Hi Bushbred,

I'm judging Bush on his actions and outcomes not his beliefs. Personally I'm irreligious and my son reckons 'violently' so.

Look I disagree with Bush and the Democrats and Kevin and anyone else who thinks it is Government's role to interfere in the free market. Such behaviour is only going to deepen and prolong the depression.

A read of my article shows where the blame for the current fiasco lies: Government and Central Bank interference.

The bailout was a gift to the Central Bankers an d nothing else.

Bailing out and propping up inefficent industries is short term and they will eventually fail anyway.

I'm a believer in the free market and base my beliefs in the 'Austrian School' of Mises and von Hayak. They are a good read but I'd read Hulme before I started on them.

I always thought friendship transcends political views unless of course you're a communist... in which case any sort of relationship is controlled.

*bOAZy*

Yr a disgrace. ;-)

U have already admitted that all Christians do not advocate for inquisition or crusade and that those things are a perversion and not indicative of the essence of Christianity.

And obviously, all Muslims do not associate FIGHT~JIHAD with violence. Some sects interpret the Holy War to be a battle to overcome the limitations of Self, in order to bring about a change in consciousness more conducive to commune with the Divine.

Does a little sip of wine at Mass to induce a state change ring any bells?

So, why u persist to demonise the whole for the violence of a few only in the case of Islam and not Christianity appears to be more and more disingenuous the more I hear. I presume in the *bOAZy* bible u wld remove a number of old testament books? Wld u also add the Apocrapha and Gospel of Mary?

A contradiction, similar to another *Pericles* recently pointed out.

And in the "Holy" texts, there are contradictions in all of them. U cld say as I earlier cited say, well, the earlier verses trump the later and if they honour all the prophets then gross inconsistencies with say what JC or Moses had to say are then obviously political bastardisations, which, most Muslims don't ascribe to.

U r choosing only to "see" the bits which support yr own conclusions, after the manner of all good *Agents of Chaos*

In seeking to deny Mosques here u make yrself no different from those who deny Churches in other parts.

Now if U Luv yr Enemy and seek to treat them as YrSelf, then U wld not deny them so, no? And as u know, Islam, Judaism and Christianity all track back to the same root and same GoddO, so what exactly is the real nub of what u r trying to achieve?

DreamOn - I think I mostly agree with the stuff you post here, but it would be much easier to understand if you were to write it in ordinary English.

Is your idiosyncratic spelling some kind of statement? Personally, I find it detracts from understanding what you're saying, to the point where I often skim over your posts.

I often get this complaint *CJ* but mostly from people who don't like what I have to contribute and who choose to attack style over substance.

I do of course speak a second language at home and have found over the years speaking other languages:
english, japanese, thai and indonesian

that each has its own unique advantages and recourse to one only is very limiting.

Of course, SMS shorthand is very popular here and in OZ also I note amongst the younger generation, whose minds are quick and agile. It has to do with how many clicks of the mouse, keyboard/pad u have to make to empart meaning.

Of course, when I first arrived here, I was pretty clueless when it came to the shorthand, but instead of asking people to come down to my lvl, I chose rather to adapt and learn new ways, and believe, that it has not detracted from my language skills over all as a consequence.

YrSelf ~ Your Self
U ~ You

Why don't u come up for a visit, and we'll line u up in a restaurant where they chew yr food for u with a bit of goozey as a bonus.

;-) ~ Nudge Nudge, Wink, Wink