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| Posts: 5614 | Location: Aotearoa (New Zealand) | Registered: 09-22-02 |  |
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quote: The study estimated that people with a gun were 4.5 times more likely to be shot in an assault than those not possessing a gun.
Very interesting. I wonder if bringing out a gun and shouting, "Do you feel lucky, punk?", might initiate a negative response in the assailant. I might just try to read the whole study sometime.
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quote: Very interesting. I wonder if bringing out a gun and shouting, "Do you feel lucky, punk?", might initiate a negative response in the assailant.
Well, it MIGHT initiate the the positive response of an immediate reception of 4.5 badass points to the victim.
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NASA Bombs Moon to find waterIsn't anything sacred anymore? I'm wondering why they want to find water there... probably so that they can colonise moon and pollute the waters there too. Whatever happened to the space treaty & law? ...and then Obama gets the Nobel for promoting nuclear dis-armament. What hypocrisy! *************************************************************************** Goodnight moon. Sweet dreams. Smile kindly upon this little blue gum ball of us while we sleep. -- Dave Matthews, from Twitter: 10.13.08*************************************************************************** - much love, light and laughter, ananya. *~Come play with my  children feel the peace and Scatter some joy.~* ~*Blowing out someone else's candle doesn't make your's burn any brighter.*~We can't all be stars, but we can all twinkle.
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The Evolution of the God Gene New York Times, November 15, 2011 The Evolution of the God Gene
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"In all of our hearts lies a longing for a Sacred Romance. It will not go away in spite of our efforts over the years to anesthetize or ignore its song, or attach it to a single person or endeavor." Brent Curtis
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Cultural Blundersby Neil Payne. ************************************************************** "Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders?" -- Friedrich Nietzsche ************************************************************** - much love, light and laughter, ananya. *~Come play with my children feel the peace and Scatter some joy.~* ~*Blowing out someone else's candle doesn't make your's burn any brighter.*~We can't all be stars, but we can all twinkle.
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quote: Cultural Blunders
by Neil Payne.
I remember hearing about one of Vauxhall's blunders. They tried to introduce a new car into Mexico. Rather than change the name they kept 'Nova' probably because it saved money on labels etc. Those of you who speak Spanish will know that 'no va' loosely translates as 'no go'. Not a good name for a car! Also, Toyota's MR2 didn't go down too well in France. Using French pronunciation the name sounds like 'em air deux'. Spoken quickly it sounds like 'merde'. French for shit.
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