Amen, and amen.
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Read my reply above. Actually, I wanted to add a little to it. If you must have these discussions, always focus on the immorality of the statist position. They must first explain why it is OK to take that which is not theirs. Do not accept any argument from utility (I don't care how honorable your intentions are or even how great the outcome may, supposedly, be). Theft is wrong, always. They can'
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Alpiner, I too am libertarian and have had the type of reasoned, well informed discussions that you are clearly trying to have. My advice, give up. There always comes a point where you agree to disagree. This is the point where you lose. You go your separate ways and, as your philosophy demands, you leave people alone to their beliefs. However, they go their way and proceed to force you, through
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I stand corrected.
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I hope I don't get burned too bad for this but, the note was left by a passenger and no one knows who it is. So --- why the assumption it was a guy? I think we all know far to many Molly-mo women who could just as easily have written this travesty.
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Are you sure this isn't something out of that last Indy Jones epic, "They have gone to the space between spaces." And, if you really think we have any real idea what history and ancient civilizations are about, let's discuss the pyramid recently found in Bosnia (Yes, the one in Europe). http://beforeitsnews.com/beyond-science/2013/04/30000-year-old-bosnian-pyramids-built-with-man-ma
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Where do I apply?
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And youth
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You have given me a totally new perception regarding your screen name.
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"A major role in a zone conference" is an oxymoron. Anyone who thinks a zone conference is worth anything other than the time you don't have to spend knocking on doors, has never actually been to a zone conference.
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Just the word "triff" was enought to bring back a flood of memories. That old mission slang, the harder they tried to eradicate it, the stronger and more widespread it became.
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So, when will the first iHat be available and how long will the line be?
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China is the place to be if you never want to hear about mormons again.
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The gourd, follow the holy gourd (everyone knows that by now.)
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We have a true prophet among us.
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That study should be required reading forall middle and high school kids. It should also be converted into an ongoing education course required for all local, state, and federal police forces.
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The short term for this is problem-reaction-solution or, the Hegelian dialectic.
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Having done a fair amount of translation in my time, a year may be on the short side for literature of this type.
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How did you wangle the 50% discounts. Other fans of Brianhead want to know.
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I tickle my kids and wife relentlessly. Maybe I am headed for divorce.
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Please keep your name. My wife always loves it when Mr. Happy comes to play.
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I thought the question was related to the male genitalia. (I hang to the left)
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There are some other interesting stories here: http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,1093821,1098040#msg-1098040
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I just posted this elsewhere but thought is would be appriciated here as well. And another program comes....and goes. In 86' in the Tokyo North Mission the genius APs started a "Book of Mormon" program. This consisted of forcing the BOM into the hands of anyone you could. (a bit like forcing an actual BM now that I come to think about it). Anyhow, the statistics chase changed on a
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And another program comes....and goes. In 86' in the Tokyo North Mission the genius APs started a "Book of Mormon" program. This consisted of forcing the BOM into the hands of anyone you could. (a bit like forcing an actual BM now that I come to think about it). Anyhow, the statistics chase changed on a dime and, instead of focusing on number of discussions taught, we were now focus
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Your mission is headed straight to a Groberg type meltdown. Use the search function on this site and input "Groberg". You will recognize quite a bit.
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Go to http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,1093821,1093821#msg-1093821 for a very interesting story from gentleben.
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Be very careful what you wish for, you just might get it. Look up FATCA and decide if this is really something you want to deal with for the rest of your life.
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Credit for the most excellent story goes to Gentleben. He only hinted at the incident in a previous post and I couldn't wait to get it out of him. Also, if you ever get down to Chigasaki in Kanagawa, there is this really cool Chinese restaurant with a glass floor and a model train and "diarama" underneath it. You sit and eat while the train does its rounds. Its is called Kofuji. T
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If you want some real stories from the mission go to http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,1093821
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