Rejecting people for who and what they are will not make you a better, more 'righteous' or more 'moral' person - than the other person, or even in your own right - in fact, if that's why you're doing it, it is far more likely to do the opposite.


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Large Squares, 1965 -Last Beetle
The body is much the same as the previous model, aside from in...
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Right now though, there is little that concerns me more than the impending assault on the human righ...
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You can pass any law you like to make 'criminals' of those you don't like and then justify it with w...
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Interestingly enough, every time I corner a fanatic with scientific facts which they cannot argue or...
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Voting for a political party with a cross stuck on it doesn't mean it reflects true Christianity (at...
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Beetles were made from 1938, in pre-war Nazi controlled Germany. The few actual civilian cars that w...
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The original KDF-wagen as it was called was basic and rudimentary, but essentially the same as the l...
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Ironically people will thank a deity for "letting" them win a race, but blame a "witch" if they stum...
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As a human rights activist it is concerning to me that those committing atrocities against vulnerabl...
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For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the...
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When religion ceases to be speculative and becomes factual and "true", it will become science. Scien...
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Marsh’k cut the circuit on the rest of the helmsman’s whining and rose to his feet, stretching t...
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The Doktor took a fly swatter and hit it hard. ‘Bang!’ it went. But it didn’t go splat! The ro...
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But some boys like boys more -
And some girls make other girls hearts soar!
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Denying the facts is what enables people to hate and to persecute marginalized and threatened minori...
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The last week hadn’t been any better, come to think of it. On Monday they arrived at Gorda, just t...
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Aside from all that, she was carrying about a million tons of titanium ore to the heavy industries o...
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Although a little noisy at first, in a bizarre twist of fate, electronic music became popular in Fra...
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• Scientific and medical studies, research or evidence is either distorted and misrepresented, or ...
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It is interesting how - depending on the person in power - our LGBT issues are either right at the t...
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I can understand backward patriarchal reasoning coming from a male, but from a woman - and of all pe...
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The Exo went pale when he realized what we were dealing with. Well, what he thought we were dealing ...
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Cautiously, he moved further out, checking the roofs, doors, windows. Nothing. He walked out further...
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Something clicked inside Ortez mind, like the bolt of a door latch being released. Man’s first enc...
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A tractor beam from the Imperial ship locked onto the shuttle and in seconds it became apparent they...
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Imagine, if you will:
Meradinis!
The stuff myths are made of! The Turtle Island of the sta...
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In the Black Palace, in the capital city below, the man know as the Patron – Martel the Mighty, ru...
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The Hammer was a hard man, a smart man too, and he took pride in always having a plan ‘b’. For t...
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Advanced weaponry, victories in battle and space travel do not an advanced species or civilization m...
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He looked at the viewscreen and couldn’t believe it. If the other ship were any closer, then it wo...
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Rise of Science Denialism

The problem is, in a world where some people (even in the USA, ...
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Oval Window, 1953 - 1957
In 1953 came the first major changes in Beetle styling. Rear view was ...
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Those who say 'it's just an animal' are really saying more about themselves than they realize.
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Just saying "I love you" can mean the difference between nothing and everything. Some people say it ...
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At forty two years, Sona Kilroy stood tall and strapping, a powerful figure. Rising to the rank of A...
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Make sure you date someone who always makes you want to dance, with or without music.
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It's amazing, the increase in grammatical errors in proportion to the level of hatred in the content...
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Is there any good left in the world? and if there is, can you still find it in the places that matte...
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They set about making people so unhappy and isolated and when they crawl into a hole and pull it in ...
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Knowing who you are is more valuable than having ten 'friends' who don't even know who they are, but...
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Regardless of what language it is said in, "I love you" stays beautiful, and two hearts beating toge...
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If you stick your head in the sand like an ostrich, pretending you don't exist - why get upset when ...
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Beauty... Is what you are after a lifetime of struggle in the face of hostility, surviving, and stan...
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The coining of their new catch-phrase 'homophiliac' displayed in contrast to 'homophobic' was rather...
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They tell us variety is the spice of life - and yet diversity terrifies them.
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What we see far too little of today is people who identify as Christians, standing up to the hate-mo...
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What we see far too little of today is people who identify as Christians, standing up to the hate-mo...
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Light-years away, another starship was also experiencing problems, though perhaps not as severe. The...
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Going to the extreme of inviting and welcoming people into your church in order to hear you condemn ...
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I note the lengths to which Christianist groups are prepared to go to, to influence government and t...
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Lt. Denice Barnum at the helm gave a sigh, then replaced her nail file on the control panel, beside ...
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While many people define being a man or a woman as being dependent on reproductive capacity, it is w...
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Now I don’t know how many people like to drive a Beetle at that kind of speed (on purpose) but I k...
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My ship – the Demeter, was a star-liner operated by the Red Star Line. I say ‘was’ because of ...
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Some kids are black, or brown - some kids are red, and others white.
Kids come in all different...
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Slavery of the heart, oh Love - a prisoner of will thou art - proof that love, while blissful, can o...
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Mister Jordan?” Came the genteel, restrained voice of a more senior gentleman in the front of the ...
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Disagreeing with someone does not mean that they have to be enemies or opponents.
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Peace with non-fundamentalists terrifies the fundamentalist because to them, being Christian doesn't...
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It is ironic that the only thing separating 'friend' from 'fiend' - is a single letter.
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Some children are threatened with loss of privileges such as money, cell phones, cars or even evicti...
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The hatred the 'Christian' right wing harbors for the SA Constitution is not htere because of an abs...
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