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10 Apr 2005 03:37:19 PM |
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A Culture of Death, Not Life |
A Culture of Death, Not Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/opinion/10rich.html?pagewanted=all&position=
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1786.8041
By FRANK RICH
Between Terri Schiavo and the pope, we've feasted on decomposing bodies
for almost a solid month now.
Our Incredible Shrinking Curiosity
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A39175-2005Apr9?language=printer
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1791.6085
By Rick Weiss
Sunday, April 10, 2005; Page B01
"Bones, there's a -- thing -- out there," Captain James T. Kirk says to
starship physician Leonard McCoy in the 1979 film, "Star Trek: The
Motion Picture." That "thing," it turns out, is a huge cloud of
intelligence with some kind of object at its core -- an object that
calls itself "Veeger."
"Veeger" -- actually "V . . . ger" -- proves to be the spacecraft
Voyager, launched from Earth some 300 years earlier. The letters "oya"
have been obscured by space grime so that the computerized device has
long ago forgotten its full name. But like the ultimate Timex watch, it
is still ticking.
Outlook
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/print/sunday/outlook/
The Road to Riches
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/5ba95f4634dec9cd
and thread
The Road to Riches
http://tinyurl.com/55nzo
A Blueprint for the Future
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/59c28cd6dfe6f60f
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| User: "David Spiro" |
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10 Apr 2005 10:37:23 PM |
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"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1113165439.058466.251730@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
A Culture of Death, Not Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/opinion/10rich.html?pagewanted=all&position=
Actually, it is more a culture of fear of death..................
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| User: "dkomo" |
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10 Apr 2005 06:06:55 PM |
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maff wrote:
A Culture of Death, Not Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/opinion/10rich.html?pagewanted=all&position=
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1786.8041
By FRANK RICH
Between Terri Schiavo and the pope, we've feasted on decomposing bodies
for almost a solid month now.
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view a
dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy this
is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
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| User: "Double Felix" |
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10 Apr 2005 10:14:21 PM |
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In article <g-GdnRtgiqQFLMTfRVn-ow@comcast.com>,
dkomo <dkomo871@comcast.net> wrote:
maff wrote:
A Culture of Death, Not Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/opinion/10rich.html?pagewanted=all&position=
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1786.8041
By FRANK RICH
Between Terri Schiavo and the pope, we've feasted on decomposing bodies
for almost a solid month now.
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view a
dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy this
is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
--dkomo@cris.com
Don't they remember King Tut's grand tour??
- Felix
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| User: "Chris Thompson" |
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11 Apr 2005 07:30:30 AM |
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Double Felix <nick@SKIPTHESECAPSbackpack.com> wrote in
news:nick-B7DD32.20142110042005@news.west.cox.net:
In article <g-GdnRtgiqQFLMTfRVn-ow@comcast.com>,
dkomo <dkomo871@comcast.net> wrote:
maff wrote:
A Culture of Death, Not Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/opinion/10rich.html?pagewanted=all
&position=
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1786.8041
By FRANK RICH
Between Terri Schiavo and the pope, we've feasted on decomposing
bodies for almost a solid month now.
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view a
dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy this
is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
--dkomo@cris.com
Don't they remember King Tut's grand tour??
- Felix
I saw the Tut exhibit. Not a corpse in sight. All the gold, and even
better, the jade artifacts- were spectacular. And I waited less than an
hour to see it.
--
Chris
aa#2186
Black helicopter mind-control-ray door-gunner
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"We are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and
then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so
as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry
on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that
sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually
on a battlefield." --George Orwell, 1946, "Under Your Nose"
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| User: "John S. Wilkins" |
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11 Apr 2005 06:19:18 PM |
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Chris Thompson wrote:
Double Felix <nick@SKIPTHESECAPSbackpack.com> wrote in
news:nick-B7DD32.20142110042005@news.west.cox.net:
In article <g-GdnRtgiqQFLMTfRVn-ow@comcast.com>,
dkomo <dkomo871@comcast.net> wrote:
maff wrote:
A Culture of Death, Not Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/opinion/10rich.html?pagewanted=all
&position=
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1786.8041
By FRANK RICH
Between Terri Schiavo and the pope, we've feasted on decomposing
bodies for almost a solid month now.
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view a
dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy this
is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
--dkomo@cris.com
Don't they remember King Tut's grand tour??
- Felix
I saw the Tut exhibit. Not a corpse in sight. All the gold, and even
better, the jade artifacts- were spectacular. And I waited less than an
hour to see it.
I think he means the tour of the king's body around Egypt at the time.
--
John S. Wilkins
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Biohumanities Project
School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Tel +61 7 3365 6348
Mobile 0418 543 856
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| User: "Chris Thompson" |
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11 Apr 2005 07:48:24 PM |
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"John S. Wilkins" <john@wilkins.id.au> wrote in
news:d3f0lm$1o9e$1@bunyip2.cc.uq.edu.au:
Chris Thompson wrote:
Double Felix <nick@SKIPTHESECAPSbackpack.com> wrote in
news:nick-B7DD32.20142110042005@news.west.cox.net:
In article <g-GdnRtgiqQFLMTfRVn-ow@comcast.com>,
dkomo <dkomo871@comcast.net> wrote:
maff wrote:
A Culture of Death, Not Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/opinion/10rich.html?
pagewanted=all
&position=
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1786.8041
By FRANK RICH
Between Terri Schiavo and the pope, we've feasted on decomposing
bodies for almost a solid month now.
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view a
dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy
this is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
--dkomo@cris.com
Don't they remember King Tut's grand tour??
- Felix
I saw the Tut exhibit. Not a corpse in sight. All the gold, and even
better, the jade artifacts- were spectacular. And I waited less than
an hour to see it.
I think he means the tour of the king's body around Egypt at the time.
That's what I meant.
I've been waiting a long time for tenure.
--
Chris Thompson
aa2186
Godwin'd by David Ford
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| User: "John S. Wilkins" |
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11 Apr 2005 08:34:26 PM |
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Chris Thompson wrote:
"John S. Wilkins" <john@wilkins.id.au> wrote in
news:d3f0lm$1o9e$1@bunyip2.cc.uq.edu.au:
Chris Thompson wrote:
Double Felix <nick@SKIPTHESECAPSbackpack.com> wrote in
news:nick-B7DD32.20142110042005@news.west.cox.net:
In article <g-GdnRtgiqQFLMTfRVn-ow@comcast.com>,
dkomo <dkomo871@comcast.net> wrote:
maff wrote:
A Culture of Death, Not Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/opinion/10rich.html?
pagewanted=all
&position=
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1786.8041
By FRANK RICH
Between Terri Schiavo and the pope, we've feasted on decomposing
bodies for almost a solid month now.
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view a
dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy
this is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
--dkomo@cris.com
Don't they remember King Tut's grand tour??
- Felix
I saw the Tut exhibit. Not a corpse in sight. All the gold, and even
better, the jade artifacts- were spectacular. And I waited less than
an hour to see it.
I think he means the tour of the king's body around Egypt at the time.
That's what I meant.
I've been waiting a long time for tenure.
That doesn't bode well for me, then...
--
John S. Wilkins
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Biohumanities Project
School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Tel +61 7 3365 6348
Mobile 0418 543 856
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| User: "Chris Thompson" |
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11 Apr 2005 10:25:00 PM |
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"John S. Wilkins" <john@wilkins.id.au> wrote in
news:d3f8j2$2pnn$1@bunyip2.cc.uq.edu.au:
Chris Thompson wrote:
"John S. Wilkins" <john@wilkins.id.au> wrote in
news:d3f0lm$1o9e$1@bunyip2.cc.uq.edu.au:
Chris Thompson wrote:
Double Felix <nick@SKIPTHESECAPSbackpack.com> wrote in
news:nick-B7DD32.20142110042005@news.west.cox.net:
In article <g-GdnRtgiqQFLMTfRVn-ow@comcast.com>,
dkomo <dkomo871@comcast.net> wrote:
maff wrote:
A Culture of Death, Not Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/opinion/10rich.html?
pagewanted=all
&position=
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=
1786.804
1 By FRANK RICH
Between Terri Schiavo and the pope, we've feasted on decomposing
bodies for almost a solid month now.
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view
a dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy
this is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
--dkomo@cris.com
Don't they remember King Tut's grand tour??
- Felix
I saw the Tut exhibit. Not a corpse in sight. All the gold, and even
better, the jade artifacts- were spectacular. And I waited less than
an hour to see it.
I think he means the tour of the king's body around Egypt at the
time.
That's what I meant.
I've been waiting a long time for tenure.
That doesn't bode well for me, then...
It seems to be a cryptic process....
--
Chris Thompson
aa2186
Godwin'd by David Ford
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11 Apr 2005 09:49:27 PM |
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In talk.origins John S. Wilkins <john@wilkins.id.au> wrote:
Chris Thompson wrote:
"John S. Wilkins" <john@wilkins.id.au> wrote in
news:d3f0lm$1o9e$1@bunyip2.cc.uq.edu.au:
Chris Thompson wrote:
Double Felix <nick@SKIPTHESECAPSbackpack.com> wrote in
news:nick-B7DD32.20142110042005@news.west.cox.net:
In article <g-GdnRtgiqQFLMTfRVn-ow@comcast.com>,
dkomo <dkomo871@comcast.net> wrote:
maff wrote:
A Culture of Death, Not Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/opinion/10rich.html?
pagewanted=all
&position=
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1786.8041
By FRANK RICH
Between Terri Schiavo and the pope, we've feasted on decomposing
bodies for almost a solid month now.
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view a
dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy
this is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
--dkomo@cris.com
Don't they remember King Tut's grand tour??
- Felix
I saw the Tut exhibit. Not a corpse in sight. All the gold, and even
better, the jade artifacts- were spectacular. And I waited less than
an hour to see it.
I think he means the tour of the king's body around Egypt at the time.
That's what I meant.
I've been waiting a long time for tenure.
That doesn't bode well for me, then...
Don't worry. I ended up with tenure, proving that there
are no standards at all.
----- Paul J. Gans
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11 Apr 2005 10:04:45 PM |
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Paul J Gans wrote:
In talk.origins John S. Wilkins <john@wilkins.id.au> wrote:
Chris Thompson wrote:
"John S. Wilkins" <john@wilkins.id.au> wrote in
news:d3f0lm$1o9e$1@bunyip2.cc.uq.edu.au:
Chris Thompson wrote:
Double Felix <nick@SKIPTHESECAPSbackpack.com> wrote in
news:nick-B7DD32.20142110042005@news.west.cox.net:
In article <g-GdnRtgiqQFLMTfRVn-ow@comcast.com>,
dkomo <dkomo871@comcast.net> wrote:
maff wrote:
A Culture of Death, Not Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/opinion/10rich.html?
pagewanted=all
&position=
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1786.8041
By FRANK RICH
Between Terri Schiavo and the pope, we've feasted on decomposing
bodies for almost a solid month now.
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view a
dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy
this is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
--dkomo@cris.com
Don't they remember King Tut's grand tour??
- Felix
I saw the Tut exhibit. Not a corpse in sight. All the gold, and even
better, the jade artifacts- were spectacular. And I waited less than
an hour to see it.
I think he means the tour of the king's body around Egypt at the time.
That's what I meant.
I've been waiting a long time for tenure.
That doesn't bode well for me, then...
Don't worry. I ended up with tenure, proving that there
are no standards at all.
----- Paul J. Gans
But that's NYU. I'm at UQ, and they have too *many* standards (at least,
that's how I read all the "policies and procedures").
--
John S. Wilkins
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Biohumanities Project
School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Tel +61 7 3365 6348
Mobile 0418 543 856
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12 Apr 2005 09:30:25 AM |
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In talk.origins John S. Wilkins <john@wilkins.id.au> wrote:
But that's NYU. I'm at UQ, and they have too *many* standards (at least,
that's how I read all the "policies and procedures").
IME a lot of rules and procedures can be waived if you manage
to bring in enough research money.
--
Andrew Arensburger, Systems guy University of Maryland
arensb.no-bloody-spam@umd.edu Office of Information Technology
Give me liberty or give me something of equal or
lesser value from your glossy 32-page catalog.
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| User: "John S. Wilkins" |
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12 Apr 2005 05:32:17 PM |
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Andrew Arensburger wrote:
In talk.origins John S. Wilkins <john@wilkins.id.au> wrote:
But that's NYU. I'm at UQ, and they have too *many* standards (at least,
that's how I read all the "policies and procedures").
IME a lot of rules and procedures can be waived if you manage
to bring in enough research money.
Thanks for the tip. I'm working on it.
Anyone know somebody - preferably in the US - who works with molecular
systematics, particularly proteins, who wants a philosophical collaborator?
--
John S. Wilkins
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Biohumanities Project
School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Tel +61 7 3365 6348
Mobile 0418 543 856
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12 Apr 2005 06:32:42 PM |
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John S. Wilkins wrote:
Andrew Arensburger wrote:
In talk.origins John S. Wilkins <john@wilkins.id.au> wrote:
But that's NYU. I'm at UQ, and they have too *many* standards (at least,
that's how I read all the "policies and procedures").
IME a lot of rules and procedures can be waived if you manage
to bring in enough research money.
Thanks for the tip. I'm working on it.
Anyone know somebody - preferably in the US - who works with molecular
systematics, particularly proteins, who wants a philosophical collaborator?
I can do some checking at the University of Minnesota. What would be my
finder's fee if you publish? (jk)
--
"God Forbid we should actually test anything."
Creationism
"The curses of Deuteronomy 28 will plague America until we return to God
(Ps 9:17). Wealth and military might are not substitutes for God-given
character and blessing. Freedom comes, not from democracy, but Jesus
Christ. The outline below lists our wars & keys to victory. May God lead
us in the strategic and tactical prayers that are required!"
Capitol Hill Action Network, 2005
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| User: "John S. Wilkins" |
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12 Apr 2005 06:38:35 PM |
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Pithecanthropus Erectus wrote:
John S. Wilkins wrote:
Andrew Arensburger wrote:
In talk.origins John S. Wilkins <john@wilkins.id.au> wrote:
But that's NYU. I'm at UQ, and they have too *many* standards (at least,
that's how I read all the "policies and procedures").
IME a lot of rules and procedures can be waived if you manage
to bring in enough research money.
Thanks for the tip. I'm working on it.
Anyone know somebody - preferably in the US - who works with molecular
systematics, particularly proteins, who wants a philosophical collaborator?
I can do some checking at the University of Minnesota. What would be my
finder's fee if you publish? (jk)
I'll send you a copy of the paper, signed.
--
John S. Wilkins
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Biohumanities Project
School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Tel +61 7 3365 6348
Mobile 0418 543 856
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12 Apr 2005 10:59:41 AM |
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In talk.origins John S. Wilkins <john@wilkins.id.au> wrote:
Paul J Gans wrote:
In talk.origins John S. Wilkins <john@wilkins.id.au> wrote:
Chris Thompson wrote:
"John S. Wilkins" <john@wilkins.id.au> wrote in
news:d3f0lm$1o9e$1@bunyip2.cc.uq.edu.au:
Chris Thompson wrote:
Double Felix <nick@SKIPTHESECAPSbackpack.com> wrote in
news:nick-B7DD32.20142110042005@news.west.cox.net:
In article <g-GdnRtgiqQFLMTfRVn-ow@comcast.com>,
dkomo <dkomo871@comcast.net> wrote:
maff wrote:
A Culture of Death, Not Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/opinion/10rich.html?
pagewanted=all
&position=
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1786.8041
By FRANK RICH
Between Terri Schiavo and the pope, we've feasted on decomposing
bodies for almost a solid month now.
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view a
dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy
this is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
--dkomo@cris.com
Don't they remember King Tut's grand tour??
- Felix
I saw the Tut exhibit. Not a corpse in sight. All the gold, and even
better, the jade artifacts- were spectacular. And I waited less than
an hour to see it.
I think he means the tour of the king's body around Egypt at the time.
That's what I meant.
I've been waiting a long time for tenure.
That doesn't bode well for me, then...
Don't worry. I ended up with tenure, proving that there
are no standards at all.
----- Paul J. Gans
But that's NYU. I'm at UQ, and they have too *many* standards (at least,
that's how I read all the "policies and procedures").
We have two standards: publish or perish and publish and perish.
----- Paul J. Gans
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12 Apr 2005 05:32:40 PM |
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Paul J Gans wrote:
In talk.origins John S. Wilkins <john@wilkins.id.au> wrote:
Paul J Gans wrote:
In talk.origins John S. Wilkins <john@wilkins.id.au> wrote:
Chris Thompson wrote:
"John S. Wilkins" <john@wilkins.id.au> wrote in
news:d3f0lm$1o9e$1@bunyip2.cc.uq.edu.au:
Chris Thompson wrote:
Double Felix <nick@SKIPTHESECAPSbackpack.com> wrote in
news:nick-B7DD32.20142110042005@news.west.cox.net:
In article <g-GdnRtgiqQFLMTfRVn-ow@comcast.com>,
dkomo <dkomo871@comcast.net> wrote:
maff wrote:
A Culture of Death, Not Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/opinion/10rich.html?
pagewanted=all
&position=
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1786.8041
By FRANK RICH
Between Terri Schiavo and the pope, we've feasted on decomposing
bodies for almost a solid month now.
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view a
dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy
this is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
--dkomo@cris.com
Don't they remember King Tut's grand tour??
- Felix
I saw the Tut exhibit. Not a corpse in sight. All the gold, and even
better, the jade artifacts- were spectacular. And I waited less than
an hour to see it.
I think he means the tour of the king's body around Egypt at the time.
That's what I meant.
I've been waiting a long time for tenure.
That doesn't bode well for me, then...
Don't worry. I ended up with tenure, proving that there
are no standards at all.
----- Paul J. Gans
But that's NYU. I'm at UQ, and they have too *many* standards (at least,
that's how I read all the "policies and procedures").
We have two standards: publish or perish and publish and perish.
Clever. Everyone is gathered under the standard, then...
--
John S. Wilkins
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Biohumanities Project
School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Tel +61 7 3365 6348
Mobile 0418 543 856
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11 Apr 2005 04:09:46 PM |
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["Followup-To:" header set to talk.origins.]
On 2005-04-11, Chris Thompson <cthompson@TAKEOUTbmcc.cuny.edu> wrote:
Double Felix <nick@SKIPTHESECAPSbackpack.com> wrote in
news:nick-B7DD32.20142110042005@news.west.cox.net:
In article <g-GdnRtgiqQFLMTfRVn-ow@comcast.com>,
dkomo <dkomo871@comcast.net> wrote:
maff wrote:
A Culture of Death, Not Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/opinion/10rich.html?pagewanted=all
&position=
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1786.8041
By FRANK RICH
Between Terri Schiavo and the pope, we've feasted on decomposing
bodies for almost a solid month now.
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view a
dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy this
is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
--dkomo@cris.com
Don't they remember King Tut's grand tour??
- Felix
I saw the Tut exhibit. Not a corpse in sight. All the gold, and even
better, the jade artifacts- were spectacular. And I waited less than an
hour to see it.
When it was in Seattle, I remember arriving just before the doors closed, but
they allowed anyone who was inside to linger for hours. Very nice, and
no corpses.
Mark
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| User: "Andrew Arensburger" |
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11 Apr 2005 11:11:51 AM |
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In talk.origins dkomo <dkomo871@comcast.net> wrote:
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view a
dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy this
is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
What's the longest people have lined up to visit the mausoleum
on Red Square in Moscow? Though, of course, rumor has it that what's
in there is really a wax replica, not a human body.
--
Andrew Arensburger, Systems guy University of Maryland
arensb.no-bloody-spam@umd.edu Office of Information Technology
If all else fails, let a = 7. If that doesn't help, then read the manual.
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| User: "Pithecanthropus Erectus" |
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11 Apr 2005 02:51:04 PM |
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Andrew Arensburger wrote:
In talk.origins dkomo <dkomo871@comcast.net> wrote:
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view a
dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy this
is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
What's the longest people have lined up to visit the mausoleum
on Red Square in Moscow? Though, of course, rumor has it that what's
in there is really a wax replica, not a human body.
I don't get it. Where is the thrill in seeing the shell of a person
when they are dead? How is it paying any homage? I mean, I will go to
a wake, even if there is an open casket (and an open tap), but only if
it is someone that I knew personally.
But the dead body of someone who wouldn't have known me from any of the
other billions of people in the world? Nope.
--
"God Forbid we should actually test anything."
Creationism
"The curses of Deuteronomy 28 will plague America until we return to God
(Ps 9:17). Wealth and military might are not substitutes for God-given
character and blessing. Freedom comes, not from democracy, but Jesus
Christ. The outline below lists our wars & keys to victory. May God lead
us in the strategic and tactical prayers that are required!"
Capitol Hill Action Network, 2005
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| User: "William McHale" |
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11 Apr 2005 03:22:13 PM |
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In talk.origins Pithecanthropus Erectus <tuibguy1EGNUM@comcast.net> wrote:
Andrew Arensburger wrote:
In talk.origins dkomo <dkomo871@comcast.net> wrote:
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view a
dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy this
is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
What's the longest people have lined up to visit the mausoleum
on Red Square in Moscow? Though, of course, rumor has it that what's
in there is really a wax replica, not a human body.
I don't get it. Where is the thrill in seeing the shell of a person
when they are dead? How is it paying any homage? I mean, I will go to
a wake, even if there is an open casket (and an open tap), but only if
it is someone that I knew personally.
But the dead body of someone who wouldn't have known me from any of the
other billions of people in the world? Nope.
People never go to viewing of a dead person for the person who died but rather
they go for the living; either for the relatives and friends of the person who
died or for themselves. It in some sense makes it easier to deal with the
loss. So yes it is true that the Pope knew very few of the people who went to
see him, but I would bet all of them felt a sense of loss at his passing.
--
Bill
--
"God Forbid we should actually test anything."
Creationism
"The curses of Deuteronomy 28 will plague America until we return to God
(Ps 9:17). Wealth and military might are not substitutes for God-given
character and blessing. Freedom comes, not from democracy, but Jesus
Christ. The outline below lists our wars & keys to victory. May God lead
us in the strategic and tactical prayers that are required!"
Capitol Hill Action Network, 2005
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| User: "Lt. Kizhe Catson" |
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11 Apr 2005 03:21:05 PM |
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Pithecanthropus Erectus wrote:
Andrew Arensburger wrote:
In talk.origins dkomo <dkomo871@comcast.net> wrote:
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view a
dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy this
is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
My wife and I were doing the arithmetic the other day: we figured a
queue of 1e6 people, single file, is ~500 *kilometers* long. Even if
you make it some largish number of people wide, you still wind up with a
very long queue, and each mourner gets a ridiculously short time to pay
their respects (given they allowed only a day or so for the lying-in-state).
What's the longest people have lined up to visit the mausoleum
on Red Square in Moscow? Though, of course, rumor has it that what's
in there is really a wax replica, not a human body.
Didn't they take Lenin away and bury him in his native village? (per his
own wishes) Or were they only talking about doing that?
I don't get it. Where is the thrill in seeing the shell of a person
when they are dead? How is it paying any homage? I mean, I will go to
I actually went to see Lenin in 1974 -- but I was a tourist, and that
was just one of the "sights" (I mean, both the corpse himself AND the
fact that the locals queue up to see it).
a wake, even if there is an open casket (and an open tap), but only if
it is someone that I knew personally.
But the dead body of someone who wouldn't have known me from any of the
other billions of people in the world? Nope.
-- Kizhe
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| User: "Mad Mambo Master of Macedonia" |
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11 Apr 2005 03:12:32 PM |
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dkomo <dkomo871@comcast.net> wrote in
news:g-GdnRtgiqQFLMTfRVn-ow@comcast.com:
maff wrote:
A Culture of Death, Not Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/opinion/10rich.html?pagewanted=all&p
osition=
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1786.8041
By FRANK RICH
Between Terri Schiavo and the pope, we've feasted on decomposing
bodies for almost a solid month now.
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view a
dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy this
is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
--dkomo@cris.com
"Correction, Lisa: *Free* blood." Homer Simpson.
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Christ Kills Two, Injures Seven in Abortion Clinic Attack.
"He put his hands over Dr. Woodring's head and told him he forgave him
for his sins and then he shot him in the face." --The Onion
"Freedom is a dangerous thing, and you might be exposed to things you
don't want to hear,"he said.--Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala FL
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| User: "Dick C" |
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10 Apr 2005 08:18:35 PM |
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dkomo wrote in talk.origins
maff wrote:
A Culture of Death, Not Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/opinion/10rich.html?
pagewanted=all&pos
ition=
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1786.8041
By FRANK RICH
Between Terri Schiavo and the pope, we've feasted on decomposing bodies
for almost a solid month now.
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view a
dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy this
is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
I heard it took 24 hours to get through the line.
--
***** #1349
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
~Benjamin Franklin
Home Page: dickcr.iwarp.com
email:
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| User: "dkomo" |
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10 Apr 2005 09:36:17 PM |
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***** C wrote:
dkomo wrote in talk.origins
maff wrote:
A Culture of Death, Not Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/opinion/10rich.html?
pagewanted=all&pos
ition=
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1786.8041
By FRANK RICH
Between Terri Schiavo and the pope, we've feasted on decomposing bodies
for almost a solid month now.
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view a
dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy this
is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
I heard it took 24 hours to get through the line.
That's even more creepy.
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| User: "Now Heres Clayton With The Weather" |
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11 Apr 2005 01:55:21 AM |
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"dkomo" <dkomo871@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:cYydncwPF_03f8TfRVn-2w@comcast.com...
***** C wrote:
dkomo wrote in talk.origins
maff wrote:
A Culture of Death, Not Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/opinion/10rich.html?
pagewanted=all&pos
ition=
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1786.8041
By FRANK RICH
Between Terri Schiavo and the pope, we've feasted on decomposing bodies
for almost a solid month now.
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view a
dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy this
is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
I heard it took 24 hours to get through the line.
That's even more creepy.
And the worst thing is when they finally got to him they weren't allowed to
fire ping pong balls at him to see if they could get one in his mouth!
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| User: "Gary Bohn" |
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| Title: Re: A Culture of Death, Not Life |
10 Apr 2005 10:07:05 PM |
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dkomo <dkomo871@comcast.net> wrote in
news:cYydncwPF_03f8TfRVn-2w@comcast.com:
***** C wrote:
dkomo wrote in talk.origins
maff wrote:
A Culture of Death, Not Life
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/opinion/10rich.html?
pagewanted=all&pos
ition=
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1786.8041
By FRANK RICH
Between Terri Schiavo and the pope, we've feasted on decomposing
bodies for almost a solid month now.
LOL. Two million people queued up for as long as 12 hours to view a
dead person. I've yet to hear anyone mention how utterly creepy this
is. All the talking heads are awestruck by it.
I heard it took 24 hours to get through the line.
That's even more creepy.
--dkomo@cris.com
I'll bet not one remembered to bring along their portable camp stove and
utensils.
Shameful to waste that much meat.
--
apatriot #23, aa #1779, Grand Poobah, EAC Department of Oxygen
Deprivation
Responsible for brain damage everywhere!
Gary Bohn
Science rationally modifies a theory to fit evidence, creationism
emotionally modifies evidence to fit the bible.
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