OT: Re: Going OT Re: (no subject)

From: R. D. Davis <rdd_at_rddavis.org>
Date: Wed Feb 19 19:58:00 2003

Quothe Mail List, from writings of Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 09:30:56PM -0500:
> Come on man, this can't be true, can it? Where did you find this
> information?

[about Bush administration officials and their connection to a group
that favors stoning people to death for offenses that violate Biblical
teachings, such as stoning women to death for extramarital affairs]

> And is it factual?

Check it out for yourself:

http://www.au.org/press/pr021114.htm

Also, keep in mind that the Bush Administration unofficially requires
staff members to attend Bible study in the White House, and at least
one member of the staff has resigned over this unofficial requirement.
Draw your own conclusion. For further information, check out an
article in the Baltimore Sun (www.sunspot.net) about Bush and
religion:

"Bush turns increasingly to language of religion," (Published: 02/10/03)

Here's another interesting little tidbit of information connecting the
Shrub administration to religious extremism, displaying the
administration's apparent dislike for science and rational thought
(does anyone want to place a bet on how long it will be until an
"Intellectual Thought Crimes Act" is proposed by the administration?):

  President Bush has announced his plan to select Dr. W.
  David Hager to head up the Food and Drug
  Administration's (FDA) Reproductive Health Drugs
  Advisory Committee. Hager is a practicing
  obstetrician-gynecologist, and sources told Time
  magazine that in his private practice he will not
  prescribe contraceptives to unmarried women. He is also
  the author of a book which suggests that women who
  suffer from premenstrual syndrome should seek help from
  reading the bible and praying.

  The Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee is
  responsible for offering expert scientific and medical
  advice to the FDA on matters relating to drugs used in
  the practice of obstetrics, gynecology, and related [...]

> You are a unique individual.

Should not everyone be a unique, free-thinking, individual?

> It seems you have some "conspierist" <sp?> theories of the US
> Government. ^^^^^^^^^^^

Conspiracy. The word is conspiracy, as most people, of reasonable
intellect, learned by the time they were old enough to vote or discuss
politics. However, no, I don't really think that what I write about
has much of anything to do with conspiracy theories, despite your
fanciful thinking. Does denying reality truly make you happy?

> We're actually fairly close neighbors. Someday I'd like to meet

Eh? We might both be on the same side of the Mason-Dixon line, but
you're in a different state... not exactly close by. Alas, we're not
close enough neighbors for a nice neighborly feud... dang. ;-)

> you. Not to argue your point of view, but just to try to understand
> it.

Here's the key to understanding what I've written: Try thinking for
yourself----that's what you have a useable brain (it must be somewhat
functional, as you appear to have sense enough to like DEC equipment
:-)) for, and you may begin to understand not only my way of thinking,
but the way of thinking of the many other individuals on this
list---who are capable of independent thought, whether or not they
share any of my views. I don't claim to always be 100-percent
correct, although I can at least say that I think for myself, and I
try not to be a pawn of the propaganda pushers on the right or left.

-- 
Copyright (C) 2002 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other animals: 
All Rights Reserved            an unnatural belief that we're above Nature & 
rdd_at_rddavis.org  410-744-4900  her other creatures, using dogma to justify such
http://www.rddavis.org         beliefs and to justify much human cruelty.
Received on Wed Feb 19 2003 - 19:58:00 GMT

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