Has anybody noticed...
Mr. Jaggers
morphed into "Jaggers rant" has become one of the longest in recent rcc
history, and has drawn in several individuals who at one point or other
swore they will not get involved with discussions of politics or religion?
James the Tattletale
oly
Now, now: Pride goeth before a fall.
oly
Mr. Jaggers
My pride hath already done goeth. I'm into lust now.
James the Debauched
oly
Well, James Earl ("Lust in my heart") Carter, Jr. turned 85
yesterday. Perhaps lust is healthier than pride.
oly
mazorj
"oly" <oly...@aol.com> wrote in message
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But... but... what about the part in Matthew about not hiding your light
under a basket? ;-)
What to do? Doesn't New Testament trump Old Testament? Or is it the other
way around? Starve a cold and stuff a fever, or starve a fever... I never
could get those things straight.
- mazorj the Religiously Quandaried
"Given me $5 and 5 minutes and I'll prove anything you want out of the
Bible."
- Father Frederick Bloom, mazorj's 8th grade religion teacher
Mr. Jaggers
Upon the advice of my primary care physician, I reluctantly made the choice
to switch.
James the Fit
Mr. Jaggers
Hey Mazor, didja check out my PING: mazorj from yesterday?
James
mazorj
"Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
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Oy, I just looked and found it. In the minor chaos of switching from
Verizon the Voracious to another news server, several posts got delayed and
overlooked.
One wonders what the ghost of honorable ancestor Johann Gutenberg makes of
this. He's probably gone off to the House of Spirits to have a drink with
honorable ancestors of other manufacturing industries that are becoming
oriented more and more to the Orient.
It wouldn't sting quite so bad if they were fully reciprocal on trading
rights, didn't keep their currency artificially low, and didn't allow
massive exploitation of workers by owners who are unethical to the point of
stealing wages from their employees and having them arrested if they kick up
a fuss. Hell, we could beat the Chinese at their own game if we combined
American know-how and infrastructure with Chinese currency manipulations,
working conditions, disregard for intellectual rights and other legalisms,
etc.
Mr. Jaggers
From what I can see, we can take solace in the high quality of printing and
bindings that come from China. But you are certainly right in these latter
observations. Enough to make Gutenberg swill his wein und bier by the
Jeroboam.
James "Bartender, I'll have another!" Jaggers
Jerry Dennis
<snipped for brevity>
> What to do? Doesn't New Testament trump Old Testament? Or is it the other
> way around? Starve a cold and stuff a fever, or starve a fever... I never
> could get those things straight.
>
> - mazorj the Religiously Quandaried
No, no, no, Maz. You can't see the overall picture. It isn't that
the glass is half empty or half full... the glass is too big.
Jerry, philosophically speaking
j-rod
Yes, I have noticed this. Only because I started it.
I haven't followed the thread since it veered off into the ether.
JAM
mazorj
"Jerry Dennis" <JDen...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Exactly. The Bible has too many answers to too many potential questions
that can be subjected to the Bible test and "What would Jesus/God/Moses
say?" The Bible is not a science textbook, where the answers all start from
the same shared knowledge base, follow the same logical progressions, and
are internally consistent with each other. It's a hodge-podge of history,
philosophy, and theology, from dozens of different sources writing over
differing times and localities, to different audiences for different
purposes. To me, its most useful application is as a religious Rorschach
test for all who swear by it.
Scott Stevenson
Or as my nephew would say: The glass is properly designed with the
necessary two to one safety factor.
Can you tell he's an engineer?
take care,
Scott
Kaloocan Kid
Chinese have beat us at our own game. Move on.
On Oct 3, 10:59 pm, almostfm.AMS...@UCKSAY.comcast.net (Scott
Stevenson) wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 11:32:17 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Dennis
>
mazorj
"Kaloocan Kid" <Kalo...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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< Get serious. What a load of pious crap! Relent. Recognize that the
< Chinese have beat us at our own game. Move on.
If Canadians want to play surrender monkeys to the Chinese - is that the
French coming out in you? - then go back to playing with your teddy bears
while the grown-ups talk.
Mr. Jaggers
So far in this thread a total of sixteen posts and nary a one about
collecting coins. Oh, the irony of it all!
James "What's the World Coming To?" Jaggers
Kaloocan Kid
The health of the American economy has a fairly direct impact on the
market for rare coins. Beyond that, you can have a flame war with
yourself if it makes you happy.
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mazorj
Canadians? French? You evaded or missed the point.
< The health of the American economy has a fairly direct impact on the
< market for rare coins. Beyond that, you can have a flame war with
< yourself if it makes you happy.
You think this has been a flame war, Kid? Pfft. However, since you seem to
like to play NetKop regarding topic relevance:
First, the Chinese have had a direct and indirect effect on the North
American economy for decades. Which means that by your own estimation, they
have an effect on the market for all North American coins. Second, the
flood of Chinese counterfeits - regarded by them simply as a component of
their own economic activity no different than making cheap knock-offs of
everything from pencils to protected intellectual property - has started to
severely impact the market for rare coins. So discussing them is perfectly
on topic here.
Regarding our many tangential sorties into OT subjects, they're an integral
aspect of any newgroup. They're part of the glue that holds the
participants' attention in addition to posts on the group's primary topic.
Those who are interested will chime in or lurk. Those who aren't learn to
skip over it. It baffles me why anyone - excepting of course a NetKop
control freak - would waste any time at all complaining about it.