>
> Septic wrote:

>> yahoo.co.uk> wrote
>>

>>> ... The low-grade atheist is incapable of
>>> discussing his own belief-system

>>
>> Straw man alert. Atheism is not a belief system,

>
> Your Strawman, Septic. He didn't say atheism was a belief system. He
> implied that a person has a belief system. Since human life is
> impossible without beliefs, his implication is well-founded. Even
> atheists have beliefs, Septic. And unless those beliefs are completely
> unrelated and unconnected to one another, they form a belief system.
>

>
> Why do Malcolm and Roger keep pretending that atheism is anything
> different than not believing in pixies? It's a non-event that neither
> motivates nor justifies anything. Unlike theism. Nor does it pretend
> to provide morality - unlike theism which claims to and fails as
> evidenced by the behaviour of Malcolm and Roger.
>

> On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:43:52 -0500, Adam Albright ABC.net> wrote:
>

>>The trouble is different people age differently. You can be 90 and
>>drive better than your average 40 year old. Then you can be 30 and
>>drive worse then most 90 year olds.

>
> I guess that wouldn't be seen as that big of a problem. All states (I
> think) have a minimum age requirement for getting a license, not a
> maturity requirement (which would be harder to measure!)
>
> The real way to do it would be to require drivers to be re-tested
> every few years. I haven't had to take a driving test since I
> originally passed mine, back during the Johnson Admin. (Lyndon, not
> Andrew).
>
> The problem with that is that it would cost more than the automatic
> renewal system we have now. And who would bitch and whine and moan
> about the added cost? You guessed it. ...

>
> "liberalsareswine" wrote in message
> news:%%%%ETg.579$UJ2.191@fed1read07...

>> Yeah, this criticism from the Asshole Jimmy Carter, who helped Iran get
>> rid of it's American ally the Shah, then helped bring in and recognize
>> the lunatic Ayotollah Komeni. The same Jimmy Carter who couldn't figure
>> out what to do afterward, let Iran hold hostages for the rest of his
>> term. Carter was so fucking stupid and incompetent, that as an incumbent
>> in the next election, he only carried one state. One liberal, left wing
>> state. Even the Blacks wouldn't vote for the stupid son of a bitch a
>> second time. His daughter became some kind of anti American protester,
>> and now his son wants to follow in dad's footsteps and present himself
>> for public ridicule. Another stupid Carter move was to try and pull all
>> our missiles out of Europe so our enemies wouldn't be afraid. Someone
>> with some brains took him aside and explained why it wasn't feasible.
>> The best thing Carter ever did in his life was retire. He thinks he can
>> revise history and become a statesman by making a fool of himself anew.

> ...

> liberalsareswine waxed rhapsodic in
> news:%%%%ETg.579$UJ2.191@fed1read07:
>

>> Yeah, this criticism from the Asshole Jimmy Carter, who helped Iran get

>
> [snip]
>
> yeah, building houses for poor people sure is an asshole thing to do.
>
> i suppose christ was an asshole, too, huh?
>
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> On 30-Sep-2006, Deadrat b.com> wrote:
>

>>> On 30-Sep-2006, Danzig telus.net> wrote:
>>>

>>>>> lamenting that Hanoi Jane was never punished for her conduct.
>>>>>
>>>>> We tell...