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Message 16 of 27 (810277)
05-26-2017 9:48 PM
Reply to: Message 15 by dwise1
05-26-2017 5:37 PM


CRR writes:
Just why the fuck is he going on and on about court procedures and rules when in reality we are just trying to conduct a bloody police investigation.
Because that's all the ammunition he had.
It's the same with CRR’s discussion about definitions and information. All they have is semantics, mythology and philosophy. They have to avoid fact, evidence and observation at all costs. Reality is the devil and he shows up in the detail.

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Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
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