"though shalt not kill" is another brain dead out of date and evil religious law.
Really, it was 'thou shalt not murder.' But one could very easily make the case that keeping someone alive for months through artificial life support systems is a denial of God's will, at least if they would have died naturally if a machine wasn't keeping them alive. >_>
My assessment of this has always been that if man was created in God's image, and man requires the worship and admiration of his peers, then God must also.
Ah yes! It makes sense now, the reason for the phrase "God works in mysterious, often dickish ways."
And the glove? I don't know whats more baffling, that they insisted he try it, or that they let him get away with how to tried to put it on. If you can get a video, watch how he scrunches his hand for a brief moment that turns it into theatrics; which his lawyer jumped right on. They where prepared for that.
A leather glove fits normally. Then you soak it in liquids and let it dry out. Then try to put it on while wearing another (latex) glove. It didn't fit? No shit!
2) The courts have, more than once, ruled that a woman is not "asking for it (rape)" if she wears short skirts while walking down the street. The notion that Martin would be asking for it by wearing a hoodie is far flimsier.
zimmermans lawyers have jumped ship actually, and in such a high profile case that is in no way a good sign
They didn't jump ship, he just went uncommunicative, and they said that if he won't won't contact them, they can't represent them. But if he's willing to contact them again, they'd love to represent him once again.
So "balkanized" is an absurd word to use, because it to somehow suggests there is a middle ground. But there is no middle ground.
It seems that's we deal with the collision of the scientific and political worlds and fundamentally different ways they reach decisions. Science is ostensibly focused on reaching truth and accuracy, no matter what incorrect theories it topples, while politics is about building consensus, frequently through deals and compromise. Saying "You have God's creationism and Evolution, we'll compromise and settle on something in between" is a clearly unscientific process, but it's business as usual for political decisions.
Aquinas is not only an appeal to authority, but an appeal to a poor authority at that. His "proof of the existence of God" could be picked apart by almost any scientist.
That would be nice, but I wouldn't hold my breath. "Teaching the controversy" is a false equivalency, placing equivalent merit on evolution and ID. I'd laud any teacher who got around this by teaching why scientists believe overwhelmingly that evolution is the stronger theory, why the "controversy" is even brought up at all, about the scientific method, and what could and could not be considered science. That at least might be an education.
Is Pennsylvania considered Bible Belt? I think it can have its areas of religious conservatism, but I thought the Bible Belt was more southernly located.
Damage already done, and for years. Some group of kids is going to be brought up with this "Creationism is good" shit and be basically non-contributing/non-functional members of society.
Really? Some kid gets taught creationism (maybe) in one day and now because of two hours of classroom time the rest of his life is over and he's useless to society? You seriously underestimate kids (especially their ability to not give a shit about things adults get hysterical about) and humanity in general. Or you're misanthropic, hard to tell which.
I went through Catholic school and I turned out just fine. It didn't even make a dent in my agnosticism, nor did the nuns try to tear that down.
A new car comes with full warranty. A used car probably has an expired warranty. A new car is more likely to be trouble-free, and you know for sure that it wasn't in any accident and it wasn't damaged. There are many ways to kill the car that are not obvious. (Driving a car on uneven roads for several years will do one in nicely.) A new car will be perfectly clean. A new car is probably also the latest model, which comes with all the latest improvements, gadgets and such, and with full resource of wearable parts (lights, gaskets, rubber boots, and many more.)
It depends entirely on where you buy it from. I bought my used car from the dealership, paying $16k instead of the original list of $23k or so. It was three years old, had 20k miles on it, and was in excellent condition. It also came with a new manufacturer's warranty for 60k miles or 7 years, whichever arrived sooner. 12 years later, it has 106k miles on it and still runs great. Don't buy your used cars from some random Joe. Or even from "Bob's Dodgy Used Car Lot." There are plenty of used cars for a good discount that have barely been driven that are available from the manufacturer's dealer, and the only thing you miss out on is the "oh, no one but me has ever driven this car" experience.
Seriously, how IN THE FFFF am I supposed to charge my car when I get to work
Some companies (like mine) have recharging stations. It's not especially common, but if you can rely on it, it's not a bad option.
You probably aren't even old enough to drive a car your mommy and daddy didn't for you yet you think when you grow up you can just show up to work with a god damned electrical cord and plug it in. Good luck with that
There's nothing like seeing someone laugh at someone else's foolishness when he is the far greater fool.
I'm a pedestrian mass transit user, and I can verify without a doubt that the moment someone gets on a bike they take on the same "I own the road" mentality that car drivers have.
I think it's far more prevalent among bicyclists, and I speak as a semi-avid cyclist.
Are you "African American" because way back when your ancestors originated from Africa? Or Persian because they came from that particular Cradle of Civilization?
What about a white emigrant from South Africa? Is he "African-American" too?
An "African-American" should be someone who was originally born in Africa. It's meaningless otherwise. In fact, it's meaningless now.
A lot of people who get their ass kicked repeatedly by random people at school are in denial about how much of an asshole they actually were. So they blame other factors instead.
And the Iranian muslims look mostly like lily-white people.
My favorite example is SNL comedian Fred Armisen, not exactly a man who has people shrieking in fear of the scary middle-easterner, and his utterly uncanny resemblance to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:
There is no difference between these two situations:
1) Company A and Company B are taxed at the same rate. Company A receives government funding to the tune of $X/year. 2) Neither Company A or B receive government funding, but Company A receives a tax break that equals $X/year.
Playing with the top 10% of gear is important to me in a game where the only success is defined in your gear. You killed Diablo? Neat, I guess. Bale? Ok, whatever. You have a perfect crown of ages? CAN I SEE IT?!
You didn't get the top 10% of gear in Diablo 2 either. Unless, that is, you traded on some fairly shady websites for an ingame purchase/swap (for items, gold, or hacked Stones of Jordan). The D3 auction house replaces the black market from D2 where the good gear could be found.
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"though shalt not kill" is another brain dead out of date and evil religious law.
Really, it was 'thou shalt not murder.' But one could very easily make the case that keeping someone alive for months through artificial life support systems is a denial of God's will, at least if they would have died naturally if a machine wasn't keeping them alive. >_>
Your logic would be faulty then. Man also masturbates, does that mean God must, too?
When I was young, I was told that it was raining because God was peeing on us.
My assessment of this has always been that if man was created in God's image, and man requires the worship and admiration of his peers, then God must also.
Ah yes! It makes sense now, the reason for the phrase "God works in mysterious, often dickish ways."
That only makes sense if said God isn't aware of your lack of faith.
You can only worship a god you actually believe in. Anything else is false. Faith must come before worship.
Martin came to Zimmermans neighborhood looking like a gangsta and behaving like one to some extent
Looking like a gangsta, so he was black? And wearing a hoodie? I guess I'm safe, I can wear my hoodie since I'm white.
and since when does reading a street sign require leaving one's vehicle?),
Pretty common in many neighborhoods (including mine) to have tiny street signs that are pretty much unreadable from the road during night-time.
And the glove? I don't know whats more baffling, that they insisted he try it, or that they let him get away with how to tried to put it on. If you can get a video, watch how he scrunches his hand for a brief moment that turns it into theatrics; which his lawyer jumped right on. They where prepared for that.
A leather glove fits normally. Then you soak it in liquids and let it dry out. Then try to put it on while wearing another (latex) glove. It didn't fit? No shit!
2) The courts have, more than once, ruled that a woman is not "asking for it (rape)" if she wears short skirts while walking down the street. The notion that Martin would be asking for it by wearing a hoodie is far flimsier.
zimmermans lawyers have jumped ship actually, and in such a high profile case that is in no way a good sign
They didn't jump ship, he just went uncommunicative, and they said that if he won't won't contact them, they can't represent them. But if he's willing to contact them again, they'd love to represent him once again.
You mean 'agnostic atheism' or 'agnostic theism'?
Agnostic atheism. Strangely, my classmates cared about it a lot more than the priests and nuns. But teenagers can be assholes in general. >_>
So "balkanized" is an absurd word to use, because it to somehow suggests there is a middle ground. But there is no middle ground.
It seems that's we deal with the collision of the scientific and political worlds and fundamentally different ways they reach decisions. Science is ostensibly focused on reaching truth and accuracy, no matter what incorrect theories it topples, while politics is about building consensus, frequently through deals and compromise. Saying "You have God's creationism and Evolution, we'll compromise and settle on something in between" is a clearly unscientific process, but it's business as usual for political decisions.
Aquinas is not only an appeal to authority, but an appeal to a poor authority at that. His "proof of the existence of God" could be picked apart by almost any scientist.
That would be nice, but I wouldn't hold my breath. "Teaching the controversy" is a false equivalency, placing equivalent merit on evolution and ID. I'd laud any teacher who got around this by teaching why scientists believe overwhelmingly that evolution is the stronger theory, why the "controversy" is even brought up at all, about the scientific method, and what could and could not be considered science. That at least might be an education.
Is Pennsylvania considered Bible Belt? I think it can have its areas of religious conservatism, but I thought the Bible Belt was more southernly located.
Damage already done, and for years. Some group of kids is going to be brought up with this "Creationism is good" shit and be basically non-contributing/non-functional members of society.
Really? Some kid gets taught creationism (maybe) in one day and now because of two hours of classroom time the rest of his life is over and he's useless to society? You seriously underestimate kids (especially their ability to not give a shit about things adults get hysterical about) and humanity in general. Or you're misanthropic, hard to tell which.
I went through Catholic school and I turned out just fine. It didn't even make a dent in my agnosticism, nor did the nuns try to tear that down.
A new car comes with full warranty. A used car probably has an expired warranty. A new car is more likely to be trouble-free, and you know for sure that it wasn't in any accident and it wasn't damaged. There are many ways to kill the car that are not obvious. (Driving a car on uneven roads for several years will do one in nicely.) A new car will be perfectly clean. A new car is probably also the latest model, which comes with all the latest improvements, gadgets and such, and with full resource of wearable parts (lights, gaskets, rubber boots, and many more.)
It depends entirely on where you buy it from. I bought my used car from the dealership, paying $16k instead of the original list of $23k or so. It was three years old, had 20k miles on it, and was in excellent condition. It also came with a new manufacturer's warranty for 60k miles or 7 years, whichever arrived sooner. 12 years later, it has 106k miles on it and still runs great. Don't buy your used cars from some random Joe. Or even from "Bob's Dodgy Used Car Lot." There are plenty of used cars for a good discount that have barely been driven that are available from the manufacturer's dealer, and the only thing you miss out on is the "oh, no one but me has ever driven this car" experience.
No, but it's obviously too complicated for the average Slashdotter.
I have the feeling the "average Slashdotter" is single.
Seriously, how IN THE FFFF am I supposed to charge my car when I get to work
Some companies (like mine) have recharging stations. It's not especially common, but if you can rely on it, it's not a bad option.
You probably aren't even old enough to drive a car your mommy and daddy didn't for you yet you think when you grow up you can just show up to work with a god damned electrical cord and plug it in. Good luck with that
There's nothing like seeing someone laugh at someone else's foolishness when he is the far greater fool.
I'm a pedestrian mass transit user, and I can verify without a doubt that the moment someone gets on a bike they take on the same "I own the road" mentality that car drivers have.
I think it's far more prevalent among bicyclists, and I speak as a semi-avid cyclist.
Are you "African American" because way back when your ancestors originated from Africa? Or Persian because they came from that particular Cradle of Civilization?
What about a white emigrant from South Africa? Is he "African-American" too?
An "African-American" should be someone who was originally born in Africa. It's meaningless otherwise. In fact, it's meaningless now.
I like how you put "stereotyping" and "taking it badly" together as if they were equally offensive acts.
A lot of people who get their ass kicked repeatedly by random people at school are in denial about how much of an asshole they actually were. So they blame other factors instead.
And the Iranian muslims look mostly like lily-white people.
My favorite example is SNL comedian Fred Armisen, not exactly a man who has people shrieking in fear of the scary middle-easterner, and his utterly uncanny resemblance to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:
Iran So Far Away
. (You'll have to search for that on nbc.com if NBC issues a takedown for Youtube... which sucks because NBC's video site is horrible.
There is no difference between these two situations:
1) Company A and Company B are taxed at the same rate. Company A receives government funding to the tune of $X/year.
2) Neither Company A or B receive government funding, but Company A receives a tax break that equals $X/year.
No difference.
Playing with the top 10% of gear is important to me in a game where the only success is defined in your gear. You killed Diablo? Neat, I guess. Bale? Ok, whatever. You have a perfect crown of ages? CAN I SEE IT?!
You didn't get the top 10% of gear in Diablo 2 either.
Unless, that is, you traded on some fairly shady websites for an ingame purchase/swap (for items, gold, or hacked Stones of Jordan). The D3 auction house replaces the black market from D2 where the good gear could be found.