[quote] It is a matter of philosophy.[/quote] It is a matter of goodwill! How can you expect a people to try to reach for peace when it's peaceseeking minority is getting humiliated every time? [quote]What side has not given at all? The Palestinians[/quote] Can you elaborate a little more? What does the Palestinians could give?
[quote]This can be an ideal way to encourage recessive genes. More defects, but also increased chance of being mm recessive for the magic gene (M = muggle, m = mage). Of course, there is no reason to assume that magic has anything to do with actual GENETICS. its magic after all.[/quote] Magic isn't some sort of irrational and random pattern, it must have some roots in physical reality to exist. So ther emust be a factor that determine magical ability. If it's inherited (as it's often
[quote who="tour86rocker" reply="43" id="2562226"]Is there a mechanism in place to keep cousins from marrying? That would prevent some of the genetic defects [/quote] Or the opposite. If you have two cousins which happen to be excellent spellcasters, you could favor their union to breed powerful wizards at the expense of other kind of champions. This is how races of dogs are designed, ya know. Why not make the same thing with Champions? ;) (not part o
[quote]The prophetic book I most pay attention to is the bible (big surprise right?) and it's clear that a one world order is coming and that no one will be able to buy or sell without some number.[/quote] May I know where you take that delusion? Seriously. The only element where "one world order" is mentionned is the millenia of peace between the two armaggedons. And it seems it mentions not a single world governement but a new order of things in the world. This is ab
[quote]well, if they get their way nationalizing healthcare, and having already nationalized the banks and auto industry... the gaming industry is low on the list, but it will eventually be nationalized too.[/quote] Nationalised? We really don't have the same definition of "nationalisation", ya know. The way I see it, the state put them under tutelage because of their mismanagement, with all the intention of putting them back into business on the mid-term, when it will be sure
[quote]That is a questionn that has been plaguing American politics for the last 60 years. But when one side is intransigent, what is the solution?[/quote] Which side is intransigent? Seriously? There are more than a few palestinians who would be more than happy to settle some sort of piece, but Israel humiliates them by breaking their promises by reacting to the actions of the very people who have all the interest in seeing that no peace happens. In short, Israel is p
[quote]Looks like a socialist plot to wipe out some conservative posts!!! [/quote] Would be the day if Stardock became socialist.. eh..
[quote]Looks like it and I was having so much fun debating with you.[/quote] Debating, or just tearing my arguments appart? [e digicons]:'([/e]
Did we just lost 24 hours of posting?
[quote]3. Is JU is just inhospitable to left thinkers, liberals particularly? IMO there are maybe a dozen conservatives (if that) that post regularly on JU... a far cry from the opposition's views on say Huffington Post or the Daily Kos, and hardly an imposing force. Like any blog (that allows comment) one presents their idea/position on a particular subject then either defend their comment or ignore any directed responses. It all boils down to how far you are willing to "support" your belief
[quote]Do you mean the same same Clinton with the Republican controlled congress? Are you giving Clinton the credit for keeping the congress in line? [/quote] err.. I am sorry, but are you really desperate for me trying to declare myself a hard and fanatic democrat that I would think that? The Republican-controlled congress was an example of good and efficient conservative cut-the-spending while Clinton was in the house. The animosity between the two sides kept things balanced
[quote] do not deny this, but then that is the problem of religion. it should not be this way, and often is not. But yes, there are cases where that is evident (Pius). Just because it happens does not mean it should be.[/quote] I have a little saying I say to my friends who are eternally posturing about issue X or Y (usually Palestine/Israel issue): "It doesn't matter who is right and who is wrong. The real issue is to make the situation better". I'm being brainwashed on both
[quote]Conservatives yes, republicans no. Do not confuse the 2.[/quote] Until I see a Conservative Party in the White House.. Or until I see the GoP stop claiming they represent the conservative side of the issue I will confuse both of them as much as I want. Specially as Bush run his campaign as a conservative. And as many GoP representative at the time also ran as conservative, but have donne little to nothing to cut spendings when the president was on their side (as
[quote]And they are supposed to be the smart ones. LOL[/quote] and yet, conservative are supported to be the ones who limit government spending :) Yet another reason why I don't think rethoric isn't that much of a big deal, whoever the politician is. Bush and republicans kept increasing the government's budget during a time of great economical prosperity for the whole world (and the country), which is.. just.. not normal for people who claimed to be conservatives. Both
[quote]After all, the history of the Church was founded on persecution. It is filled with Martyrs, and for good reason.[/quote] Aye. But who are these martyrs? They were usually poor people who had real faith. Or not poor, but certainly not in any real position of influencial authority in the society. Please notice that the moment the Church became powerful and influential, it's martyrs have been the people at the bottom ladder than the top. People who achieve at the t
[quote]What I find ironic about our discussion is that we are basically taking polar views from our normal stances. I was aware you were a-religious, but raised RCC (you mentioned it before). So by stereotype, you should be more anti-religious. And of course I am pro-religious, but in this case taking a stance against religion. I know it is not religion over all, just this aspect of it, but it is amusing.[/quote] I am against religious people telling me what is right and what isn't in
[quote]As for the pope, you know I am RCC[/quote] I did not, to be honest. And if I had a faith denomination, it would be RCC too, as most of the French-canadians. But it's the same. I think religious leaders, when reaching the top, are still politicians. They, off course , have to deal in a different environment than the secular politicians. They have to deal with the religious rethorics, and be inspiring to their faithfuls. They cannot merely act like a secul
[quote]I don't think anyone thinks of Hockey Canada that way.[/quote] Look, at the way the conservatives are depicting us, you had me fooled since I have been 13.. (12 years ago) [quote]But as many commonalities that America and Canada have, there are as many significant differences. One of the most glaring is just the sheer size of the 2 countries. What can be done on a small scale does always scale well to a much larger (10x) basis. And the size issue is the major one. And t
[quote]I think that makes great fodder for the Muslim PR machine, but I have yet to see Israel initiate a war, I have seen them aggressively wage them once initated. On an intellectual level, the secular part of Iran knows that, but of course to keep the people in line, they have to maintain the illusion that Israel is about to attack at any moment. the Mullahs believe the latter, and that is what scary. Most government's bluster for their own sake while privately admitting the truth. The con
[quote]For the market, efficiency is the best thing.[/quote] For the customers, it isn't always.
[quote]To the democrats, all private companies are the worst[/quote] Waiiiiiit.. Isn't that a little harsh? Come on. I know there are some Democrats that are that level of socialists, but they aren't the majority of their party, not by a long shot. The main reason many of them wants more government intervention is because of the bad practice of some companies. Since those companies make (sadly) a better profit, these push the competitors to adopt some other p
[quote]Ways to drive the worst private companies out of the business.[/quote] Corrected that for you. It will change the business environment one way or the other, and the weakest will stop doing business. I will finish my comment later, all right? Gotta do something else [e digicons]X([/e]
[quote]Sounds like nothing a little tax increase won't solve[/quote] Actually, you are wrong about that mentality. More and more people in our population are thinking that the solution is in a more efficient administration than simply plowing more money into the problem. Don't assume we are living in a dumb socialist state. We know the problem our society face, and are quite aware of the causes. We just don't always agree on the solutions, and just like the U.S., we need to ba
[quote]They are surrounded by Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, Pakistan and some FORMER members of the USSR, not Russia or Israel.[/quote] But Israel still can be a menace to them, as Israel still raises the menace of doing strikes against them from time to time (wether these are empty threats is, again, irrelevant). The Iran-Israel antagonism is very vivid. And Israel is a nuclear power, which means they are a big threath to Iran. Afghanistan was a proxy of Pakistan until recently.
Last week, at work, we did a roundtable to talk about the healthcare system here in Montreal. We went about personnal experiences, and stories members of our families heard. The general consensus was that it was a good system, that took care of you when you needed it. It wasn't perfect, as some people clutter it for unwarranted reason, but we got only 1 story of bad experience out of the 30 that went around the room, and it was mostly because of the hospital's administration that
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