It's the effluvia released, every time Titan ejects another black, slab-like monolith.

The Pope was never and never could or will be the "Vicar" of Christ on Earth.

St. Francis might have been... or San Juan De La Cruz...

Fear of death. Mortal anxiety.

We are not talking about reality of non-material consciousness or ontology.

This is a discussion of the organising principle in broad human endeavour. The Pharaoh was never son of Horus. Democracy and Liberty were never the aim of establishing an international body to manage world order.

That quotation smacks of pure nihilism. Unsure then (in the sense of a thought experiment) why people who TRULY think that way don't just off themselves. How is death different that hanging around for a good meal?
For the truly dedicated to the kind of piffle you quote, the two ideas should seem indistinguishable.

You seem to have distorted the argument of Inventing Freedom.

Is that like saying that the initial conditions of a function are not the same as the inductive proof of the rest of it? I'm going to have to chew on this a while.

Can you point to where you thought a legitimate question was a denial, when I didn't espouse any alternatives?
Remember back in the day when reasoned debate was kinda vogue?

You say that like it's a bad thing.

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/66591-all-right-said-susan-i-m-not-stupid-you-re-saying-humans

Hello eBaba!

Remember when they bought and sold Skype? ;-)

Goddammit, if I weren't already ideologically minded, I would despise conservatives for their crimes against the english language.

When the best you can manage is passive-aggressive solipsism and intentionally petrified bawdy humour, PUT THE KEYBOARD DOWN.

Another fucking coder thinks the right side of his brain is worth a damn...

GM does major weapons systems contracting.
http://www.militaryindustrialcomplex.com/totals.asp?thisContractor=GM%20GDLS%20Defense%20Group%20LLC
http://www.trucktrend.com/features/consumer/163_1305_military_trucks/

GM built the engines for Grumman aircraft, and won a good deal of the Pacific theatre in 41-45.
GM provided the industrial manufacturing capability to produce the M16 A1 variant for southeast Asia.

Troll.

Steve Ballmer needed coaching to know the difference between software and hardware.

He was a sales org MBA, through and through.

Now? He's just through.

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"Let's destroy innovation and excitement around this place, boys. After all... We make a living fleeting Federal and municipal organizations with white vans and cars that NOBODY will steal..."

Remember the '72 Malibu SS? The '68 Impala? It's been a LONG time.