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To: quehubo who wrote (126677)12/8/2009 10:04:09 PM
From: Mary Cluney  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 543024
 
<<<How very tolerant of you to label the few billion people of faith on the planet borderline deranged.>>>

My guess is there maybe some overlap but we probably agree on the total number or there abouts of borderline deranged ie To disturb the order or arrangement of, to upset the normal condition or functioning of, and to disturb mentally.

Somehow believing that some supernatural and all knowing deity would put in writing, in a primitive language, and in stone no less, a very ambiguous list of moral imperatives is difficult to understand.

Don't get me wrong, it is not especially the supernatural deity stuff that has me perplexed, it is the writing in stone that disturbs my sense of logic. If the message were all that important, there must be a better means of communications.



To: quehubo who wrote (126677)12/9/2009 5:26:52 AM
From: Travis_Bickle  Respond to of 543024
 
Meanwhile the inner cities are generating thousands of violent criminals with no moral compass. Legalizing drugs will put the degeneration into over drive.

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In my experience marijuana tends to make people less violent. Alcohol makes them much more violent, alcohol plus cocaine is even worse, and meth appears to turn them into zombies.

If we really wanted to cut down on violence we would encourage young people to use marijuana and crack down on the use of alcohol.