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 Re: Gathering Statistical Data 
 The Other Matthew, on host 147.72.80.2
  Tuesday, December 4, 2001, at 05:45:00
  Gathering Statistical Data posted by Darien on Monday, December 3, 2001, at 23:02:54:
> Hi, all. I have a project I'd like you to help me  with. I need some statistical data, so it would  be keen if you'd all take a minute or six to  answer the following five questions. Be as  terse or an verbose as you wish. And it would  help if you didn't read any other responses  before responding. Again, thank you for your  time. > > 1. Who is/was the Ayatollah Khomeini?
  I can't remember. But then, I wasn't alive back  then. Was he the guy that guy involved with the  Iranian hostage crisis? Or was he the guy that  overthrew the regime we set up there. Or  something like that.
  > > 2. Is there a difference between the Republic  of China and the Peoples' Republic of China?  If so, what is it?
  ROC = Taiwan, PRC = China as we know it.
  > > 3. Is paganism a religion? If so, why? If not,  why not?
  Umm..good question. I don't see why not. I  mean, they have beliefs that affect moral and  ethical values, don't they? I don't know. I'm not  a pagan.
  > > 4. Was the Setpember 11, 2001, terrorist  attack on the United States (committed by the  Arab terrorist group Al Qaeda) a response to  the United States' pro-Israel Middle East  policy? If so, why? If not, why not?
  No, it was the Islamic world's hatred of all that  is not Islam, and the U.S. is the embodiment  of everything that is not Islam. Islam is an  expansionist/war-making religion, as history  as shown, and we stand in the way of that  goal. Sure, our policy towards Israel does not  help prevent anything like this, but I do not  think that the terrorist attack was a response  made *only* because we support Israel. The  hate us because we are successful, and not  Islamic.w
  > > 5. What is the meaning of life?
  Procreation.
  The Other "I don't know. I'm only 18. Does that  count as an excuse? I can't just say 'I don't  know, I'm just a kid', because, legally, I'm not a  kid anymore" Matthew 
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