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Montagnard (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 07:52 PM Original message |
Galileo was one of history’s greatest weasel butts. |
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SammyBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Okay, I am confused. WTF are you talking about? |
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Montagnard (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 08:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. He knew the truth...but he feared to speak it in other than a murmur |
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SammyBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 08:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Half truth |
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Montagnard (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 08:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Isn't it the stand we take in public that counts |
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SammyBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 08:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Non-sequitir. |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 09:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
30. Actually... if we say it behind closed doors it might be MORE dangerous |
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Peanutcat (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 08:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Galileo was smart |
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Montagnard (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 08:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Then when it comes to torture and death, we are wise to be still |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 10:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. What would you do in his place? |
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michaelwb (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 09:37 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Oh yeah |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. LOL! |
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rexcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 10:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. The catholic church leaders would have had him... |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Huh? |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 08:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Copernicus believed the Sun, not the Earth, was center of Solar |
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blitzen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 09:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. i doubt that he said "the Church says the Earth is flat" |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 09:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Ha! He didn't! It was Magellan..... |
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ptolle (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. see also |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. For real |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. There's a wonderful play about all this |
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Sacajawea (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 11:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. "Galileo's Daughter" is a wonderful book...by Dava Sobel |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. I can hardly wait to see |
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Montagnard (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 09:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. That is the question we all face |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 09:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Before WWII, there was a famous dialog between Einstein & |
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Montagnard (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 09:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. You start with rationalizing those things you feel are unimportant |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 01:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
38. Interesting... |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. ... and Einstein ended up working for the peace |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm a Giordano Bruno man, myself. nt |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. 500 years age, who cares |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. I sincerely hope I contribute something during my lifetime |
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name not needed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. Fuck the current bullshit, let's whine about something that happened |
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Montagnard (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 10:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. It is not whining… |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. It is important |
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Clara T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. That's cause he saw what happened to Bruno the great Italian philosopher |
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Montagnard (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-18-06 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
25. As I see the discussion is about standing against tyranny |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 03:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Right |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
29. This is officially the weirdest thread ever in General Discussion. |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
31. You know the memory of Giordano Bruno being BURNED at |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
32. Waitaminute. You're still holding a grudge against Galileo?!?! |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
36. go visit the torture museum in Amsterdam |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
37. He faced the same choice many of will have to make in the not-to-distant |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
39. It wasn't buckling under to tyranny. |
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