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Isla Guapa
Joined: 19 Apr 2010 Posts: 1520 Location: Mexico City o sea La Gran Manzana Mexicana
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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Dear Isla Guapa,
"I wonder who will take over when the US bows out?"
My money's on Liechtenstein. They're admittedly small, but they're fierce.
And they're way overdo for world domination.
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John |
Dear John,
An intriguing possibility, but I was thinking more along the lines of a really big country, like China.
Cheers,
Isla Guapa |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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Dear Isla Guapa,
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog"
Mark Twain
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John |
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Isla Guapa
Joined: 19 Apr 2010 Posts: 1520 Location: Mexico City o sea La Gran Manzana Mexicana
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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johnslat wrote: |
Dear Isla Guapa,
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog"
Mark Twain
Regards,
John |
Dear John,
I had no idea that Liechtenstein was such a feisty little nation.
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Isla Guapa |
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spiral78
Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, big teeth in Liechtenstein, I assure you |
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Sashadroogie
Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 11061 Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:41 am Post subject: |
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Vatican City! All the groundwork is there already. Global network, a messianic ideology to export, smart uniforms, infallible leader. And they've done it before!!
They just need to get a few more divisions, as the Great Vozhd once said... |
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TheHanMan
Joined: 23 May 2011 Posts: 33
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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The Euro will unfortunately survive and we will all be the worse off for it. Gordon Brown was right about one thing at least; he refused to allow Tony Blair and the rest of his New Labour rabble to switch to the European currency at the first chance they got. If he hadn't have stood up to them, this country would be pretty much sunk by now. It is unavoidable though; the EU will swallow us up eventually and we shall be Socialists in all but name. |
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AGoodStory
Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Posts: 738
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 2:44 am Post subject: |
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TheHanMan wrote: |
The Euro will unfortunately survive and we will all be the worse off for it. Gordon Brown was right about one thing at least; he refused to allow Tony Blair and the rest of his New Labour rabble to switch to the European currency at the first chance they got. If he hadn't have stood up to them, this country would be pretty much sunk by now. It is unavoidable though; the EU will swallow us up eventually and we shall be Socialists in all but name. |
Some English teachers might suggest a tense correction! |
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Sashadroogie
Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 11061 Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:36 am Post subject: |
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�We are all Socialists now� ~ Edward VII, the well-known social revolutionary, 1841 - 1910. |
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TheHanMan
Joined: 23 May 2011 Posts: 33
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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Sashadroogie wrote: |
Vatican City! All the groundwork is there already. Global network, a messianic ideology to export, smart uniforms, infallible leader. And they've done it before!! |
A world once again under Catholic rule is undoubtedly a very good idea indeed. I would support it wholeheartedly; a crusade of the heart, not the sword. Of course, the liberal fashionistas around today would have you believe all sorts of nonsense about Christianity and specifically the Catholic sect of the religion, so unfortunately we may be waiting a very long time indeed for the suggestion you made above to come to fruition. |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, nostalgia for the Inquisition. Good times.
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John |
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scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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Dunno about the Euro but what about the Greenback ? It is not looking too healthy either ! |
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TheHanMan
Joined: 23 May 2011 Posts: 33
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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johnslat wrote: |
Ah, nostalgia for the Inquisition. Good times.
Regards,
John |
'A crusade of the heart, not the sword,' were the words I used, which would appear to be a direct dismissal of the tactics used during the Inquisition.
'A world once again under Catholic rule would be a very good idea indeed.' This is not an endorsement of the tactics used during the Inquisition.
My point was that I believe the Catholic religion to be an immense potential for good in the lives of mankind, and maybe in the modern world the aforementioned tactics of violence and warmongering need not be employed in order for the wonders of the faith to take hold in the hearts of the populace.
Again, it pains me to have to explain these things, step by step, to a grown man who doesn't appear to be capable of reading a simple paragraph and grasping the nuances therein.
How anyone could interpret the initial paragraph written as nostalgia for the Inquisition is truly unknowable. |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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Dear TheHanMan,
"My point was that I believe the Catholic religion to be an immense potential for good in the lives of mankind . . ."
I take it you like a rigid hierarchy, one that issues fiats and brooks no dissension.
Well, to each his/her own.
"The Roman Catholic Church�s doctrine of intolerance related to condoms and homosexuality, not to mention its promulgation of a patriarchal society that leaves women powerless and vulnerable, are determinants of HIV�s spread worldwide, but especially in parts of the world with low health literacy. So, like Professor Langdon, mine was a message of solidarity in our global fight against disease, but clear in an anti-harm position.
As with Professor Langdon�s re-education in the importance of faith and doctrine, the 100 or so participants of what was billed an �international study conference� were presented with back-to-back lectures showing that regardless of moral arguments over an individual's use of a condom to prevent disease, the Vatican still judges condom promotion a failure in the battle against HIV/AIDS. And at least three clerics � among them the president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers � aggressively promoted their belief that the �abandonment of homosexuality� is HIV prevention."
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/06/27/Not_Anti-Catholic,_Just_Anti-Harm/
But then, I imagine you agree with those policies. Again, to each his/her own.
By the way, you're quite the "long-distance" hero. The tone of so many of your posts indicates that you enjoy insulting others - from a nice, safe distance.
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John |
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Sashadroogie
Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 11061 Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Fiats? Nowhere near as ideologically uncompromising as Zhigulis! |
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AGoodStory
Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Posts: 738
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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TheHanMan wrote: |
johnslat wrote: |
Ah, nostalgia for the Inquisition. Good times.
Regards,
John |
'A crusade of the heart, not the sword,' were the words I used, which would appear to be a direct dismissal of the tactics used during the Inquisition.
'A world once again under Catholic rule would be a very good idea indeed.' This is not an endorsement of the tactics used during the Inquisition.
My point was that I believe the Catholic religion to be an immense potential for good in the lives of mankind, and maybe in the modern world the aforementioned tactics of violence and warmongering need not be employed in order for the wonders of the faith to take hold in the hearts of the populace.
Again, it pains me to have to explain these things, step by step, to a grown man who doesn't appear to be capable of reading a simple paragraph and grasping the nuances therein.
How anyone could interpret the initial paragraph written as nostalgia for the Inquisition is truly unknowable. |
Unknowable? Hardly. But "knowing" might take somewhat of a less rigid mindset than you seem intent on exhibiting. |
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