Sujet : Re: The joy of Democracy
De : tnp (at) *nospam* invalid.invalid (The Natural Philosopher)
Groupes : alt.folklore.computers comp.os.linux.miscDate : 04. Nov 2024, 14:13:16
Autres entêtes
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On 03/11/2024 19:15, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
On 2024-11-03, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On 03/11/2024 00:13, rbowman wrote:
I'm not sure Christianity ever took completely in Germans where 'never
forget and never forgive' is more likely.
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"God may forgive you, but I won't"
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That was allegedly said by an American pilot, to a novice first officer.
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"Put your trust in God, and Pratt and Whitney" is another famous quite
from the same source, uttered on being told that the route involved no
alternates whatsoever...
"Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition."
Yup. Another good one.
-- “People believe certain stories because everyone important tells them, and people tell those stories because everyone important believes them. Indeed, when a conventional wisdom is at its fullest strength, one’s agreement with that conventional wisdom becomes almost a litmus test of one’s suitability to be taken seriously.”Paul Krugman