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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: gao seng who wrote (30307)	9/30/2001 9:22:56 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I totally disagree. You can look at this another way. Those who believe this life is all we have, have a huge incentive to make this life as much as a heaven on Earth as possible. After all, there isn't much to look forward- of a personal nature, after death. Those who believe in something after death can do all sorts of unpleasant things, and live in unpleasant ways, but as long as they do something special before they die (according to many religions) they will still get into heaven. So they can be very bad indeed, and redeem themselves at the last minute, so to speak, for the next life.

To: gao seng who wrote (30307)	9/30/2001 9:27:45 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I think LSD was a bigger influence on Rush than Ayn Rand. RUSH Beneath, Between And Behind Ten score years ago, defeat the kingly foe A wondrous dream came into being Tame the trackless waste, no virgin land left chaste All shining eyes, but never seeing Beneath the noble birth Between the proudest words Behind the beauty, cracks appear Once with heads held high They sang out to the sky Why do their shadows bow in fear? Watch the cities rise Another ship arrives Earth's melting pot and ever growing Fantastic dreams come true Inventing something new The greatest minds, and never knowing... The guns replace the plow, facades are tarnished now The principles have been betrayed The dreams gone stale, but still let hope prevail History's debt won't be repaid. Rush dedicated 2112 to Ayn Rand in the liner notes. 2think.org and of course this gem egodeath.com