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I have no comment to make on the veracity of this story. (Sounds like ball lightning to be honest)
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Following on from the previous article with some advice about what to do about it.
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I don't seem to be getting bored of these analyses. This one focuses on why the watchdogs weren't doing their job
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Huzzah!
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Nielsen's data, which actually covers the period from January through October, found that PS2 users accounted for 31.7 percent of the total time played from all nationwide gamers. The Xbox 360 was the year's second-most popular console, with 17.2 percent of the time, followed by Wii at 13.4 percent.
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A survey of 16- to 25-year-olds by the Prince's Trust found a "significant core" for whom life had little or no purpose, especially among those not in education, work or training.
The poll of over 2,000 showed that more than a quarter felt depressed and were less happy than when they were younger.
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One researcher investigated a Garnier face wash which claimed to detoxify the skin by removing toxins. The "toxins" turned out to be the dirt, make-up and skin oils that any cleanser would be expected to remove.
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Date: 2009-01-06 07:55 pm (UTC)I mean..."stop worrying and enjoy life" is a sensible motto, but doesn't really have anything to do with religion or any form of spiritual worship, does it? Only on the most facile, superficial levels can we say that people believe in god because they're worried about the world or death, and I say that not ignorant of the hellfire and brimstone tactics of world religion, but rather the fact that spirituality is a common human element wherever you go, for as many different reasons as there are people to worship.
It just reminds me of the santa claus story that Richard Dawkins mentioned in a new story, about not being fooled by the christmas santa that tried to entertain him as a kid, because he saw right through it. And I gotta say...that sounds too much like a 'look, I'm Richard Dawkins, the world's most famous atheist, and here's a story that perfectly dovetails with that' to be true.
Either way, how can anyone expect to get any respect for atheism from those buses? They're just ridiculous and insulting.
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Date: 2009-01-06 08:13 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-01-06 08:18 pm (UTC)In this case I'm in favour of anything that gets atheism/agnosticism out there, and makes it more public. It's hit the reading classes a lot over the last few years, but being on the side of a bus brings it to people who otherwise might not encounter it. Normalisation of lack of belief is something I'd like to see a lot more of.