Awwwwwww, [sm=hippie.gif]although to be totally honest, they will probably kill me, but this forum was in fact Mod XI's idea, I just looked in to see how it was going. I don't frequent this area in an official capacity.......not my beat.[;)]
**whispers, some dont adore me in vid chat, where I do hang, so might not want to ask em.....but thank you, you made my day!!**
Vendaval -> RE: Politics (4/12/2009 10:10:44 PM)
"All power corrupts but absolute power corrupts absolutely."
zenny -> RE: Politics (4/12/2009 10:21:33 PM)
That quote always intrigues me. Especially when combined with the the one mentioning exceptions to rules. I can't claim to enjoy the inclusion of "all" or "but"... It seems to mitigate some of its power.
Here's question sure to get the thread going - and it combines politics and religion like no other, providing a myriad of contentious issues fit for active debate (aka mudslinging and flaming);
If religion is the opium of the masses, then is it surely not appropriate that a select few be permitted to regard opium as their religion?
Neither have I attended mass though considering who I am, methinks that I'd be a total lost cause [:)]
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ORIGINAL: LadyEllen
Here's question sure to get the thread going - and it combines politics and religion like no other, providing a myriad of contentious issues fit for active debate (aka mudslinging and flaming);
If religion is the opium of the masses, then is it surely not appropriate that a select few be permitted to regard opium as their religion?
Answers on a postcard please
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If this was the case Lady E, then we'd quickly see the polarizing of the masses and then seeing them splinter off into separate and opposing groups. Like with any body of masses, there would be some sort of organization to the group thus this organization could be deemed as a government. So like with most, of not all governments, dissension and discord will soon follow.