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    Lord of the House Flies Member Al Khalifah's Avatar
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    Default Re: have you ever learned anything useful from the Backroom?

    Yeah. I've learnt not to trust anyone.
    Cowardice is to run from the fear;
    Bravery is not to never feel the fear.
    Bravery is to be terrified as hell;
    But to hold the line anyway.

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    Default Re: have you ever learned anything useful from the Backroom?

    Yes, Ive greatly improved my understanding of the Israeli-Arab conflict.. and some other things.

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    Part-Time Polemic Senior Member ICantSpellDawg's Avatar
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    Default Re: have you ever learned anything useful from the Backroom?

    totally

    i learn useful things everyday
    understanding the world more comprehensively is useful in so many ways
    "That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there."
    -Eric "George Orwell" Blair

    "If the policy of the government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court...the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned the government into the hands of that eminent tribunal."
    (Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, 1861).
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    Things Change Member JAG's Avatar
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    Default Re: have you ever learned anything useful from the Backroom?

    I have learnt a lot of useful information for my studies as well as a better understanding of issues. Seeing what different peoples points of views brings to a subject has helped me develop my opinions on matters and that has been very useful.
    GARCIN: I "dreamt," you say. It was no dream. When I chose the hardest path, I made my choice deliberately. A man is what he wills himself to be.
    INEZ: Prove it. Prove it was no dream. It's what one does, and nothing else, that shows the stuff one's made of.
    GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
    INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.

    Jean Paul Sartre - No Exit 1944

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    Senior Member Senior Member Idaho's Avatar
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    Default Re: have you ever learned anything useful from the Backroom?

    I've learnt that you're all %*&#s!
    "The republicans will draft your kids, poison the air and water, take away your social security and burn down black churches if elected." Gawain of Orkney

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    |LGA.3rd|General Clausewitz Member Kaiser of Arabia's Avatar
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    Default Re: have you ever learned anything useful from the Backroom?

    Yup...I learned that Navaros hates the US...amongst other things...lol

    Why do you hate Freedom?
    The US is marching backward to the values of Michael Stivic.

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    Chief Sniffer Senior Member ichi's Avatar
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    Default Re: have you ever learned anything useful from the Backroom?

    Yes,

    Lots of factual information

    Many interesting spins on controversial subjects. By listening to people talk about their personal experiences with difficult ideas, things become clearer

    and of course, that reason and words only go so far, that there are some things that some people will not see until they are ready to see

    ichi
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    Default Re: have you ever learned anything useful from the Backroom?

    No. But it's led to some great websites that I wouldn't have read otherwise, like the one about procrastination, and the one about getting chicks by being an asshole. Great stuff.

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    Default Re: have you ever learned anything useful from the Backroom?

    Not really...

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