This an update on my three pet peeves

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If an amateur paleontologist discovered a dinosaur fossil, would his discovery be any less valid just because he would not be getting paid for the work done.
Of course not, but if he pronounces that it is an alien species from another planet, the he is likely just showing his ignorance.

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either way, sue is a commie......

....is that the path that you choose?

choose wisely.

liberty lives , or dies, with you.

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When it comes to discussions about science, there's always an xkcd cartoon...
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We seem to be losing the BC/AD verse (before the common era) BCE / CE (common era) struggle; I see increasing usage of this subversive dating system. Let the atheist devise their own system instead of stealing the Christian calendar.


This (along with the other two non-starters) is a peeve? You sit around being bothered?

First, why don't you just declare (to yourself) that BCE is Before the Christian Era and CE is the Christian Era? Result - happiness

Second, there is no second.

I think you should be more peeved that 4 BC is not more accurately referred to as AD 1. That's a real slap in the face
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Impeccable logic Meade.

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Seems to be demonstrated here that for true-believer conservatives, 'Communist' is to political discussions as "Cult' is to religious discussions.

The only functional definition of 'cult' I can derive from those discussions is that 'a cult' is a religious organization I don't like. Seems to be similar here for 'communist'

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I think you're right; Russia is (or at least was) often a synonym for communist--I recall my father saying something like "you'd never get away with that in Russia, the communists would send you to Siberia" whenever he saw something he didn't like (such as giving rights to those accused of crimes, or protestors, etc.), and my "I agree, that's why I'm glad I'm here--but it doesn't mean we can't make it better" never got the response I thought it deserved, because he sincerely thought the Russians/Communists stood for everything he opposed.

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