one point, all joking aside; it's a fact that I read an account of a test by the navy way back when, in some book or article in the late 70's or 80's. much testing was being done for ships and planes, many which were disasters. but, just like there should be a grain of salt being applied when reading about any 'facts' on the internet; just because someone wrote a book that stated something interesting, doesn't mean that it was a fact. I also read many books of my brother's that highly exclaimed all sorts of weird humanistic things, bermuda triangle effects, all sorts of interesting but highly speculative things. unless there is a document showing the plans and construction of such a craft like the ark then stories either for or against it don't really prove anything
Ah, ok, so perhaps the U.S. Navy didn't actually build an exact replica of 'the ark' from the description in The Bible, after all, nor deem it to be "very extremely unsinkable" as you first declared. :wink:
we all believe what we will believe, and it's not likely that any will change. thankfully there are places where we can say what we believe without being arrested. with the 'new spring' spreading across the globe, soon many places will not allow the sharing or exchange of different beliefs. you will either be part of the spring, or you will die or be arrested etc.
Indeed, we all believe what we will believe. Some of us are willing to change our minds when faced with new facts and evidence... others not so much. I've heard of no "new spring" spreading across the globe which inherently denies the free exchange of ideas. There is the Arab Spring, of course, but perhaps that is not the spring to which you refer. I've seen the supporters of the Arab Spring freely sharing and exchanging quite a lot on Twitter. I am confident, whatever the case may be, that not all quests for the freedom of a people and not all movements to end a system of political oppression will simply result in new and even more sinister systems of oppression and suffering. I firmly believe in the power of the spirit of hope and the innate ability of mankind to progress to ever-higher levels of social reasoning and functionality. Change often brings freedom, even if the path can sometimes be somewhat circuitous. The spirit of mankind inevitably and relentlessly demands liberty and justice.
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Here's a cute little joke which doesn't slam union workers nor scabs-in-training:
The manager of a large office noticed a new man one day and told him to come into his office. "What is your name?" was the first thing the manager asked him.
"John," the new guy replied.
The manager scowled, "Look, I don't know what kind of a namby-pamby place you worked at before, but I don't call anyone by their first name. It breeds familiarity, and that leads to a breakdown in authority! I refer to ALL my employees by their last name only - Smith, Jones, Baker - that's all, and I am to be referred to only as Mr. Robertson. Now that we got that straight, what is your last name, young man?"
The new guy sighed and said, "Darling. My name is John Darling."
"Okay, John, the next thing I want to tell you is..."
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