Yesterday, thirty eight years ago...

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:39 am

Mankind first set foot on the moon.

Apollo 11 landed and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spoke those imortal words.

"One small step for man, one...giant leap for mankind."

Post by **Teaos** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:41 am

This is a thread on two other forums I am a member of and they both disolved into "Did we land on the moon?"

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:43 am

Ok, as far as I am concerned we did.
Lets have none of that!

Crushproof · Post by **Crushproof** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:32 pm

Terran Empire did it. American government lied.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:06 pm

Clearly it was all broadcast from a soundstage on Mars.
*adjusts tinfoil hat*

JudgeKing · Post by **JudgeKing** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:55 pm

We did land on the moon. Nobody has any right to question that.

Post by **Teaos** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:48 am

We did land on the moon. Nobody has any right to question that.

EVERYONE has the right to question EVERYTHING. Thats the corner stone of democracy.

DBS · Post by **DBS** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:50 am

Rochey wrote:Clearly it was all broadcast from a soundstage on Mars.
*adjusts tinfoil hat*

Besides, if we hadn't gone to the moon, how could the opening scene of 'Independence Day' possibly have happened?

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:17 am

So the real question is will the Chinse land there next and claim it?
*thinks America and allies should colonize the Moon*

I Am Spartacus · Post by **I Am Spartacus** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:49 am

Teaos wrote:
We did land on the moon. Nobody has any right to question that.
EVERYONE has the right to question EVERYTHING. Thats the corner stone of democracy.

BS. You don't have the right to question that the sky is blue, that the capital of Norway is Oslo, or that we landed on the moon.

The only right a human being has is the right to existence. Everything else is a privilege handed to you because you're fortunate enough to live in such a place. Go somewhere like Thailand or Laos; nobody even knows what freedom of speech means there in the western sense, except for tourists.

Post by **Teaos** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:00 pm

I do have the right to question if the sky is blue. Just like you have the right to think I'm an idiot if I do.

It's a little thing called free speech and free will. The two most important things to democracy and humanity in general.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:27 pm

All right. I know how to settle this. Someone call up Russia and we'll have a redo of the space race. First one to the moon wins. First one to Mars gets bonus points.
The winner will be awarded a life times supply of cookies for the population.
On your marks, get set, GO!

Wait, what do you mean it'll take a few years?

Bryan Moore · Post by **Bryan Moore** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:45 pm

Monroe wrote:So the real question is will the Chinse land there next and claim it?
*thinks America and allies should colonize the Moon*

Let 'em. Could you imagine a whole moon-base populated with Asian drivers using moon rovers? They'd wipe each other out in a matter of no time.

Crushproof · Post by **Crushproof** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:32 pm

International Law states no Nation can own extra-terrestrial land. However, oddly enough, an individual can. www.planetaryinvestments.com

I am going to buy an acre of the moon for $37, and plant a Terran Empire flag on its surface once I get $20,000,000 to go up there.

I Am Spartacus · Post by **I Am Spartacus** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:18 pm

Teaos wrote:I do have the right to question if the sky is blue. Just like you have the right to think I'm an idiot if I do.

It's a little thing called free speech and free will. The two most important things to democracy and humanity in general.

Sorry, you don't. Democracy is just a construct of the mind that has no basis in reality. You have no rights, other than the right to existence. The rest are just privileges given to you because you're fortunate enough to be born in New Zealand.