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Killer NGOs
Started this discussion. Last reply by Michel Feb 23. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Tags: paramilitary, terrorism, Al Qaeda, military, War on Terror
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Jaume replied to Adriana's discussion Sam Harris says: profile Muslims!"Typical. Ignore the counterarguments, save one or two that can be easily dismissed (or easily strawmanized, e.g. this 'political correctness' nonsense), and claim the round. Harris often uses this defense (I'd say about a half of his…"
Jaume replied to Marianne's discussion What are your views on snob ?"Hehe - yes, but the article also says, "it is difficult to see why it would have given rise to a word for a shoemaker", and my point is it's not difficult at all: you only have to lock a handful of frat boys in a room full of booze…"
Jaume replied to Marianne's discussion What are your views on snob ?"Boris Vian - the geniusest singer/songwriter ever."
Jaume replied to Marianne's discussion What are your views on snob ?"Not unlikely: more likely a combination of both. When humanities was the queen of academic disciplines, college students were very fond of etymological word games like this. Maybe 'sine nobilitate' came out as a explanation while they were…"
Jaume replied to Marianne's discussion Old and spectacular stories... in the group Fantastique, sci-fi & imagination"The analogy is not so clear to me. Yes, Tolkien borrowed elements and plots from Northern European myths here and there (not only Norse, by the way: for instance, Tolkien's Turin owes as much to the Finnish Kullervo as he owes to Sigurd), yet…"
Jaume replied to Marianne's discussion Old and spectacular stories... in the group Fantastique, sci-fi & imagination"Indeed, Rome used to make the deities of conquered places its own, and these often acquired the traits of former similar Roman deities in the process. But more often than not the new 'Romanized Greek' gods weren't even direct Greek…"
Jaume replied to Marianne's discussion Old and spectacular stories... in the group Fantastique, sci-fi & imagination"What did you expect? That's a recurring theme even in history: defying the powers that be to bring fire (i.e., knowledge, science) to mankind, brings gruesome punishment in turn. Your beloved Hypatia might be the ultimate Promethean figure, but…"
Jaume replied to Marianne's discussion Old and spectacular stories... in the group Fantastique, sci-fi & imagination"Sure I did, and they're sometimes weird in their own way: e.g., who'd know that Thor was a transvestite, or Loki an animal rape victim? These Norse legends usually aren't as 'epic' (dignified) as people think."
Jaume replied to Marianne's discussion Old and spectacular stories... in the group Fantastique, sci-fi & imagination"Same here. I found the Romans too stern and serious."
Jaume replied to Marianne's discussion Old and spectacular stories... in the group Fantastique, sci-fi & imagination"As soon as I could read and until my late teens, I used to devour everything I could lay my hands that was about ancient myths from every corner of the planet. With a focus on Egypt, Greece, the Celts, and a few others, mainly because the literature…"
Jaume commented on Adriana's group Freethought and Funny Bones"More Titanic trivia. I assume everyone here knows that Titanic was a real ship/event before Cameron brought it to the theaters, but how many of you did know that this novel came first? (Yep, even before the sinking.)"
Jaume replied to Adriana's discussion Conservative vs. liberal morality in the group Atheist Morality"Huh. Cultural cognition theory - is it part of the American studies curriculum? Because what may be good for Yale students might not hold true for the rest of the world. I realize that 'libertarian communism' may sound like an oxymoron to…"
Jaume replied to Michel's discussion Heroes and Villains Gallery in the group Fantastique, sci-fi & imagination"Nope, but I've heard of a Roma from Belfast, a Lhasa from Montreal, and even a Paris from Beverly Hills."
Jaume replied to Michel's discussion Heroes and Villains Gallery in the group Fantastique, sci-fi & imagination"I wouldn't call them "heroes" (and villains even less), but Hopey and Maggie (and the rest of the cast of Love and Rockets, my favorite American comics of all time) are longtime favorites of mine.
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Jaume replied to Michel's discussion Heroes and Villains Gallery in the group Fantastique, sci-fi & imagination"Blasphemer! Bill is a Scotsman."
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- At 3:00pm on November 13, 2011,
Jean Marie said… Jaume! LOVE your new game, the Historical Photos game! KUDOS! It's just brilliant, looking fwd to participating in that one!
- At 12:44pm on June 21, 2011, Jean Marie said…
HAPPY SOLSTICE, JAUME!!
- At 9:09am on April 14, 2011, Jean Marie said…
Oh good! Now that i'm on your page, i can see in your activity level, you are posting, you are just on other threads than i've been running around in lately, ha ha! That's why i haven't spotted you!
ANYWAY, just wanted to say HEY!
- At 9:05am on April 14, 2011, Jean Marie gave Jaume a gift…
- At 1:39am on April 4, 2011,
Atheist Universe said…
- At 4:38pm on March 31, 2011, Jean Marie said…
Adriana, in add'n, i think Jaume should also get "Site's funniest member" award or something!! haha!!
so Jaume, do you just keep ppl around you in stitches laughing all the time or what?
- At 4:01pm on March 31, 2011,
Adriana said… 
- At 11:28pm on March 4, 2011, Atheist Universe said…
- At 12:37pm on March 4, 2011, Adriana said…
- Hey, do you mind adding your Moral contextualism discussion back into this Atheist morality group? Here is the file:Moral%20Contextualism.rtf
- At 10:57am on March 4, 2011, Adriana said…
- Jaume!!! So good to see you here. Please be patient and allow us a few days to add content, and please add content yourself, that would be great.
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