yeah, at least let the bullied fight back (as long as it doesn't get to the point of death or major physical injury) maybe disdain for the weak is part of disdain for anti-bullying efforts; this would show who the weak one really is.
to clarify the term: a 'put' is an option to sell at a certain price. so one makes money if the market price is lower than the option price. It's a bet that the item's price will go down, and in this case a distrust of his banker's stock tips.
1 is the standard argument why using the A-bombs made sense. (along with deterring Russia and the fact that we were leveling cities conventionally anyway) 2 is new to me. 3 is an example of WWII Japan's suicidal stubbornness.
Yeah, I can see how the nuke decision made sense at least at the time.
Matthew 7:3-5 is the part about splinter in one eye/beam in another. Not just a failed little/big distinction, but also hypocrisy: criticizing someone else's little problem while ignoring one's own big problem. I knew the proverb, but hadn't known the chapter and verse, I put 2 and 2 together based on the context of your post.
I long since thought that kind of thing would be a good compromise. You're right, the religious fundamentalists won't stand for any recognition of homosexual relationships. Also, some gay activists won't settle for anything not called marriage. The perils of being a moderate: no one's happy.
when I cite X's Law, I mean it simply as a description/summary of the post I'm replying to.
Yeah, if only there was war-level enthusiasm for problems such as this... Avoiding war is usually a good thing, but sometimes it just leads toa bigger war
some of the other answers are right (and thus, the test design is wrong), but some of the arguments seem like lawyering on a technicality there are many criticisms of standardized testing, this may or may not be one of them
Here, 1st Amendment (particularly speech/press) would be a problem with that - I understand other countries (such as Canada) have reasonable exemptions like this.
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interkin3tic's post seems like an example of sex-related behavior that's about something besides the sex.
yeah, at least let the bullied fight back (as long as it doesn't get to the point of death or major physical injury)
maybe disdain for the weak is part of disdain for anti-bullying efforts; this would show who the weak one really is.
yes, adult on child abuse is taken seriously, to witch hunt levels sometimes. I figure Wonko the Sane meant abusive behavior between children.
I figure he meant 'cold call' in the standard annoying salesman sense, not the better job offer sense being discussed here.
to clarify the term: a 'put' is an option to sell at a certain price. so one makes money if the market price is lower than the option price.
It's a bet that the item's price will go down, and in this case a distrust of his banker's stock tips.
('call' option is the other way around)
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fire_in_anger
"Fire in anger" is a military term that uses the word 'anger' non-literally.
1 is the standard argument why using the A-bombs made sense. (along with deterring Russia and the fact that we were leveling cities conventionally anyway)
2 is new to me.
3 is an example of WWII Japan's suicidal stubbornness.
Yeah, I can see how the nuke decision made sense at least at the time.
I can't excuse the AC for being racist, but I can excuse him for a typo, context clearly meant 'minority'
Matthew 7:3-5 is the part about splinter in one eye/beam in another. Not just a failed little/big distinction, but also hypocrisy: criticizing someone else's little problem while ignoring one's own big problem.
I knew the proverb, but hadn't known the chapter and verse, I put 2 and 2 together based on the context of your post.
Organizations _like_...
This sounds like the LGBT version of greenwashing on environmental issues.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwashing
I long since thought that kind of thing would be a good compromise.
You're right, the religious fundamentalists won't stand for any recognition of homosexual relationships.
Also, some gay activists won't settle for anything not called marriage.
The perils of being a moderate: no one's happy.
you make a good point - logically speaking, that would be just as equal. doesn't necessarily make it a good idea though.
you're preaching to the choir about them preaching to the choir. :P
Yeah my dad started counting up and giving each one a difficulty rating. not sure how far he got with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIrvpn3k9A4
reminded me of this guy playing PacMan for real.
when I cite X's Law, I mean it simply as a description/summary of the post I'm replying to.
Yeah, if only there was war-level enthusiasm for problems such as this...
Avoiding war is usually a good thing, but sometimes it just leads toa bigger war
You're right, those details are key at higher levels, but we're talking about fifth graders here.
what's 'Derbyshire Debate'?
anyway, it can be easy to get tripped up by some of the arguments; the slant is in assuming that a racist interpretation is obvious
some of the other answers are right (and thus, the test design is wrong), but some of the arguments seem like lawyering on a technicality
there are many criticisms of standardized testing, this may or may not be one of them
yeah, teachers often get annoyed when I jump ahead.
Poe's Law - parody of extremism is hard to distinguish form actual extremism
Here, 1st Amendment (particularly speech/press) would be a problem with that - I understand other countries (such as Canada) have reasonable exemptions like this.
Yeah, /. can be good for discussing tech angles of general stories
Yeah, even with race/ethnicity issues out of the picture, this is still a gun culture story.
I'm not really sympathetic to the "not tech, why is it here?" arguments. "stuff that matters", after all.
It's protected by unintellectual property law. :P