The idea that peace is more important than principles, isn't that what p5y.org is all about? Of course there are those who chant, 'no justice no peace'. We call them terrorists.
Religious moderates are posers. They enjoy the ceremonies and the community, but they don't believe the religious teachings are actually true. Sure, they will agree with some of the religious teachings, but their agreement is merely coincidental; not based on acceptance of divine authority or infallibility of sacred texts.
That is the level of piety that secular society is willing to tolerate. Anyone who actually believes the teachings of their religion is a Zionist or fanatic or extremist. Religious ceremonies are tolerated. Religious belief is thought-crime.
If that's the case, then we're left with an uncomfortable possibility: namely, that his stated reasons for leaving might be legitimate.
Of course I didn't RTFA, wasn't money his stated reason for leaving?
Maybe he has a mortgage. Maybe he took a loan to buy an expensive car. Maybe he has student loans. Maybe he has a nagging wife. Maybe he was stupid to take on a case he couldn't afford to finish. Maybe he's just a rich asshole who wants to get paid whether his client is guilty or innocent.
1995 called, they want their dial-up internet back. Using BitTorrent to download music is like using a sledge hammer to crack open a peanut. Broadband proliferation means now the kids are sharing feature length films in HD.
We get it already. People will continue to create music after the collapse of the recording industry, like they did for centuries before the phonograph was invented. Can we please move on to talking about how people will continue to create multimillion dollar blockbusters after the collapse of the motion picture industry? Don't even try to suggest YouTube as a substitute. Without movies people might start going outside and talking to each other. We can't have that!
"All states require certain professionals and institutions to report suspected child abuse, including health care providers and facilities of all types, mental health care providers of all types, teachers and other school personnel, social workers, day care providers and law enforcement personnel"
Best estimates are less than a tenth eh? The IBC number isn't an estimate it's a tally. It represents the absolute minimum number of deaths due to violence alone. Where do you find estimates (plural) below 100k? And what makes those estimates better than the other estimates?
Yes, I used the largest estimate. I did so because the larger number is less supportive of my assertion that war is not significantly decreasing global population.
If I had been trying to make some sort of anti-American statement I would have used the smaller numbers. No need to quote the larger estimates to call attention to the fact that your average American is more upset by the little more than 4,000 American casualties in Iraq than by the roughly 100,000 confirmed Iraqi casualties, caused by an unnecessary assault on a nation that posed absolutely no threat to national security, regardless of whether they have any personal connection to any of the soldiers killed in Iraq. Or the fact that most Americans have no perspective about the fact that the number of Americans killed in the World Trade Center in 2001 is less than a tenth of the number of Americans killed in traffic accidents each year.
The problem with Bjorn Lomborg's list of priorities is that it doesn't account for the impact of climate change on non-human species. Not that I could do any better. It is exceedingly difficult to economically quantify the suffering of millions of humans vs. the extinction of other species.
I also notice Lomborg doesn't include overpopulation in his list of problems. Attempts to rectify the problem of overpopulation by killing people will not be enough. The US campaign in Iraq only managed to kill about a million people, a mere fraction of the number of births over the last 6 years. We have to focus on prevention. I hope you all are doing your part by not breeding.
The answer is emotions. The golden rule does not apply when dealing with a machine. If you knew that clueless noob was in fact just a clever data mining algorithm would you still respond to its questions?
Actually they are as grossly offended by the teaching of evolution to their children as we would be about the teaching of intelligent design to our children.
It's much much more offensive than any of the other issues you mentioned. It's remarkably easy to explain to a child that heathens are morally corrupt. Ethical issues allow for difference of opinion, issues of fact do not.
Evolution contradicts the Bible on issues of fact. Anyone who accepts the fundamental axioms of logic can not accept contradictions.
Every time the issue of ISP throttling comes up we see this knee jerk blame pointing at p2p file sharing. More likely the we should be pointing at YouTube, Fox online, ESPN online etc. Normal users are starting to actually make use of their high speed connections as streaming video sites pop up left and right.
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The idea that peace is more important than principles, isn't that what p5y.org is all about? Of course there are those who chant, 'no justice no peace'. We call them terrorists.
Religious moderates are posers. They enjoy the ceremonies and the community, but they don't believe the religious teachings are actually true. Sure, they will agree with some of the religious teachings, but their agreement is merely coincidental; not based on acceptance of divine authority or infallibility of sacred texts.
That is the level of piety that secular society is willing to tolerate. Anyone who actually believes the teachings of their religion is a Zionist or fanatic or extremist. Religious ceremonies are tolerated. Religious belief is thought-crime.
If that's the case, then we're left with an uncomfortable possibility: namely, that his stated reasons for leaving might be legitimate.
Of course I didn't RTFA, wasn't money his stated reason for leaving?
Maybe he has a mortgage. Maybe he took a loan to buy an expensive car. Maybe he has student loans. Maybe he has a nagging wife. Maybe he was stupid to take on a case he couldn't afford to finish. Maybe he's just a rich asshole who wants to get paid whether his client is guilty or innocent.
What part of "Don't even try to suggest YouTube as a substitute" did you not understand?
1995 called, they want their dial-up internet back. Using BitTorrent to download music is like using a sledge hammer to crack open a peanut. Broadband proliferation means now the kids are sharing feature length films in HD.
We get it already. People will continue to create music after the collapse of the recording industry, like they did for centuries before the phonograph was invented. Can we please move on to talking about how people will continue to create multimillion dollar blockbusters after the collapse of the motion picture industry? Don't even try to suggest YouTube as a substitute. Without movies people might start going outside and talking to each other. We can't have that!
*warning* boycotting the dominant culture may contribute to social alienation *warning*
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"All states require certain professionals and institutions to report suspected child abuse, including health care providers and facilities of all types, mental health care providers of all types, teachers and other school personnel, social workers, day care providers and law enforcement personnel"
You forgot to think of the children
Maybe tomorrow it will be a drug money laundering case and the seizure was due to asset forfeiture.
I'm 100% sure the force exerted was NOT necessary. That leaves us with the question, was it malice or incompetence?
More evidence that the current economic mess is the result of conspiracy.
Best estimates are less than a tenth eh? The IBC number isn't an estimate it's a tally. It represents the absolute minimum number of deaths due to violence alone. Where do you find estimates (plural) below 100k? And what makes those estimates better than the other estimates?
Yes, I used the largest estimate. I did so because the larger number is less supportive of my assertion that war is not significantly decreasing global population.
If I had been trying to make some sort of anti-American statement I would have used the smaller numbers. No need to quote the larger estimates to call attention to the fact that your average American is more upset by the little more than 4,000 American casualties in Iraq than by the roughly 100,000 confirmed Iraqi casualties, caused by an unnecessary assault on a nation that posed absolutely no threat to national security, regardless of whether they have any personal connection to any of the soldiers killed in Iraq. Or the fact that most Americans have no perspective about the fact that the number of Americans killed in the World Trade Center in 2001 is less than a tenth of the number of Americans killed in traffic accidents each year.
The problem with Bjorn Lomborg's list of priorities is that it doesn't account for the impact of climate change on non-human species. Not that I could do any better. It is exceedingly difficult to economically quantify the suffering of millions of humans vs. the extinction of other species.
I also notice Lomborg doesn't include overpopulation in his list of problems. Attempts to rectify the problem of overpopulation by killing people will not be enough. The US campaign in Iraq only managed to kill about a million people, a mere fraction of the number of births over the last 6 years. We have to focus on prevention. I hope you all are doing your part by not breeding.
The answer is emotions. The golden rule does not apply when dealing with a machine. If you knew that clueless noob was in fact just a clever data mining algorithm would you still respond to its questions?
More proof that the current economic mess is in fact caused by a huge banking conspiracy.
It seems that this economy has inspired a lot of businesses to move to Linux
It's the economy folks. Businesses turning to Linux has nothing to do with the quality of Microsoft products.
Entropia is a game. It has a rule-set, monsters to kill, etc. Second Life is not a game.
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My computer case is made of aluminum and plastic you insensitive clod!
Actually they are as grossly offended by the teaching of evolution to their children as we would be about the teaching of intelligent design to our children.
It's much much more offensive than any of the other issues you mentioned. It's remarkably easy to explain to a child that heathens are morally corrupt. Ethical issues allow for difference of opinion, issues of fact do not.
Evolution contradicts the Bible on issues of fact. Anyone who accepts the fundamental axioms of logic can not accept contradictions.
So, Logic - Evolution - Faith: pick two.
Every time the issue of ISP throttling comes up we see this knee jerk blame pointing at p2p file sharing. More likely the we should be pointing at YouTube, Fox online, ESPN online etc. Normal users are starting to actually make use of their high speed connections as streaming video sites pop up left and right.
Haven't you heard of first to file?
Regression happens. When step 2 extend fails revert to step 1 embrace and try again.