Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Legitimizing theft and murder-- an Age-Old Problem
An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. When that king asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride: "What dost THOU mean, by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am...
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Sunday, February 15, 2004
A Quote on a Gun-- interesting concept
The United States Society of Arms and Armour has just commissioned and offered for sale a new commemorative gun. It is the "John Wayne Coach Gun", a 12-gauge double-barreled shotgun of reduced length, as used in many of Wayne's excellent Western films. On one side of the chamber, it bears John...
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Sunday, February 1, 2004
Two bumper stickers and the Real History behind them.....
Remember, pillage first….. then, burn! ---- bumper sticker Kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out ----- bumper sticker and Vietnam War era saying (and now for the history behind both sayings) "After a year of preparation, the Crusader army marched into Southern France in the spring of 1209. Count...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2004
To those who would be king.... I mean, President
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many, for appointment by the corrupt few. -----George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950 We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. -----Aesop, c. 550 B.C. He who would govern others, should first be the master of himself....
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Sunday, January 25, 2004
3-Way Duelling Quotes About Youth
Youth is wasted on the young. -----Anonymous It is better to waste one's youth, than to do nothing at all with it. -----Georges Courteline, 1860-1929 Most men make use of their youth to make the rest of their life miserable. -----Jean de La Bruyere, 1645-1695 (Personally, I think waste is never...
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Friday, January 23, 2004
Quotes on Justice
Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen. -----George Savile, 1633-1695 (as good an argument for deterrence of crime as I have ever heard, just imagine how many cars would be stolen today, if the punishment were hanging) The wicked are always surprised to find that...
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Thursday, January 22, 2004
Duelling Quotes-- one by a Beatle, one by a Soldier
Imagine there's no Heaven, its easy if you try, No Hell below us, above us only sky..... Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do, Nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too..... yoohoooo..... -----the wildly popular song "Imagine", John Lennon, 1971 AND NOW MY REPLY: Please grow up...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2004
Samurai Wisdom
Ancient creed of the sword: Draw me not without Reason, sheath me not without Honor. -----sign seen at a knife dealer's booth at a gun show last weekend (could also be the Plea of the American Soldier)
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One of the best quotes I have ever seen
When we are young, if we are not liberal, we do not have a heart. When we are older, if we are not conservative, we do not have a brain. -----Winston Churchill
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Sunday, January 18, 2004
Forget world peace, visualize using your!@#$%& turn signals!! ----- bumper sticker
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