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I heard this in The Vicar of Dibley. Pretty boring show, by the quality of British shows. Cheers, विक्रम (Have gone past my troika - 4 CCCs!) "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:

Bassam Saoud wrote: I never understood how can any regime control an entire population until I read a research that concluded that people would do anything if it came from a known authoritive decision maker. The Milgram experiment[^] ? Scary. Cheers, विक्रम (Have gone past my troika - 4 CCCs!) "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:

Christian Graus wrote: the way you've treated me in the past "The SoapBox is not for flame wars, personal vendettas, or endless debate about climate change." Seems to me you're violating all three today. If you need to get back at me for some real or imagined slight, call me out in a forum where such is standard fare. (You're welcome to do it in the Back Room I believe, and I am sure CSS would agree with you whole-heartedly about my character and my sins.) Christian Graus wrote: It proves that if you cherry pick, you can find people to criticise Indeed. I did cherry pick. I found quotes from men who are considered the leaders of the Global Alarmist movement. Selecting a back bencher would be too easy. But then again, I note that you don't give me any reasons to doubt my conclusions, you don't cite any facts, you simply attack me on a personal level and do the cybernetic equivalent of sticking your fingers in your ears and humming loudly to keep from listening to anything I have to say. Proving, I suppose, that I am foolish to say anything. I'll give you the last word. I am proving that this debate -- started because you took umbrage at a joke -- is not unending. Have a good day. “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken

Love that link. :-D 2011 - Our best hope is that things will be frightening and dangerous rather than desperate and horrific. Jesse's Café Américain

"If a man who turnips 'Rabbits' cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip rabbit than a father." Samuel Johnson 2011 - Our best hope is that things will be frightening and dangerous rather than desperate and horrific. Jesse's Café Américain

first thing in this thread that's made me laugh out loud ___________________________________________ .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

Ah...I found out where they're getting their statistics. It's by people installing their toolbar. Then, when you visit a site, it records it. So, all it's really saying is that low-income, childless men are disproportionately installing their toolbar.

Dalek Dave wrote: On hearing this, what conditions did the wild apelike creature ask for? She didn't want to be buggered. “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken

I totally agree!! Brilliant.

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Looks like I'd lose my bet. :) “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken

ROFL “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken

Wise words :thumbsup: “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken

They're not? Oh, man... :((

fat_boy wrote: Too obvious, far too obvious there Oakman. Subtlety is not the strong suit here, nor mine in most places. ;) “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken

Me. too. Apparently the State Senator who wrote it believes that criminals always buy their ammunition retail and in their own person. “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” ~ H.L. Mencken

Good grief! Your reponses come down to "You left out the work like, you should have they instead of you". So I'll go back to the beginning: ict558 wrote: Is Chess about winning the hearts and minds of the pieces? No. Hence the chess metaphor fails to reflect the reality of this conflict and is useless in this context.

:laugh: :thumbsup: Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.

Thanks I will let him know your suggestion. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.