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To: Gengis Khan

"Its got nothing to do with Hinduism"

Oh its got a lot to do with Hinduism. Forced marriages are institutionalized in the hindu faith.


180 posted on 12/30/2005 1:56:35 PM PST by Hill of Tara
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To: Hill of Tara
Marriages are institutionalized in the hindu faith. Not forced marriages.
 
And before I take a break I will leave you with a few quotes that can be of some help to you :
 

Ignorance and Stupidity




I am so stupid I amuse myself. --Ashley Papon

A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need all the advice. --Bill Cosby

I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence. There's a knob called 'brightness' but it doesn't work. --Gallagher

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Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams. --Mary Ellen Kelly

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The fortress that is my ignorance is impregnable! --Stephen Lee Dekat

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Better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.

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Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity

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The prisons aren't filled with brilliant people. -- Sgt. Joseph M. Reed, OPPD KS

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A closed mouth gathers no feet.

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

To laugh at men of sense is the privilege of fools.

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The little I know, I owe to my ignorance.--Sacha Guitry

Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects.--Will Rogers

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I am not ashamed to say that I am ignorant of what I do not know.--Cicero

If ignorance is bliss, there should be more happy people.--Victor Cousins

An ignorant person is someone who does not know what you have just found out.--Will Rogers

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The only defense against the world is a through knowledge of it.--John Locke

This product is not intended for use by personnel incapable of understanding the manual.

Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.

Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun. -- Benjamin Franklin

The man who doesn't recognize a fool when he sees one, is one himself.
--Baltasar Gracian

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--Montaigne

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If others had not been so foolish, we should be so. --William Blake

In my country, stupid people are valued! If not sure what to do, ask a stupid
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Never tackle anyone wearing the same color uniform as you!

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Silence is the virtue of fools. -- Francis Bacon

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Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer. --Charles Caleb Colton

The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools. -- Doug Larson

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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

To laugh at men of sense is the privilege of fools.

182 posted on 12/30/2005 2:03:09 PM PST by Gengis Khan
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To: Hill of Tara
Forced marriages are institutionalized in the hindu faith.

You really do not know what you talk about do you? That statement is a LIE.
293 posted on 01/01/2006 8:29:57 PM PST by Cronos (Never forget 9/11. Restore Hagia Sophia!)
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