Re: OT Wikipedia blocks users from posting criticism of Obama

VoiceOfReason wrote:
On Mar 11, 8:22 am, "'Rev Dr' Lenny Flank" <lfl...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mar 11, 12:11 am, "[M]adman" <g...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



End times.
Agvain?

How many times now have the nutters predicted the imminent end of the
world . . . . ?

(snicker) (giggle) <---- yes, Madman, I am laughing at you


I always get a chuckle out of that too. I tell them to compare what
recent history is like, then compare it to the time that plague wiped
out 1/3 of the population of Europe.

It's supreme arrogance to think that the end times must come during
*their* lifetime.

From the relativistic perspective of the viewer, they always do.

--Jeff

--
It is very easy for rich people to preach
the virtues of self-reliance to the poor.
--Winston Churchill

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