Da Vinci Code

[winoman]

It's a great book. It can't really be any more fiction than the bible itself

exactly...so its recommended eh? My wife wasn't so impressed...who knows...

[LadySilver]

I loved the Da Vinci Code I thought it was a great book. Also, whoever liked the Da Vinci Code you should go out and get Angels and Demons another book by Dan Brown.

[Sip]

exactly...so its recommended eh? My wife wasn't so impressed...who knows...

Most definitely. If nothing else, the novel itself is most definitely worth the read as a mystery/adventure/thriller type of a book. The rest of the context, well, it just adds that extra thing to make this one of the best books ever!

Whether the "story" in it holds any merit factually or not, it's a must read just on the entertainment value alone.

[winoman]

Hm...well perhaps I will give it a read after all....maybe...

Anyway - on another matter - did you know that you are now famous SIP? - yes thats it -

Sheltering In Place (SIP). SIP occurs during an emergency situation when our safety depends on staying in our workplace or home rather than evacuating. SIP may occur during certain emergency situations, particularly Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) material releases and some weather emergencies.

SIP (Calm) - Employees can move about the building but should remain in their assigned office area to facilitate accountability. These emergencies may include a major highway closure or an incident in the immediate area that could present a hazard to personnel if allowed to leave the facility.

SIP (Threat) - This category requires employees to remain in the occupied sheltered place until official guidance has been received that the danger has passed. These emergencies may include a hazardous substance release outside the facility, police emergency, severe weather, or Chemical, Biological Radiological, Nuclear emergency.

http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/evacuation/shelterinplace.html

etc

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/shelter.asp

[loseyourname]

18 million # is in serious dispute (some say it was less then 1 million - many estimate between 5 - 18 million - with 18 being at the high end) - regardless - yeah - nasty. But unlike the Jews & Armenians - where such was clearly a deliberate state policy that was enacted over a very short period of time - the Native American "genocide" was the result of a protracted colinization effort that resulted in genocide - more often then not deaths were a result of other actions and circumstances and not a deliberate attempt to wipe out the people (though certainly on occasion this occured as well).

That is true primarily in the present-day United States and Canada, but in Mexico and South America, there were definite attempts (successful attempts) to eliminate the Inca and Aztec civilizations. These are probably more analagous to the crusades than any modern-day genocides, however, since they involved removing people from foreign lands by means of invasion. It's somewhat different than if Spain had simply wiped out a population of Incas that lived in Spain. Both are equally despicable, but there is a difference.

[winoman]

agreed loseyourname.