Quote: shaggy292 @ June 19 2008, 2:17 PM BSTYes, but they weren't arseholes BECAUSE they were atheists. I don't think Hitler was anyway.
And as Richard Dawkins (legend) has pointed out, Hitler and Stalin both had moustaches - does that mean that their facial hair drove them to evil in the same way that their atheism supposedly did?
The theory holds with Margaret Thatcher.
Same argument works for religion.
Quote: shaggy292 @ June 19 2008, 2:17 PM BSTAnd as Richard Dawkins (legend) has pointed out, Hitler and Stalin both had moustaches - does that mean that their facial hair drove them to evil in the same way that their atheism supposedly did?
This type of argument's called syllogism.
Quote: shaggy292 @ June 19 2008, 2:17 PM BSTHitler and Stalin both had moustaches - does that mean that their facial hair drove them to evil
Probably.
Quote: shaggy292 @ June 19 2008, 2:17 PM BSTYes, but they weren't arseholes BECAUSE they were atheists. I don't think Hitler was anyway.
Sorry, just to correct myself - I'm saying I don't think Hitler was an atheist, I'm not saying he wasn't an arsehole.
Polpot didn't have a moustache, nor did Mao Tse Tsung, so aetheism not moustaches clearly lead to evil.
Sadam had a moustache, but Assad of Syria didn't.
Mind you they were also all men.
And foreign, foreign men who a re probably aetheist are evil?
Or, maybe, just maybe, they were all f**king nutjobs, and neither facial hair nor religion had the slightest thing to do with it.
Ironically, they're aren't many real evil men who are completely bald. There are in films, but not real life.
ooo that's radical thinking there Aaron, going out on a limb.
Quote: chipolata @ June 19 2008, 3:23 PM BSTIronically, they're aren't many real evil men who are completely bald. There are in films, but not real life.
This is very true. Bald men are always nicer.
Hmm saying they were insane always seems to be a bit unfair, on the mentally ill.
Maybe they were just really angry, or selfish, or maybe just super duper petty.
Quote: Timbo @ June 19 2008, 3:35 PM BSTThis is very true. Bald men are always nicer.
No, this isn't true. Bald men often don't have the brain power of their hairier headed counterparts, so they're diabolical schemes aren't as well thought out.
If hair is really an antennae receiving signals from the cosmos, then bald men are lacking in that input, so no wonder their schemes aren't as diabolical.
(see Withnail & I for more info.)
Quote: Bad dog @ June 19 2008, 4:03 PM BSTIf hair is really an antennae receiving signals from the cosmos, then bald men are lacking in that input, so no wonder their schemes aren't as diabolical.
(see Withnail & I for more info.)
Plus a lot of bald men become consumed with envy and bitterness towards their hairy bonced counterparts.
Quote: chipolata @ June 19 2008, 3:48 PM BSTNo, this isn't true. Bald men often don't have the brain power of their hairier headed counterparts,
As my old Gran used to say, grass don't grow on a busy street.