Do you know the quote from williamson that is frequently misquoted to Nelson Mandela? I tend to cringe at references to God, though, so I input my own understanding at those spots, and kind of skip over the wording. The idea is the same, and that's what I think matters. Link
As a self proclaimed heathen, I'm glad that hell has frozen over, thanks to the Eagles. I prefer the cold. Doesn't really matter to me if you believe I'm going to hell. I still think you're a good writer, and will continue to "borrow"(aka steal) the opinions with which I agree. Of course, it helps that I agree with much of what you say.
first of all, several of the cultures proposed really aren't Why not? Because they're not closely aligned in all of their behavior? Latching onto Brad's analogy, don't they still have the same operating system, with perhaps different installed programs. They all run Windows, but one is on MS Office, while another uses Word Perfect. If the pro
If there were anything they could really do, but I don't think there is much. The average Iraqi has as much chance defeating terrorists there as the average Columbian has of doing something about the drug cartels. This argument, however, is pitting individuals against a group. I agree that an individu
We're satisfied until people wander out of the projects and start killing 'real' people. As a corollary, does the presence of our soldiers, as a partial buffer, potentially disincentivize some Iraqi citizens from acting to correct these problems. Of course, maybe a police force is necessary to maintain stability while the kinks get worke
But it was his dream to see it happen, so it was self interest that motivated him to pursue that change. The self interest to see his aspirations come to fruition. I'm not trying to equate the two acts in entirety, just draw a corollary to show that just breaking a law does not necessarily make your opinion moot. Dr Guy makes a good point as well, which is why I said that I didn't think that it's improper to have laws governing
For anyone who has stated that breaking the law is not the appropriate way to make a point, bear in mind that Martin Luther King, Jr broke many laws in his time, yet I doubt anyone here would say he was wrong. I'm not trying to say that immigration laws are improper, but if you were trying to immigrate, and felt that the laws preventing you from doing so were unjust, what's the better alternative: break the law and come here illegally or start
I wholeheartedly agree with you, having made similar changes in my life of late. You can try to change your actions, and it will be a daily struggle, since you're constantly fighting your inclinations to do what you think is better. But if you are doing it not because it's the better alternative, but just because you know that it's right, and therefore the only way to do it, then the base is made. It becomes harder to fall into old behaviors than to
Don't think this is some atheist dogma attacking Christian beliefs, because I share them. You make a rational, reasoned argument, so technically, this should be irrelevant, emphasis on should.
It is a quote from Stargate, SG1. hmmm, I have much catching up to do on that show; and now that you mention it, that quote does sound familiar. Sounds like something Vala might have said.
Trust me, would I lie? I dunno; previously I would have said no, but a line like that make's you rather suspect.
Actually, it wasn't Alan Rickman doing Marvin's voice, although that's what I had thought when I first saw the movie. It was Warwick Davis, the guy who played Willow.
***************Caution: Insane Conspiracy Theory to follow************* They are going to filibuster specifically because they want the nuclear option to be invoked in order to remove some of the checks and balances from the government. In this way, they will chip away at the democratic leanings of the government, and head towards a more dictatorial style. All their posturing has been to serve only one cause, overthrow the country and allow
it was mostly in response to the French populace complaining over the cost of maintaining the nuclear arsenal. I do have to give one thing to Chirac, at least he had the balls to not be so quickly swayed by a transitory public opinion.
Has anyone ever heard of getting a burn from static electricity? I touched doorknob one day, and the static charge was so intense that people standing several feet away heard the crack from it and one person saw the flash as the electrons jumped. It left a little hole in the tip of my finger about the width of a pin. It healed after a few days, when the skin grew out. But in that interim, the hole remained open and visible, as if it had been cauter
I can't understand why former President Palmer would have contacted the first lady if she's such a basket case. I think they said why, but it was kind of quick. President Logan didn't like Palmer all that much, but his wife had become friends with him. Since Palmer needed to get the info to the Presid
Bear in mind as well, that anti-semitism aimed at Jews was rampant among most of the western world at that time. Many who didn't openly support it, at least maintained those feelings, making them to a degree complicitous. This may end up coming across as rather cold and offensive, so I will apologize in advance if I am too blunt and openly offend anyone. You state that because a natural evolution led to it, then it must be the appropriate re
by the way, in case my first post didn't show it well enough, I am in complete agreement with Gid, and consider this an excellent article. I only wish I had more time in my day to be more involved and start posting some of my own articles. Quite an insightful piece, although I wish it would be obvious to more people.
The female supremacist has caught a disease rampant in groups that were once subjugated, in some manner or another, be it physical, spiritual or otherwise. Rather than recognizing a wrong behavior as wrong regardless of who perpetrates it, they turn to the role of the aggressor and want pay back, often for wrongs never perpetrated directly against them, paid out by people who were never involved in the wrong behavior in the first place. When
Far more scary, and actually truthful, is the growth hormones in dairy products. The primary one being IGF-1. Amazingly, this protein is identical in cows and humans, all 70 amino acids in exactly the same sequence. Since milk is by definition a protein and hormone delivery system - seeing that infants are unable to produce these on their own, and obviously have tremendous growth needs - these hormones survive digestion and have the same effects on
I liked the Stargate movie, but never really got around to watching the shows. However, I absolutely love the Twilight Zone, so during SciFi's New Year's TZ marathon, I was inundated with adverts for the SG-1 marathon this past Monday of this season's episodes. I'm definitely hooked now, but I just wish it was on some other night than Friday. Since I refuse to get a DVR, seeing as I watch too much tv as it is, looks like I'm going to have
here's the full link CG was trying to use. Link
When I saw the Robin Hood movie with Morgan Freeman as a child, I never could get what they meant by "painted man." I thought they were just referring to the freckles on his face, not that he was black. It wasn't until watching it again in my teens that it finally occurred to me that it was on account of his skin color. You are totally right that it is a learned behavior, and bravo for preventing the lesson.
I think that you will always wish that things were done differently in youth. Personally, I wish I'd thrown caution more to the wind, instead of being so sensible. I didn't start getting crazy until college and my early twenties. Now, I'm starting to feel like I'm growing out of that however, so it looks like sensibility may be back in a few years. On the note of knowing what I now know and having it to do over, I don't think it would help
no surprises here You are a Social Liberal (76% permissive) and an... Economic Conservative (75% permissive) You are best described as a: <
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