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I've got a ton of plastic eggs from the kiddo's egg hunt. I'm going to be hiding them during some other random holiday.

EGGgasm is actually an ongoing year-round thing for me. I feel that the presence of a plastic easter egg is more curious when it's not around easter.

I just had an idea for a letter - the reason that nothing ever changes in Washington is because the Tuscon Cabal (which is actually much older than you think) together with the Masons are the one who really run this country. The Democrats and the Republicans elect actors to pretend to be President, meanwhile, the most senior mason and the Episcopos of the Tuscon cabal are the ones who actually make the decisions which are attributed to "the President". If you're wondering why some of Obama's policies seem so similar to Bush's it's because the same person is responsible for them, yes that's right, the Good Reverend Roger has actually been the REAL president since the Clinton years! Our Dark Masters throw us a bone every now and again (like health care reform) just to make it believable that there's a different person in the White House every four years but really there isn't. The True White House is still in Philadelphia. And don't even get me started on the electoral college...

We could probably use some phrases from "Two-man con" in BIP to flesh it out.

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It also presupposes an underlying drive to murder those regarded as "not us" and protect those regarded as "us". It seems interesting [to me anyway] that the primary targets of actual murders are not predominantly random "others" but are actually individuals who are known to us.
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Great point- whenever someone ends up dead the cops question the people close to them. The killer usually ends up being a family member or lover.

I'm interested in the idea that, "if a large amount of humans are murderous savages, then lying with regards to religion is a good thing, if it makes them less savage."

I can't speak for all religions, but I'm under the impression that they all pretty much say killing is bad (maybe with a few exceptions depending on circumstance). If this is the case, then how has religion spawned murder? My take would be that the lie is used as an excuse for the murder. Or maybe in the case of religion and murder, lying about the lie to justify the murder. Either way, murder is the root cause of the evil, and the lie an accessory.

From what I can see, most of them say that killing one of your own is bad, but killing the other is often blessed by the diety.

That would be lying about the lie. The ten commandments don't say "thou shalt not kill... unless they're not Jewish, then it's aight". With Christianity, Jesus basically said that it doesn't matter, people are people and are equal in God's eyes. You don't see many rabbis and priests out there advocating murder of non-Jews and non-Christians. They consider it all the same thing. Maybe you get a fundamentalist every so often, but they seem more to say, "Bwahaha, Jesus hit you with a natural disaster because there are gay people somewhere"

I'm interested in the idea that, "if a large amount of humans are murderous savages, then lying with regards to religion is a good thing, if it makes them less savage."

I can't speak for all religions, but I'm under the impression that they all pretty much say killing is bad (maybe with a few exceptions depending on circumstance). If this is the case, then how has religion spawned murder? My take would be that the lie is used as an excuse for the murder. Or maybe in the case of religion and murder, lying about the lie to justify the murder. Either way, murder is the root cause of the evil, and the lie an accessory.

Also, lies live in the heart of jokes, pranks, good art, bad art, and being polite to people you don't like.

Don't forget literature, television, the news, etc... pretty much all forms of entertainment. Plus, what constitutes lying in this case. Is omission of truth the same? I'd still put murder at the top myself.

If Alty is correct and we're really just a bunch of savages who are inclined to murder (which I disagree with), then the Lie of organized religion is actually a good thing. Sure, it sprouted a bunch of mass murders perpetrated by the few in power or the few who think they're making a statement, but when taken as a whole, it would curb our murderous primate urges, since it turns out most people aren't murderers. As Dok and EoC also noted, you could always just move the words around. Taking EoC's example to murder, lying is the murdering of truth, theft is the murdering of rightful ownership.

Interesting how it's summed up at the end- that which is the worst has the greatest negative effect on the most people. Utilitarianism, but phrased in the negative.

Awesome, so now we have two pseudonymns; Barry Stratton and Eric Burke and one letter (the one written by Rhizone). There's also Enki's idea about the CIA's MK-NAOMI thing. Do we have any volunteers for sending out the first letter?

I'm going to sit out at first so I can get a sense of Barry and Eric's writing styles, but as previously stated, once I get a feel I'll go for it.

Barry Stratton. Nice.

Sounds like a real fellow, and is about to become a total nutjob. 

Now, he just needs a friend for the tag-team effect.

I suggest last name Burke. Common, but not obviously made up.

Eric Simon Burke

I vote in favor of your statement and Telarus'

Barry Stratton. Nice.

Sounds like a real fellow, and is about to become a total nutjob. 

Now, he just needs a friend for the tag-team effect.

Just googled Barry Stratton with quotes. Over 5000 hits. There's even a barrystratton.com.

That's awesome! Perfect level of common without being overly generic.

Cool, so we have pseudonym #1 (I'm in btw). Not sure if my writing style jives, but if I see a couple of examples, I can try and mimic. I also (going back on previous posts) like the idea of the unexplained travels. It makes Barry seem more paranoid with possible reason. Like that dude who called into Coast to Coast about Area 51 and the station had unexpected and unexplained broadcast failure (you can hear the caller's comments on Faaip de Oiad by Tool if you're not sure what I'm talking about). Gives it that cautious credibilty feel.

Barry Stratton. Nice.

Sounds like a real fellow, and is about to become a total nutjob. 

Now, he just needs a friend for the tag-team effect.

Just googled Barry Stratton with quotes. Over 5000 hits. There's even a barrystratton.com.

Barry Stratton. Nice.

Sounds like a real fellow, and is about to become a total nutjob. 

Now, he just needs a friend for the tag-team effect.

I suggest last name Burke. Common, but not obviously made up.

Well, my name is out of the question.

It might be best to make up something very ordinary or combine a couple of our names. I can donate my last name but not my first, for the obvious reasons.

Use my middle name, Barry, nice and non-descript. Could be interpreted as a last name or a double first name. Barry whatever-your-last-name is. Barry, seems like a genuine fellow's name...

Then turn around and sell it as Ayrurvedic healing medicine when they get sick!  

That I don't have the cred for, unfortunately. I'm not a hippie and come from Irish stock. My cures consist of Guinness and poitin (when poitin can be had)

Urine is sterile.

Piss in a jug, and sell it to them for top dollar.

Tell them to get their own fucking water, and then laugh at them for spending money on water.

Also, why is this such a big deal? This kind of thing happened regularly when I lived in the East Bay, and occasionally here; we just boiled our water. BFD.

Eh, I owe one of my roommates. So I'll do this stupid chore, but expect money back. I agree though.