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  • #61
    Evil white oppressor who is far less celebrated than all those great Black inventors whose names momentarily escape me.
    The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil Finland

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    • #62
      One of the U S history books used in our local public school system has short biographies of black and women inventors, but you can't find Edison's name anywhere in the book. I have a problem with that.
      Old posters never die.
      They j.u.s.t..f..a..d..e...a...w...a...y....

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      • #63
        That's not good.
        Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...

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        • #64
          Who cares if we don't have a Wright brother's holiday? Do we have any holidays devoted to inventors or scientists?

          Hey, what the heck is a late talker? Is this some crack pot idea that geniuses tend to be delayed in developmental milestones? If so it's a crock. Most studies show that exceptionally bright people tend to show that they're ahead of the curve during early childhood. There is even a scale for calculating IQ based on the age when a person learns to talk, read, and write which has a reasonably fair coorelation with performance tests.
          "I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!

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          • #65
            Originally posted by Adam Smith
            One of the U S history books used in our local public school system has short biographies of black and women inventors, but you can't find Edison's name anywhere in the book. I have a problem with that.
            That is a problem -- Edison is an important historical figure, so no one can disregard him.
            A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.

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            • #66
              Who cares if we don't have a Wright brother's holiday? Do we have any holidays devoted to inventors or scientists?

              How 'bout Feynman Day, folks?
              "Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
              -Bokonon

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              • #67
                I think April Fool's Day should be celebrated in honor President George W. Bush.

                "I'm going to give tax cuts to the middle class."

                "HA, HA!! April Fool's!"
                A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.

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                • #68
                  Jesus, does every thread have to end up being an excuse to bash Bush?
                  KH FOR OWNER!
                  ASHER FOR CEO!!
                  GUYNEMER FOR OT MOD!!!

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                  • #69
                    Yes.
                    "Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
                    -Bokonon

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                    • #70
                      Originally posted by Ramo
                      Yes.
                      No no no.

                      Should have read:

                      Yes.

                      Sincerely,

                      Jesus
                      Tutto nel mondo è burla

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                      • #71
                        It's obvious I am Jesus. Writing that down would be redundant.
                        "Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
                        -Bokonon

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                        • #72
                          Cali,

                          There's this thing called the "quote" tag and it is there for a purpose. As you may have noticed, italics is for emphasis. Putting the entire quoted passage in italics does not make it more important, it just makes it hard to read, and thus getting ignored.

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                          • #73
                            Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
                            Jesus, does every thread have to end up being an excuse to bash Bush?
                            Geez -- does everyone have to take everything way too seriously?
                            A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.

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                            • #74
                              Originally posted by Caligastia
                              You just don't understand how things are here in the states.
                              That's funny, because I live here and have not noted a significant amount of Wright-bashing.
                              12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
                              Stadtluft Macht Frei
                              Killing it is the new killing it
                              Ultima Ratio Regum

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                              • #75
                                Originally posted by Ramo



                                How 'bout Feynman Day, folks?
                                That evil bastard deserved to die.
                                12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
                                Stadtluft Macht Frei
                                Killing it is the new killing it
                                Ultima Ratio Regum

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