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That's right. Everything.

It doesn't matter what it is, it is wrong and somebody, somewhere has proof.

How does society in general react? Well, easy, they make calls to be more "moderate" and sit in the "middle". After all, when everything you think is wrong, riding fences is the only way to go!

I say, "Phooey!"

Believe in something. Even if people think you're a moron for doing so. Who cares what people think anyway? After all ... everything they think can be proven wrong too.

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That's right. Everything.
It doesn't matter what it is, it is wrong and somebody, somewhere has proof.


*grin* - so does that include the statement you just made :p ?

Didn't Jim Hightower say something about the only things in the middle of the road being yellow lines and dead armadillos?

It's believing in random nonsense that makes america great after all. Like the good citizens of mississippi with their average iq of 80 who staunchly defend their right to be convinced of utterly ridiculous claptrap by elitists who exploit this gullibility for financial and political gain.

Why is it good to believe garbage?

I say "Argue, argue and argue again, then shut up. You don't have all the amswers".

Didn't Jim Hightower say something about the only things in the middle of the road being yellow lines and dead armadillos?

he was wrong, natch.

Socrates said the only thing you can know for sure is that you don't know anything for sure, but how can he be so sure?

Jim Hightower is never wrong.

Well.. we could turn this thread into one where people make statements most people know to be true.. while they are in fact not ;)

Examples:

According to the bible, Eve gave Adam an apple.
The bastille was stormed during the French revolution.
Cinderalla wore glass shoes to the ball.

;)

Fire the Deathblossom!!!!!!

I prefer to regard everything I disbelieve as wrong. ;)

Didn't Jim Hightower say something about the only things in the middle of the road being yellow lines and dead armadillos?

He forgot to mention the Tucans (Brazilian political reference) :D

Well.. we could turn this thread into one where people make statements most people know to be true.. while they are in fact not ;)

Examples:

According to the bible, Eve gave Adam an apple.
The bastille was stormed during the French revolution.
Cinderalla wore glass shoes to the ball.

;)

Democracy gives power to the people. :eek:

Jim Hightower is never wrong.

if you believe that i can prove it is false.

Everything you believe is WRONG!

Damn! I knew it!

That's right. Everything.

It doesn't matter what it is, it is wrong and somebody, somewhere has proof.

How does society in general react? Well, easy, they make calls to be more "moderate" and sit in the "middle". After all, when everything you think is wrong, riding fences is the only way to go!

I say, "Phooey!"

Believe in something. Even if people think you're a moron for doing so. Who cares what people think anyway? After all ... everything they think can be proven wrong too.

This public service announcement is brought to you by the Society Against Fence-riding.

I can't follow that belief
I believe everything I believe is right because I have trouble function under the opposite.

if you believe that i can prove it is false.

I don't have to admit it. Or believe it. *thumbs nose*

Well.. we could turn this thread into one where people make statements most people know to be true.. while they are in fact not ;)

Examples:

According to the bible, Eve gave Adam an apple.
The bastille was stormed during the French revolution.
Cinderalla wore glass shoes to the ball.

;)

Okay I'll bite, what actually happened in those three cases then?

*grin* - so does that include the statement you just made :p ?

Yes ... because someone, somewhere has proof. :)

I agree! No more fence sitting, it creases into my butt.

I'm going to wear my tin hat from now on. We can't be too sure about those damn aliens.

Okay I'll bite, what actually happened in those three cases then?

The bible never names the forbidden fruit. Though since Adam and Eve covered themselves with fig leaves after eating some say it was a fig. Where the apple came from I do not know.. nor could I find any decent references to it.

The bastille wasn't 'stormed'. The guardian in charge negotiated with the mob outside to let him go unharmed if he opened the doors. They agreed. He simply let them in. They then killed him anyway. And most prisoners (though there were few) for that matter.

Cinderalla is a trick question ;) Many people will say that the original version spoke of 'pantoufle de vair' (fur slipper) instead of pantoufle de verre (glass slipper) and that it is a mistranslation. This is incorrect - the Charles Perrault's version this refers to does speak of glass slippers. His version just wasn't the first - China has various older ones with a *golden* slipper.

Everything I believe is right, as I wouldn't believe it if it were wrong.

Socrates said the only thing you can know for sure is that you don't know anything for sure, but how can he be so sure?

well, the oracle at delphi did tell him he was the smartest guy around. so he knew that he knew something.

How does society in general react? Well, easy, they make calls to be more "moderate" and sit in the "middle". After all, when everything you think is wrong, riding fences is the only way to go!

I say, "Phooey!"

Believe in something. Even if people think you're a moron for doing so. Who cares what people think anyway? After all ... everything they think can be proven wrong too.

This public service announcement is brought to you by the Society Against Fence-riding.
Being moderate is not the same as believing in nothing. I believe that a middle point betweem socialism and capitalism is best for society. This does not mean that I believe in nothing or am a fence-sitter