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Topic: Has the damage to the children been done?  (Read 1608 times)

Offline debussy symbolism

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Has the damage to the children been done?
on: September 16, 2008, 05:11:43 AM
Relative abundance of fluoride in water, microwave dishes installed near schools, mercury tooth fillings, the perennial encouragement of left-brain activity in children, and the general dumbing down of students through government education.

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For us musicians, the music of Beethoven is the pillar of fire and cloud of mist which guided the Israelites through the desert.  (Roughly quoted, Franz Liszt.)

Offline morningstar

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Re: Has the damage to the children been done?
Reply #2 on: September 16, 2008, 06:14:04 AM
Having never had any of those things really affect me (except the flouride in the water to a lesser extent), can't be sure or objective. Sounds nasty though.

Offline hyrst

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Re: Has the damage to the children been done?
Reply #3 on: September 16, 2008, 10:26:04 AM
Yay!!!  Let's celebrate conspiracy  8)

Offline quasimodo

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Re: Has the damage to the children been done?
Reply #4 on: September 16, 2008, 12:08:33 PM
Human nature is damaged for quite a long time now.
thousand years....
" On ne joue pas du piano avec deux mains : on joue avec dix doigts. Chaque doigt doit être une voix qui chante"

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Re: Has the damage to the children been done?
Reply #5 on: September 16, 2008, 12:32:34 PM
I don't think the damage has been done physically as much as it's been done morally, in this, erm, lovely world of ours.

I don't think I need to expand that further. :)

Offline db05

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Re: Has the damage to the children been done?
Reply #6 on: September 16, 2008, 12:56:32 PM
Conspiracy? I doubt it. People don't have that much imagination and I doubt they would do anything so massive on purpose. More like laziness + ignorance. So what if the future generations suffer? I'd be dead by then.  ;)
I'm sinking like a stone in the sea,
I'm burning like a bridge for your body

Offline pianochick93

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Re: Has the damage to the children been done?
Reply #7 on: September 17, 2008, 11:08:24 AM
I'm not damaged...I do have a slight insanity problem though.
h lp! S m b dy  st l   ll th  v w ls  fr m  my  k y b  rd!

I am an imagine of your figmentation.

Offline morningstar

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Re: Has the damage to the children been done?
Reply #8 on: September 17, 2008, 11:21:52 AM
I'm not damaged...I do have a slight insanity problem though.
Yeah but aren't we all a bit insane? :P
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