Originally posted by Evangelion
[b]And government records state you as Christian? Huh? I wasn’t aware that they recorded what you believe in…what should that have to do with anything the government is interested in? Not to mention that anyone’s beliefs is subject to change any time…and you’d have to be more specific than putting down “Christian”. Can someone fill me in on this?
Epic is right, you’re either one or the other. [/b]
Census forms typically ask your religion - and parents fill out your census forms for you usually if you aren’t legally an adult. So his parents are probably christian, and probably list him as christian as well. That’s how I interpreted it anyways.
As for the article, yeah. Sin’s right, politicians are sleazy fucks most of the time. Bush is no exception.
And Chris, dude…just because you’re drawing some weird connection between the US’s involvement in the UN, and the UN’s continued existence, doesn’t mean that the US has the right (in terms of international law) to just bypass the rulings of the UN, which it supposedly endorses.
Of course, the US can just say, fuck the rest of Europe, but aside from just being an assholish thing to do, stuff like that also has consequences, such as being thought of as a brutish warmongerer by the rest of the world and a lot of people in America. Regardless of whether or not you think he IS one, you can’t deny that his actions easily justify other people’s thinking that he is one.
“Then there is the question of how the U.N. is organized; some people (in my local newspaper) were complaining as to why France has a permanent council position. Perhaps some kind of criteria such as population, length of national history, national average IQ and/or military strength should be used to dictate who is and who is not a permanent member?”
Said people in your local newspaper, no offense, have no idea what they’re talking about. A. France is one of the more populous countries of Europe, B. they boast a national history WAY longer than the US’s, C. what the fuck are you talking about? D. They’re a nuclear power. Don’t be a dumbass.
-Mazrim Taim