim that man, existentially, could not know with certainty, any moral rules of conduct.

Amicus

One really has to pity the intellectuals, who find a difficult task, decide to ignore it, and then make claims about it.

Seriously, who are these nitwits?

Physics may be for Godless Atheists; it is also firmly entrenched in the nature of reality which is an enigma for modern intellectuals, as they continue to claim their is no 'absolute' reality and even if their were, man is not capable of knowing it...which...translated....is but mere faith.

Going out on a limb, I'm going to say that making generalizations about what intellectuals think, as if they were all in agreement about much of anything, really, is probably about as accurate as making claims about what Christians think, as if they were all in agreement about much of anything, really. Except cannibalism. Everyone knows intellectuals are cannibals.

 

[Liar]

Everyone knows intellectuals are cannibals.

You sound tasty.

 

[amicus]

Is a militant atheist someone who's willing to kill and die for what they don't believe in?


One really has to pity the intellectuals, who find a difficult task, decide to ignore it, and then make claims about it.

Seriously, who are these nitwits?


Going out on a limb, I'm going to say that making generalizations about what intellectuals think, as if they were all in agreement about much of anything, really, is probably about as accurate as making claims about what Christians think, as if they were all in agreement about much of anything, really. Except cannibalism. Everyone knows intellectuals are cannibals.[/QUOTE]

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Hello Nerk, and if I have not previously welcomed you to the forum, I do so now...it took a moment to realize why your screen name, Nerk, is familiar to me; it used to be a call sign in the Navy Radio world, perhaps one calling all ships to attend to a message...been a long time... dadit dit didahdit dahdidah...I dream of old radio watches and the call signs that became imbedded in my memory.

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A 'militant atheist', as I recall, is one who came out of the closet and spoke freely, not as you infer.

Some intellectuals are cannibals, some are just parasites; most are productive and may even have a sense of humor, or was it Homer?

Ami

 

[nerk]

Is a militant atheist someone who's willing to kill and die for what they don't believe in?


One really has to pity the intellectuals, who find a difficult task, decide to ignore it, and then make claims about it.

Seriously, who are these nitwits?


Going out on a limb, I'm going to say that making generalizations about what intellectuals think, as if they were all in agreement about much of anything, really, is probably about as accurate as making claims about what Christians think, as if they were all in agreement about much of anything, really. Except cannibalism. Everyone knows intellectuals are cannibals.[/QUOTE]

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Hello Nerk, and if I have not previously welcomed you to the forum, I do so now...it took a moment to realize why your screen name, Nerk, is familiar to me; it used to be a call sign in the Navy Radio world, perhaps one calling all ships to attend to a message...been a long time... dadit dit didahdit dahdidah...I dream of old radio watches and the call signs that became imbedded in my memory.

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A 'militant atheist', as I recall, is one who came out of the closet and spoke freely, not as you infer.

Some intellectuals are cannibals, some are just parasites; most are productive and may even have a sense of humor, or was it Homer?

Ami

Thank you for the welcome, and the fun. I find these kinds of discussions are delightful, if everyone manages to hold onto their sense of humor. A rarity, I suppose.

And I was mistaken .. it's the Christians who were all cannibals, at least according to the Romans (what else were they going to do while they declined and fell, besides pick fights with the latest cults to take hold?).

I suppose I took the 'militant' bit a bit too seriously. But that's the fun of the interwebz. You get to make nonsense out of the whole history of human thought.

Not that big of a change, really.

 

[amicus]

I fear a modern day Johnathan Swift might cast an evil eye upon all the chubby, late term, liberal babies and toddlers and make a cost/benefit ratio study.



ami

 

[Boxlicker101]

Physics is for Godless atheists.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/evangelical-scientists-refute-gravity-with-new-int,1778/

I've always thought physics were for people who are constipated.

 

[Huckleman2000]

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I see the Conservatives have mastered the telegraph.

 

[amicus]

I see the Conservatives have mastered the telegraph.

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You would be in error Huckleberry; there is a world of difference between telegraph and Morse Code.

amicus

 

[Boxlicker101]

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You would be in error Huckleberry; there is a world of difference between telegraph and Morse Code.

amicus

Morse code was probably envented to use on a telegraph, but it can also be used on paper like has been done on this thread, by flashing lights, by noise, such as a car horn, by flags, or other means

 

[bronzeage]

I see the Conservatives have mastered the telegraph.

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You would be in error Huckleberry; there is a world of difference between telegraph and Morse Code.

amicus

So, conservatives have not mastered the telegraph or history?

Samuel Morse invented the telegraph and wrote the binary code which bears his name. If there is a world of difference between the two, it would be a very small world.

 

[amicus]

I suppise if I farted in B flat instead of E Flat, you would criticize that also.

The Navy, while it taught me audio morse code, was a little short on history, but I do know that I can read and send Morse Code, but not Telegraphy, as I went to a Railroad Telegraph station to inquire.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/history-of-morse-code.html

Telegraphy is a series of 'clicks', that all sound the same to me, Morse Code is a combination of long, dah's, and short, dits.

But, thanks for the critical review, the link provided is useful, at least to me and may be to others...and...education and enlightenment are always my intent.

ami

 

[bronzeage]

I suppise if I farted in B flat instead of E Flat, you would criticize that also.

The Navy, while it taught me audio morse code, was a little short on history, but I do know that I can read and send Morse Code, but not Telegraphy, as I went to a Railroad Telegraph station to inquire.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/history-of-morse-code.html

Telegraphy is a series of 'clicks', that all sound the same to me, Morse Code is a combination of long, dah's, and short, dits.

But, thanks for the critical review, the link provided is useful, at least to me and may be to others...and...education and enlightenment are always my intent.

ami

The telegraph and Morse code was one of the milestones in American history. It is a standard part of elementary school history courses.

I am really surprised someone of your age was not aware of the connection.

 

[amicus]

In yoiur frantic pursuit for a small 'one-upsmanship' over dear old Ami, you miss the point entirely.

Morse Code as sent over the radio, is received and amplified through a variable oscillator that creates an audible tone.

Telegraphy, on the other hand is merely a series of clicks, which are to me unintelligible.

There may not be my claimed 'world of difference' between the theories of the two, but knowing how to send and receive one does not instruct you on the other, which to me, was quite a difference.

I suspect that those responding to my original dididah didahdahdit, message, merely looked up the Morse Code and made the dit dah or .- , but there may be some old time Morse operators around or Ham Radio geeks as I was both Navy and Ham radio. I could send and receive at about 35 wpm with a speed key; you?

Better luck next time, ole chum.

ami

 

[nerk]

I've always thought physics were for people who are constipated.

have you ever met a Godless atheist who wasn't constipated?
Only prayer can keep your bowels regular! Constant prayer!