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Speaking of which
Stainless steel is a common material in iron/nickel asteroids.
Lee
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5/12/2007 10:45:18 PM
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Some of which are over 90% stainless steel.
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Survivor of the tornado
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azstrummer
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5/7/2007 6:15:29 PM
re: This has been a great post Art!
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Jody
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5/10/2007 2:56:21 AM
Thanks. This should make it better - the definitive word
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azstrummer
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5/10/2007 4:35:14 AM
LOL...Gotta love that guy!
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Jody
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5/10/2007 11:59:59 AM
I'm with you Art
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McFly
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5/8/2007 8:55:49 PM
The insignificance of humanity
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Laurie Street
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5/9/2007 6:12:21 PM
re: Insignificant by WHOM?
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Jody
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5/9/2007 8:11:02 PM
re: Insignificant by WHOM?
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Jody
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5/9/2007 8:19:35 PM
Yeah, but who created that telescope, that satellite; and who's doing the looking?
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Daniel
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5/9/2007 6:42:18 PM
The burden of proof
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Raoul
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5/9/2007 8:30:32 PM
Not really!
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Daniel
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5/10/2007 6:40:44 PM
Not really!
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Daniel
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5/10/2007 6:40:38 PM
Nicely said, Daniel
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Lindy
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5/11/2007 12:42:44 AM
Something is significant, recognized, beautiful, interesting because...
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Raoul
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5/10/2007 8:02:24 PM
Really!
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Laurie Street
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5/10/2007 7:30:13 PM
Maybe it's because conciousness and creativity can also create elements heavier than iron.
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Lee
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5/12/2007 5:57:11 PM
Speaking of which
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Lindy
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5/12/2007 6:36:23 PM
Stainless steel is a common material in iron/nickel asteroids.
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Lee
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5/12/2007 10:45:18 PM
So they published their report....
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Lindy
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5/12/2007 11:10:27 PM
re: Really!
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Daniel
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5/11/2007 12:03:32 AM
re: Really!
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Laurie Street
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5/11/2007 12:43:44 AM
It's a significant qualitative difference, even from a detached objective point of view
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Daniel
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5/11/2007 1:42:28 AM
re: The burden of proof
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REB
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5/9/2007 8:38:03 PM
re:Might as well call it a night, REB...
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Jody
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5/9/2007 11:17:31 PM
We think we're special....but only humans think so
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Raoul
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5/9/2007 9:09:00 PM
That we know of... so far
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Fox
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5/10/2007 3:02:27 AM
"We are rare. We are special."
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azstrummer
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5/9/2007 8:53:35 PM
re:Okay Stuart Smart Ass Art:)
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Jody
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5/9/2007 11:04:17 PM
re: The burden of proof
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Jody
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5/9/2007 8:36:23 PM
Because that would be returning to the pre-copernician universe
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Raoul
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5/9/2007 9:02:52 PM
re: Not true
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Jody
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5/9/2007 11:55:03 PM
Burden
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Raoul
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5/10/2007 5:32:02 AM
Raoul: Define "Significant"
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Jody
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5/10/2007 11:28:16 AM
re: My definition of significant is:
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Jody
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5/10/2007 11:57:41 AM
If everything is significant, then nothing is significant.
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Laurie Street
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5/10/2007 7:16:03 PM
re: I realize this is logical reasoning...
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Jody
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5/10/2007 11:10:28 PM
Yes, because it's all relative :-)
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Raoul
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5/10/2007 8:04:11 PM
Noticeable, recognizable.....to humans
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Raoul
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5/10/2007 11:55:52 AM
Okay...in there lies the rub
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Jody
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5/10/2007 12:02:09 PM
Maybe this will help settle the issue?
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Lindy
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5/11/2007 5:28:18 PM
LOL!
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REB
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5/11/2007 9:02:02 PM
Was God fair in that test?
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Raoul
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5/11/2007 7:48:23 PM
Great Response, Daniel!!
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Jody
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5/9/2007 8:12:03 PM
Hubble image (fairly large)
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LS
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5/9/2007 6:13:39 PM
What that picture proves to me
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azstrummer
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5/9/2007 8:23:15 PM
And out of all that matter, how much of it can appreciate its beauty or be awed by it all?
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REB
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5/9/2007 6:16:09 PM
It is beautiful because it suits our eyes and our culture
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Raoul
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5/10/2007 6:42:23 PM
You can call Humanity many things, but unimportant is not one of them.
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Lee
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5/9/2007 3:35:11 AM
But we are unimportant, insignificant!
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Raoul
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5/9/2007 5:42:27 AM
re: But we are unimportant, insignificant!
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Lindy
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5/11/2007 4:17:27 PM
If we can communicate with them
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Raoul
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5/11/2007 7:32:40 PM
re: If we can communicate with them
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Lindy
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5/12/2007 2:02:06 PM
I disagree
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REB
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5/9/2007 12:54:18 PM
We cannot claim "intelligence" is the summum of the universe
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Raoul
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5/9/2007 4:20:16 PM
Without intelligence, the Universe may as well not even exist.
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Lee
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5/10/2007 12:38:23 AM
"We are inanimate matter formed into self organizing self aware intelligences. "
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Lindy
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5/12/2007 2:28:31 PM
True, as far as you personally are concerned. The universe doesn't care.
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Laurie Street
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5/11/2007 12:32:48 AM
But I am the Universe.
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Lee
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5/11/2007 1:48:58 AM
re: But I am the Universe.
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Lindy
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5/12/2007 2:30:40 PM
We are the world...
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Laurie Street
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5/11/2007 3:12:38 AM
re: We are the world...
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REB
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5/11/2007 3:25:22 PM
Some examples
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Raoul
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5/11/2007 4:33:39 PM
re: We are the world...
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Laurie Street
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5/11/2007 3:49:57 PM
And what "nature" can accomplish with a supernova...
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Lee
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5/11/2007 8:33:02 PM
re:Maybe we are unimportant per se...but we are worthwhile
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Jody
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5/9/2007 5:39:48 PM
Worthwhile to our own species, yes indeed!
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Raoul
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5/9/2007 9:04:52 PM
re: True..(.but that is not enough for you?)
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Jody
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5/9/2007 11:27:06 PM
I don't think it should
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Raoul
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5/10/2007 12:02:45 PM
We can claim "intelligence" is rare in this universe
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REB
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5/9/2007 4:27:51 PM
re: WE DON'T KNOW and we must accept that.
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Raoul
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5/9/2007 8:18:22 PM
Humanity is the proverbial mustard seed.
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Lee
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5/9/2007 11:20:11 AM
Cosmic Unimportance
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Lindy
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5/8/2007 10:52:36 PM
Absolutely right, Lindy
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Jody
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5/9/2007 8:22:29 PM
We are a rare thing in the Universe.
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REB
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5/9/2007 12:52:01 PM
re: Cosmic Unimportance
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azstrummer
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5/9/2007 3:43:39 AM
re: EEK!!...
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Jody
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5/9/2007 8:23:48 PM
Mama Mia!
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Lindy
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5/9/2007 5:46:37 PM
Batteries.....
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azstrummer
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5/9/2007 8:26:51 PM
re: Okay Art..you started it:)
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Jody
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5/9/2007 8:41:06 PM
Maybe ....
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Lindy
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5/9/2007 9:51:09 PM
re: Okay Art..you started it:)
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azstrummer
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5/9/2007 8:55:47 PM
Ahhhh...
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Jody
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5/9/2007 11:06:58 PM
re: I'm with you Art
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REB
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5/8/2007 9:53:16 PM
"But what if we find they worship the same God humans do? "
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azstrummer
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5/9/2007 12:03:50 AM
re: "But what if we find they worship the same God humans do? "
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REB
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5/9/2007 12:41:30 PM
re: The natural world....
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Jody
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5/8/2007 6:16:18 PM
I think it comes down to an issue of tollerance Art.
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TAFKASE
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5/8/2007 2:18:05 PM
Tolerance vs. doormat
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Mary Anne
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5/8/2007 5:17:08 PM
No, that's not what I was saying at all.
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The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil
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5/8/2007 6:02:44 PM
re: Survivor of the tornado
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REB
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5/8/2007 12:43:08 PM
Death to God
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azstrummer
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5/8/2007 2:41:13 PM
But suffering isn't all bad.
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Lee
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5/9/2007 2:46:49 AM
re: But suffering isn't all bad.
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azstrummer
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5/9/2007 3:40:05 AM
I take it you haven't gone through much hardship
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Lee
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5/9/2007 3:56:38 AM
re: I take it you haven't gone through much hardship
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azstrummer
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5/9/2007 8:49:41 PM
I know what you are talking about.
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REB
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5/9/2007 12:59:10 PM
Life, the Universe and Everything
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REB
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5/8/2007 2:58:41 PM
re: Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
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Johannes
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5/8/2007 3:14:18 AM
My favorite Einstein quote.
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Lee
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5/8/2007 3:39:16 AM
Darwin Quotes
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edgar
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5/8/2007 3:57:01 PM
Thank you for those beautiful quotes
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Lindy
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5/8/2007 3:20:52 AM
Reaping the Whirlwind
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ER
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5/7/2007 11:45:01 PM
Actually it's not.
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Lee
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5/8/2007 3:55:16 AM
re: Reaping the Whirlwind
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Lindy
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5/8/2007 3:25:00 AM
re: Reaping the Whirlwind
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FrankC
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5/8/2007 1:01:09 AM
Touche
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ER
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5/8/2007 1:41:56 AM
" We simply have to walk around like zombies and love the cosmic practical joker. "
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Lindy
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5/7/2007 10:05:53 PM
Feeling better
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azstrummer
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5/8/2007 2:21:00 AM
Premises
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Bowser
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5/7/2007 9:47:06 PM
Jesus still loves you. =)
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Lee
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5/7/2007 9:18:15 PM
My pool guy loves me? Ewwww!
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azstrummer
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5/7/2007 9:24:44 PM
Somebody thanks God for surviving a terrible event and you go bizerk.
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The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil
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5/7/2007 8:50:56 PM
Just doesn't make sense.
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azstrummer
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5/7/2007 9:20:52 PM
re: I used to feel the way you do Art.
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Jody
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5/7/2007 7:47:23 PM
re: I think that you are in the next level
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Jody
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5/8/2007 1:20:57 AM
I love the contrast
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azstrummer
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5/7/2007 8:16:12 PM
Why shouldn't you have liked her response?
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TB
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5/8/2007 1:08:13 AM
re: I may have come across smug to you TB....
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Jody
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5/8/2007 10:15:45 PM
re: It was not my intention to come across smug...believe me, TB.
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Jody
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5/8/2007 1:32:15 AM
Tell ya what...
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TB
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5/7/2007 6:30:32 PM
Hypocrisy abounds
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azstrummer
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5/7/2007 7:22:58 PM
Issues
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TB
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5/8/2007 12:48:59 AM
Name might be wrong
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azstrummer
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5/8/2007 2:14:26 PM
I can only assume that you hate the whole world....,
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FrankC
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5/7/2007 9:37:33 PM
Frank, Frank
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azstrummer
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5/8/2007 5:56:12 PM
Okay so you are not serious, fair enough
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FrankC
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5/8/2007 6:25:30 PM
re: Okay so you are not serious, fair enough
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azstrummer
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5/8/2007 6:31:31 PM
If you don't think weddings are about religon then don't attend the "chapel" part of the wedding.
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The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil
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5/7/2007 8:54:18 PM
re: If you don't think weddings are about religon then don't attend the "chapel" part of the wedding.
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azstrummer
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5/7/2007 9:22:40 PM
Art, it does sound like......
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Lindy
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5/7/2007 10:31:35 PM
Lindy, Lindy
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azstrummer
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5/8/2007 3:00:43 AM
Can't say that I know....
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Lindy
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5/8/2007 3:15:11 AM
*I* do.
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Mary Anne
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5/8/2007 1:12:41 PM
Some of that I understand some I don't
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FrankC
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5/8/2007 5:07:54 PM
Well said as always
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azstrummer
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5/8/2007 2:12:12 PM
re: *I* do.
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Lindy
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5/8/2007 2:12:03 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.