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Tobiasly 05-23-2003 06:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by novice
Good= you may do that to, on, near, with, for, in, over me.
Evil = I would prefer it if you would do that to, etc,... someone else

Reminds me of Mel Brook's (alleged) quote, "Tragedy is when I stub my toe. Comedy is when you fall into a manhole and die".

(Disclaimer: I did the obligatory snopes.com search for this quote and turned up nothing. Please don't bash me if it turns out that Mr. Brooks did not make this comment.)

dave 05-23-2003 07:03 AM

I don't think one can prove that there is no God, just as I don't think you can prove that there is one. I personally think the evidence points overwhelmingly in a single direction, but to offer it as "proof" is a bit extreme.

perth 05-23-2003 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tobiasly

Reminds me of Mel Brook's (alleged) quote, "Tragedy is when I stub my toe. Comedy is when you fall into a manhole and die".

(Disclaimer: I did the obligatory snopes.com search for this quote and turned up nothing. Please don't bash me if it turns out that Mr. Brooks did not make this comment.)

i think gary larson used that one at the beginning of one of his far side collections. he also attributed it to mel brooks. for what its worth.

~james

Tobiasly 05-24-2003 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by dave
I don't think one can prove that there is no God, just as I don't think you can prove that there is one. I personally think the evidence points overwhelmingly in a single direction, but to offer it as "proof" is a bit extreme.
I took Psych 101 in college, where we had to study numerous logical "proofs" on both sides. They were all rather absurd, lemme tell ya.

elSicomoro 05-24-2003 12:29 AM

[psych talk]If someone can figure out a way to support or deny the existance of a god to a statistical significance through an ANOVA, you know where to find me.[/psych talk]

I was just thinking about how we've taken a negative word and created a positive connotation for it in the past 40 years, the word being "bad."

xoxoxoBruce 05-25-2003 07:33 AM

It's amazing what a difference time makes. Sometimes it's hard to tell what people mean. You have to consider the source.
That was a bad post.
vs.
That was a bad post, dude.:confused:


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