Anyone else remember Bonnie Dobson? [youtube.com]

Marionville comments on Nov 16, 2020:

Yes...it’s beautiful and most people are unaware of her or that she wrote this great song. The Grateful Dead & Nazareth, amongst a whole list of others, have covered it. Beautiful original version..the best.

LenHazell53 replies on Nov 16, 2020:

She is still alive and well and plays venues in the south of England were she now lives. Along with Janis Ian she is one of my all time favourite female singer songwriters.

Who remembers Winifred Atwell?

LenHazell53 comments on Nov 16, 2020:

Yes, she was great. Along with Fat's Domino and Eartha Kitt her records were played a lot in our house when I was a kid. Odd that while my dad was such a Bigot who hated "our tinted brethren" (his term not mine) he sure did love black music. ...

LenHazell53 replies on Nov 16, 2020:

@FrayedBear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLN8AiQk-dw=gerrienails

Jehovah’s Witnesses Forced a Teen to Listen to Audio of Her Own Rape | Val Wilde | Friendly ...

LenHazell53 comments on Nov 15, 2020:

Where the fuck are and were her parents? How could they possibly condone this?

LenHazell53 replies on Nov 15, 2020:

@Triphid Well in my book the Parents of a Complainant, should then introduce the Council of Elders' bollocks to the business end of a steel toe capped boot.

Over 74K alleged sex abuse victims file claims against the Boy Scouts

BitFlipper comments on Nov 14, 2020:

I was a Boy Scout and never was approached.

LenHazell53 replies on Nov 15, 2020:

@BitFlipper I'm tempted to ask if you are bragging or complaining.

Jehovah’s Witnesses Forced a Teen to Listen to Audio of Her Own Rape | Val Wilde | Friendly ...

LenHazell53 comments on Nov 15, 2020:

Where the fuck are and were her parents? How could they possibly condone this?

LenHazell53 replies on Nov 15, 2020:

@brentan Disgusting, typical that social services ignore religious abuse of children by their own parents and fucking priests.

Over 74K alleged sex abuse victims file claims against the Boy Scouts

BitFlipper comments on Nov 14, 2020:

I was a Boy Scout and never was approached.

LenHazell53 replies on Nov 15, 2020:

And your point is?

What would Jesus say?

Mofo1953 comments on Nov 14, 2020:

Who gives a fuck what a fictional character would say about anything?

LenHazell53 replies on Nov 15, 2020:

Many a true word is spoken in jest

Why does Trump want to prevent the truth being revealed?

barjoe comments on Nov 11, 2020:

No. I don't support this. Joe Biden doesn't either.

LenHazell53 replies on Nov 12, 2020:

@barjoe That article makes no mention of Biden's position on the Trump executive order authorizing the punishment of any individuals involved in or in any way assisting the International Criminal Court. It simply states that Biden is like almost all other US politicians is pro Israel. You have in no way shown that Biden is in favour of Trump's idiocy.

Why does Trump want to prevent the truth being revealed?

barjoe comments on Nov 11, 2020:

No. I don't support this. Joe Biden doesn't either.

LenHazell53 replies on Nov 12, 2020:

@barjoe That is not a citation

Why does Trump want to prevent the truth being revealed?

barjoe comments on Nov 11, 2020:

No. I don't support this. Joe Biden doesn't either.

LenHazell53 replies on Nov 11, 2020:

"Joe Biden doesn't either." Citation please.

Is 45 planning to attempt to suspend the Constitution and declare himself a dictator?

Sticks48 comments on Nov 10, 2020:

As soon as Biden takes the oath he is in command of the military, the secret service, and the nuclear codes automatically change. He will be gone even if they have to escort him out which would really be fun to watch.

LenHazell53 replies on Nov 11, 2020:

IF Biden is allowed to take the oath. Until then Trump is still president and is still capable of suspending the constitution.

And they are asking only $AU150 for it! 😀😁🤣🤣🤣🤣

LenHazell53 comments on Nov 7, 2020:

I don't get it, what is funny?

LenHazell53 replies on Nov 8, 2020:

@FrayedBear Didn't need to use any dictionary mate, my father among other things was a plumber glazier and my grandfather was a master carpenter, that is why I could not understand what was funny. It may be common place to use the foul Americanism now but there was nothing wrong with the initial advertisement. So fair enough, not going to argue about it.

And they are asking only $AU150 for it! 😀😁🤣🤣🤣🤣

LenHazell53 comments on Nov 7, 2020:

I don't get it, what is funny?

LenHazell53 replies on Nov 7, 2020:

@FrayedBear Led lights are an actual thing, one of the early forms of decorative glazing in the 16th and 17th century. Sometimes incorrectly spelled Lead Light (To avoid confusion with L.E.D. lights) but more usually the led spelling. Derived from the past participle of the **verb** to Lead nothing to do with the metal lead (Pb), as the patterns and pictures were used as signs to lead a person to the correct destination.

Some thoughts on broadening the appeal of Agnostic.

EdEarl comments on Nov 7, 2020:

I will "pick" on one detail. You proposed, "for people who require evidence before forming a belief." The word evidence is often used in this sense, but people who believe in the bible say that the bible IS evidence. What unintended consequences may occur?

LenHazell53 replies on Nov 7, 2020:

they can BELIEVE whatever the fuck they like, that does not actually make it evidence.

I got a notification that someone responded to a comment i made (it said so and so 3 mins ago).

BitFlipper comments on Nov 4, 2020:

I get notifications that people have responded to comments I've made, but when I look I'm BLOCKED from seeing them. I'm even BLOCKED from seeing my own comments.

LenHazell53 replies on Nov 4, 2020:

Yes if the OP blocks you, neither you or the op can see you comment however others can still see your comment and like your comment, but you do still however get the points.

Very sad but very true

bobwjr comments on Nov 2, 2020:

Atrocious what Trump did

LenHazell53 replies on Nov 2, 2020:

Atrocious Trump nuff said

WITCHES - here are some witches (Remember I am an ATHEIST, I do NOT believe in witches!) Kitchen ...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 31, 2020:

I'm married to one and know many, and depending on which path they follow, they would either agree with you or laugh at you. Much of what you are stating comes from new age revivalist get rich quick books. "Witch" like "Satanic" or "oculist" or "Mystic" is a catch all term for a dozen or more ...

LenHazell53 replies on Nov 1, 2020:

@jigsaw of course there are, but the existence of witches in no way indicates the reality of magic. If acknowledge the historical existence of St. Bernadette it does not mean I think Lourdes is a place of genuine miracles. My wife's druidic witchcraft is more about living in harmony with nature, the earth, food as medicine and contributing to the overall positivity of attitudes and actions by humankind as a whole.

What do people in this community make of the anti-French rallies in Muslim countries? [bbc.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 30, 2020:

It does not all lot of good for those Muslims who have been trying for years to get people to believe that only a small proportion of all Muslims are dangerous loonies, to have large crowds of said loons dancing on French flags while trying to burn said flag at the same time thus setting themselves...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 31, 2020:

@barjoe just to note ***I*** did not say tiny, I said "a small proportion" if it is reasonable to think of 0.5% as a small portion of the worldwide Islamic population that still means, frighteningly, 9,000,000 "dangerous loonies" willing to kill for offence taken at a representation of the dead camel herder.

I don't know if this is from childhood misunderstanding or local dialect - Spell a splinter, ...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 28, 2020:

In the north of England we call it a spelk

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 28, 2020:

@FrayedBear Perhaps it's local to us, or may be related to the old coal fire lighting tool a spill

Prescient adjective having knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having ...

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 28, 2020:

I sometimes wish I had this, and most the time I'm glad I don't.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 28, 2020:

@Petter That is rather easy to predict, utter chaos especially in the US

When you find NO solution to a PROBLEM.

EyesThatSmile comments on Oct 27, 2020:

I disagree. Should Edison have stopped at 150 tries? Would that have meant that it is true, we can’t make light from electricity? Just because one person can’t find the answer to a problem, does not mean an answer isn’t out there, somewhere.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 27, 2020:

@Petter SO true Baird invented the Television before Farnsworth Richard Pearse made the first aeroplane flight before The Wright Brothers Otto Titsling invented the bra before Philippe de Brazier Elisha Grey invented the Telephone before Bell The Lumiere Brothers invented cinema before Edison (PS one of these is a lie)

Can anyone explain the Nicene Convention (?)

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 26, 2020:

which one?

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 26, 2020:

@twill there were two Nicene conferences 325 C.E. and 787 C.E., between these two and the various others between them held elsewhere, the foundation of orthodox Christianity, the creeds and sacraments, the canon of the Bible, the divinity of Christ, the doctrine of the trinity etc were thrashed out and decided upon by voting bishops, the result of which was the establishment of the one true church of Jesus Christ, which immediately schismed in to the eastern orthodox and the Roman Catholics. Thereafter followed centuries of religious war, pogroms, inquisitions, persecutions, extirpations of the gnostics and heretics not to mention political power struggles for control of every country in the western world and some in the east.

'Worship protest' expected to draw thousands to National Mall [thehill.

brentan comments on Oct 24, 2020:

Some Christians never got the message that they are supposed to suck it up and think of their treasures in Heaven.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 25, 2020:

As an ardent Christian once said to me after I quoted that same scripture to them *** "What pinko, fag, commie bastard told you that pile of donkey shite." ***

'Worship protest' expected to draw thousands to National Mall [thehill.

xenoview comments on Oct 24, 2020:

Freedom of speech.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 25, 2020:

NO one is inhibiting freedom of speech, simply requesting that said freedom be exercised sensibly in compliance within the reasonable constraints on public assembly by observing rules and laws designed to safeguard the public at large during a worldwide pandemic. The planning and permitting of such an event under the current circumstances is an act of suicidal and homicidal madness, that only religion would be allowed to do unimpeded. Unlike other protests carried out against genuine life threatening practices, this demand to be allowed to talk to an imaginary friend will likely NOT be tear gassed, flash grenaded or water cannoned. It would seem the right to delude oneself about a myth being fact is FAR more important than police brutality, institutional racism, attacks on actual freedom of speech, the death of democracy (or the pretence at it) and ACTUAL freedoms being systematically eroded, all of which being inconveniently real are far LESS important.

'Worship protest' expected to draw thousands to National Mall [thehill.

Heavykevy1985 comments on Oct 24, 2020:

People will raise a stink about this but what about all the BLM protests that had no social distancing.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 25, 2020:

@Heavykevy1985 I respectfully disagree.

I am a death-row executioner

PBuck0145 comments on Oct 23, 2020:

A civilized society will never IMPOSE the death penalty. Notwithstanding, human dignity, even that of a murderer or a rapist, is worth preserving. Any inmate should have the RIGHT to demand death in lieu of serving the remainder of his/her sentence. Death by nitrogen asphyxiation is painless, ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 24, 2020:

A convicted inmate has no rights other than to food shelter, health and hygiene, that is why imprisonment is a punishment. They certainly have no "right" to escape their prescribed punishment by assisted suicide.

'Worship protest' expected to draw thousands to National Mall [thehill.

Heavykevy1985 comments on Oct 24, 2020:

People will raise a stink about this but what about all the BLM protests that had no social distancing.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 24, 2020:

False dichotomy.

Question: What are your thoughts on the works of Friedrich Nietzsche?

Mofo1953 comments on Oct 24, 2020:

Don't agree with them.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 24, 2020:

@Mofo1953 "Was the intention of Perrault to make me outraged by it? Perhaps, but who the fuck cares?" You obviously do, because even now you recall being disturbed by it, Jacque Derrida wrote extensively upon the purpose of the text serving as a proving ground between the reader and the author, growth medium for thought and self realisation. I seriously suggest you read some of his works, I genuinely feel you would find him fascinating.

Question: What are your thoughts on the works of Friedrich Nietzsche?

Mofo1953 comments on Oct 24, 2020:

Don't agree with them.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 24, 2020:

You don't have to agree, you simply have to think. If his words made you think about why you don't agree, his philosophy has served its purpose

British journo nails it: ‘we have people being beheaded for showing cartoons.

Hages comments on Oct 23, 2020:

They’re acting like savages.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 24, 2020:

No the savage kills for food and to stay free. These hordes kill to stay enslaved and to deny freedom to others, you need to be "civilised" to have that make sense.

Can we choose a responder or group of responders for religious zealots who try and annoy us by ...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 21, 2020:

How about ignoring them?

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 22, 2020:

@girlwithsmiles @Fernapple You're both right, troll, and trawl both have the same etymological root as do trail and stroll from the old high Germanic trollen meaning to walk stealthily in order to stalk prey. At some point when applied to fishing trolling got confused with the Latin tragula, a dragnet and became Trawling

Just a thought So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme ...

Omnedon comments on Oct 22, 2020:

Tangent alert... A while back (before the pandemic) I was driving in Indianapolis and happened to drive past the Kurt Vonnegut museum and went in. It's pretty cool. There is also a mural of him on Massachusetts Avenue. Of course, he was from Indy... https://images.app.goo.gl/tWKmrWAn5RfZT4NN8

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 22, 2020:

thanks for that

[msn.

Willow_Wisp comments on Oct 21, 2020:

It's totally legal to wish death on anyone you don't like, I do it all the time. It's another thing entirely to come up with a step by step plan, write it down, then use it as a threat against someone you dislike due to their support of the person you hate. Every second Trump was in the hospital I...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 22, 2020:

Wrong I am afraid in the case of threats against the president or a presidential candidate *"Threatening the president of the United States is a federal felony under United States Code Title 18, Section 871. It consists of knowingly and willfully mailing or otherwise making "any threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the president of the United States. This also includes presidential candidates and former presidents."*

Wastrel (waist-rell) Noun, the very worst kind of person, an ingrate, a user of people, a sponger ...

FrayedBear comments on Oct 21, 2020:

A narcissist or psychopath?

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 21, 2020:

Not necessarily but it helps

Fall Calendar

FearlessFly comments on Oct 20, 2020:

Ok, but I don't think it will be decided on the 3rd. :P

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 21, 2020:

@HumanistJohn Whilcome to oblast Amerika 2020 Komrad

Fall Calendar

GEGR comments on Oct 21, 2020:

This Nightmare is just Beginning .

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 21, 2020:

Whoever wins the election half the population is going to take to the streets screaming fraud from behind the barrel of a gun.

Stumps Lancashire dialect for feet.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 20, 2020:

I do wonder if in this context Stump is an anglicization of the German word Strumphs which means stockings, tights or leggings, as opposed to being anything too do with the English Stump meaning a left over part of a felled tree or amputated limb or the verb to stump (up) meaning to pay out on a ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 20, 2020:

@altschmerz Yes because Schtroumpf is a French pun on Strumpf and is a joke on the "Stocking caps" or Strumpfmütze the Smurfs wear

Stumps Lancashire dialect for feet.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 20, 2020:

I do wonder if in this context Stump is an anglicization of the German word Strumphs which means stockings, tights or leggings, as opposed to being anything too do with the English Stump meaning a left over part of a felled tree or amputated limb or the verb to stump (up) meaning to pay out on a ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 20, 2020:

or possibly the scandinavian Strømpe meaning leg and foot covering.

Brid Lancashire dialect (old English) for bird.

Marionville comments on Oct 19, 2020:

If you lived anywhere in Ireland they’d think that you were talking about someone called Bridie or Brigit....as it’s a shortened form of the girl’s name.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 19, 2020:

@Marionville True they were also between them the goddesses of the moon, fire, herbs, hares, shields and fertility.

Brid Lancashire dialect (old English) for bird.

Marionville comments on Oct 19, 2020:

If you lived anywhere in Ireland they’d think that you were talking about someone called Bridie or Brigit....as it’s a shortened form of the girl’s name.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 19, 2020:

I was going to say a Brid is also a worshiper of the trinity celtic sister goddess' Brigid. The goddesses of poets, blacksmiths and healers respectively.

Cotter Not too unusual in its everyday meaning, but cotter also has other meanings, such as ...

t1nick comments on Oct 18, 2020:

I remember the TV series welcome back Cotter which helped launch Travolta. Of course this has little or nothing to do with the intent of your post. But that's the first thought that came to mind when I read the word. Sorry. Couldnt help myself. Lol

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 18, 2020:

@HippieChick58 Beat me to it, loved this show and the comics.

Here's something fun to test yourself.

BestWithoutGods comments on Oct 18, 2020:

Took the test. My score: "CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ANSWERED 90% CORRECTLY! You are ranked: Genius"

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 18, 2020:

You cannot score more than 90% on this test it cheats, at least two questions are wrong and two will only accept the Douay Rheims Roman Catholic bible answers.

Was Ayn Rand inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 16, 2020:

As a philosopher, Rand was a half way decent novelist, with no talent for narrative but a superb talent for creating despicable 3d characters.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 17, 2020:

@Hages No, I mean three dimensional characters, ie well developed and rounded.

FAMULUS FAM-yə-ləs Part of speech: noun Origin: Latin, mid 19th century 1: An assistant ...

Cutiebeauty comments on Oct 13, 2020:

Ahhhhh... Not a familiar then...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 13, 2020:

No a familiar is a demonic entity or evil spirit made manifest in the form of a mockery of a living creature, such as cat or frog. A famulus is a bonded living person or creature, sometimes an apprentice. For example in the film Krull after the murder of the Seer, his Famulus Titch bonds himself instead to Ergo the magnificent as the next nearest living magic user.

“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Willow_Wisp comments on Oct 12, 2020:

That's a statement most frequently quoted by people that think they're so much smarter than the rest of the population. Mencken was a satirist like Clemens (Mark Twain) so the comment had a hyperbolic aspect that indicates to me it's not meant to be considered an absolute. Mencken was frequently ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 12, 2020:

@Willow_Wisp I just said I don't resent you, why would I? I simply disagree with you.

“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

barjoe comments on Oct 12, 2020:

HL Menchken was a bad guy. The diary of H. L. Mencken is filled with Anti-Semitism, Racism and Nazi leanings. Why would you site him as a source? https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-05-mn-198-story.html

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 12, 2020:

@barjoe You forgot the full stop. :)

“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Willow_Wisp comments on Oct 12, 2020:

That's a statement most frequently quoted by people that think they're so much smarter than the rest of the population. Mencken was a satirist like Clemens (Mark Twain) so the comment had a hyperbolic aspect that indicates to me it's not meant to be considered an absolute. Mencken was frequently ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 12, 2020:

@Willow_Wisp ***"you can resent me for implications I never made, it's what conservatives do to me all the time,"*** I don't and I am a socialist.

“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

barjoe comments on Oct 12, 2020:

HL Menchken was a bad guy. The diary of H. L. Mencken is filled with Anti-Semitism, Racism and Nazi leanings. Why would you site him as a source? https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-05-mn-198-story.html

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 12, 2020:

@barjoe Seriously, you cannot differentiate between the created and the creator? By the way an ellipsis only has three dots not four, and indicates an omission not a pause unless followed by a comma or a space. 😊

“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Willow_Wisp comments on Oct 12, 2020:

That's a statement most frequently quoted by people that think they're so much smarter than the rest of the population. Mencken was a satirist like Clemens (Mark Twain) so the comment had a hyperbolic aspect that indicates to me it's not meant to be considered an absolute. Mencken was frequently ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 12, 2020:

@Willow_Wisp I never claimed that mental prowess was *better* than physical prowess, or artistic ability or practical talent, I resent the implication that I did. You are trying to divert by changing the subject. The fact is that some people are more intelligent, more knowledgeable, or cleverer than other people, and that to not utilise those people's abilities out of a childish envy is stupid false pride. If I need a doctor, I go to a doctor for advice and treatment, I don't go to a brick layer and say "He's just as good." Likewise if I need a strong wall built I don't go to a doctor because he is clever, I get a professional Brickie. Horses for courses. Yet in the west we still cling to this idiotic idea that intelligence is not something to be proud of, that clever people are somehow despicable and condescending, because at school "The Swot" was something to be despised. I am not at school anymore, I don't have playground arguments based on silly insecurities.

What does accountability mean to you?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 12, 2020:

Accountability is accepting actions have consequences for which responsibly must be taken, and that the same is applicable to all people. Integrity is a balance between personal and social obligations for the ethical protection of both. Forgiveness is for personal peace of mind, but never forget...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 12, 2020:

@Thirst2learn *** the CDC has no accountability to parents whose children were harmed by vaccines, they cannot be sued in court. So, why does the CDC get to, in some cases, kill children without answering to anybody?*** Have you any idea how fucking stupid that makes you sound?

“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

wordywalt comments on Oct 12, 2020:

Mencken was a hyper-sarcastic cynic trying to be a wit.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 12, 2020:

A cynic is just the word an idealist uses when faced with a realist.

“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Willow_Wisp comments on Oct 12, 2020:

That's a statement most frequently quoted by people that think they're so much smarter than the rest of the population. Mencken was a satirist like Clemens (Mark Twain) so the comment had a hyperbolic aspect that indicates to me it's not meant to be considered an absolute. Mencken was frequently ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 12, 2020:

@Willow_Wisp I have met people who are cleverer than I, more intelligent than I and more knowledgeable than I and I have taken the opportunity to learn from them. I have met infinitely more people who were less clever than I, less intelligent than I and less knowledgeable than I. These I choose to correct, teach or ignore depending on how honest they are about their own capabilities. I therefore judge myself to be above average in most aspects of brain power, how far above only testing could determine and I am not that interested to go to the bother of finding out.

“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Willow_Wisp comments on Oct 12, 2020:

That's a statement most frequently quoted by people that think they're so much smarter than the rest of the population. Mencken was a satirist like Clemens (Mark Twain) so the comment had a hyperbolic aspect that indicates to me it's not meant to be considered an absolute. Mencken was frequently ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 12, 2020:

*"That's a statement most frequently quoted by people that think they're so much smarter than the rest of the population."* Are you genuinely contending that there are NOT people who ARE much smarter than the rest of the population?

“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

barjoe comments on Oct 12, 2020:

HL Menchken was a bad guy. The diary of H. L. Mencken is filled with Anti-Semitism, Racism and Nazi leanings. Why would you site him as a source? https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-05-mn-198-story.html

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 12, 2020:

Because I am not a cancel culture moron. Hitler and Goebbels talk about the "Big Lie" in their respective works, a political trick that has been used to enormous effect for years, that fact that two despicable men developed it, doe not make it untrue. An aphorism stands upon its own truth and value, regardless of who said it. Why would you be so stupid as to not know that?

“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Fred_Snerd comments on Oct 12, 2020:

People are ignorant in the US because of propaganda. Government, religion, business, entertainment, and school warp our minds. We pass that on to friends and family. Cultures differ because we conform to them. We are either who we want to be or who someone wants us to be.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 12, 2020:

People decide who they want to be Sheeple are happy to be what they are told to be, even if that is to be someone else's dinner.

“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

altschmerz comments on Oct 12, 2020:

That guy was a real misanthrope, wasn't he! Though when you look at how people behave in general maybe you can't blame him. I've been reading Nextdoor (a neighborhood social networking service—you see posts from people in surrounding neighborhoods) and there are so many morons living nearby, I'm ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 12, 2020:

“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” ― H.L. Mencken

If Marriage Equality is Overturned by SCOTUS, Interracial Marriages May Be Next | Hemant Mehta | ...

girlwithsmiles comments on Oct 12, 2020:

Isn’t this a sign that they need a wider group of staff? If one’s religious and they decide not to carry out their duties fully because of it? They obviously need to employ others that are able to serve the functions expected of them, or tell people in the job description what is expected of ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 12, 2020:

@Green_Soldier71 , @girlwithsmiles Of course we have non religious marriage in the UK, it is called a civil ceremony and is carried out at a registry office or licenced venue. Don't confuse it with a civil union which is completely different and at present only offered to single sex couples, but will from next year be generally available to all. A secular marriage it is an actual legal marriage just without a church or religious sanctification. Even if you do marry in church there still has to be a secular appointed registrar present (sometimes this is the clergy, but often is not) or else it is not legal.

Eric Trump: My Daddy “Literally Saved Christianity” from Godless Democrats | Hemant Mehta | ...

anglophone comments on Oct 11, 2020:

The poor little wretch is not overly burdened with brains.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 11, 2020:

It is rumoured has has C&A sewn into the gusset of his underpants so he knows which way round to put them on.

When Bullies Think They’re Victims | Neil Carter

bobwjr comments on Oct 11, 2020:

Asshole

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 11, 2020:

you are too kind, but not to assholes, they are seriously offended

When Bullies Think They’re Victims | Neil Carter

Killtheskyfairy comments on Oct 11, 2020:

I hate these people and call out their hypocrisy any chance I get.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 11, 2020:

@altschmerz Another hero of mine

Communism seeks control through central banking and central communication. Sound familiar?

Willow_Wisp comments on Oct 9, 2020:

You're a conservative and grumpy because no one buys the stupid crap you have to say. So you call us communist and assume you can put Agnostic.com on trial because you're that important. You aren't that important, neither am I. Stupid ideas and fallacious claims are what I'm seeing from you, not ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 9, 2020:

@Thirst2learn No more like Dopey

Communism seeks control through central banking and central communication. Sound familiar?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 9, 2020:

@Thirst2learn The dead giveaway is that it was put on ***Jekyll island,*** because that is where they ***HYDE, HAHA!*** These *shape changing Jewish commie alien Bilderberg lizard people* cannot help but give themselves away by obvious puns and jokes! They think we are all stoopid, but ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 9, 2020:

@Thirst2learn In return you might do a dictionary search for the verb to joke? Never mind I will save you the trouble. **Joke: To talk humorously or flippantly. To cause amusement or laughter**

An Oldie but very Goody.

ChurchLess comments on Oct 8, 2020:

Have you verified the veracity of this quote? When, where & too whom did he say that. I have a problem with this.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 8, 2020:

It comes from the memoirs of Bill Moyers, a white house staffer who travelled with LDJ to the south on a tour in 1964, specifically to drum up favour for the Civil Rights Act, which he saw as a way to keep the people fighting one another so he could get on with doing whatever the Hell he liked. On the same trip Moyers repeats "the amusing anecdote" first reported by Adam Serwer of MSNBC, regarding how LBJ like to keep a live rattlesnake in the trunk of his presidential limousine so he could trick none white gas attendants in to opening it and have them "pissing themselves". "Once, the stunt nearly ended with him being beaten with a tire iron. Had not the President's bodyguards intervened"

Common Sense Atheism on Quora "What is it that keeps atheists going on in their life?

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2020:

No there is I think nothing in the Bible about suicide, I think, (could be wrong). But it does forbid killing. "Thou shalt not kill." Which the church has always interpreted as including, 'self murder', which was always seen as the worst sin, which barred a suicide from heaven forever. Almost ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 7, 2020:

The literal translation of the commandment is "You shall do no murder" and that specifically applies to "people" who under Hebrew law are other Jews. Gentiles are not people, they are human, but are not people, which is why it is okay to kill them in wars. (The book of Maccabees in the Catholic Douay Rheims bible discusses this at some depth) Therefore as a gentile committing suicide is not forbidden, only if you are one of the chosen people can you self murder.

Gimme that old time religion [youtube.com]

altschmerz comments on Oct 6, 2020:

Wasn't somebody asking about female ethical sluts? This is the ultimate ethical slut, LOL

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 7, 2020:

@altschmerz thanks, I was unaware

Here’s a zinger in the sense that you can tell somebody that we know more now than Jesus did or ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2020:

I think we are a lot closer to a universal truth than they were, if only by doubting there is a universal truth at all. Knowing at least the negative, that it is more difficult and complicated to find a universal truth, and therefore not being fulfilled by easy fake answers, is a big step towards ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 7, 2020:

I think you are confusing universal truth with absolute truth, very different things in that one probably exists taken seriously by science and has lead to the discovery of the Higgs Boson while the other is a religious false abstract concept.

Gimme that old time religion [youtube.com]

altschmerz comments on Oct 6, 2020:

Wasn't somebody asking about female ethical sluts? This is the ultimate ethical slut, LOL

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 6, 2020:

Slut is a very ugly word that says more about the person who chooses to use it aggressively, than it does about the object of their scorn.

I was reading my espionage novel this morning and one of the characters made reference to the need ...

FrayedBear comments on Oct 4, 2020:

Bit of a challenge here - isnt this a made up word & aren't they outside the purpose of this group? - "Do not post made up words" "Please post only uncommon words and their meanings."

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 4, 2020:

I recall reading a few years back that only Shakespeare added more new words to the English Language than did Star Trek, Star Wars must not be far behind.

Question: Are Millenials really the whiny, entitled, spoiled bunch of brats I hear so many ...

Dhiltong comments on Oct 4, 2020:

Being the father of 4 millennials and knowing them and their friends I’d say the above description is typical of the crap that permeates social media. I’m sure there are some that might may fit that description but to paint the entire generation in those terms is ridiculous.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 4, 2020:

@Sgt_Spanky True, but today the extremes are the norms, they for the most part think only in black and white, right and wrong, with right being judged on the criteria of only "how does this impact directly on me." rather than is it actually the right thing.

So you think you are right?

Omnedon comments on Oct 3, 2020:

I'm reminded of an example that illustrated an aspect of relativity. Two people are standing along a railroad track, separated by some distance. A train has sped past the first person, but has not yet reached the second person, and is blowing its horn. Each person reports hearing a different sound ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 3, 2020:

@Omnedon A false perception is still a mistake and a mistake is wrong by definition.

So you think you are right?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 3, 2020:

Which is why evidence of intent and purpose is always important to determine the correct perspective. Never assume or presume.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 3, 2020:

@FrayedBear That joke first appeared in a Bennie Hill sketch in 1973 appeared https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zOhedE0IRk=CoachingPartners

So you think you are right?

GoodMan comments on Oct 3, 2020:

I find that people with binary perspectives have this issue; since they believe they are right, you must be wrong.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 3, 2020:

In observed phenomena, after evidence is tested and confirmed then yes one person expressing that established fact is right and everyone else is wrong. However in actions it is perfectly possible for there to be more than one effective solution that will achieve the desired result, however depending on the criteria, there can be right and wrong ways to do things. For example there maybe a most efficient way to do something, a fastest way to do something and a most economic way of doing something that are all different, yet all can under different circumstance be consider the contextually correct way to do something with all other methods being considered incorrect, while all are still technically the right way.

So you think you are right?

Omnedon comments on Oct 3, 2020:

I'm reminded of an example that illustrated an aspect of relativity. Two people are standing along a railroad track, separated by some distance. A train has sped past the first person, but has not yet reached the second person, and is blowing its horn. Each person reports hearing a different sound ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 3, 2020:

The doppler effect. They are both accurately reporting what they heard, but depending on the relative positions, either one is right and one is wrong, or they both are both wrong, when compared to the actual tone of the horn.

Have you ever been irritated at someone for popping your “bubble?

Cyklone comments on Sep 25, 2020:

Laughing at other's accents is legitimate mockery. It's just one more thing to crank you yanks up with. Mind you, since trump we don't really need anything else. 🤣🤣

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 3, 2020:

@Varn Nay eyedear wit ya torquing abart kidda

TAOISM | Be Like Water - YouTube

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 2, 2020:

Be like water? Wet, sloppy, easily channeled and directed, often full of sewage and only one atom away from being a deadly poisonous bleach?

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 2, 2020:

@rainmanjr No idea what you mean by that

Karmic justice is a bitch We'll see how this plays out.

Paul4747 comments on Oct 2, 2020:

My neighbor just speculated aloud something that was in the back of my own mind- Supposing it's all a hoax to avoid the next debate, where Trump would have to face questions from and interact with members of the general public? It's established that he's the absolute worst at the town hall ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 2, 2020:

Maybe the doctors just told him he has it in the hope that he will just STFU?

Karmic justice is a bitch We'll see how this plays out.

itsmedammit comments on Oct 2, 2020:

I doubt it is a hoax but wonder how many people the stupid fuck has infected. I hope the debate hall was well ventilated. This is going to be a contact tracing nightmare!

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 2, 2020:

@itsmedammit Well our own dear Citizen Boris ended up in intensive care when he caught it, and he's a lot younger than Trumpty.

Trump loves his Proud Boys! [bbc.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 30, 2020:

And now Trump is claiming he has no idea who they are.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 1, 2020:

@Cutiebeauty when it suits him lol

I am simply running out of.

Apunzelle comments on Sep 27, 2020:

It really has become too much here. I’ve stopped following the news and have cut about 90% of my social media use. I’m a lot less miserable turning it all off. 😒

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 28, 2020:

@Apunzelle I sympathise I am diagnosed bi-polar myself, so I don't judge because I know what it is like.

Pantophagus-omnivorous

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 28, 2020:

The words are synonymous The words define one another.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 28, 2020:

@FrayedBear I believe the dash is not being used as a hyphen and is perhaps a mistake for the = on the next key along.

I am simply running out of.

Charles1971 comments on Sep 27, 2020:

I understand how you feel. It's saddening, infuriating, and frustrating. Sometimes I just try and avoid the news and media because it tends to make me feel worse. Ignorance can indeed be bliss when it comes to knowing what's going on in our country. Most days I just want to live my life and try and ...

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 28, 2020:

@Charles1971 if you believe a statement like "At least I'm old enough that I probably won't be around long enough to see everything become truly horrible." deserves anything but a stupid reply, then you are truly as foolish and heartless as you sound.

I am simply running out of.

Apunzelle comments on Sep 27, 2020:

It really has become too much here. I’ve stopped following the news and have cut about 90% of my social media use. I’m a lot less miserable turning it all off. 😒

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 28, 2020:

@Apunzelle *in a free society no has the **right** to be uninformed* as my old journalism professor used to say. Truth can be shared by anyone, freedom is a right but it comes at a price paid for in courage.

I am simply running out of.

barjoe comments on Sep 27, 2020:

@Seeker3CO What disgusting nation is that? Do you live in Russia?

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 28, 2020:

nope

I am simply running out of.

Apunzelle comments on Sep 27, 2020:

It really has become too much here. I’ve stopped following the news and have cut about 90% of my social media use. I’m a lot less miserable turning it all off. 😒

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 28, 2020:

damn

I am simply running out of.

Charles1971 comments on Sep 27, 2020:

I understand how you feel. It's saddening, infuriating, and frustrating. Sometimes I just try and avoid the news and media because it tends to make me feel worse. Ignorance can indeed be bliss when it comes to knowing what's going on in our country. Most days I just want to live my life and try and ...

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 28, 2020:

wtf

Things Exist Without Being Tangable | Ram - New Delhi, India | Atheist Experience 21.08 - YouTube

anglophone comments on Sep 26, 2020:

The number 2 exists, but it is not tangible.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 27, 2020:

The concept of two exists, when the concept is applied to any two objects to recognise them as such it becomes a property of those objects. There is no physical/tangible thing identifiable as "2" but the concept can be represented as a written numeral, that is as near to existence as it can get.

Things Exist Without Being Tangable | Ram - New Delhi, India | Atheist Experience 21.08 - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Sep 26, 2020:

By the same logic, dreams exist.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 27, 2020:

Dreams do exists, they are measurable activity with in the brain of the sleeper.

Things Exist Without Being Tangable | Ram - New Delhi, India | Atheist Experience 21.08 - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on Sep 27, 2020:

OK, I got it. We cannot see radio waves so they exist without being tangible. So what? How does this help you with the invisible man? I cannot see cold and flu germs either in normal circumstances.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 27, 2020:

Erm you might not be able to see Radio waves but in the 300MHz to 300GHz frequencies you can certainly feel them, they will burn you alive, so they most certainly ARE tangible.

This is conceivable - The child was conceived during the pandemic. 😂

desertastronomer comments on Sep 25, 2020:

How does Social Distancing factor into this - fucking strangers with masks on scenario?

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 25, 2020:

Perhaps he was a VERY big boy?

Look what passed for scandal on Fox News during the Obama years.

AnneWimsey comments on Sep 25, 2020:

That damned tan suit! Oh, and Michelle wearing a sleeveless dress, don't forget how horrifying That was......

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 25, 2020:

When I was in the LDS bare shoulders were known as Mormon Porn.

Well just when you think that the SCC can't go any lower, they have revoked the power of ...

UpsideDownAgain comments on Sep 25, 2020:

Wait until they realize that a whole bunch of members have figured out how nice it is to stay home on Sunday.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 25, 2020:

Oh that is happening already, the numbers of inactives are rocketing.

Well just when you think that the SCC can't go any lower, they have revoked the power of ...

BestWithoutGods comments on Sep 24, 2020:

There are two priesthoods. If one is the Mel-kiss-a-dick priesthood, is the other called the Iron-dick priesthood?

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 24, 2020:

When I was first taking the lessons as a boy I honestly thought the lesser priesthood was called the Ironic.

What happens in a church state

Green_Soldier71 comments on Sep 20, 2020:

When we say these things, even 'normal' Americans say that we are over-reacting. But, the fact of the matter is, if Christians are left alone to do their thang, the US will definitely turn into a 'Christian' Afghanistan and have our own version of the Taliban (moral enforcement and policing force).

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 22, 2020:

NO doubt about it, some churches even now have their own private (rent-a-cop) police forces and court systems. Mormons are taught that if it come to a choice between calling the police and calling the Bishop "ALWAYS" call the bishop. Divine law supersedes earthly law.

What would you never forgive?

MissKathleen comments on Sep 21, 2020:

I can forgive most things, but I will never forgive my now dead ex brother-in-law for sexually abusing my niece. I will never forgive my half-sister‘s now dead stepfather for sexually abusing her, beginning at age seven, and I will never forgive her now dead mother for not believing her when she ...

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 22, 2020:

Secrets are the family disease

Ron Jeremy hit with 20 new sexual assault charges, faces life in prison - AOL News

Rossy92 comments on Sep 1, 2020:

Considering the life he's led? Considering his age and the size of the task. Have seen him on a reality show and some interviews. Seemed like a decent guy.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 21, 2020:

Believe me he is not, back in the late 1980s two very well known female adult entertainment stars (identified as JJ and NH) tried to take him to court for rape, and were told by their lawyers not to bother as "Porn stars cannot be raped" obviously this encouraged the bastard. When he appeared on the reality TV show "The farm" in 2004 fellow porn star turned Italian politician Ilona Staller, widely known by her stage name Cicciolina, left the show after one episode allegedly because she was not willing to work with a man known in the business to be a "violent pervert"

What would you never forgive?

MsAl comments on Sep 21, 2020:

That is impossible to know until it has happened and significant time has passed.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 21, 2020:

@Green_Soldier71 revenge is pointless even when justice is denied.

Alimentation noun nourishment; nutrition.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 20, 2020:

The alimentary canal is the whole passage along which food passes through the body from mouth to anus. It includes the esophagus, stomach, and intestines where that nutrition is processed.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 20, 2020:

@WonderWartHog99 @HippieChick58 Alimentary my dear Watson

Somewhere I saw a supposedly biblical story from the OT -- young David was being chased by King Saul...

snytiger6 comments on Sep 20, 2020:

Evidently the story is in 1Samuel 22-24 If you have read the bible, Saul hated David, because David and Saul's son Jonathan had a romantic relationship. David was Bi. When he heard of Honathan's death David said his love for him was stonger than he felt for any woman.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 20, 2020:

Yes it is all a bit screwed up, since David was married to Jonathon's sister, had children with her (but later threw over in favour of Bathsheba) but seemed also to have been in a gay relationship with the crown prince and was for a time possibly involved with their father Saul who suffered from fits of madness which only David could calm by playing music to him for hours on end while he slept.

Somewhere I saw a supposedly biblical story from the OT -- young David was being chased by King Saul...

HumanistJohn comments on Sep 20, 2020:

This is just a jewish tale talking about king david, kind of fan fiction as we would call it today. As far as I remember, it's not in the bible. By the way, Isrraeli archaeologists have said that there was no great kingdom of david. He was merely a tribal chieftan whose life story was ...

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 20, 2020:

In 1993 The Tel Dan Stele was found in excavations in Turkey, which gives record from the Hittite archives of Battles, victories and defeats with the Kingdom of the Israelites, the founder of the House of David and his mighty armies and their alliance with Solomon against the Philistines . So it is now seen as a lot more credible to think David did exist and was far more than a simple tribal leader.

Noumenon: a posited object or event that exists independently of human sense and/or perception.

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 19, 2020:

So a bollocks word then, used to try and justify the existence of imaginary things. If something is existing independently of human sense and/or perception it may as well not exist at all, since it is completely irrelevant to perceived reality since it would would be completely indistinguishable ...

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 20, 2020:

@JackPedigo Did you actually bother to read my reply? Dark matter and energy and energy can be detected and proven by mathematical modeling therefore are NOT noumena, likewise viruses and pathogens can be detected both by effect and instrumentation and so are also phenomena. Therefore to reiterate "things that cannot be explained but which do exist" are NOT noumena they are phenomena.