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Lol Togi, a bit practical, aren't you there? Keep on the good work being clumsy, folks. Things are tasteless without clumsiness, Cheers all!

Yep, Friend, and also quite some years under Franco's dictatorship. Spaniards are an example to be praised of what mutual forgiveness can achieve as compared to everlasting vengeance. Noble people are bound to do noble things. Cheers all!

Gad, Buddies! That's been common place for millenia now that leaders are hardly worth the people they lead. Many a father have never been up to is children's capabilities also in a family. Now, what's still to be done is to heal the scars left 60 years ago between the Balkan people. That man Milosevic is no more than the heir of a Croatian dictator and murderer going by the name of Ante Pavlevitch, if I'm not mistaken. Petty murderers, all told. I would wish to All Serbians, Croatians and Bosnians to mercifully forget the wrong done to them in the past and start anew. The Spaniards did it of late and it succeeded, you know. I can really understand that criminal dinosaurs like Milosevic can be a pain in the *BLEEP* for young Serbians, you know. It may bring some relief to them to know that people like Ole' Henry Kissinger, Stateside, are not jailed for their crimes in Vietnam or Chile. At least, the Serbian rascal has gone through some self-interrogation while some other criminals are still bluffing people at large for a royal fee on their talks. The future lies with YOU smart young people and your kind. I'm so glad to see a young Croatian talking peacefully to a young Serbian in this topic. Keep on the good work, folks. Cheers, all !

Lol Gaea, congratulations. You've been quite thorough at it, friend. So why not come back to Ole Abe's words in this Gettysburg Address of his : "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth". Cheers all!

Hey there guys, St-Michael, what you say is to be applauded. I do, sincerely. Now when it comes to talking about Balkans and ex-Yugoslavia, I do think nobody among us can really size up the immensity of a problem that has been up and running for centuries now. This unhappy place has known wars between brethrens speaking the same language, but of different religions. Catholic Croatians during WWII have launched many deadly raids against both Orthodox Serbians and Muslim Bosnians with Hitler's blessings. Milosevic is quite obsviously a defunct war criminal, but a criminal who only acted out his own personal prejudices. So did Mladic, who's still to be captured and who'll most probably also die in his cell when he is. Things have a way to get very difficult to understand when it comes down to looking at Balkanic behaviour, I guess. Prejudice is the keyword, folks. Nvere, ever lend an ear to prejudice, if you don't want to wind up killing innocent people out of your own hand and in cold blood. Cheers, all!

Hey, Guess it comes from St John's Book of Revelations. The Evangelist states somewhere in it that 666 is the so-called Number of the Beast. I look forward to seeing you right here after this coming June 6th, 2006, folks, Cheers, all

Hey Mortanis, I can only come in strong support to what was said by Nova Terra. YOU DON'T WANT TO GET WINFIXER. Period. That stuff stinks. Otherwise, I think you've got the whole panel of sensible advices between this post and yours. Cheers all!

Lol Semeticsister, kinda now Minneapolis and surroundings, and guess what? I DO BELIEVE WHAT YOU WRITE IS TRUE . I hope everything will turn turn up fine for you and that you get outa bed asap. You live in a fine area, nonetheless, and it would be a shame not to take full advantage of that. Cheers!

Well, Trekken, I'm not the right person to address this type of question. I can't find a meaning to Life as such, in general terms. For example, God is to my sight so elusive a notion that I would be at pains to say it is The Answer, although I'm a believer myself. I can give you a personal tip, though. It's how things seem to work to give a meaning to Life. Oddly enough the simple answer is : Love. Admittedly, Love can assume strange shapes, indeed. Also, you have to take into account Love's dark shadow which is Hatred. Earth is circling 'round the Sun just to abide an elementary form of Love which is called gravitation. So do the stars congregating in beautiful galaxies. The first cell, as we know them, that ever came up alive seems to have been a combination of TWO separate "things" that put their resources in common for the best or the worst. I like to think that each and every cell in my organism is the result of some kind of love between two entities totally alien to one another. Even diseases like cancer seem to proceed from a somewhat exaggerated kind of love. Haphazzardly multiplicated cells with the wrong DNA look to me like some cells start *fuc...* around without a purpose, as some of their human counterparts do. Replication in cells is blindingly a Love mechanism. I can't think of any kind of relationship in this World which doesn't bring up the matter of Love (and Hatred). Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not a late follower of the "Peace and Love" things of the '70's. I'm simply expressing what life taught me. If this world of ours is to survive at all, it will come through Love. Sorry if this can appear somewhat obscure. Please feel free to object, all of you folks. Cheers

Hi there amitojduggal, thanks for bringing up the topic, Mmmhhh, if I may, Mussolini would be misplaced in your list. He used to be an Italian dictator, not a French. The French had one of their own brand, mellower, but criminal as well, going by the name of Philippe Pétain at that time. Now, I have been through his writings in the original text, as it happens that I can read the language written at that time. The least I could say is his verses are unforgivingly obscure, and munching them carefully hardly brings any light to what he's supposed to predict. Whatever he writes is purposedly so misleading that it can be interpreted only AFTER the events took place, but not BEFORE. What is a prediction that is fed by our willingness to make it a prediction : a hoax, if you ask me. All scholars who bent on his writings agree that the only thing that could have been correctly foresighted out of his writings is what he said about King Louis XVI's capture in Varennes, during the French Revolution. Now, any misplaced enthusiasm should be confronted with the fact that what you say about WW 3 was supposed to begin in the seventh or eigth month of the year 1999. Plus an obscure reference to a rightful heir of the French Monarchy. I fail to recollect any significant event at that point in time that could give rise to a World War, indeed. Any political mishap could these days, you know, including Iraq's invasion. And that did not happen in July or August, 1999. And, shortsighted as I am, I can't fathom a rightful heir to the former French Monarchy looming around. If you'd think that Nostradamus is an odd predictor, I'd gladly go along with your opinion, but I'd rather not take sides about the accuracy of what he said. Cheers, all!

Say twista, you got a greaaaaat topic there! I think that guy Arthur C. Clarke is one of the greatest sci-fi author ever, aside from being a top-notch scientist.I've read to my recollections :Tales from the White HeartChildhood's EndEarthlight The Nine Billion Names of GodThe Songs of Distant EarthThe Defenestration of Ermintrude Inch... and I've seen 2001, A Space Odyssey, of courseThanks for bringing up the topic.Cheers all, chums

Lol, Inyourarms, I'm a rather elder fox and I usually stand by every rule in this book of yours with a girl. I'm not too bad in that respect... Still, my last gf insisted right from start that she just wanted to "check the goods", and that's exactly what she did. Pieces of meat can be found both sides, tell ya. I guess fairness in relationships is the key. Is this word still understood? I dunno. Cheers

Smartbei, if I may be so bold as asking, as an additional item to this "food for thought" list of yours : - Who will be warden of these self-appointed wardens? I seem to recall an old French saying that goes : "Fish always start rotting from head to tail". I don't believe in hunting small game animals. The problem lies rather where the top dogs hide. Cheers, all!

A fine person is one that can tell his/her own shortcomings and muster the strength to say so and act accordingly.A sincere accolade htdefiant,

Right CroSpartacus, I used to be a Roman Catholic and I've never bent knees in front of any Saint I can recall of, even Virgin Mary. Well, even if I'm no longer much of a Roman Catholic (being excommunicated), I mourn on that stupid legend among Protestants that Saints are to be "worshipped" among Catholics. I can't name one Catholic around me that would go along with that kind of silly fairy tale. It's more like being jailed without being given a fair trial. Let's talk together, friends, and try to forget prejudices we haven't forged out of our own experiences. I, for one, had surprisingly good talks discussing their faiths with Protestants, as well as with Jews and Muslims. I'm fairly sure that many Protestants (or atheists for all that) would be surprised to know what's really on honest Catholic minds. Is the discovery of truth so scaring that nobody wants to take the first step? I dare any Protestant to find the truth about it, and I won't be the only one to call up the challenge, I'm certain of that. And, oh! I just forgot, my children were raised in the Protestant faith, and we're getting along quite well together. You just try telling 'em I'm "worshipping" Saints, and you'll get a biiiig knowing grin in return. Prejudice has a way to speak up while knowledge is silent, folks. Not a matter of faith, rather of human nature. Cheers, all!