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The man quoted in the BBC link was at one of their meetings[B], fool...its not my argument, its theirs...
And because they say it, you accept it as given, is that what you are saying? If you engaged your grey matter, you would at least doubt it, if not question whether or not it is just a smokescreen."
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Indeed I do accept that it may be a lie. I am not saying I believe it or not. I only mentioned it because you didn't seem to know what they had to say, which suggests to me you have only looked at one side of the story, and that is why I can't take you seriously.
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If you can't see the connection you should try knitting as a pass-time..will give you a chance and drop my guard..what are the reasons the Bildr's give for their secrecy?
...do they not claim that it is the same reason that MP's have immunity?..is that not what the BBC link says?
If you can't see the logical disconnect in something as simple as this, then perhaps you ought to forget about those exams. University simply isn't the place for people who lack intact critical faculties. Your implied assertion that it what these people say must be true because the Blair/Brown Broadcasting Corporation has said so is simply ridiculous."
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.did you ever bother to find out?.maybe this reply will make you do it, and at least if you can come up with a quote to make me look silly I will have achieved something..if you want to be taken seriously you have to know both sides of the argument..know your enemy..get it?
Do you not realise how utterly stupid this sounds? How can I check the veracity of these claims? By personally asking every attendee at these meetings? By attending them myself? Let me guess!... by listening to the BBC saying "its all ok", and accepting it without thinking about it?"
[COLOR="Sienna"]Never asked you if you had checked the veracity of the response, only asked if you had bothered to find out what it was. As you suggest it is very easy to do ..just google it ..simple..see first answer[/COLOR]
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can you argue that liberal democracy doesn't have in built checks and balances that make your delusions impossible?
Can you show how it does?
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Yes..this man sums up what I believe to be a very strong argument against the possibility of such a conspiracy. He is not alone in that opinion, and it makes sense to me. If you can show me an argument to the contrary I will certainly look at it. Don't worry about the Rothchilds connection though because I have that from Roland and as I told him it is very convincing. There are plenty others though so knock yourself out. [/COLOR]
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