Vive la Voltaire!

[Provost Harrison]

Volta

[Seeker]

Upper Volta...

'"It is the same situation as in the 18th Century," Mr. Goldzink says. "Then it was Catholic priests who were angry. Now it is parts of the Muslim community."'

Nonesense. In that time 'old-school Catholicism' was a descending force, and the French nation was made up (mostly) of people sharing cultural commonality which made them more likely to consider the views of fellow frenchmen.

Today Islamic Fundamentalism is a rising force and the nation is now heaviliy and irreparably culturally divided causing a 'circling of the wagons' or fortress mentality whenever anyone from the 'other camp' attacks your camp.

[Whaleboy]

Vulva

[Ramo]

Voltaire
Voltairine de Cleyre

[duke o' york]

Originally posted by Richelieu
"On est laid à Nanterre,
C'est la faute à Voltaire;
Et bête à Palaiseau
C'est la faute à Rousseau.

Joie est mon caractère,
C'est la faute à Voltaire;
Misère est mon trousseau,
C'est la faute à Rousseau

"Je suis tombé par terre,
C'est la faute à Voltaire;
Le nez dans le ruisseau,
C'est la faute à . . . "

[Gibsie]

This seems like a good opportunity to remind people that Voltaire never actually said the famous quote that is constantly erroneously applied to him

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Japher
I have the one which they were all detatchable

My sister and I had that one too. But we split them up, so we rarely put the whole thing together.

[Sandman]

Vultan

[BeBMan]

Vulcans

[Gangerolf]

Voltaire
the mayor
i'm getting sick and tired of all this islam bull****

If Voltaire gets censored (or self-censored) then we may as well give up on society.

[Heresson]

Voltaire

insulting religions

pointing mistakes in religions without insulting them

While I like Voltaire as a writer, I have great disdain for him as a person. He'd do and write evrything for money.

[Heresson]

oh, and "la" was a joke, right?

[Sava]

what's wrong with insulting a religion or any other ideology for that matter?

and some people think that pointing out the mistakes IS an insult... so what does one do about that?

if peoples' faith is strong, what should it matter what an "unbeliever" says? won't god smite them or something?

oh wait, was that an insult?



if people believe in silly things, they should not be upset or offended if people hold the opinion that those beliefs are silly

I believe people should have the right to believe in whatever they want.

I also believe people should have the right to freedom of speech. (generally)

Sometimes this clashes, but hey, things would be boring if they didn't.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Sava
now this is awesome

I never had all of them

I did. And not the cheap all-plastic version you posted a picture of. I had the plastic and metal version. Sucker. That'll teach you not to be North American, *****.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


I did. And not the cheap all-plastic version you posted a picture of. I had the plastic and metal version. Sucker. That'll teach you not to be North American, *****.

I recently bought that from ebay to recreate the Voltron I had as a kid. Now to try and get the Dinobots.