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    Minority or Majority...

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    Question about sociology.

     

    Are you the type to put you on the side of the weaker and minority or more strong and majority, even if the majority are not more in line with your principles?

     

    The majority does it always right?

    This 'I'm entitled to my opinion' rubbish has to stop.

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    That's true Chaosblade02. If I have understood your quotes, public opinion could be easily manipulated by unscrupulous medias and poll institutes... just for giving a few examples.

     

    Take a look at this article from the well-known* newspaper Le Monde - Suspicions of collusion with the power method challenged, biased questions...**, sorry but in French.

     

    Thus, it is sometimes very easy to make people believe a lot of things, manipulate, distort, and corrupt opinions with facts truncated, censored, or not proven valid and real, as long as people are gullible and in this case fall into the trap.

     

    But we don't need to be at a Second Graduate Level nor being in Hight School to have a good understanding and tell apart opinions and facts. It is well acknowledged that it depends on your own level of education and intelligence - some people already have it at a young age in comparison with others.***

     

     

    *False: well known in France but not necessarily all over the world.

     

    **False: the real title is: Opinion Way, the pollster inconvenient. - as translated from French: Opinion Way, le sondeur qui dérange. The real title is neutral, but the words I used for my half-title comes from the article itself and are more specific about content of the text which deals with possible corruption of the polling institute named above, which I stated, is currently under investigation by the Court of Accounts, French institution for verification. If you stick to these words without checking the contents of the article, you might be led to believe that corruption exists if you do not notice the meaning of those words.

     

    ***False: see how easy it is to deceive people. Rhetorics and Semantics. This is not an absolute truth because it depends on many factors and specific conditions relating to education and the environment in which we are all evolving from a young age, in a word: our experience of life...

     

    When you haven't verified the sources your opinions could easily be manipulated, because you believed they are based upon facts. Even sources could be biased. And you must have some ability to analyze data in order to notice if it does.

     

    Just my two cents. :whistling:

    Fallout 3, the race for Eden

    in Druid's Garden

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    Well done and creative work. Brilliant!

     

    “If there be sorrow, let it be, for things undone…undreamed; unrealized, unattained, to these add one…Love withheld…restrained.” The words entangled my focus, their transcendent beauty teasing my mind.

    I lap siding your great story, really. :thumbsup:

    This or That?

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    Coffee of course - didn't I previously gave this answer in an other topic... I'm really addict :sweat:

     

    Right-hander or Left-hander - sorry for the question... off the top of my head, it doesn't matter for me.

    A story about choices people make

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    Agreed with you, grannywils. And your way of seeing the topic, with all hindsight that it deserve, is truly valid. Perhaps it would be good to precise that I wasn't personally outraged by the quotes of Vagrant0 and Retribution, as we all have our own holes in and thoughts about the way we may and should act.

     

    Of course we have - fortunately - some various point of vues to subscribe to each other and that's food for thought in a good debate. The finality here is to be able to understand each other and - why not - eventually attempt to know better one another and to help one another... :happy:

     

    We need to think about how we treat each other and at least stop and think before we react.

    We could find three behavior patterns of people, those who are selfish and egocentric (some of them have mostly no materials hurdles in their everyday life), those who are uninterested (for numerous causes or some reason), and those who are selfless, open to other ones and give help to each other. All is a question about our choices in daily life, our deeper motives, and what we want to share.

     

    Let me conclude by this saying I cherish, making it my daily bread to the best I can: "No one has more need of a smile that which has none to offer." - Chinese Proverb.

    Corrupt a Wish(game)

    in Forum Games

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    the would wishes for pees

    Granted, it's been ages since the potty-chair is waiting for you and you'll have to do it for a very long duration - no need to have global warming for leveling-up the sea-level - incredible Gormonk. :laugh:

     

    I wish to find a sea-boat for now. :sick:

     

     

    Oops, you wanted some peas, of course... sorry Gormonk. :blink:

     

    Are the games imitating life?

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    For PC games.

     

    A complete Camo outfit for airsoft and fishing activities... would perfectly fit for a few war-games. :ninja:

     

    And of course some business suit and vest had better go for playing any Leisure Suit Larry's episode - the only one item I don't have is... the fabled leopardskin string. :laugh:

     

    Something missing... *searching in the childhood trunk* :confused: where did I put my Knight outfit for playing Oblivion... It must be somewhere about - *founded* Yes! :woot:

     

    *humpfr* Unable to close the hounskull... need some help please, LHammonds.

    Zippy Zip-A-Long

    in Druid's Garden

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    So much nice beads in your topic, Maharg67 and how could I miss out on such great and creative works? If you didn't create them... then the Druid's Garden would lost one of their powerful warden. :thumbsup:

    Ancient Peruvians rode dinosaurs?

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    Thanks for the link, Retribution, very interesting indeed. There are some reasons why I could think it is probably a fake and a hoax exposing the credulity of the public and the media... until the scientist community gave refutation about that.

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPO6h8M6DI4

     

     

    Use of vague, exaggerated or untestable claims

    - "THERE ARE 1100 OF THESE BURIAL STONES IN Dr. CABRERAS' COLLECTION IN ICA PERU. THEIR ART FORM AND LOCATION OF FINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCA CULTURE, c.a. 500-1500 AD"

     

    It's seems slightly odd that pictures containing such detail are not present on any ancient architecture of the time but only on these stones coming from the same time than Nazca Lines.

     

    "The Nazca Lines are a series of ancient geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert of Peru. They have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The high, arid plateau stretches more than 80 kilometres (50 mi) between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana. Although some local geoglyphs resemble Paracas motifs, scholars believe the Nazca Lines were created by the Nazca culture between 200 BCE and 700 CE. The hundreds of individual figures range in complexity from simple lines to stylized hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, fish, sharks or orcas, llamas, and lizards." - Wiki.

     

    And no mentions about dinosaurs, staggering coming from the same civilisation.

     

    Probably seized by Creationists as evidence of humans living in proximity with dinosaurs, believers in Ancient astronauts as evidence of a lost, advanced civilization brought to man from other planets, and mytho-historians claiming them as evidence that ancient myths are literal truths. Skeptics, see Scientific skepticism, consider them hoaxes created for a gullible tourist trade - the farmer was arrested for selling the stones to tourists... and Dr. Cabrera's museum is listed as a tourist site by the Peruvian National Chamber of Tourism. The stones themselves can not be dated due to a lack of organic deposits, and the purported original location of the stones has never been identified, much less excavated by scientists.

     

    For more informations take a look at the Robert Todd Carroll Skeptic's Dictionary and more about Ica Stones - The Skeptic's Dictionary (english) and Pierres d'Ica - Les Sceptiques du Québec (french).

     

     

    Use of misleading language

     

    - "OMNIOLOGY" and "OMNIOLOGICAL SOCIETY"

     

    What does it mean... sorry but they are unknown (or not allowed) in France and even on Wiki, try it... The fact is that they deliver some sort of "Certificate of Omniology" and an "Omniologist is one who studies everything and specializes in omniology" - quote from site main page. Could someone tell me more about their activities, how they are working and what kind of business they make besides - to comprehend Omniology, reading some extra-books and CDs like "The Highest Level of Enlightenment" from Dr H. for example are recomended, talking about Kinesiology. I'm very keen to learn about sunny side of things surrounding us and love to do it thoroughly but sorry for this time it sounds like to be a pseudoscience.

     

    - "DERMIL FRILLS AND ROSETTE PATTERN ON THE DINOSAUR" and "DIRMAL FRILLS" (both saying)

     

    I have tried to understand what it means and my translator failed to give a coherent response, and as luck would have it, when you make some google search as a result you are prior linked to their site www.omniology.com and other ones such as sciencevsevolution.com, www.abovetopsecret.com or some others blogs. [Off-topic] Be aware of using some kind of software designed to block advertising and malware while surfing unknowned sites - stay safe around the net! [On topic] I'm ok with the word "DERMAL" (anatomy), and "FRILL" (clothing), maybe it's a... of course should I have known better, a soft tissue of a dinosaur?

     

    - "THE ENTIRE METAPHYSICAL RELIGION OF MACRO-EVOLUTIONISM IS BEING EXPOSED FOR THE ENEMY AND OPPRESSOR OF TRUTH IN SCIENCE"

     

    Creating scientific-sounding terms in order to add weight to claims and persuade non-experts to believe statements that may be false or meaningless.

     

     

    Personalization of issues

     

    - "IF YOU AGREE WITH THE NEED TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, PLEASE E-MAIL OUR WEB SITE TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS"

     

    Why not sharing it to the scientist communities? Perhaps they are not so easily misleaded... Tight social groups and groupthink can enhance the adoption of beliefs that have no rational basis. In attempting to confirm their beliefs, the group tends to identify their critics as enemies.

     

     

    Conclusion

     

    Surely the whole purpose of creating a forgery is to make it appear genuine.

     

    Friedrich Nietzsche said: “The essential element in the black art of obscurantism is not that it wants to darken individual understanding, but that it wants to blacken our picture of the world, and darken our idea of existence.”

     

    We should think about that saying, really...

     

    Isn't the "OMNIOLOGICAL SOCIETY" claiming that "The California Institute of Omniology holds to the fact that all theories of Origins, lacking empirical verification, are metaphysical and religious in nature. Therefore, they require and deserve equal examination, evaluation, and, critical review in the spirit of true academic freedom in science." - quote from site main page.

     

    Sorry for being rude but they didn't hit the nail on the head here to say the least. :confused:

    This 'I'm entitled to my opinion' rubbish has to stop.

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    True, there is a fine line between being opinionated and overbearing. Perhaps the best example of respecting another persons right to an opinion is Voltaire, following the burning of Helvetius L'Esprit

     

    "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

    Nice saying summarizing the topic, Kudos given to you, ginnyfizz. :thumbsup:

    War of Realities (Redone and Improved)

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    It's incredible how fast you are adding new chapters in your story! I wish you good luck for your future writing career my friend, and I really enjoyed your writing style, hoping you will sit on the Nexus mushrooms often times for sharing some more good stories again. :happy:

    This 'I'm entitled to my opinion' rubbish has to stop.

    in Debates

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    We have our own vision of our own world depending on what level we are involved in it. An opinion unavoidably changes with our own experience of life and what we have to face or fight it out. People must avoid having a one-sided attitude. This kind of positive attitude allowed you to forge a rich and solid experience in your life and the way you could grow in mind.

     

    I loved a quote LHammonds made in an another topic saying : "You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid." And I personnaly live with that statement from Mark Twain : "What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so."

    Lets play the acting game

    in Off-Topic

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    Believe me or not, there are some way of life we must hide from necessity. *replacing the colt in his holster.* Amazing, you have the same gleam beyond the eyes... I should have known better it's your sister, she's so unique.

    Lets play the acting game

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    Zoned out, eh? Just my way to welcome you... so to speak. *Leaving from the shade an angelic and long blonde haired face appeared in the light. The man slowly tooked off his rounded sun glasses, showing a left eye slashed half-face, and frowned when he asked* I'm looking about for an old friend of mine, don't fool me as I've seen her entering this place.
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