• INFORMAL DISCUSSION - For the first 30 minutes of the Thursday night forums we will have informal discussion. This will allow for late arrivals, food & drink ordering, and new attendees to become acclimated.
• ANNOUNCEMENTS - Any events, news, or other items that you feel are of interest to the group can be announced at the start of Free Inquiry Forum.

TOPICS for Thursday (5/13/04):

1. Discuss the latest news on the Iraq prisoner abuse and the video of an American being beheaded in Iraq? There are hundreds more photographs of Iraq prisoner abuse that the Pentagon says that it has - should those be released publicly? What more might they show beyond what has already shocked so much of the world? The beheading of an American civilian in Iraq was said to have been carried out to avenge abuses of Iraqi prisoners. Are we entering into a vicious cycle of violence and revenge? How can it be stopped? Should the U.S. pull out of Iraq all together? Should more troops be sent? Should the draft be reinstated?
2. The city council of Zephyrhills, FL had changed a street name to Martin Luther King Avenue to honor the civil rights activist. But then dozens of people protested. The council has now voted to change the street back to its original name, but to keep up both street signs. Do you agree with the city council's decision? How would you react if they renamed the street you lived on to MLK?
3. Mexican Air Force pilots filmed 11 unidentified flying objects in the skies over southern Campeche state. What do you think these objects may have been? Do you think UFOs could be alien spacecrafts or do you feel there is a more natural explanation.
4. Florida elections officials have ordered a statewide purge of freed felons from its voter roles, an election-year directive that some say would disenfranchise up to 40,000 people. Florida is the largest of seven states that does not automatically restore voting rights of convicted criminals once they leave prison. Do you think felons should be taken off Florida's voter rolls?.
5. What do you think of Kerry's and/or Bush's latest political ads?

Quote of the week: "UFOlogy is the mythology of the space age. Rather than angels...we now have...extraterrestrials. It is the product of the creative imagination. It serves a poetic and existential function. It seeks to give man deeper roots and bearings in the universe. It is an expression of our hunger for mystery...our hope for transcendental meaning. The gods of Mt. Olympus have been transformed into space voyagers, transporting us by our dreams to other realms." [Paul Kurtz]

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