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    03-24-2023, 07:25 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Car Sez: you're too drunk to drive in The Bilge
    I repeat my high school essay. A car should know if the would be driver has a license. I doubt we had the technology back then, but we've had it...
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    03-24-2023, 07:22 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Graham admonished by his colleagues in The Bilge
    Graham's another one who speaks with forked tongue.
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    03-24-2023, 01:42 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    I may picket for some things, but NEVER based on taste or religion. Picketing against violence, which actually harms people, is an entirely different...
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    03-24-2023, 01:40 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    Those take the same concept to different levels. My question remains: if you don't like a film or a church, why not simply don't go into them? Why...
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    03-24-2023, 01:37 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    Congratulations on your big boy pants. Not everyone is you. SOME are intimidated by such picket lines. Picket lines are there to intimidate. Not all...
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    03-24-2023, 01:34 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    I would walk through the picket line. My question is one of why there is a picket line. If you don't want to see a film, no one forces you to. WHY...
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    03-24-2023, 01:32 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    You've obviously not read my posts.
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    03-24-2023, 01:32 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    I represented the union. There would have been NO contractual obligation for management to oblige this employee. This would be no different than an...
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    03-24-2023, 09:36 AM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    There would be no problem in not hiring him. They could not decline to hire based on religious beliefs. Anyone else who, for any other reason, said...
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    03-24-2023, 09:32 AM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    Schools should teach facts. Among those facts could be a class on religions; one that teaches the tenants of various religions of the world. Policies...
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    03-24-2023, 09:30 AM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    When I was young, the class, every morning, said the Lord's prayer, led by the teacher. You don't think I should have had a problem with that? ...
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    03-24-2023, 09:21 AM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    We found a way to handle it as a part time flex. He simply got charged with the average hours the other part timers worked on Saturday. In other...
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    03-24-2023, 09:16 AM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    I stands as an example of the church trying to intimidate would be theater goers, and the the theater. Why not just not buy a ticket? Why make an...
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    03-24-2023, 09:10 AM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    I'm a bit disappointed by some of the drift I had wished to avoid. I tried NOT to make this a thread as to the right or wrong of religious beliefs,...
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    03-24-2023, 09:01 AM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    It's not about spending time with that person; it's about that person wanting to put into law what he believes GOD wants. Many religiously inclined...
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    03-24-2023, 08:58 AM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    The local Catholic church organized picket lines at the Bellevue Theater in Montclair for three films. One was "Last Tango in Paris". I forget the...
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    03-23-2023, 05:33 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Black and white, red and blue, male and female in The Bilge
    I don't think the answer is complex. Lying has become perfectly accepted by both politicians and 'NEWS". How could this not divide us?
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    03-23-2023, 05:30 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread INteresting conversation about 'woke' in The Bilge
    One couple at the table defined it as, "Being opposite of what I believe." I responded, "Then, to me, you're woke, no?" The one guy who looked it up...
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    03-23-2023, 05:22 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    Not my intention to start a debate of that nature, but to try to establish being tolerant of what others believe, or don't believe, and not forcing...
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    03-23-2023, 05:19 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    It's not a question of whether or not I could leave. HE denies gays and trans rights because HE believes it violates God's will. How on earth it...
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    03-23-2023, 05:15 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    Kindness and compassion are good things. I'd add tolerance. Patience. I'd not include telling others how to live, unless the way they live in some...
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    03-23-2023, 03:05 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Trump is Toast in The Bilge
    I'd like to think those in power are ensuring all their ducks are solidly in proper order and that all the t's and i's are crossed and dotted. I...
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    03-23-2023, 02:59 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    Seems to me anyone can call themselves a Christian. Who gets to decide if they are or not? How would you, or whomever, determine whether or not...
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    03-23-2023, 02:56 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    I agree with all of that. And as long as they write no laws based upon religious beliefs, I'm fine.
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    03-23-2023, 02:55 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    Speaking for myself, I cannot put myself in another's body. YOUR religion may accept these people. I may accept these people. However, the only...
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    03-23-2023, 02:51 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    Vote for whom you wish for whatever reasons you wish. That said, elected people represent ALL of us, or are supposed to. If they pass laws based upon...
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    03-23-2023, 12:54 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    Picketing a theater or an abortion clinic is an effort to intimidate or coerce based on beliefs, no? I must be overly simplistic. If one does not...
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    03-23-2023, 12:51 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    Public policy, which impacts all people of whatever, or no, faith, ought not be based upon someone's faith. Anyone, of any faith, is entitled to...
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    03-23-2023, 12:48 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Religion's role in The Bilge
    Had a conversation at lunch with a guy who's anti-gay and really anti-trans. His argument: Not what God intended. How is his efforts to prevent trans...
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    03-23-2023, 12:44 PM
    John Smith replied to a thread Trump is Toast in The Bilge
    Too many see Trump as stupid. He's actually done all this without signing much. He's left a lot of lawyers holding a lot of bags. Hopefully it will...
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