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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:47 AM Original message |
The Bill Gates e-mail that's making the rounds. (It doesn't sound very Christian) |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. Not his |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Thanks TW! |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm not sure why it's considered "not Christian" |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. And it doesn't sound Christian. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. huh? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. I know. If that doesn't send a red flag as to who sent this e-mail, what does? |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
69. The tip off is before that. "If you agree, pass it on." |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. snopes. snopes. SNOPES |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I just told the person who sent it to me. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. I won't even google it. Total Bullshit. |
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rustydog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
6. And if you read and forward this, Billy-boy will send you $ 1000.00!! |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
7. Whoever made this up is someone stuck in the 1980's |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
60. Well, the one Snopes.com debunked was from 2000 |
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freeplessinseattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
70. yeah, that was a huge clue right there |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
9. Old, old chain e-mail... |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. That old urban legend has been around forever. |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
11. Gates didn't say this, this is old stuff |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
14. OK, despite the fact that he didn't say this, and that he is a well-known atheist... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Well it hits the thumb with a hammer! |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Couldn't have said it better. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Have you not seen just how Christian the military has become?... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I was referring to the purported person not the deity or the institution. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Not Christian, by my definition, which admittedly is old school. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Christians are anti-military now? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Not Christian in the way that, let's say, Jesus would define Christian? |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. Was Jesus anti-military? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. I'm sure he was. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. Those Christians were doing that circa 1200 CE |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Gates is not an atheist. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. He doesn't say he's not an atheist there.... |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. He's an agnostic at best. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. What's the difference between an agnostic and an atheist? |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. An atheist says there is no god. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. There are many definitions. |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. No, just one. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. There are more than one. But don't hesitate to define me. |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. You can define yourself any way you like. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. The "official" definition is taken from the Greek root. |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Whatever. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
65. Stephen Colbert says that Agnostics are atheists without balls. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. I've heard they are Atheists with a low sense of self esteem! |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
15. Nevermind |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
16. I am pretty sure this is MY DAD talking |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
17. Seriously. Who still believes this shit? n/t |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
20. Old as the internet. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
21. Like Gates doesn't have better things to do than write such drivel |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Or doesn't have access to better writers. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Pft, dude I'm say'n - it doesn't even read like a Windows start-up prompt |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. I will respond to one of them. |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
30. Another Give Away |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
31. Oh so clearly no the work of Gates, or anyone of intelligence |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
34. These points are so true. Ignoring them only hurt our children. |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
35. Lost me at 'car phone' |
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Mother Smuckers (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I know many people who have cell phones semi-permanently installed in their cars. |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
52. It's all in the context. They make it sound like a perk reserved for captains of industry. |
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Mother Smuckers (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. Well, whoever did write it - and whenever- makes perfect sense to me... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
38. Translation: Conform and join the rat race. |
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Mother Smuckers (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Conforming isn't the only requirement, and nobody wants to LOSE the rat race. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
39. The part about English is a regular on RW astroturf emails |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. But there's an element of truth there. If it weren't for our fighting men... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. ha! |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
44. "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it's in English, thank a soldier". If you smell the BS |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
46. And don't forget that, in America as in the rest of the world, being born into wealth and |
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ThatPoetGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
51. This is so obviously NOT Bill Gates. |
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GSanon (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
53. and noone will ever need more than 128k of memory... |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
55. This email is seriously old. Nowadays I would say fuck the work ethics and fuck being |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
61. Fuck that shit! (except rule 11, WE WILL RULE YOU, BAHAHAHA!!!) |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
63. Most of that old email is stupid pseudo-aphorism. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. I guessed Seinfeld. Hardly anybody worked. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
68. not Bill Gates, RW bs which has made the rounds many times before |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
71. f you can read this in English thank a soldier!!! ???? |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
72. "Car phone"? |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
73. this is probably fake. |
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