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Reply to California pols overrule citizen vote on gay marriage in Politics JoeUser Forums

"Isn't it ironic that the gay marriage activists who claim to be all about "equality" don't include any other alternative lifestyle but their own. Apparently some "equality" is more equal than others. ;~D" So you believe that gay marriage activists are somehow obligated to advocate other people's causes as well? Why? Do you believe that gay marriage creates the same problems as marriages between first cousins? Do you believe

Reply to California pols overrule citizen vote on gay marriage in Politics JoeUser Forums

"polygamists, first cousins, gay people, etc., etc. If it were unconsitutional to have standards as to who can be licensed, then anyone could be licensed." It is unconstitutional to have standards as to who can be licensed. And members of the groups you mention are certainly entitled to apply for and receive marriage licences. And they do too. The restriction is not on who gets licences but on who they are allowed to marry. The tradit

Reply to California pols overrule citizen vote on gay marriage in Politics JoeUser Forums

Who cannot get a marriage licence?

Reply to California pols overrule citizen vote on gay marriage in Politics JoeUser Forums

Ted, I think that any position that is "attacked" by questioning is a weak position. And incidentally, questioning marriage as a government-sanctioned institution is not the same as advocating a specific type of marriage being such a government-sanctioned institution. If you can't answer the questions, why advocate either mixed or same-sex marriages?

Reply to California pols overrule citizen vote on gay marriage in Politics JoeUser Forums

"It all comes down to whether or not homosexuality is “real” and not just bad behavior or some form of mental illness. That’s the question that needs to be answered to determine whether gay marriage can even be put to vote." Why?

Reply to California pols overrule citizen vote on gay marriage in Politics JoeUser Forums

"They dont. That is why it is called the Marriage Penalty." I meant in general. In most countries, I think, married couples have the advantage of splitting their income. Thus, since two people making X pay less than one person making X, married couples have a tax advantage. If a married couple has no such advantage in the US, what is marriage (state-recognised such) for?

Reply to California pols overrule citizen vote on gay marriage in Politics JoeUser Forums

Perhaps if we analyse WHY governments support the union between two people, we can figure out whether that reason requires these two people to be of a specific type, specific different types, specific colour, specific different colours, or to have any other specific attributes in common or not in common. Are there any arguments for mixed marriages (i.e. different sexes) that do not apply to same-sex marriages? Do any of these arguments apply t

Reply to California pols overrule citizen vote on gay marriage in Politics JoeUser Forums

"Keep tuned to the news folks, the future of the country is at stake." Why? In what ways does the future of the country depend on whether a married couple are of different sexes or not?

Reply to Savages in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

If Palestinians want to be ruled by other Arabs, they can go to some Arab country of their choice and be ruled. If they want their own country, they should better work with those who give them the chance to do so. It's their choice. The PA should clean up in their realm and start ruling it.

Reply to Savages in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

Hamas are certainly not interested in Palestinian well-being. They care about Palestinians about as much as the German SS cared about average Germans. Perhaps the PA is interested in Palestinian well-being. But even if the PA were merely interested in running a state they ought to do something against Hamas and groups like them. Why can Hamas stand in elections??? And why are the Palestinians so stupid? Can they not see that terrorism

Savages in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

I am really not sure whether a Palestinian state can work. These people seem not yet civilised enough to live under their own rule. But it is not for me to decide that. On unrelated news, the Palestinian Authority has decided still not to disarm the terrorist militias, because it would mean civil war. Yes, indeed. If you have terrorist militias in your countr

Reply to What ever happened to the "they can bill me!" attitude in Blogging JoeUser Forums

"And an industrious bus driver who ferried people out of the area on a city bus without permission would likely end up doing time...." I don't think so. I think it is more likely that a city bus driver would get away with this even when he had no excuse like a disaster or a need to transport people. It's just a bus after all.

Reply to Where is the ACLU? in Politics JoeUser Forums

"Interesting how the people who don't want religion in school aren't "outraged" about this." Here it is. I am not outraged, but opposed to the decision. I think religion has no place in state schools (except in history and philosophy classes as case studies). If a Muslim wants his children to pray five times a day, he should have the option of sending them to a private school which can allow such. State schools should be the lowest co

Reply to DAY OF RECKONING IN IRAQ IS COMING SOON ! in Politics JoeUser Forums

"What reduction in deaths are you talking about?" If you are not reading what I wrote about that, what's the point of arguing with you about it? And what's the value of any claims that nobody answered your arguments if your strategy is to not even read what is put in front of you?

Reply to DAY OF RECKONING IN IRAQ IS COMING SOON ! in Politics JoeUser Forums

"You know, this is what you morons all do. You attack people without even answering any questions. You attack, as in ad hominim attack, people for their beliefs. You are a disgusting piece of work. Screw you." So I take it that you disagree with my articles about how Bush's war in Iraq helped reducing the number of deaths occuring there and that the quoted text is your way of dealing with my opinion? I suggest that the dramatic reduct

Reply to Have We Become too Internet Savvy? in Internet JoeUser Forums

"That penchant for our younger folks to just Google anything they want to learn about (and us too). Not too many folks read to obtain information anymore. Mention a word, a phrase or a name it’s off to Googleland to find out any and all information we may need." Hm... using Google to find an article and then getting the information one wants from that article IS reading. Google and the Internet just too the peripheral work out of read

Reply to DAY OF RECKONING IN IRAQ IS COMING SOON ! in Politics JoeUser Forums

"What does the type of Government in Germany or England or the fact that the Christian faith is tought in their schools have to do with the possibility of creating a second Iran?" It points out that not every government based on a religion creates a fundamentalist state. Jordan's government is based on Islam. In fact the Jordanian king (as was Iraq's king) is a direct descendant of Mohammed. But Jordan cannot, I think, be considered v

Reply to DAY OF RECKONING IN IRAQ IS COMING SOON ! in Politics JoeUser Forums

May I say that Germany is a Christian country. Religion is even taught in state schools.

Reply to DAY OF RECKONING IN IRAQ IS COMING SOON ! in Politics JoeUser Forums

"PEOPLE CONTINUE TO DIE FOR DUBYA'S LIES" http://citizenleauki.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=83596 http://citizenleauki.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=81629 Some believe it is better when more people die for other people's lies. Saving hundreds of thousands of lives just isn't worth it, I suppose. And there is just no way that any state based on religion could possibly be different from Iran.

Reply to Israel v. Palestine:Who has the claim to Gaza and West Bank? in International JoeUser Forums

The Arabs in the region have been told, for generations, that Jews are evil, that Jews poison their food, and that Jews try to make them impotent. They are also humiliated because they think of themselves as a great culture and military power yet are beaten by a few million Jews whenever they attack them. The Palestinians themselves completely ignore the fact that their Arab brethren have so far done absolutely nothing to help them. Yet they t

Reply to Israel v. Palestine:Who has the claim to Gaza and West Bank? in International JoeUser Forums

Today the world "Palestinian" refers to only Arab Palestinians. Before the founding of Israel a Palestinian was a any person who lived in Palestine. It is the first sense of the word that I use here. Gaza and the West bank are Palestinian because these territories were like Israel once part of the Ottoman Empire and then the British mandate of Palestine. The Ottoman Empire was divided into such mandates and to some extent countries. Turkey was

Reply to We were all settlers once in International JoeUser Forums

The Arabs also settled in lands inhabited by other peoples. Some of them still exist, like the Kurds, Syriacs/Arameans, Copts, Berbers, and sephardic Jews; and all the African tribes just south of the border of the Arab world. Ever since that happened there has been a conflict between the Arabs and these peoples. It happened in Iraqi Kurdistan, it still goes on in Sudan and other countries. The conflict between sephardic Jews and Arabs has sin

Reply to We were all settlers once in International JoeUser Forums

The Arabs also settled in lands inhabited by other peoples. Some of them still exist, like the Kurds, Syriacs/Arameans, Copts, Berbers, and sephardic Jews; and all the African tribes just south of the border of the Arab world. Ever since that happened there has been a conflict between the Arabs and these peoples. It happened in Iraqi Kurdistan, it still goes on in Sudan and other countries. The conflict between sephardic Jews and Arabs has sin

Reply to The Power of One in Politics JoeUser Forums

"but the fact is she is speaking out against a futile needless war that has caused mayhem in Iraq." Yes indeed. And we all know that Iraq was not mayhem before. The mass graves have presumably been caused by too much peace and civility. People like you are a bad argument against the war and a good reason to support it. If you want to oppose the invasion, you should not display the ignorance that people might think causes your opposition. If you can honestly ap

Reply to The Dropping of the Atom Bombs Reply to Replies in Politics JoeUser Forums

Admiral William Leahy It is unfortunate that not he but the Japanese military had to be convinced to surrender. It is, however, a fact that the Japanese fought on until the nuclear disaster hit and refused to surrender even after the first drop. And the Japanese emperor himself blamed the nuclear bombs for his decision. Why it would have been better to let the Japanese kill more Chinese and the Americans to kill more Japanese