Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!69.80.99.26.MISMATCH!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.supernews.com!news.supernews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 19:51:46 +0000 From: john larkin Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: China: Government Starts Phasing Out American Processors, Operating Systems on Government Computers Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 12:51:45 -0700 Message-ID: References: <6cfc0j5r2mtjnr2nfvc91dr227tfu8tnp8@4ax.com> <3mjg0j5vaqebsftvr0265739q147lhtvq6@4ax.com> <7DyON.746021$xHn7.365795@fx14.iad> <1nil0jtdnbmelvs1fdg2i3v7gg2s7davmg@4ax.com> User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 39 X-Trace: sv3-TKbJ4Y/WYyB3okEz7kp2xiEQLcBX4uCqTM/m6vWi75UbapN7pRUIR8xhwiyEJ2Gs68MpMGUguGWkVVB!iyMSYlwXEC84iEXCFEEukfJU55VO1X0hoIGX8LmMvb/MCVHt0n+BvMIfkptpl+B49WXZzywRcKY3!zXdzmQ== X-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/abuse.html X-DMCA-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2977 On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 21:24:30 +0200, Jeroen Belleman wrote: >On 4/2/24 16:44, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote: >> Am 02.04.24 um 16:13 schrieb Siri Cruise: >> >>> Do atheists have a 'particular religious orientation'? >> >> Atheismn is a religious orientation like abstinence is a sex practice. > >You make it sound as if atheists deny themselves pleasure. That is >completely and utterly false. Rather, it's religion that preaches >that pleasure is sinful and that abstinence is a condition to attain >salvation and eternal bliss. Religious people have lots of fun. I think that lots of church-goers are there for the social interaction (and the food!) (and meeting mates!) as much as for the spiritual part. One thing that religion preaches is that a lot of messing around leads to STDs. Antibiotics and birth control are modern inventions. That ole time religion was protective, so was selected. > >Atheists tend to be individualists, making up their own minds, Not much in my experience. They are mostly nasty. >That >makes it hard to organize them into a coherent movement. Most atheists >do not care what other people think. Right. Anti-social. > >Jeroen Belleman >