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11/02/08
- They were protesting on public property outside the entrance
- Their car was parked on the shoulder of a road (public property)
- They were "tricked" into running back to their car
- They were detained for tresspassing on Scientology propery??
Why did they run on the property in the first place?
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One walked over to ask the security guard wtf he was doing to our vehicle and wtf he was setting flares off near our car in a high fire danger alert.
The other one ran over because the first guy was being assaulted by "security guards."
Notice the lack of 'PRIVATE PROPERTY, NO TRESPASSING' signs. There are none. (probably are by now)
It is felt that the flare was meant to lure the first guy onto that property to reasonably ask what the hell that security goon thought he was doing around our car.
Does that "add up" for you now?
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Did the security guards retreat to the compound after they saw you approach and you followed them? In the video, it looks like everything is taking place by the truck.
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Plus, before the crusades, the Europeans hadn't known the joys of spiced food. Life without cinnamon or pepper? ...simply awful!
As a rule, in those days, violence was constant and insanely brutal, regardless of one's culture.
Standards have changed a bit.
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We do have delicatessans, although I can't advise on the quality as I am vegetarian. We have lots of good eats in Wellington though, due to a large number of Italian, Greek, Eastern European, Lebanese, Assyrian, and Indian immigrants. So I can't advise on salami, but how do you feel about fattoush?
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And I assume fattoush is a kind of orc. Do I have that right?
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My father has belonged to the Sceptic Society for much of my life, and I had always believed it was some sort of scientific organisation (my father is an engineer, with a B Sc. in Chem.). That was until I read The God Delusion, and found out its true ungodly roots as an Atheist society...
@Saxon 212: To be true, there are religious people here, but we do religion differently; there's no established church, no mention of God in our Bill of Rights or its preamble, and in our last census (2006), around 20,000 people declared their religion as Jedi. Which is pretty impressive for a country with a population of 4 million...
@BookishLookish: My favourite restaurant, Habebie, also does amazing tabbouleh. The real kind, too. Where the proportion of parsley outweighs the bulghur. It's almost as good as my cousin Yael's. Probably better even, but she doesn't charge me for hers...
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>splosh<
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I have always wanted to take the stress test and as I am taking it convulse wildly and say in the best televangelist voice, "The Holy Spirit has entered me and the Lord Jesus Christ has commanded me to start converting sinners and those who do not know the power of the Lord Jesus Christ." Pointing to the now probably confused cultists, continue the spiel, "So sinners, will you renounce your false prophet and accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal saviour?"
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No - it's great. Just bone up on their online 'personality' test till you work out where their triggers are (very easy to spot), then go sit the test and blitz it. And walk out. I've done it a couple of times when bored and feeling nasty. Watching their faces as you walk out the door is priceless.
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It's my job, Bookish.