Folly and fakery have always been with us... but it has never before been as dangerous as it is now, never in history have we been able to afford it less. - Isaac Asimov
Every damn thing you do in this life, you pay for. - Edith Piaf
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - Orwell
No amount of belief makes something a fact. - James Randi
Folly and fakery have always been with us... but it has never before been as dangerous as it is now, never in history have we been able to afford it less. - Isaac Asimov
Every damn thing you do in this life, you pay for. - Edith Piaf
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - Orwell
No amount of belief makes something a fact. - James Randi
Therionn I'll ask again because you probably ignored it. Do you believe the state should be allowed to have secrets?
I demand my right to disclose troop movements in war time not be abridged, thanks Therionn!
an anecdote from An Introduction to Poetry, from page 52..It doesn't matter. The words they put down do not lie. I could be a liar and write down the word, "Amazing" and the word amazing would mean amazing.
"And when Queen Anne, in a famous anecdote, called the just-completed Saint Paul's Cathedral 'awful, artificial, and amusing,' its architect, Sir Christopher Wren, was overwhelmed with joy and gratitude..."
just something to muse over about the denotation of words.