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[amateur51]

Yes, I think you're right, quite a big book if I recall... no don't say anything, the title's on the tip of my tongue...

capital stuff, helios

[MrGongGong]

Fascinating. I'd be thrilled to know what sort of power structure you imagine might bring about the sort of society that you would wish to live in.

How aout the one proposed by the guy in the beard ?
you know the one who started the church thing ..... something about giving all your money to the poor and loving your enemies ???

[amateur51]

How aout the one proposed by the guy in the beard ?
you know the one who started the church thing ..... something about giving all your money to the poor and loving your enemies ???

the one some of the church people choose to misunderstand and misrepresent, you mean?

[Serial_Apologist]

the one some of the church people choose to misunderstand and misrepresent, you mean? :erm?

There's a lot of other stuff he also said I can't quite get my head around, mind...

[MrGongGong]

There's a lot of other stuff he also said I can't quite get my head around, mind...

All made up I fear
but some seem to give it undue weight

[amateur51]

There's a lot of other stuff he also said I can't quite get my head around, mind...

The bit about the cheesemakers, you mean?

[Serial_Apologist]

The bit about the cheesemakers, you mean?

...and more!

[MrGongGong]

...and more!

We are all individuals ?

[Simon]

You think it's a good thing that power is concentrated in the hands of so few individuals, Simon? That wealth is concentrated in the hands of so few individuals? That that concentration of wealth has become more pronounced over the past 30 years? That so many people's lives are determined from birth by economic dispossession?

No, Hey N. Where I suspect we differ (those who are bright enough to have a go at thinking things through, anyway!) is in the strategy needed to put things on a more even footing. Without simply substituting one set of crooks for another. :-)

[scottycelt]

Cue being told I support the USSR, ignore Stalin's death camps, etc. etc.

Well, do you, don't you ... ?

You're the only one who can shed any light on that, so here's your opportunity to remove any doubt whatsoever ...

[heliocentric]

those who are bright enough to have a go at thinking things through, anyway!

Surely it isn't up to you to point out how intellectually incandescent you are - that should emerge from what you have to say, shouldn't it?

[heliocentric]

The bit about the cheesemakers, you mean?

Excellent. And then there was the bit about the Greeks inheriting the earth, which seems not to be going very well.

[teamsaint]

Excellent. And then there was the bit about the Greeks inheriting the earth, which seems not to be going very well.

So far they haven't even got Greece.
Although some greeks have more ships than a single person can use .Due of course, to jolly nice tax laws for rich ship owners ...

[amateur51]

Excellent. And then there was the bit about the Greeks inheriting the earth, which seems not to be going very well.

[John Shelton]

cue being told i support the USSR, ignore Stalin's death camps, etc. Etc.

well, do you, don't you ... ?

No I don't and never did.

Is that clear enough for you?