There must be some religious zealots somewhere in this group who will explain why it is that God apparently cannot even make a little bitty pen hover in mid air.

... heap on the unaware taxpayer is alarming. For example, supposed defence experts and pundits get up in front of Parliament and spin yarns about all of the great things of netcentric warfare (NCW). The religious zealots of NCW state that because every weapons platform: Ship, plane, tank is networked that it will make “us” better than “them” in any combat imagined. And that the F-35 will have ...

... bureau's new and fastest growing demographic, "X-urbs), it creates job opportunities urbanites are unaware of. There are only personal solutions, no political policy choices. What we here think does not matter; all the passion displayed is evidence of the Untied States of Denial most people live in. Like religious zealots, they are all so sure of themselves. "Thou protest too much".

... that will keep them from drowning and, of course, who they choose as the enemy. The really irksome thing is they never look before they leap. A little time spent going through the archive for this NG and filtering for the seduction advice would have shown him that this isn't an environment for his ideology. It probably wouldn't matter if he did. A Zealot's work is never done. Vance

...can bring peace (and oil to foreign nations like A) don't matter how much money A throws at it. You don't think a USD 10^12 cash free-for-all isn't a reason to have a war? Or if religious zealots stopped opium production, why wouldn't there be a war to re-start it? Money has a life of its own. But of course I don't believe in war. When I was in the US Army Rangers I believed in war, but ...

... don't know the history of psychiatry. ... Matt, you're so glib." The mass media has been highly successful in convincing Americans to associate criticism of psychiatry with anti-drug zealots from the Church of Scientology, the lucrative invention of science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard. However, Americans who gain their information outside of television and beyond the mass media may be ...

... who is who. Most of the issue you listed are open for legitimate discussion, IMHO. But, trolls don't engage with intellecutal honesty. (if they did, they would be zealots, not trolls.) 7) Writing off as inconsequential criminal activity committed by individuals NOT belonging to the singled out cultural, religious and political groups. This is rhetorical tactic common ...

... they were blowing up towers, embassies, and infrastructures that were creating vast profits. 1- to cut off the flow of oil money to the Jihadim that they had been using to train and equip zealots. That case was never made, and made unnecessary by 911. I have no opinion on the cosmological aspects, but anyone who observes Murphy's law in action knows that what passes for reality is ...

...". This Christian certainly is opposed to "lying for the cause", and I;ll thank for not stereotyping. or do I get to assume that atheists are amoral? The problem is that the religious zealots fancy themselves to be the only "true Christians" and consider you to be an apostate because you refuse to buy their lies. Well, I keep trying to tell them I am too postate, but they ...

... know, Christians are certainly not opposed to "lying for the cause". This Christian certainly is opposed to "lying for the cause", and I;ll thank for not stereotyping. or do I get to assume that atheists are amoral? The problem is that the religious zealots fancy themselves to be the only "true Christians" and consider you to be an apostate because you refuse to buy their lies.