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| Quote (keiths @ Mar. 08 2010,08:23) | Lock makes the case for outpatient mental health services:
| Quote | I walked into a service station to buy a beer. The young woman behind the counter was unusually cheerful, so I asked her how things were going.
She said, “life is great, work is great, and school is great”. -She attends a local college.
“What classes are you taking?”, I asked.
She rambled off a list of usual courses, but then ended by emphasizing, “…and Human Sexuality!”
“No philosophy?” I asked.
“Oh no. I don’t know anything about that”, she said.
So I said to her, “let me ask you a question. Is the truth absolute or relative?”
Without missing a beat (but somewhat unconvicingly) she said, “relative!”
“So what are they teaching you about human sexuality? The truth?”
After a long pause she said, “the facts”.
“The facts?… The fact is Adolf Hitler murdered about 6 million Jews. It is a fact that some people love their neighbors, and others eat them. What does that have to do with the truth concerning how we should live, and the reality that we do not?”
She said nothing. |
No wonder he's drinking beer by himself. |
... You don't mention the "s" word in the presence of the devout. It's nasty, and not How We Should Live. Just ask PZ.
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"[A] book said there were 5 trillion witnesses. Who am I supposed to believe, 5 trillion witnesses or you? That shit's, like, ironclad. " -- stevestory
"Wow, you must be retarded. I said that CO2 does not trap heat. If it did then it would not cool down at night." Joe G
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