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The mystery of The German Bomb is explained in its entirety here .

A good effort! ...but you might want to check out :
"scansion" http://www.stedwards.edu/hum/klawitter/poetics/sca nsion.html
if you want to write Filk-song lyrics http://www.electricpenguin.com/filking/columns/fil kfaq/archives/001781.html

Eh? Not at all. The "roman thing" is quite well documented.

I should know better than to respond to somebody who quotes Fox News as a source on science (particularly when the opening paragraph contains the words "junk," "science," and "environmental" -cheerleaders for the smokestack lobby), but if you feel so good about DDT, why not try sprinkling some on your morning breakfast cereal?

First, Rachel Carson is not a researcher, so Fox's refuting of her writings, and her interpretation of one of the researchers she quotes, doesn't address the large body of research regarding correlations between DDT and its effects on wildlife.

Yah, we know you know how to link. How about a single link about the news you want to share?

A better point may in fact be the airport issue...

>> Heck, the airport checkpoint itself is a limitation on interstate commerce.

>Now, that is certainly interesting. Have any links where I can read up more on that?

Just looking at it on the surface, where

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Most people would rightly argue that searching the bags of someone who is engaged in a legal activity would be on the surface against the constitution. But the public safety is traded for this.

I found this thesis that touches on the issue (search for the word airport), but am too busy to search for more. I'm certain there must be a case history on this topic, as someone has surely taken it to the Supreme Court by now.

I also think my better example is the fact that cities/towns can require permits for political rallies. This has certainly been held up as constitutional by the courts, and is a limit we exchange for safety. No one "owns" the internet, but the goverment has decided to extend the regulation of trademarks to it.

I'm not sure that you are right or wrong, but it is not as clear cut as you make it out to be.

-K

"The primary problem is that cloning violates the unique identity and inherent dignity of each person. The clone will not be the genetically unique mixture of two parents, but an exact replica of only one person. This lack of individual identity will cause massive psychological scarring and familial disruption. How can one live in the shadow of one's older self and their reputation, accomplishments (good or bad) and physical ailments? How do we view ourselves if our sole reason for existence is not love, but utility? How do we make sense of our identity within a family? These questions suggest that our culture's sense of human development, personal identity and family relationships will be shattered."

Anyone who's considering cloning themselves should think very hard about this. The parents and other family members will always expect the clone to be "just as good" as the original. If a doctor clones himself, and the clone decides that he wants to be an artist instead, the doctor will consider his "son" (or daughter) to be defective somehow. I suspect that if human cloning does become possible, we'll have a collection of clones with such massive psychological problems that it will become illegal.
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Lord Nimon