I do NOT have to respect your beliefs! (rant)

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Aeson
Fake moon landings
Real moon landings

would make for a lame troll or joke. Why do you prefer faked moon landings to real ones?

[Aeson]

If you can't see how amazing a fake moon landing would be, there's no hope for you.

[Dinner]

My old room mate was a 9/11 truther. No matter how much I argued with him he believed Bush or the Israelis did 9/11.

He was a nice guy but an idiot. He also once claimed that most people in India are Hare Krishna, I corrected him and said I think he meant Hindu but he kept insisting it was Hare Krishna. My friend Amandeep, who is from India, started cracking up and, get this, he started arguing with Amandeep!

[Omni Rex Draconis]

Aeson - yes, I would be amazed if such a massive hoax could be carried off without any leaks or unavoidable chinks in the story. Not too mention the massive investment just to make it look real.

Oerdin - Arrogant people who argue with someone whose credentials are obviously better than their own.

My guy couldn't even explain what the Van Allen Belt is or why it is dangerous, but he was quite sure that it made the Apollo missions impossible.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Geronimo
It shouldn't be too long before some of the satellites being sent to the moon will be able to image the landing sites. I wonder how the hoaxers will respond?

With denial, as is the usual way.

Man is an irrational animal. The best thing we could do to add value to the universe is nuke ourselves and leave this place to the cockroaches.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

what's the problem with Tuvalu

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly


Only Presbyterians and Jains, afaik.

Would you provide a source for this statement, please?

[Omni Rex Draconis]

Originally posted by OneFootInTheGrave
what's the problem with Tuvalu

Same problems as everywhere else, I would imagine. Maybe the overwhelming concentration of Protestantism has made Tuvalu a hidden paradise here on Earth, full of happy, shiny people.

But I doubt it.

[Elok]

I don't even know what or where Tuvalu is. Pacific island, maybe?

[Theben]

Originally posted by Omni Rex Draconis

My guy couldn't even explain what the Van Allen Belt is or why it is dangerous, but he was quite sure that it made the Apollo missions impossible.

I think you have to change it every 60,000 miles, or else it might break and ruin your engine. Obviously you can't change it halfway to the Lune.

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Agathon


With denial, as is the usual way.

Man is an irrational animal. The best thing we could do to add value to the universe is nuke ourselves and leave this place to the cockroaches.

I take it you're unhappy?

[Wezil]

He's just pro-cockroach.

[jkp1187]

Originally posted by Elok
What the dickens does it matter if the guy doesn't believe anyone walked on the moon?

Today's unchallenged absurdity is tomorrow's unchallengeable platitude.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Elok
I don't even know what or where Tuvalu is. Pacific island, maybe?

Yep, it's a collection of islands totalling 10 square miles and 11,000 people near Micronesia. It has no military or police except for a rescue patrol. In a way it is paradise, except for one problem. It's also rather flat and if there is any truth to global warming it will disappear within 100 years.

[Omni Rex Draconis]

Originally posted by jkp1187
Today's unchallenged absurdity is tomorrow's unchallengeable platitude.

I like that a lot. Is that a quote?

I know of Tuvalu as the nation that sold its domain name - .tv - for a whack of dough. There isn't a single popular website under that domain yet, so I hope it wasn't all based on royalties.