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Who are these non-politically engaged, drugged up Spinozist male hippies? Most of the Spinoza as self-help manual material that I have come across has been inspired (if not instigated) by Australian feminists. Why is a cult of intensity necessarily divorced from the political? Was Bataille...

But the big question is how faithful is it to the Dark Horse comics? Perhaps if this film is really successful, they'll follow it up with an adaptation of Aliens vs. Predator vs. The Terminator...

Can you elaborate on exactly how you think computers can be deployed in this way? I get the feeling that all this antipathy towards GUIs, etc. is rather missing the point: It is the GUI that allows most people to do anything at all on a computer (including most LINUX users). I guess your point...

I agree entirely. This either says something about the inability of people to live up to the exigencies of their religion, or the inability of that religion to provide viable ways of life for the majority of their adherents. You choose ;)

One last go, then I'll give up. You clearly do not understand what Papal Infallibility means, let alone entails, or you would realize that the Pope is fallible when it comes to the weather. The fact that it is a hierarchical organisation, with them at the head claiming to have infallibility...

The core Christian doctrines are salvation via the Word of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who died for our sins; some form of Baptism, and some form of Eucharist. Ask any self-professed Christian and they will know this. Biblical exegesis and the stress thereon varies wildly between Churches...

And 'the pope and his lot' call you a bad Catholic, which was my original point. Either that or you have a very smug and dismissive attitude to people's religious experiences and the way in which the core tenets of their churches give them shape and meaning. Is it really possible to be a...

Nope, it shows they haven't been paying attention to the primary tenets they signed up for.

What I don't understand is that given the institutionalized hierarchy headed up by an infallible pontiff which constitutes the backbone of the RCC, how can you possibly divorce that from the Roman Catholic faith? Papal infallibility and all that it entails is itself an act of faith. Yes there...

But anybody who was paying attention when CDs came out knew this anyway: It's just the old valve vs. transistor amp dbate which had been running from the early 70s. Most of these arguments about format quality are redundant unless you have really serious equipment and a room set up to listen to...

I don't buy this eco-friendly thing at all: Given the media used to transfer and store MP3s, I doubt they have much less of an impact on the environment than CDs or vinyl,even if you can pack more of them on your hard drive. Also, if you are collecting MP3s, do you not have them backed up...