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Slavik44.....thanks for the feedback. It is good to hear about other person's experiences. What about Thunderbird for an e-mail software system? Has anyone experience with it?

I wonder how many people realize that the title of Linda's article, which is the theme for this thread, is: Are we going to be helpmate to a bully? Maybe we need to reflect on this title as we all pat ourselves on the back about what moral & upstanding citizens we are, eh!

Newspapers: Charge for E-Content at Your Peril I know myself I have stopped reading these pay-per-view papers, but there is so much more out there, so who cares about those idiots?

Microsoft says Firefox not a threat to IE I grew up on a Mac Classic which I thoroughly enjoyed but eventually switched over to PC because of the cost factor, but I think it was a mistake. I know things are more complicated now, but I never ever experienced the kind of problems with Apple, as I have with Microsoft. The next time I purchase a computer I am returning to Apple. In the meantime I have added Firefox to my desktop to try it out. Has anyone here any experience with Firefox and other alternatives to Microsoft?

Please stop wasting mine and everyone else's time by being obstinate. I have posted my responses on the other thread.

Why don't you address what I stated above instead of going off on absurd tangents, eh!

I know you are all fired up about this, but you are making inaccurate comments. Please go to "Anti-Muslim Backlash in Holland" thread in the "Rest of the World" area for my response.

Do you consider van Goth a peaceful person? I don't. And van Goth probably would have been charged in Canada under our hate crimes legislation. There are limits to freedom of expresssion.

Stop twisting what I said. I said I do not condone violence.

This conversation has been continued in the international forum. I have responded there.

Leave the friggin' voodoo at home. Since when does the religious right have ownership over the word marriage? Do you even know what the word means? This is just your excuse to practice intolerance.

Churches are grappling with the issue. Some are refusing to marry same-sex couples, some churches are splitting up over it, and some churches, like the Unitarian Church, and the United Church I think, are quietly going ahead with marrying same-sex couples. Each church has to make up their own mind on the issue, but outsiders are not forcing any of them to do something they don't want to do, in this area of same-sex marriages, as far as I know. There is a whole lot of intolerant fear-mongering going on out there.

Yasser Arafat won the Nobel Peace Prize!

What is that expression: "You live by the sword, you die by the sword". You know that old espression "Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me". Well it's obviously bullshit. People need to think before, not after, they put their mouth in gear!

I said I was not condoning the murder - can't you read?

You just don't get it. Reagan is not a hero in Canada. He was a religious kook and most of the thinking people in the world are relieved that the human race has survived him. Ever since Reagan was in power the religious right think that have the right to shove their friggin' beliefs down people's throats. Well they don't, at least not in Canada. Move to the US where you belong.

I am not condoning the murder of the dutch van Goth, but unfortunately he brought it on himself with his disgusting descriptions of Muslim behaviour. Perhaps this conversation should be continued in the international area.

Why can't the secularist crazies keep their bedrooms out of the public? Most people don't care what people do in private. The problem is the gay lobby can't mind their own business. The left can't come to a balanced compromise with civil unions. They have to go out of their way to shove their agenda down the throats of believers in God. It's a pure hate agenda by MS types who discriminate and belittle those who have different beliefs than their own. Stop twisting words to suit your hatred. No one is telling you what to do. The Christian right's lack of tolerance towards gays, etc., is going to lead us down the path of what is happeneing in the Netherlands if we are not careful. Tone it down especially on a day like today.

The Netherlands: Death of Theo van Gogh The above quote is from this website. There is some wisdom in the author's comments.

Even Texas is sorry.

Blix: 'U.S. has learned' Hans Blix is one guy whom I respect in this whole sordid mess over in Iraq. He said there were no WMD and there were none. People would do well to listen to what he has to say as he has an excellent track record. And I like his optimism as well.

NO MORE 'NORTHERN PESO' Canada's fiscal report card has just received better marks than it has had in a long time.

I think it is time for the Israeli people to give Sharon the boot so we can have a fresh start in the Middle East. /294

Is your church performing same-sex marraige? I doubt it. If this keeps up we should just abolish the churches, they are causing way too much trouble for what they are worth! No government is forcing churches to perform same-sex marraiges. And quite frankly I didn't give a shit about this issue, until I saw the intolerance directed towards the gay and lesbian community, from some of Canada's religious groups.