Bill Gates not a philanthropist?

[Iggy]

Seems like people are just posting random personal attacks, anti-feminist rants, and gibberish on this thread now. But since it's staying stuck at the top of the homepage I'll just stick this here. To all you Brits! :bitch:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT0yoo9B2Bc
 
 

Being of Irish descent, I'm not sure whether to be amused or offended.
After all, thanks to British land holders, Ireland was a mass exporter of food during the Potato famine, so anti-British sentiment is quite well founded.

Then again, coming from a country that had to kick the British military's ass (and still came to call the country an ally), I find that whole drama is SO over for me.

And...wtf were we talking about again?

[Iggy]

A topic for "Alternative operating systems" it is not, I say.
In fact, in not even sure if this is good coffeehouse fodder.

Sex, religion, politics, the world at large, anything we haven't dismissively commented on yet?

[Iggy]

Miley Cyrus?  

Good one!
I actually like her more now that the Disney produced crap is over.

[Iggy]

Wishful thinking.
It lives!
 
Sexist, stupid, and in no way any longer related to Bill Gates, but its still here.

[Iggy]

...To get back on topic, I think Bill Gates is neither a Christian nor a philanthropist.

Well, I don't think we were discussing Bill's relationship with God (which is a relative unknown), but at least we agree on the latter.

[Iggy]

So we are still mired in discussions about sexuality.
Sex, politics, religion, why not bring up drugs, abortion on demand, or some other hot topics?


ie - "I heard people named Phil secretly consume a drug extracted from the fetuses of the unborn, AND that Bill Gates REAL name is Phil Gates!"

[Iggy]

Well...I'm scared of dying (who really isn't), but I hope there ISN'T an afterlife, and I am fairly religious.
I think you're dismissing the potential positive aspects JJ.
Like being humble, considerate, caring for the poor, etc.

And not being able to understand things?
Hey, we are just naked apes, there will ALWAYS be things we don't understand.
That isn't a call to superstition, just an acknowledgement of our limitations.

[Iggy]

You can be all those things and more without having to follow a book or a person who tells you how to behave.  Religion is control power and  money. Nothing more. This is all my opinion. Everyone can have theirs also.  Room for everyone up to a point

Organized religion is "control, power and money".
But I don't have to attend a church in order to hold my beliefs.

And on that last part, yes, I'd defend your right to your opinion to the death.

[Iggy]

A lot of article on Quantum Entanglement and the soul lately...

http://io9.com/does-consciousness-arise-from-quantum-processes-in-the-1308844613

Interesting new idea.
No doubt the next objection will refer to the software running in the brain as the "soul".
I, for one, don't have a problem with being a meat machine.