Jerry Falwell dead at 73
POSTED BY: Geezer
UPDATED: Sunday, May 20, 2007 16:55
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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:Quote:Impossible to refute.
Originally posted by oldenglanddry:
Almost certainly real, but what the Hell does "irrefragable" mean? Is it even a word?
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.
Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
-- Cicero
So IRREFUTABLE then?
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Quote:It never happened, I tell you. I’ll deny it.
Originally posted by Khyron:
Finn double posts... my world view is shattered!
I'll be in the pub.
Quote:Yes. Irrefutable. “Irrefragable” means exactly the same thing as irrefutable, except that it tends to be used by pompous types who think they’ve got it all figured out. At least that’s my experience.
Originally posted by oldenglanddry:
So IRREFUTABLE then?
And my experience is irrefragably true.
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.
Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
-- Cicero
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Hi Soup,
Thanks for the post.
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Here's a video of Hitchens discussing Falwell's hate-spewing and the effect his bigotry had on a global level. Maybe this will give you some idea of why so many people are glad he won't be spreading lies and hatred anymore.
Don't make faces.
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Quote:Why? Actually all it does is tell me this is what Hitchen’s thinks, not “so many people.”
Originally posted by marina:
Maybe this will give you some idea of why so many people are glad he won't be spreading lies and hatred anymore.
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.
Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
-- Cicero
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Quote:Promise?
Originally posted by marina:
This will be my last response to you,
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.
Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
-- Cicero
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Originally posted by marina:
you've been going crazy at the number of people on this board who are expressing anything less than regret or sorrow and kept asking them to explain WHY they felt that they had reasons to dislike him beyond his faith.
A very legitimate question don't you think? Some Posters even gave reasons for their hate after much prompting. Was it the individual or his message? Was it the financial and political power which he wielded? Was it his personal life? His religious beliefes? Was it jealousy? How about free speech issues or the fact that Larry Flynt himself stated Falwell was a man of integrity. So many better topics to discuss than "I'm glad he's dead".
Would you want members of Falwell's family stumbling across the crass comments found in this thread?
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he wasn't just a religious fundamentalist, he was a DANGEROUS religious fundamentalist who had tangible effects on peoples' lives.
Try to look at both sides of the coin. He had tangible effects on people's lives, both Bad and Good. But I do realize that hate is the easier road to take so enjoy the trip.
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Originally posted by BigDamnNobody:
But I do realize that hate is the easier road to take so enjoy the trip.
Anyone else find this just a touch ironic, since it's the path that Falwell himself took?
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Do as I say, not as I do?
eta: seriously, are you bringing out the old 'well he started it' defence? It's okay to hate Falwell because he was full of hate?
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