Meme & Quote Thread

jpx7 said:
Car-free cities make a lot of sense, but not because "terrorism".

So let the record show that I considered upvoting this; but, while I did not, I wouldn't explicitly downvote it, either.
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With a good subway system or at least a couple different ways of public transportation, including rentable bicycles, you don't really need cars, or not without special permits. It's not a bad idea at all to consider for big city centers.
 
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Hawk said:
My initial thought as well. London is one city that comes to mind where I could see it happening, atleast on some level. They already employ a (steep) “congestion charge” for vehicles entering major metropolitan zones and certainly have the robust public transportation infrastructure (inclusive of an extensive bike share program) in place to make the concept plausible. Tokyo is another city that has the infrastructure and, beyond London, the civic obedience to pull it off. Amsterdam. Maybe central parts of Berlin, Paris. I can’t imagine it happening anywhere in the US. Perhaps New York, once it addresses its major transit issues.
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Copenhagen already has the requisite excess of bikes, but not the light-rail.
 
goldfly said:
y'all really let terrorism dictate your life eh?

to quote a dumb****, "sad"
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I'm pretty sure that I've been told that living in terror is "letting the terrorists win".

I think it's just ****ing silly for an otherwise-comfortable US citizen.
 
cajunrevenge said:
When the church passes around the collection plate leave a note saying you are giving something far more valuable than money.... you are gonna pray for the pastor and the church. See how thankful they are for your thouhts and prayers then.
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My church has several ministries led by volunteers from the church and funded by donations directly to the ministry from individual members of the church. I have never heard any of the dozens of speakers ask for money before they asked for prayers and volunteers. We have people paying their own way to volunteer at disaster sites, at third world schools and food banks, and on week long community improvement trips to poor nations abroad. Members take meals to kids at home during the summer break, send thousands of Christmas presents all across the world, run local food banks, pay for heating and housing for local people in need, and repair roofs and houses or build wheelchair ramps for those who are poor, elderly, or disabled.

I just can't understand why so many people are so cynical about churches.
 
Jaw said:
I just can't understand why so many people are so cynical about churches.
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For one thing, they are a scam based on lies, used create sociopolitical swathes of society in order to consolidate power and control people.
 
Jaw said:
My church has several ministries led by volunteers from the church and funded by donations directly to the ministry from individual members of the church. I have never heard any of the dozens of speakers ask for money before they asked for prayers and volunteers. We have people paying their own way to volunteer at disaster sites, at third world schools and food banks, and on week long community improvement trips to poor nations abroad. Members take meals to kids at home during the summer break, send thousands of Christmas presents all across the world, run local food banks, pay for heating and housing for local people in need, and repair roofs and houses or build wheelchair ramps for those who are poor, elderly, or disabled.

I just can't understand why so many people are so cynical about churches.
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And the critics? Wonder what they do other than troll?
 
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