which has been hailed as 'the largest organised system of liberty in history' incidentally.
I find it rather bizarre that you chose the British Empire of all things as an example of this... It was one of the better entities to have to deal with at the time...
sounds like they don't take the first chapter of the book of James too seriously then. (i think that's the right reference for this...) given that it spends a fair bit of the chapter saying, essentially, 'don't do that!'.
if that's the index i think it is, New Zealand seems to keep managing to rate as something like 'least corrupt' on those.
which i suppose is true. there's probably not a lot of corruption.
plenty of stupid, but not much corruption.
mind you, at this point i don't think anyone counts politicians acting only in the interests of their own social class and completely contrary to any and all election promises as corrupt unless they actually accepted cash or something analogous to do so.
which means the current government folding up and doing stupid things because it profits foreign corporations wouldn't be seen as corrupt unless they were actively and personally bribed as individuals. glee.
Certainly, in New Zealand, prices are listed including tax. only on some advertising for Very large items do they leave it off (I'm talking furniture here)... and even then they have a small label on the thing giving you either how much tax you'd pay or the total including the tax as well.
and some airlines got in trouble here not that long ago for hiding large portions of the price of an airfare in their advertising by not including all the various levies and taxes that every single person buying a ticket from them would have to pay (there by making their advertised price less than half of what you would actually end up paying)
it's pretty odd if it's illegal to use prices including tax... though, mind you, it makes sense to enforce a standard one way or another to reduce confusion... but the opposite standard makes more sense. It's not like you need laws to Force businesses to rip off their customers. it's fairly standard practice, at least for corporations....
Re: And, it really is about the safety of the Planes not People
isn't most of that stuff considered dangerous mostly due to pressurization issues?
at least, that was my understanding. I'll admit i don't really travel and thus actually have no idea, but that would seem to amount to the bing being perfectly fine so long as it doesn't actually go on a plane...
(or, for some substances, as long as no one's stupid enough to set it on fire...)
generally, it is information noted down in such a way that it can be readily accessed later to confirm or deny claims made regarding the event recorded, or to report events to those who were not there.
i hope you realise that tithe started out as a way of supporting the functions of the temple, which included official responsibility for the poor, widows, orphans, record keeping, and all sorts of other basic functions carried out by governments in large parts of the western world today.
it's a combination of charity and taxes.
so one can easily count charity donations as well as money given to churches to continue their functions and such as tithe...
I'm not sure about the tenfold thing, but there's certainly something in the bible to the effect of 'if you look after the poor, God will look after you'.
I think you're merging a number of separate concepts here.
besides, going into such a thing purely with the expectation of profit is hardly 'tithing'.
(the existance of so called 'super-churches' that are basically glorious get-rich-quick scams is depressing.)
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please note that there's some evidence that 'the eye of the needle' in this context may have been a particular kind of small gate in a city's wall that required the camel to have everything it was carrying removed so it could go through, possibly on it's knees.
quite difficult and a big hassle, but far from impossible.
(it also fits thematically a lot better than if it's read absolutely literally)
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I find it rather bizarre that you chose the British Empire of all things as an example of this... It was one of the better entities to have to deal with at the time...
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about the only thing the USA's really free from is the (now defunct) British Empire, btw.
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which i suppose is true. there's probably not a lot of corruption.
plenty of stupid, but not much corruption.
mind you, at this point i don't think anyone counts politicians acting only in the interests of their own social class and completely contrary to any and all election promises as corrupt unless they actually accepted cash or something analogous to do so.
which means the current government folding up and doing stupid things because it profits foreign corporations wouldn't be seen as corrupt unless they were actively and personally bribed as individuals. glee.
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and it's basically been replaced by Settlers of Catan and Carcassonne in lots of places, apparently.
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reading comprehension is a wonderful thing, and you ain't got it.
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that's... kinda ridiculous.
Certainly, in New Zealand, prices are listed including tax. only on some advertising for Very large items do they leave it off (I'm talking furniture here)... and even then they have a small label on the thing giving you either how much tax you'd pay or the total including the tax as well.
and some airlines got in trouble here not that long ago for hiding large portions of the price of an airfare in their advertising by not including all the various levies and taxes that every single person buying a ticket from them would have to pay (there by making their advertised price less than half of what you would actually end up paying)
it's pretty odd if it's illegal to use prices including tax... though, mind you, it makes sense to enforce a standard one way or another to reduce confusion... but the opposite standard makes more sense. It's not like you need laws to Force businesses to rip off their customers. it's fairly standard practice, at least for corporations....
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mind you, if you're dim enough to do it, well, darwin awards exist for a reason...
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wait, does the USA have a 10c coin? or does it get eaten (along with the 20s and 50s common elsewhere) by the 25c coin? (quarter)
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at least, that was my understanding. I'll admit i don't really travel and thus actually have no idea, but that would seem to amount to the bing being perfectly fine so long as it doesn't actually go on a plane...
(or, for some substances, as long as no one's stupid enough to set it on fire...)
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the act of making such is called recording.
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woo.
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it's a combination of charity and taxes.
so one can easily count charity donations as well as money given to churches to continue their functions and such as tithe...
I'm not sure about the tenfold thing, but there's certainly something in the bible to the effect of 'if you look after the poor, God will look after you'.
I think you're merging a number of separate concepts here.
besides, going into such a thing purely with the expectation of profit is hardly 'tithing'.
(the existance of so called 'super-churches' that are basically glorious get-rich-quick scams is depressing.)
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quite difficult and a big hassle, but far from impossible.
(it also fits thematically a lot better than if it's read absolutely literally)
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