Re: Depressing Correction ... 
| October 06, 2013 12:59PM |
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Wayne Laepple Wrote:
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> I could agree with you, Mr. Barr, but then we'd
> both be wrong. I've been boycotting Wal-Mart
> for 10 years, mostly because I don't like their
> business tactics. In addition, they do not ad-
> vertise in any local media, they don't do any
> business with local banks and they send all
> the money to {Switzerland and the Cayman
> Islands via} Arkansas. Finally, they treat their
> help like peasants.
>
> As for "Atheistic Buddhists," that's an oxy-
> moron. An atheist is one who denies the ex-
> istence of God. Buddhists do no such thing;
> they just have a different name and different
> way of worship of the Deity. I believe God is
> way too big to be confined to any single religion.
You are obviously right on both counts, Wayne -
I humbly accept your pointing out my oxymoronic error, and have updated the previous post accordingly by substituting "Brainwashed" for "Buddhist", even though - since most Americans have also been brainwashed - this lessens the distinction between "us" and "them".
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/06/2013 01:04PM by Johnson Barr.
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> I could agree with you, Mr. Barr, but then we'd
> both be wrong. I've been boycotting Wal-Mart
> for 10 years, mostly because I don't like their
> business tactics. In addition, they do not ad-
> vertise in any local media, they don't do any
> business with local banks and they send all
> the money to {Switzerland and the Cayman
> Islands via} Arkansas. Finally, they treat their
> help like peasants.
>
> As for "Atheistic Buddhists," that's an oxy-
> moron. An atheist is one who denies the ex-
> istence of God. Buddhists do no such thing;
> they just have a different name and different
> way of worship of the Deity. I believe God is
> way too big to be confined to any single religion.
You are obviously right on both counts, Wayne -
I humbly accept your pointing out my oxymoronic error, and have updated the previous post accordingly by substituting "Brainwashed" for "Buddhist", even though - since most Americans have also been brainwashed - this lessens the distinction between "us" and "them".
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think . . . "
* Only TWITS Twitter!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/06/2013 01:04PM by Johnson Barr.
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