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A letter to the nation's leaders, present and future

Submitted by poet_demas on February 18, 2008 - 9:22pm.

"Here is my advice as we begin the century that will lead to 2081. First, guard the freedom of ideas at all costs. Be alert that dictators have always played on the natural human tendency to blame others and to oversimplify. And don't regard yourself as a guardian of freedom unless you respect and preserve the rights of people you disagree with to free, public, unhampered expression."

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In Need of a New (g)od

Submitted by poet_demas on February 17, 2008 - 4:07pm.

"There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it."---Shaw

We contemplate our day to day existence, just like you. We live in coffee houses, reading the newspapers and talking about the future. We are the profane and vulgar and most devout people will not have us. The sad thing is, most atheists won't have us either. We are agnostics and we have no mode of actual belief rather than doubt and questions. Because that's what knowledge is, a series of doubts and questions.

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