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How Liberalism and Libertarianism Destroyed Liberty
The Bitpig Rant ^ | 2009.11.10 | Bitpig (B-Chan)

Posted on 11/10/2009 11:55:00 AM PST by B-Chan

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To: the_conscience

I do neither.

Then again, I’m not the one hearing things.


181 posted on 11/11/2009 3:57:55 PM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Petronski; UriÂ’el-2012

Did you change Uriel’s post or not?


182 posted on 11/11/2009 3:59:33 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Petronski

Do they burn weed as incense in your Romanist Church that causes you to howl?


183 posted on 11/11/2009 4:00:36 PM PST by the_conscience (I'm a bigot: Against Jihadists and those who indirectly support them.)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

OK I resolve to make it none of my business.

I will state, however, that the original poster who proposed a Roman Catholic Theocratic government replete with the defense of the Inquisition -— and whose posts I passed around on certain Jewish webboard, probably stupidly -— successfully insured that large numbers of otherwise-converative Jewish people will never align themselves with the Republican party.

Pretty much confirmed the worst fears of what certain Christian groups are all about.


184 posted on 11/11/2009 4:02:06 PM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
Did you change Uriel’s post or not?

Of course not. Not even moderators can change posts.

185 posted on 11/11/2009 4:03:49 PM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: wagglebee
Lol.

Read "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" by Max Weber.

It will clarify a lot of your misconceptions.

186 posted on 11/11/2009 4:04:03 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: the_conscience
Do they burn weed as incense in your Romanist Church that causes you to howl?

I have no Romanist Church and I do not howl.

Seriously. Get help.

187 posted on 11/11/2009 4:04:47 PM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Petronski

Is it the holy water? Do they taint the holy water? Is that the problem?


188 posted on 11/11/2009 4:07:16 PM PST by the_conscience (I'm a bigot: Against Jihadists and those who indirectly support them.)
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To: the_conscience

There is no problem (not on my end anyway).


189 posted on 11/11/2009 4:11:54 PM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg; stfassisi; Petronski; MarkBsnr
Read "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" by Max Weber.

When the Pilgrims first arrived they set up a communist system and they all nearly starved as a result. This is not opinion, this is historical fact.

I do not dispute that they later adopted a work ethic and prospered, but so did Catholic, Anglican and Quaker colonists.

190 posted on 11/11/2009 4:13:01 PM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: Petronski

How about the wafers? Have you checked them? Are they mixing anything in with the flour?


191 posted on 11/11/2009 4:13:24 PM PST by the_conscience (I'm a bigot: Against Jihadists and those who indirectly support them.)
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To: Petronski; wagglebee
Apparently the two of you would have preferred the Pilgrims set up a Walmart as soon as they debarked the Mayflower.

And maybe a drive-thru Starbucks.

The Pilgrims' "collectivism" was simply an expedient means of surviving in a hostile world when they had very few supplies.

Read Max Weber"s "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism."

It's obvious the Pilgrims knew more about capitalism than many Roman Catholics on this forum (and certainly on this monarchy-loving thread.)

192 posted on 11/11/2009 4:13:44 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: the_conscience
How about the wafers? Have you checked them? Are they mixing anything in with the flour?

Your anti-Catholic hatred is obviously driving you quite mad.

193 posted on 11/11/2009 4:19:49 PM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Jewbacca
Your question was a good one.

I would agree the church of Rome (the papacy, the Roman Catholic church, the Vatican) is the antithesis of individual liberty, freedom of conscience and initiative, capitalism and world peace.

Anyone who reads Ratzinger's "global authority" encyclical can recognize the fascist tyranny inherent in it.

194 posted on 11/11/2009 4:20:08 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Petronski

What about the juice? Have they juiced the juice? Did you consider that?


195 posted on 11/11/2009 4:20:46 PM PST by the_conscience (I'm a bigot: Against Jihadists and those who indirectly support them.)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
The Pilgrims' "collectivism" was simply an expedient means of surviving in a hostile world when they had very few supplies.

And when that expedient means--their first impulse--failed fantastically, they were forced to consider capitalist methods.

Just like Lenin and the NEP.

196 posted on 11/11/2009 4:21:27 PM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: the_conscience

You need help.


197 posted on 11/11/2009 4:23:45 PM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Petronski; UriÂ’el-2012
Of course you changed his post by rewriting his post and then responding to it in italics as if that was his original comment.

Do you actually think God appreciates that kind of falsehood and deceit?

We've heard certain RCs believe telling lies is permissible if those lies move the agenda along.

Apparently we're witnessing that maneuver firsthand.

As I said, if you keep doing this under-handed posting, be prepared to find yourself on the receiving end of it.

198 posted on 11/11/2009 4:28:48 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
Of course you changed his post...

Absolutely false.

His post, #128, remains exactly as he posted it.

Another false statement by Dr. Eckleburg, as is per usual.

199 posted on 11/11/2009 4:32:43 PM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
As I said, if you keep doing this under-handed posting, be prepared to find yourself on the receiving end of it.

LOL

Dr. Eckleburg threatening to produce under-handed posts is like Ahmedinejad threatening to start hating Jews.

200 posted on 11/11/2009 4:35:41 PM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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