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demoleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:25 PM Original message |
'I'm a Marxist:' Dalai Lama |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wow - good for him! |
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Alhena (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
43. So this is a Marxist board? Why didn't anyone tell me? |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:20 AM Response to Reply #43 |
66. True Marxism has never been tried |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:31 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Yes, because verily there is no better laboratory for what will work in the real world |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:32 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Go ahead - enjoy capitalism - right up until it destroys the planet |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:36 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. That would be a shame, since I was getting awfully fond of the Planet Genius. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #71 |
102. If you don't understant it, then how can you say it wouldn't work? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #71 |
140. For the same reason true capitalism has never been tried...? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #70 |
124. Excellent pic! nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #69 |
82. Good thing no one said community colleges are a laboratory for what works in the real world, |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #66 |
129. True Marxism is practiced everyday |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #66 |
148. It is also important to remember that Marx & Engels wrote |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 05:46 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. How did Marcuse advance anyone's understanding about anything? |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #149 |
192. I think he was a voice for humane values |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #148 |
193. Also, Marx didn't envision his political system |
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hollowdweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #66 |
163. There goes his invitations to the White House |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:29 AM Response to Reply #43 |
68. Gives 'em something to do, in the dorm lounge. |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #43 |
76. Oh, so only your opinion counts? Got it. e-posturer indeed. |
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Alhena (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #76 |
96. If I thought it was a genuinely held and informed opinion ... |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 01:50 AM Response to Reply #96 |
175. You haven't lived it...not even in your mind. You admit that. Then why not just hush? |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
122. fuck it. i realize in retrospect that i don't really give a shit. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #43 |
125. Deleted message |
Alhena (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #125 |
134. Non-Marxist = Falwellite, gotcha |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 02:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
143. In classic style your comment implies that Marxism must be contagious... |
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Maraya1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #43 |
144. Your response embodies the increasing sardonic posts |
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lstrether (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #43 |
200. "didn't pass the test of history" ?? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 06:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
201. Why the personal attacks? The poster just likes an alternative economic system. nt |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Says the guy making a bundle for speaking |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. ! and hanging out with Richard Gere & co! nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
85. Isn't Marxism more about how and for what/whom money and other resources are used? |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's okay to be a marxist... |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Or have to live in a Marxist country |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. and can make a pile of money and live in 5 star hotels. |
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caledesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. kinda like Sarah Palin... nt |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Wow... throwing the Dalai Lama under the bus... |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Dalai Lama, the Pope, Sarah Palin, Pat Robertson..... what's the dif? |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Thanks for not continuing on with about 350 members of congress, too much of the supreme court, and |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Thanks for proving my point... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #30 |
97. The Dalai Lama would be the first to tell you had weilds no power. |
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ChangoLoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
137. There's nothing supernatural about the reincarnation of great souls |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. I like him alot but he doesn't crimp on his own comforts. Also, I |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 05:49 AM Response to Reply #39 |
73. cubans are more literate and live longer than americans |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #39 |
80. I don't think he said "I am a Marxist country". |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
135. Huh! Cause I have yet to see a truly Marxist country. Or a truly capitalist, either. |
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AgadorSparticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:48 AM Response to Reply #22 |
61. no shit! your post had me lmao! n/t |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #22 |
103. Correction... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
83. What do you REALLY know about the Dalai Lama's personal lifestyle, lol? |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #83 |
110. Well, let's see... |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 02:04 AM Response to Reply #83 |
181. YOU! |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Do pray tell what Marxist countries are out there? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:09 AM Response to Reply #23 |
74. Cuba |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 05:47 PM Response to Reply #74 |
150. Really? |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 05:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
72. Marx called for workers to unite |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:09 AM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Marx also called for the state to own the means of production |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #75 |
88. As opposed to bail outs? |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #75 |
139. In Communist Manifesto |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Marxism was inspired by an anthropological paper on the Huron nation in 1778, a truly Communist |
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Jkid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
147. Huron Nation? |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
162. It also has roots in the Diggers that were in England after their civil war |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
44. +1000 |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. That's the funniest thing I've read all week. Nazi lover is more like it. |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. how come.... |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. ..... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
126. I KNEW the Pope was a Nazi, too! nt |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. To be fair |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. They were "spiritual" in the sense of superstitious. I don't consider that |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. I agree he's no progressive. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Deleted message |
Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. That's rather a weak retort to historical fact |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:05 AM Response to Reply #35 |
55. Here are some more links... |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:16 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I don't know what is happening but among other things it has turned into |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:22 AM Original message |
The "dalai lama is a nazi" meme... |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
64. thanks |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
84. China has paid posters all over the internet whose sole job is slandering |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
94. Thanks. I understand totally that you are not speaking to whether the DL is a Nazi or not, |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
128. See post 98, It's not a weird religious/right-wing political meme |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #55 |
98. Weak and untruthful. Here's another link for you. National Geography |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #98 |
116. Christina Rosetti makes the following claims... |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #116 |
132. Xcuse me. You introduced her to this conversation, not I. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #132 |
156. Technically, posting some people's opinion trying to pass them as fact is also not very persuasive |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #132 |
165. Catherina, you were defending Christina Rosetti... |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #165 |
166. "after I (GReedD) posted the link to her site". Read what you wrote again |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #166 |
167. I realize that I posted the link to... |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #167 |
168. Try to stick to the topic. The topic is the Dalai Lama, not Christina Rosetti |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #168 |
169. Thanks for ordering me to do whatever it is you... |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 12:03 AM Response to Reply #169 |
170. If you can't stick to the topic, please do. You're most welcome n/t |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #170 |
171. Thanks for not making your point...Good Night to You, Catherina - nt |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 12:29 AM Response to Reply #171 |
172. Don't go to bed mad... lol n/t |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 12:39 AM Response to Reply #172 |
173. I'm always mad at what's going on... |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:36 AM Response to Reply #35 |
77. Rupert Murdoch owns the History Channel. n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #77 |
100. Thanks. I didn't know that. Crap! |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. one of his tutors was a nazi, a mountain climber who was a nazi. |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #40 |
81. I read the guy's book. I don't think he had a political agenda. I think he was a climber trying to |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #81 |
133. No, that's the part of the myth. Harrer was an SS member in the 30s |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 01:53 AM Response to Reply #133 |
176. That does not impugn the Dalai Lama, does it? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 02:15 AM Response to Reply #133 |
182. Deleted message |
kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 06:50 AM Response to Reply #40 |
187. I actually have met him, Heinrich Harrer... he is a wonderful person |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. So am I. knr nt |
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Francisco (132 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think anyone with half a brain would.. |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 02:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
183. Isn't that the truth. |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 07:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
189. Yes, people really need to read Marx then discuss. Too much ignorance here |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. So the ultimate embodiment of spirituality is also the opiate of the masses and a marxist capitalist |
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wial (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. so, the Grateful Dead and the Nazi SS got their skull symbol |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
67. Same way the human vagina is responsible for the Edsel. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #67 |
108. What ever happened to blaming the Bossa Nova or putting the blame on Mame (boys)? |
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RollWithIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. Politics is local.... nt |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. and monks should stay away from politics |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. You don't konw much about Buddhism, do you... too bad ... |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Buddhism is based on Equanimity, ".May all beings live in Equanimity, free of the Grasping, Anger, |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
45. Yeah, communism/marxism has a much better track-record. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:01 AM Response to Reply #21 |
54. I read the collected works of Marx at the undergraduate level and I was |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:20 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Crickets. Not being a Buddhist I've got a little side action on the length of time |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #54 |
99. Very impressive qualifications to post an opinion on what monks should do. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #99 |
145. The role of monks differs in the different traditions |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. I see the Dalai Lama haters are out! |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. it's easy if one hates everything.. that is Cynicism, conclusion comes first..Premise follows, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Seriously. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #24 |
86. China has a cadre of people paid to slander the Dalai Lama on the internet. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:34 PM Response to Reply #86 |
157. I don't think the ones here are paid, and if they are China should ask for their money back |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #24 |
195. It's DU. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
25. And I'm a duck who knows how to use a computer! |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
31. The Dalai Lama has little understanding... |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Speaking of little understanding... |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:07 AM Response to Reply #36 |
46. One-liner followed by nothing. Hit and run cowardice. |
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go west young man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:49 AM Response to Reply #31 |
53. Capitalism is about efficiency? |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:22 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. You can say the same about Marxism... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #31 |
89. Capitalism doesn't "make us all rich". ROFLMFAO. It makes a few |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #89 |
107. Really? |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #107 |
205. When did the Chinese have a system "based on Marxism"? |
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DesertDiamond (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
118. When was capitalism every *really* about making us *all* rich? |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #118 |
131. Like I said... |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. Capitalism doesn't HAVE to be only about profits. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Huh, so capitalism doesn't have to be about its only reason to exist? |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:54 AM Response to Reply #37 |
63. Only if you are literal... |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #63 |
152. Right, because doublethink is soooo much more "enlightened" |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. It doesn't? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #34 |
105. We may now live in a plutonomy, rather than in a capitalist society. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
41. From this thread it looks like President Obama and the Dalai Lama have something in common |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. LOL! Mind-boggling ain't it? |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:13 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Marxist Muslin Nazis. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #41 |
111. Good one. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
120. incredible indeed |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
48. Um, not good for him, marxism is flawed and oversimplified |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #48 |
112. Unlike capitalism? |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #112 |
153. "I don't believe in 'isms' " -- Ferris Bueller |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
49. I want to have cocktails with this guy. n/t |
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D23MIURG23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
50. Something about this seems mildly ironic... hmm just cant seem to put my finger on it... |
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FightingBobsghost (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
51. Huh? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #51 |
123. Spewed! |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
52. Isn't he whatever label the reporter asks him to be? |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
59. I'm impressed with his books and teachings. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:29 AM Response to Reply #59 |
90. You're just not reading him right. I'm sure it's all in there somewhere....... |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #90 |
141. Yeah, I suppose crazy people who would invent anything just to be malicious |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #141 |
154. Apparently, from some of the responses to this thread... projection is not exclusive to the GOP fans |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:15 PM Response to Reply #141 |
164. Now you are beginning to understand.... |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
60. He probably just realize that capitalism is struggling to survive n/t |
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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
62. i hope marxism shows him |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:45 AM Response to Reply #62 |
79. Can you tell me anything about the lifestyle of a Tibetan living outside the area now controlled by |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #62 |
91. The Dalai Lama has SLAVES???? Tibet is a theocracy???? |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #91 |
93. Who ARE these people making these inane comments? LOL |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #93 |
101. Paid Chinese shills - I have seen them get HATEFUL about the Dalai Lama |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 01:54 AM Response to Reply #101 |
177. WTF? Seriously. I can't get over what I'm reading here. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #62 |
136. Wow. Where are you receiving these transmissions from? |
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davidthegnome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
65. Interesting |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #65 |
95. Plus 1 |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
78. The Dalai Lama is the person who taught me the emptiness of Buddhism. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #78 |
104. Isn't emptiness the whole point of Buddhism? nt |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #104 |
114. And they say that a student who honors his teacher honors himself. |
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Crowman1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
87. Apparently the Dalai Lama didn't read Karl Marx's opinion about religion. |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #87 |
92. I'm not sure Buddhism is a religion. It's more a way of life. And it is |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #87 |
109. That was, of course, written by a man who lived in a culture immersed |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 02:00 AM Response to Reply #109 |
180. Not a single thought, I'm sure. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #87 |
119. I am not normally a betting person, but I'd bet the DL is very familiar with that. |
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ChangoLoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #87 |
138. I know atheist buddhists. nt |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #138 |
155. Buddhism, by definition, is atheist ;-) |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 01:57 AM Response to Reply #155 |
179. Thank you. |
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ChangoLoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #155 |
199. They need a clear boss for their universe. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #155 |
203. This Atheist with Buddhist leanings says +1 |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
106. As long as he isn't a Stalinist. (nt) |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
113. Isn't that a bit like Lady Gaga saying she's a communist? |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #113 |
142. Or the right wing saying we're all communists. Lots of outlooks on a name. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
115. No human is perfect. eom. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
117. I knew he was a Marxist |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
121. Oh Oh... ya did it now Dalai Lama... you claimed to be a Marxist!!!!! |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
127. Does this dude ever |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #127 |
158. Yes. There are women monks. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #158 |
161. Are the women called 'monks' |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 05:37 AM Response to Reply #161 |
185. I don't think you understand what it is to be a mystic. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #185 |
194. I'd bet the |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #194 |
202. No mystical path is comfortable - they are designed to be very uncomfortable |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #127 |
160. I hear he's reincarnated himself a few times, and has been many different people. |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
130. Go Marxism! |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
146. What nonsense |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #146 |
151. Absolutely true |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #146 |
159. That quote was really funny. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 12:51 AM Response to Reply #146 |
174. Wow, that BS post made you just lose a lot of the respect I had for you. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 07:24 AM Response to Reply #174 |
190. Well then... |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 06:59 AM Response to Reply #146 |
188. Have you ever read Marx yet? Capitalism is only one form of economy that will have to progress to |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 07:32 AM Response to Reply #188 |
191. Some, and I am quite familiar with the idea |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #191 |
197. Experimentation and exploration is the idea Marx left with us |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #197 |
204. +1 |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
178. The Dalai Lama would laugh his ass off at this entire thread. |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
184. I want to hear from folks in this thread who have met Tibetans. |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 06:39 AM Response to Reply #184 |
186. First of all, Tibetans tend to be always laughing, joking yet in a quiet way |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #186 |
196. I was in Nepal in 94. met Tibetans who lived in the Mustang district |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #196 |
198. I agree. It is indeed becoming wierder ... |
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