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A non-religious, non-profit organization with voluntary
enrollment could fill a gap between churches and
governments
to serve certain needs in a person's life. It would push a
person's sociological "in group" buttons. It might be useful
for
shopping for group-rate insurance or serving as
a big
friendship circle. I had this idea as an extension of
wondering
whether anybody has thought about fully privatized,
subscription-based expressways through town (calling it
private property to avoid falling under speed limit laws).
Wikipedia: Civil Society
http://en.wikipedia.../wiki/Civil_society
[rcarty, Jun 14 2012]
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Secular Humanist comgregations exist for exactly this
purpose. For that matter, pretty much every membership
based civic/charitable organization (lions, elks, masons, my
parents gourmet group) meets this criteria. |
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You don't really say what your idea is, but if I've understood what you're saying this seems to be answered by any sort of club or society. |
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Maybe it's some sort of comment on the invasiveness of religion and government in everyday life. |
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Sort of like lots of people coming up with ideas, with a slim chance of getting a bun> That sort of thing?? |
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Sorry, [ktn], but [marked-for-deletion], widely-known-to-exist, not original. |
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Yes, m-f-d, but check out ktn's Chipmunk Phone Automation. +23 buns. |
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[squeak], you need to get out more and meet people (that is, if you can find a way of stopping them running away and screaming). |
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And when someone tells you to "get a life", DON'T go and google for it ...that means you've kind of missed the point. |
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Apparently, somewhere there are things called "girls". Let us know if you find out any more on this subject. |
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I've got one. She's awesome. |
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"You lucky bastard ... you lucky, lucky, lucky bastard ..." |
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I'm happily married in case you were wondering, The
recent blast of ideas was a result of me going
through an old notebook. I wanted to bring a
notebook to a training class for work, and I found in
a pinch that I had one that was mostly empty. I
copied the most interesting ones to HB before
tearing out the pages. |
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Did you then eat the pages? |
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(squeaketh), it's +24 now. I left a witty anno a couple of years ago but had never voted. |
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I've got one also, married her last week, she's awesome as well ;-) |
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Congrats, my friend! We celebrated our eighth anniversary
yesterday. It's not nearly as hard as everyone makes it out
to be. |
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We'd better scram before [bigsleep] comes in here and
catches us being sociable. |
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