sunwukong

sunwukong

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Reply to Creation or evolution? in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

A few issues: - the alternatives must be valid within the educational framework that's being taught, i.e., only science should be taught in science class. If this isn't enforced then what you're actually offering is the chance to achieve a high school diploma outside of the set standards. In systems where there's a regional diploma exam, would this have to change as well? How would universities view the credentials of such students? - aren't ed

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Reply to And we are supposed to listen to them?????? in Politics JoeUser Forums

I think you'd better look over your shoulder, dear, we aren't following. So your answer implicit in your brief response is that the USA is showing leadership by opposing gay marriage? Well, that again shows the huge cultural divide between us.

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Reply to And we are supposed to listen to them?????? in Politics JoeUser Forums

You hide behind your anonimty, knowing that BB will protect you and knowing you can be holier than thou. That is such a noble position. And an easy one. And a false one. When you lead, then you can talk. Until then, sorry, you have no clue. Let's try again: what are you leading/being Big Brother about

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Reply to Patient, Insure thyself! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Here're some real numbers to chew over in an area of healthcare I understand: Dentistry in British Columbia. Dentistry in Canada is a true private concern -- self regulated with private funding, i.e., individuals or private insurance plans pay the bills. * A typical general DDS has the following stats: - works about 8 hours per day, 4 days a week, 50 weeks a year - sees about 10 patients a day - bills about $480K per year

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Patient, Insure thyself! in Politics JoeUser Forums

While it's a dubious public service that I perform by directing people to Slashdot (the external URL for this article), the original poster writes about an idea for "fixing" healthcare that I've never heard of. Premise: The cost of malpractice insurance is both a burden on patients and medical practitioners who are additionally discouraged both from practicin

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Reply to And we are supposed to listen to them?????? in Politics JoeUser Forums

But of course your question supposes that I would even consider world rule. And that is your fallacy. You would never entertain a hypothetical question about a situation you disagree with? Or do you think the results of the poll are binding on the world ... ?

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Reply to And we are supposed to listen to them?????? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Canada has that luxury because it has a big brother. America is the big brother. What you abhor about us you would gladly assume if the roles were switched. Leadership sucks, because you do have to make tough decisions (something none of them including Chavez can do). The problem is that you don't know w

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Reply to And we are supposed to listen to them?????? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Chomsky is an intellectual snob and total ass hole! Mandela is so farking naive, he would not know a scumbag from a terrorist (and he knows both). Chavez is so rabid, that he would cut off his nose to spite his face!

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Reply to Gamers? Programmers? Help! in Game Developers Stardock Forums

A bit late but I'd recommend Squeak (http://www.squeak.org/) as a good place for a kid to start. It has a bunch of features that you want in a "complete" learning environment for a child without the rank stupidity of BASIC and with more expressiveness than LOGO.

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Reply to What really gripes my wagger in Life JoeUser Forums

Here's an excellent article by The Economist ( Link ) about the putrid depths political discourse in the US has sunk. Dare I say JU accurately reflects this trend?

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Reply to Losing faith in politics in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

If I were a cynic, I'd expect this type of thing -- unless he's completely popular and so far above the influence of the party rabble, he has to sometime reward the people who "put him there" during his second term. Patronage is a hallmark of a lot of modern politics (especially considering what kind of capital, monetary and political, that's required to attain something like a presidency) and it seems weak leaders often end their terms with a rash of

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