self delete. nt

[wildbilln864]

CRAP!

[Brigid]

1. George Orwell was a prophet.

:scared:

[Codeine]

5. Whereas the OP is easily duped.

No cute little frightened icon needed.

[RandomThoughts]

11. No he wasn't although he showed traps to avoid.

In the book, the main character was asked if he would do bad things to defeat big brother.

And that is the trap, do not do bad thinking it will end up good, stay on the good side of things.

He also had the despair doctrine of hopelessness. That is how he ended his book. And that is for those that do not believe in the better ways.

His book was full of things to avoid, some thought it was things to aspire to. If it is about desire for power then a person is in it for themselves, if it is about how power is used to help people and reduce suffering they are in it for everyone.

The desire for power at any cost is very dangerous, because part of the attempt of bad is to get other people to do bad.

If someone does something that is bad to you, and it gets you angry, then the bad won over your good. So if you turn to the bad ways to try and make things better you actually join the bad. Staying in the better ways can actually get the bad person thinking better. That is a better way, and is the real battle of good and bad in my view.

That is why I believe in the Gandhi approach and nonviolence. Because that is most of the battle, not letting it get you angry, or get you to go down the wrong paths.

[PeaceNikki]

2. This is such paranoid conspiracy crap

http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/dellbug.asp

[HughMoran]

8. Hoaxes never get old

They need to be dug up from time to time to keep us on our toes ;)

[Warpy]

3. Nice to know the old ones still work.

http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/dellbug.asp

[wildbilln864]

6. thanks. nt

[Codeine]

4. Bullshit.

Utter and complete bullshit. Fuck. We're sounding like Freeptards now.

[LeftyMom]

7. The same site has pages about Reptilians, the Illuminati, etc.

Standard whackjob conspiracy theorist crap.

http://hardtruth.navhost.com/bloodlines.html

Edit: Most of the time you can figure out whether or not a site is at least a little bit credible by looking at their other pages and who they link to. This one should be really easy to figure out on that basis. For example, there's an ad at the bottom of the page offering psychic healing for UFO abductees: "If you have witnessed UFO activity or think that you may be an
abductee, click the banner above to schedule an appointment.
Fill out my session request form for a private Psychic Reading." Real credible, that.

[wildbilln864]

9. yep I should have...

looked closer. Damn! :hide:

[Brigid]

10. I guess I'm still scarred by 8 years of Bush.

After that, almost anything seems plausible.