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When I lived in St. Pete, the causeway across the bay was to narrow for a cop to sit. So everyone would just haul ass across it. Then they started using airplanes to radio ahead to cops waiting at the other end.

They have roughly equal validity to my mind. But if you're asking more from a literary sense than a historical one, fair enough.

Since the whole story is made up and Jesus likely didn't exist, I'll go with no.

Man, in my office, there are about 1/3 Brits, 1/3 Americans, and 1/3 other. We all speak an international version of English generally. But when the Brits get going among themselves, it's hard even for me to follow. And vice versa. We also have a guy from Boston, and two other Southerners besides me. Everyone loves it when we do our regional accents that we lost long ago. But the non natives (Russian, Fillipino) and our Chinese boss can't follow half the conversation. By design.

Oh, they wouldn't understand most of it anyway. Now my postings at r/china and r/ccj2 (china circle jerk) could get me deported.

The one who married a geek is nikki. The wiff and OM vs. nikki thread is my personal favorite of all time.

Well, back in the day, there were... Nikki addict browneyedgirl souxsie thenewgirl Those three are about the only three that still come by this dump.

Religion is 100% about power and money. Let's look at the major players... Christianity - The Catholic church. For much of western history, refused to allow translation of the word of god into a language people could read. Why? So you're dependent on them. They also were a quasi second government, with their own taxes, rents, courts, and everything else. They ruthlessly attempted to squash any competition (crusades, inquisitions). All of the cathedrals, the vatican, etc., all pretty much built on slave labor. To this day, it is illegal to divorce or have an abortion in numerous countries because the catholic church. They were the carrot to the king's stick. They both made your temporal life one of misery and toil... but the church promised you a better one in the next life... if you either obey, or purchase an expensive get out of jail free card. The protestants cleaned up some of the more ridiculous bullsh!t, but go to any small southern town, and the way they use Jesus to gain personal power and wealth is as plain as day. Islam - As regards to women, the control is obvious. To this day, they use focking apps to track their wives and block them from being able to travel. Saudi women gained the ability to drive like a year ago. They used Islam as the way to incite the masses into conquest. The Sultan started calling himself a caliph as well, and they burst forth from the sands of arabia to conquer everything from southern spain to central asia. And of course, became incredibly rich in the process. Islam controls your diet, your schedule (prayer times), and a host of other personal issues. Judaism - Judaism controls ones life to ridiculous degree, depending on how orthodox one is. From atire, to haircut, to diet, to schedule, it is all controlled, and you will be shunned if you disobey. Jehovas Witness, Mormons, Scientologists... all the same old bullsh!t. Religion is a disease. Sure, your garden variety American Christianity is a benign one. Its psoriasis. Its annoying. Its unsightly. But it ain't gonna kill ya. Islam is brain cancer. There are several reasons why "The West" won. Why a small population of people on the fringes of the known world with no extraordinary resources at their disposal were able to pretty much conquer and culturally dominate the entire globe. But the #1 reason? More so than any other culture, we rejected concepts like "fate" and "the will of heaven" and "god's plan" and got off our dead asses, learned new things, invented new things, and kicked ass with them. That is why religion sucks. It is designed to subvert the will of man and turn it over to a God, via the money grubbing power hungry institution which purports to represent said god. It is designed to keep the masses lazy, poor, and stupid. The west is the only place it has largely, but not entirely, failed. Thank your non existent god for that.

Thank you volty. How the hell was this not the first post?

In all seriousness, I want it preserved. Not because I give a fock about Jesus or Mary, as I don't. I want it preserved for the same reason I want Ankor Wat preserved, or the Dome of the Rock Mosque, or the Forbidden City in Beijing, or Maccu Piccu, or whatever. It's a historical and cultural monument. Future generations should have the opportunity to see it too. As it was. Not some focked up neo leftist monument to inclusiveness and idiocy.

Better idea. Turn it into the Notre Dame Al Muhammad Great Mosque of France. Put a dome and minarets on it and everything. Make a big show of the grand opening, invite Muslim notables from all over for the first prayers there. Then bolt it shut from the outside and set it on fire again.

I wouldn't notice. Either back in America or here. In America, I may notice if it was like a crazy ex following me in her own car, or something simple like that. In China? Hell, I'm easy as hell to tail. I'm a foot taller than everyone else, and everyone else has the exact same hair and skin color. I can't even find my wife in the grocery store, let alone spot a tail. Add in the cameras, facial recognition software, and the fact that they can GPS track me from my phone (that they made) and read all of my texts and whatnot, and the government can easily put their hands on me anytime they have a fancy to.

Nah. Circuses are fun.

Must be much tougher to win pelosis SF district.

Happens all the time. When the hamster dies.