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NialScorva · 10-02-2002, 12:46 PM

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One of those things you'll either love or just stare at confusedly.

Mageth · 10-02-2002, 12:54 PM

Personally, I could care less.

vagrant · 10-04-2002, 09:13 AM

As a software developer who majored in CompSci and minored in Philosophy, I find it pretty damn funny.

Keith Russell · 10-05-2002, 08:43 PM

Greetings:

I'm not a programmer, but I am familair with Existentialism, and Existentialists.

Funny stuff!

(Have you read this?)

French Intellectuals to be Deployed in Afghanistan to Convince Taliban of Non-Existence of God

Washington, DC; Kabul, Afghanistan; Paris, France: March 18, 2002 (AP/Reuters):

"The clean-up portion of the ground war in Afghanistan heated up yesterday when the Allies revealed plans to airdrop a platoon of crack French existentialist philosophers into the country to destroy the morale of the remaining Taliban zealots by proving the non-existence of God.

Elements from the feared Jean-Paul Sartre Brigade, or 'Black Berets', will be parachuted into the combat zones to spread doubt, despondency and existential anomie among the enemy. Hardened by numerous intellectual battles fought during their long occupation of Paris's Left Bank, their first action will be to establish a number of sidewalk cafes at strategic points near the front lines.

There they will drink coffee and talk animatedly about the absurd nature of life and man's lonely isolation in the universe. They will be accompanied by a number of heartbreakingly beautiful girlfriends who will further spread dismay by sticking their tongues in the philosophers' ears every five minutes and looking remote and unattainable to everyone else.

Their leader, Colonel Marc-Ange Belmondo, spoke yesterday of his confidence in the success of their mission. Sorbonne graduate Belmondo, a very intense and unshaven young man in a black pullover, gesticulated wildly and said, "The Taliban are caught in a logical fallacy of the most ridiculous proportions. There is no God and I can prove it. Take your tongue out of my ear, Juliet, I am talking."

Marc-Ange plans to deliver an impassioned thesis on man's nauseating freedom of action with special reference to the work of Foucault and the films of Alfred Hitchcock.

However, humanitarian agencies have been quick to condemn the operation as inhumane, pointing out that the effects of passive smoking from the Frenchmen's endless Gitanes could wreak a terrible toll on civilians in the area."

Keith.

[ October 05, 2002: Message edited by: Keith Russell ]</p>

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Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	Personally, I could care less.

10-04-2002, 09:13 AM	#3
vagrant Regular Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Barrington, IL USA Posts: 130	As a software developer who majored in CompSci and minored in Philosophy, I find it pretty damn funny.

10-05-2002, 08:43 PM	#4
Keith Russell Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Overland Park, Kansas Posts: 1,336	Greetings: I'm not a programmer, but I am familair with Existentialism, and Existentialists. Funny stuff! (Have you read this?) French Intellectuals to be Deployed in Afghanistan to Convince Taliban of Non-Existence of God Washington, DC; Kabul, Afghanistan; Paris, France: March 18, 2002 (AP/Reuters): "The clean-up portion of the ground war in Afghanistan heated up yesterday when the Allies revealed plans to airdrop a platoon of crack French existentialist philosophers into the country to destroy the morale of the remaining Taliban zealots by proving the non-existence of God. Elements from the feared Jean-Paul Sartre Brigade, or 'Black Berets', will be parachuted into the combat zones to spread doubt, despondency and existential anomie among the enemy. Hardened by numerous intellectual battles fought during their long occupation of Paris's Left Bank, their first action will be to establish a number of sidewalk cafes at strategic points near the front lines. There they will drink coffee and talk animatedly about the absurd nature of life and man's lonely isolation in the universe. They will be accompanied by a number of heartbreakingly beautiful girlfriends who will further spread dismay by sticking their tongues in the philosophers' ears every five minutes and looking remote and unattainable to everyone else. Their leader, Colonel Marc-Ange Belmondo, spoke yesterday of his confidence in the success of their mission. Sorbonne graduate Belmondo, a very intense and unshaven young man in a black pullover, gesticulated wildly and said, "The Taliban are caught in a logical fallacy of the most ridiculous proportions. There is no God and I can prove it. Take your tongue out of my ear, Juliet, I am talking." Marc-Ange plans to deliver an impassioned thesis on man's nauseating freedom of action with special reference to the work of Foucault and the films of Alfred Hitchcock. However, humanitarian agencies have been quick to condemn the operation as inhumane, pointing out that the effects of passive smoking from the Frenchmen's endless Gitanes could wreak a terrible toll on civilians in the area." Keith. [ October 05, 2002: Message edited by: Keith Russell ]</p>

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