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Soapy Sam



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(Permalink) Posted: May 25 2015,14:05   

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Jim SmithMay 24, 2015 at 5:57 am
The empirical evidence shows animals go to the afterlife.


Dafuq?

linky

Oh fuck! Picnics in the afterlife are gonna be even worse!

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The whole truth



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(Permalink) Posted: May 25 2015,15:13   

Quote (Acartia_Bogart @ May 25 2015,08:06)
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Quote (paragwinn @ May 21 2015,17:12)
KevNick Calls Out Dr. Moran:            
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Larry,

I’m challenging you to provide all the scientific evidence for ALL the reasons WHY you became so convinced that life arose by chance. . . .

[snip]

Larry, if you don’t answer this challenge, I will make you pay for it… and I mean it…

KevNick will meet him in the high school parking lot at 3pm.

After Cross, soundburger and Kairosfocus jump on him, KevNick clarifies himself.        
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I meant that if Larry doesn’t respond to the challenge, I will “make him pay” for his arrogance, name calling and lack of respect of others’ views by exposing it (his lack of evidence for the origins of life) on the internet, blogs and such.

Trifle with KevNick and he'll tell the Internet on you.

PLease notice that after KevNick's clarification that he did not intend physical violence, only cyber-stalking, that Gordon (Karoisfocus) Mullings did not chastise him. I guess it is OK to cyber-stalk evilutionists, but not creationists.

Read the first three posts, especially the third one down:

http://theidiotsofintelligentdesign.blogspot.com/....pot....pot.com

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Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. - Jesus in Matthew 10:34

But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. -Jesus in Luke 19:27

   
Acartia_Bogart



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(Permalink) Posted: May 25 2015,17:03   

Quote (The whole truth @ May 25 2015,15:13)
Quote (Acartia_Bogart @ May 25 2015,08:06)
 
Quote (CeilingCat @ May 24 2015,00:19)
 
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KevNick Calls Out Dr. Moran:            
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Larry,

I’m challenging you to provide all the scientific evidence for ALL the reasons WHY you became so convinced that life arose by chance. . . .

[snip]

Larry, if you don’t answer this challenge, I will make you pay for it… and I mean it…

KevNick will meet him in the high school parking lot at 3pm.

After Cross, soundburger and Kairosfocus jump on him, KevNick clarifies himself.        
Quote
I meant that if Larry doesn’t respond to the challenge, I will “make him pay” for his arprogance, name calling and lack of respect of others’ views by exposing it (his lack of evidence for the origins of life) on the internet, blogs and such.

Trifle with KevNick and he'll tell the Internet on you.

PLease notice that after KevNick's clarification that he did not intend physical violence, only cyber-stalking, that Gordon (Karoisfocus) Mullings did not chastise him. I guess it is OK to cyber-stalk evilutionists, but not creationists.

Read the first three posts, especially the third one down:

http://theidiotsofintelligentdesign.blogspot.com/....pot....pot.com

TWT, please seek some help. Your obsession with Gordo is distressing.

  
Cubist



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(Permalink) Posted: May 25 2015,23:23   

A helpful word of advice from Friedrich Nietzsche:
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He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.

  
Quack



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(Permalink) Posted: May 26 2015,02:32   

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Quote (stevestory @ May 25 2015,02:46)
     
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Jim SmithMay 24, 2015 at 5:57 am
The empirical evidence shows animals go to the afterlife.


Dafuq?

linky

Oh fuck! Picnics in the afterlife are gonna be even worse!

I stay away from there as mkuch as I can but couldn't resist the temtation this time, but had to scram as soon as I read O'Leary's view on animals.

If I had to chose I'd rather have a dog than O'Leary.

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The whole truth



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(Permalink) Posted: May 26 2015,02:35   

Quote (Acartia_Bogart @ May 25 2015,15:03)
Quote (The whole truth @ May 25 2015,15:13)
Quote (Acartia_Bogart @ May 25 2015,08:06)
 
Quote (CeilingCat @ May 24 2015,00:19)
   
Quote (paragwinn @ May 21 2015,17:12)
KevNick Calls Out Dr. Moran:              
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Larry,

I’m challenging you to provide all the scientific evidence for ALL the reasons WHY you became so convinced that life arose by chance. . . .

[snip]

Larry, if you don’t answer this challenge, I will make you pay for it… and I mean it…

KevNick will meet him in the high school parking lot at 3pm.

After Cross, soundburger and Kairosfocus jump on him, KevNick clarifies himself.          
Quote
I meant that if Larry doesn’t respond to the challenge, I will “make him pay” for his arprogance, name calling and lack of respect of others’ views by exposing it (his lack of evidence for the origins of life) on the internet, blogs and such.

Trifle with KevNick and he'll tell the Internet on you.

PLease notice that after KevNick's clarification that he did not intend physical violence, only cyber-stalking, that Gordon (Karoisfocus) Mullings did not chastise him. I guess it is OK to cyber-stalk evilutionists, but not creationists.

Read the first three posts, especially the third one down:

http://theidiotsofintelligentdesign.blogspot.com/....pot....pot.com

TWT, please seek some help. Your obsession with Gordo is distressing.

That's pretty funny coming from someone (you) who regularly comments about gordo.

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Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. - Jesus in Matthew 10:34

But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. -Jesus in Luke 19:27

   
The whole truth



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(Permalink) Posted: May 26 2015,02:39   

Quote (Cubist @ May 25 2015,21:23)
A helpful word of advice from Friedrich Nietzsche:
 
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He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.

That too is pretty funny coming from someone (you) who was 'fighting with monsters' for about five years before I ever heard of gordo or any other IDiots:

"Joined: Oct. 2007"

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Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. - Jesus in Matthew 10:34

But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. -Jesus in Luke 19:27

   
Acartia_Bogart



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(Permalink) Posted: May 26 2015,10:15   

Quote (The whole truth @ May 26 2015,02:35)
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Quote (The whole truth @ May 25 2015,15:13)
 
Quote (Acartia_Bogart @ May 25 2015,08:06)
   
Quote (CeilingCat @ May 24 2015,00:19)
   
Quote (paragwinn @ May 21 2015,17:12)
KevNick Calls Out Dr. Moran:              
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Larry,

I’m challenging you to provide all the scientific evidence for ALL the reasons WHY you became so convinced that life arose by chance. . . .

[snip]

Larry, if you don’t answer this challenge, I will make you pay for it… and I mean it…

KevNick will meet him in the high school parking lot at 3pm.

After Cross, soundburger and Kairosfocus jump on him, KevNick clarifies himself.          
Quote
I meant that if Larry doesn’t respond to the challenge, I will “make him pay” for his arprogance, name calling and lack of respect of others’ views by exposing it (his lack of evidence for the origins of life) on the internet, blogs and such.

Trifle with KevNick and he'll tell the Internet on you.

PLease notice that after KevNick's clarification that he did not intend physical violence, only cyber-stalking, that Gordon (Karoisfocus) Mullings did not chastise him. I guess it is OK to cyber-stalk evilutionists, but not creationists.

Read the first three posts, especially the third one down:

http://theidiotsofintelligentdesign.blogspot.com/....pot....pot.com

TWT, please seek some help. Your obsession with Gordo is distressing.

That's pretty funny coming from someone (you) who regularly comments about gordo.

I find Gordo's comments and his pompous arrogance amusing. And when I am permitted to post at UD, I take a pleasure in pushing his buttons. I like to see if I can get him to use <i>strawman, ad hominem, and red herring</i> in the same sentence.

But you seem to take his comments personally, as if he had some sort of negative impact on your life. Gordo likes to think that he is a big fish in a little pond, but he is little more than a piece of algae. Even his fellow IDists (other than Joe) pay him little attention.

  
KevinB



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(Permalink) Posted: May 26 2015,10:29   

Quote (Acartia_Bogart @ May 26 2015,10:15)
I find Gordo's comments and his pompous arrogance amusing. And when I am permitted to post at UD, I take a pleasure in pushing his buttons. I like to see if I can get him to use <i>strawman, ad hominem, and red herring</i> in the same sentence.

But you seem to take his comments personally, as if he had some sort of negative impact on your life. Gordo likes to think that he is a big fish in a little pond, but he is little more than a piece of algae. Even his fellow IDists (other than Joe) pay him little attention.

KF appears to think that he is He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

  
JohnW



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(Permalink) Posted: May 26 2015,11:46   

Quote (KevinB @ May 26 2015,08:29)
Quote (Acartia_Bogart @ May 26 2015,10:15)
I find Gordo's comments and his pompous arrogance amusing. And when I am permitted to post at UD, I take a pleasure in pushing his buttons. I like to see if I can get him to use <i>strawman, ad hominem, and red herring</i> in the same sentence.

But you seem to take his comments personally, as if he had some sort of negative impact on your life. Gordo likes to think that he is a big fish in a little pond, but he is little more than a piece of algae. Even his fellow IDists (other than Joe) pay him little attention.

KF appears to think that he is He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

There's a strong element of drama-queenery about all this:

1.  Regularly link to your own site, where your own name is all over the place.
2.  People follow the links, find your real name, and use it elsewhere.
3.  Persecution!  Teh Evil Darwinist Conspiracy!  Bring out the oil of ad hominem, and fetch the flamethrower!

I wonder how much of this is deliberate on Gordon's part.  I'd be very surprised if the answer is "none".  He's not stupid.

Having said all that, I don't see what is to be gained by posting details of his relatives, and what he does and where he goes in his spare time.  That's just creepy.  And the fact that it's "public" information doesn't change that.

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There isn't any probability that the letter d is in the word "mathematics"...  The correct answer would be "not even 0" - JoeG

  
stevestory



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(Permalink) Posted: May 26 2015,13:47   

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Having said all that, I don't see what is to be gained by posting details of his relatives, and what he does and where he goes in his spare time.  That's just creepy.  And the fact that it's "public" information doesn't change that.

ditto.

   
stevestory



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(Permalink) Posted: May 26 2015,13:52   

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MapouMay 26, 2015 at 11:16 am
I see that criminal Big Pharma shock troopers are busy using ScienceBlogs to spread their cruel scams and take away patients rights.

The cruel sham that is “right to try” continues to spread

Almost everything about science is a sham and a scam nowadays. Too many a-holes.


linky

   
Woodbine



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(Permalink) Posted: May 26 2015,15:49   



http://www.rebelscience.org/Seraphi....ics.htm

  
Henry J



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(Permalink) Posted: May 26 2015,21:02   

Well of course the lowest levels in physics are descriptive. At those levels, it's a description of the smallest things for which evidence is currently available. At one time, that consisted of things big enough to see. But then they figured out molecules which explained the macro-properties of matter, then atoms and electrons which explained molecules, then protons and neutrons which explained nuclei, then quarks which explained those. I sense a trend there.

  
fnxtr



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(Permalink) Posted: May 26 2015,22:37   

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http://www.rebelscience.org/Seraphi....ics.htm

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17. 10 points for arguing that while a current well-established theory predicts phenomena correctly, it doesn't explain "why" they occur, or fails to provide a "mechanism".


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Ptaylor



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(Permalink) Posted: May 28 2015,20:47   

This has had me scratching my head for a day now, and it is deadly quiet here, so I'll mention it:
UD regular Querius makes a typical comment on a DeNews post questioning human origins: apparently if you interpret this paper in a particular way, interpret that comment this way, throw away several relevancies and dispense with logic, it turns out that the most recent common ancestors between chimpanzees, humans, and bonobos were probably Adam and Eve!
But that's all dog-bites-man stuff for UD; what struck me was this statement near the start of the comment:
   
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Now that Chimpanzees are becoming widely regarded as having 102% identical DNA as humans...

I just don't get it - how can anything be more than (100%) identical? Can someone please help me out - is this just standard UD fuckwittery, or am I seriously missing something?
UD link

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rossum



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(Permalink) Posted: May 29 2015,03:41   

Quote (Ptaylor @ May 28 2015,20:47)
This has had me scratching my head for a day now, and it is deadly quiet here, so I'll mention it:
UD regular Querius makes a typical comment on a DeNews post questioning human origins: apparently if you interpret this paper in a particular way, interpret that comment this way, throw away several relevancies and dispense with logic, it turns out that the most recent common ancestors between chimpanzees, humans, and bonobos were probably Adam and Eve!
But that's all dog-bites-man stuff for UD; what struck me was this statement near the start of the comment:
   
Quote
Now that Chimpanzees are becoming widely regarded as having 102% identical DNA as humans...

I just don't get it - how can anything be more than (100%) identical? Can someone please help me out - is this just standard UD fuckwittery, or am I seriously missing something?
UD link

Looks like UD has turned the stupid up to 11.

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BillB



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(Permalink) Posted: May 29 2015,04:27   

Quote (rossum @ May 29 2015,09:41)
Quote (Ptaylor @ May 28 2015,20:47)
This has had me scratching my head for a day now, and it is deadly quiet here, so I'll mention it:
UD regular Querius makes a typical comment on a DeNews post questioning human origins: apparently if you interpret this paper in a particular way, interpret that comment this way, throw away several relevancies and dispense with logic, it turns out that the most recent common ancestors between chimpanzees, humans, and bonobos were probably Adam and Eve!
But that's all dog-bites-man stuff for UD; what struck me was this statement near the start of the comment:
     
Quote
Now that Chimpanzees are becoming widely regarded as having 102% identical DNA as humans...

I just don't get it - how can anything be more than (100%) identical? Can someone please help me out - is this just standard UD fuckwittery, or am I seriously missing something?
UD link

Looks like UD has turned the stupid up to 11.

Didn't Coca Cola once claim that their bottled water product was "Purer than pure water" ... or was that just a popular myth.

  
Bob O'H



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(Permalink) Posted: May 29 2015,05:40   

Quote (Ptaylor @ May 28 2015,20:47)
This has had me scratching my head for a day now, and it is deadly quiet here, so I'll mention it:
UD regular Querius makes a typical comment on a DeNews post questioning human origins: apparently if you interpret this paper in a particular way, interpret that comment this way, throw away several relevancies and dispense with logic, it turns out that the most recent common ancestors between chimpanzees, humans, and bonobos were probably Adam and Eve!
But that's all dog-bites-man stuff for UD; what struck me was this statement near the start of the comment:
   
Quote
Now that Chimpanzees are becoming widely regarded as having 102% identical DNA as humans...

I just don't get it - how can anything be more than (100%) identical? Can someone please help me out - is this just standard UD fuckwittery, or am I seriously missing something?
UD link

It could be like fruit juice that is more than 100% pure. Chimps could be humans with 2% of the genome repeated, so you add up the similarities and divide by the size of the human genome.

I think this means that chimps are just humans with more junk.

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k.e..



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(Permalink) Posted: May 29 2015,07:24   

Quote (Bob O'H @ May 29 2015,13:40)
Quote (Ptaylor @ May 28 2015,20:47)
This has had me scratching my head for a day now, and it is deadly quiet here, so I'll mention it:
UD regular Querius makes a typical comment on a DeNews post questioning human origins: apparently if you interpret this paper in a particular way, interpret that comment this way, throw away several relevancies and dispense with logic, it turns out that the most recent common ancestors between chimpanzees, humans, and bonobos were probably Adam and Eve!
But that's all dog-bites-man stuff for UD; what struck me was this statement near the start of the comment:
     
Quote
Now that Chimpanzees are becoming widely regarded as having 102% identical DNA as humans...

I just don't get it - how can anything be more than (100%) identical? Can someone please help me out - is this just standard UD fuckwittery, or am I seriously missing something?
UD link

It could be like fruit juice that is more than 100% pure. Chimps could be humans with 2% of the genome repeated, so you add up the similarities and divide by the size of the human genome.

I think this means that chimps are just humans with more junk.

Speak for yourself  monkey balls.

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JohnW



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(Permalink) Posted: May 29 2015,11:00   

Quote (k.e.. @ May 29 2015,05:24)
Quote (Bob O'H @ May 29 2015,13:40)
Quote (Ptaylor @ May 28 2015,20:47)
This has had me scratching my head for a day now, and it is deadly quiet here, so I'll mention it:
UD regular Querius makes a typical comment on a DeNews post questioning human origins: apparently if you interpret this paper in a particular way, interpret that comment this way, throw away several relevancies and dispense with logic, it turns out that the most recent common ancestors between chimpanzees, humans, and bonobos were probably Adam and Eve!
But that's all dog-bites-man stuff for UD; what struck me was this statement near the start of the comment:
     
Quote
Now that Chimpanzees are becoming widely regarded as having 102% identical DNA as humans...

I just don't get it - how can anything be more than (100%) identical? Can someone please help me out - is this just standard UD fuckwittery, or am I seriously missing something?
UD link

It could be like fruit juice that is more than 100% pure. Chimps could be humans with 2% of the genome repeated, so you add up the similarities and divide by the size of the human genome.

I think this means that chimps are just humans with more junk.

Speak for yourself  monkey balls.

God goes to 11.

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Math is just a language of reality. Its a waste of time to know it. - Robert Byers

There isn't any probability that the letter d is in the word "mathematics"...  The correct answer would be "not even 0" - JoeG

  
rick



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(Permalink) Posted: May 29 2015,14:43   

There is a new book "Beyond Intelligent Design: From an autonomous universe to a functional virtual reality " that asserts that ID can be placed into a scientific framework.

  
Woodbine



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(Permalink) Posted: May 29 2015,15:42   

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There is a new book "Beyond Intelligent Design: From an autonomous universe to a functional virtual reality " that asserts that ID can be placed into a scientific framework.

Let's see....

 
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Based on the best of what science has to offer, design theorists have shown that natural processes cannot account for the realities of the universe. Given the arguments of Denton, Behe, Johnson, Dembski, and an army of creationists, evolutionary biologists are on the run and their cosmological cousins are scattered. Since a reasonable, testable case has been made for the supernatural origin of life, all other areas are now open to the six day view of creation, including cosmic, geophysical, and human origins.


http://www.muldermel.com/book.ht....ok.html

Seems legit.

  
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(Permalink) Posted: May 29 2015,18:08   

Quote (rick @ May 29 2015,14:43)
There is a new book "Beyond Intelligent Design: From an autonomous universe to a functional virtual reality " that asserts that ID can be placed into a scientific framework.

A new book published 12 years ago.
link

Edit: Self-published, of course.

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rossum



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(Permalink) Posted: May 29 2015,18:11   

Quote (JohnW @ May 29 2015,11:00)
God goes to 11.

God plays for Spinal Tap?  Hooda thunkit.  I hope He isn't the drummer.

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(Permalink) Posted: May 29 2015,21:52   

Quote (rick @ May 29 2015,14:43)
There is a new book "Beyond Intelligent Design: From an autonomous universe to a functional virtual reality " that asserts that ID can be placed into a scientific framework.

I can assert I'm the King of Siam and that you owe me taxes.

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(Permalink) Posted: May 29 2015,23:40   

I have been lurking here for years, without ever posting, but I found this a few days ago, and since no one else has mentioned it, I figured I would come out of stealth mode and post it for your amusement:
Validictorian prevented from coming out as gay at graduation

Basically, school says it is preventing the kid from speaking for a variety of reasons.  Kid says it's because he was going tell everyone he was gay.

Now for the money quote:
   
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A comment in that statement, attributed to school attorney Barry Arrington, said a graduation ceremony is "a time for family and those closest to the students to celebrate success and express mutual wishes of gratitude and respect. It is not a time for a student to use his commencement speech to push his personal agenda on a captive audience, and school officials are well within their rights to prevent that from happening."


School's Official Statement

Now back to stealth mode. :D

  
k.e..



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(Permalink) Posted: May 29 2015,23:49   

Quote (BigEvil @ May 30 2015,07:40)
I have been lurking here for years, without ever posting, but I found this a few days ago, and since no one else has mentioned it, I figured I would come out of stealth mode and post it for your amusement:
Validictorian prevented from coming out as gay at graduation

Basically, school says it is preventing the kid from speaking for a variety of reasons.  Kid says it's because he was going tell everyone he was gay.

Now for the money quote:
   
Quote
A comment in that statement, attributed to school attorney Barry Arrington, said a graduation ceremony is "a time for family and those closest to the students to celebrate success and express mutual wishes of gratitude and respect. It is not a time for a student to use his commencement speech to push his personal agenda on a captive audience, and school officials are well within their rights to prevent that from happening."


School's Official Statement

Now back to stealth mode. :D

Hahaha banning with gay abandon!

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Soapy Sam



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(Permalink) Posted: May 30 2015,04:09   

Quote (BigEvil @ May 30 2015,05:40)
I have been lurking here for years, without ever posting, but I found this a few days ago, and since no one else has mentioned it, I figured I would come out of stealth mode and post it for your amusement:
Validictorian prevented from coming out as gay at graduation

Basically, school says it is preventing the kid from speaking for a variety of reasons.  Kid says it's because he was going tell everyone he was gay.

Now for the money quote:
   
Quote
A comment in that statement, attributed to school attorney Barry Arrington, said a graduation ceremony is "a time for family and those closest to the students to celebrate success and express mutual wishes of gratitude and respect. It is not a time for a student to use his commencement speech to push his personal agenda on a captive audience, and school officials are well within their rights to prevent that from happening."


School's Official Statement

Now back to stealth mode. :D

Good catch. I bet if he'd announced he'd been saved by the Lord, this 'personal agenda' item would get through the filter no problem.

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midwifetoad



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(Permalink) Posted: May 30 2015,06:15   

Barry will get a South Park episode. He could be a recurring character.

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