First off, thank you for the Q quote. Made my day.
They're only partly fighting about resources, but a great deal of it is pride. With enough money you can buy desalination, irrigation and even some land from Saudi Arabia to give the Palestinians extra land, but when two (three, if you count Christians) religions believe they have the God-given exclusive right to a very specific, very small area of land, how do you convince them otherwise? Even if we had all the resources we wanted from asteroids mined by our Asimovian robots running on cold fusion from here to Andromeda, Jerusalem would still be a scarce resource.
You have to be pretty goddamn stupid to fly into a fanatical military state like Israel from a Muslim country with a laptop covered in Arabic stickers. What's the next leg of her journey? From Israel to Iran wearing a star of David and demanding a kosher meal?
It might be worth it in book sales and late-night TV interviews alone.
Oh, wait. I'm thinking of what happens to dissidents in Arab countries. [...] Your objectivity is remarkable!
So is yours. Comparing the behaviour of the Israeli guards to the policy in Arab countries is hardly an objective benchmark. Just because someone else 'does worse' is a playground argument, not a moral one for a modern state to base its policies on.
I don't think this reflects badly on Israel as a whole. Border guards are individuals with some latitude in enforcing the law without always clearing it with a lawyer. It's one action, not a national policy. However, that does not mean that it is acceptable for Israel to condone the destruction of harmless private property 'since it's not as bad' as being imprisoned, any more than it is acceptable for America to torture in Guantanamo Bay 'since it's not as bad' as being beheaded.
Instead of bravely bombing from on high. I don't support one side or the other in the Israel-Palestine conflict, but we must accept that war is no longer men on horses charging at each other with lances. It's hardly cowardly to use what resources (and resourcefulness) you have. Israel has aircraft, Palestine has improvised explosives. Neither's choice of weapon (and 'choice' is partly forced by necessity and resources, or lack thereof) is noble or cowardly per se, and the same applies to tactics.
'Nazi' ought to have a capital 'N' as well. It's the proper name of a political party. Grammar Nazi should be probably be capitalised in any case, like New Labour or Blue Dog Democrat.
Shouldn't the term be 'national socialist' rather than 'national socialistic'?
I believe you are being mislead by the word 'friend'.
It is supposed to be a person whose company one enjoys and who is there in good times and bad to give advice and encouragement as a confidant(e) and a sounding board. Not the 400-odd people who you may have met once in a long-forgotten party and have collected like baseball cards.
wouldn't be able to call them (as managers) retards without feeling guilty of doing something un-pc
It's not so much a matter of political correctness as scientific accuracy. Many autistic people are better at processing and interpreting information at a vastly superior speed and accuracy than the average (hence, this article). Define 'retarded'. If we're trying to evolve into, say, Vulcans, they may well be ahead of the curve.
Although I agree political correctness can often be over-the-top, I do think it should be unacceptable to vilify someone who has their abilities differently distributed due to random factors entirely beyond their control, and is, by some definitions, more intelligent.
how do you screen for one amino acid that may keep popping up in a hundred different foodstuff in various amounts? Unless you took a daily dose of something to chelate out that one a.a. from the body. Hmm....
There is nothing as beneficial to mankind as Pax Americana.
And you wonder why half the world thinks America is an arrogant brat with a sense of entitlement exceeded only by the size and span of its overbuilt military. Caesar can do wrong.
Buddhists, especially the laity, are permitted to eat non-vegetarian food with the exception of certain sources of meat. It is the killing of an animal for the sole purpose of eating it that is prohibited. Monks are allowed to accept meat given to them (Buddhists monks are required to live almost completely on charity), unless they suspect the meat was slaughtered specifically for their benefit. Buddhist vegetarianism is more a cultural and personal initiative than a religious dictum. Karma and reincarnation have nothing to do with it. The Buddha himself died after consuming contaminated pork.
I don't think the animals' suffering is what is keeping religious people from eating beef or pork - it's the species. If it comes ultimately from a cow, most Hindus will still consider it forbidden. If it comes from a pig, it's still haram to Muslims and treif to Jews.
"a wearable robotic suit that assists the muscles when carrying out strenuous tasks"
So while it can help people with weak or disabled muscles regain more of their strength (if not now, then in the future), it might also be great for heavy labour like hauling things. I think a lot of companies would pay to have this as part of a regular work uniform like hard hats and boots, if only to duck the insurance claims.
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They're only partly fighting about resources, but a great deal of it is pride. With enough money you can buy desalination, irrigation and even some land from Saudi Arabia to give the Palestinians extra land, but when two (three, if you count Christians) religions believe they have the God-given exclusive right to a very specific, very small area of land, how do you convince them otherwise? Even if we had all the resources we wanted from asteroids mined by our Asimovian robots running on cold fusion from here to Andromeda, Jerusalem would still be a scarce resource.
You have to be pretty goddamn stupid to fly into a fanatical military state like Israel from a Muslim country with a laptop covered in Arabic stickers. What's the next leg of her journey? From Israel to Iran wearing a star of David and demanding a kosher meal?
It might be worth it in book sales and late-night TV interviews alone.
Oh, wait. I'm thinking of what happens to dissidents in Arab countries. [...] Your objectivity is remarkable!
So is yours. Comparing the behaviour of the Israeli guards to the policy in Arab countries is hardly an objective benchmark. Just because someone else 'does worse' is a playground argument, not a moral one for a modern state to base its policies on.
I don't think this reflects badly on Israel as a whole. Border guards are individuals with some latitude in enforcing the law without always clearing it with a lawyer. It's one action, not a national policy. However, that does not mean that it is acceptable for Israel to condone the destruction of harmless private property 'since it's not as bad' as being imprisoned, any more than it is acceptable for America to torture in Guantanamo Bay 'since it's not as bad' as being beheaded.
Does that mean we don't exist, either?
That's one way to avoid paying that debt to China....
put bombs cowardly hidden in laptops
Instead of bravely bombing from on high. I don't support one side or the other in the Israel-Palestine conflict, but we must accept that war is no longer men on horses charging at each other with lances. It's hardly cowardly to use what resources (and resourcefulness) you have. Israel has aircraft, Palestine has improvised explosives. Neither's choice of weapon (and 'choice' is partly forced by necessity and resources, or lack thereof) is noble or cowardly per se, and the same applies to tactics.
Mod parent UP!
How many Libraries of Congress is that?
an educated American accent
We're still looking for one of those.
'Nazi' ought to have a capital 'N' as well. It's the proper name of a political party. Grammar Nazi should be probably be capitalised in any case, like New Labour or Blue Dog Democrat. Shouldn't the term be 'national socialist' rather than 'national socialistic'?
I believe you are being mislead by the word 'friend'.
It is supposed to be a person whose company one enjoys and who is there in good times and bad to give advice and encouragement as a confidant(e) and a sounding board. Not the 400-odd people who you may have met once in a long-forgotten party and have collected like baseball cards.
wouldn't be able to call them (as managers) retards without feeling guilty of doing something un-pc
It's not so much a matter of political correctness as scientific accuracy. Many autistic people are better at processing and interpreting information at a vastly superior speed and accuracy than the average (hence, this article). Define 'retarded'. If we're trying to evolve into, say, Vulcans, they may well be ahead of the curve.
Although I agree political correctness can often be over-the-top, I do think it should be unacceptable to vilify someone who has their abilities differently distributed due to random factors entirely beyond their control, and is, by some definitions, more intelligent.
I prefer GM vehicles.
Mod parent up +5 Funny.
how do you screen for one amino acid that may keep popping up in a hundred different foodstuff in various amounts? Unless you took a daily dose of something to chelate out that one a.a. from the body. Hmm....
Afghanistan is not in the Middle East. New Rule: No invading a country if you can't pronounce it and can't place it on a map.
There is nothing as beneficial to mankind as Pax Americana.
And you wonder why half the world thinks America is an arrogant brat with a sense of entitlement exceeded only by the size and span of its overbuilt military. Caesar can do wrong.
Buddhists, especially the laity, are permitted to eat non-vegetarian food with the exception of certain sources of meat. It is the killing of an animal for the sole purpose of eating it that is prohibited. Monks are allowed to accept meat given to them (Buddhists monks are required to live almost completely on charity), unless they suspect the meat was slaughtered specifically for their benefit. Buddhist vegetarianism is more a cultural and personal initiative than a religious dictum. Karma and reincarnation have nothing to do with it. The Buddha himself died after consuming contaminated pork.
Or an if-then statement....
I don't think the animals' suffering is what is keeping religious people from eating beef or pork - it's the species. If it comes ultimately from a cow, most Hindus will still consider it forbidden. If it comes from a pig, it's still haram to Muslims and treif to Jews.
Congress consists of both the House and the Senate, and Senators have a term of six years.
So there's an aap for that?
"a wearable robotic suit that assists the muscles when carrying out strenuous tasks" So while it can help people with weak or disabled muscles regain more of their strength (if not now, then in the future), it might also be great for heavy labour like hauling things. I think a lot of companies would pay to have this as part of a regular work uniform like hard hats and boots, if only to duck the insurance claims.
Wouldn't that be the noise-to-signal ratio?
one (fat) mammal
Where'd you get the American from?
I went to the supermarket to buy some cola.
That's fine.
cabbages.
And, while at the cash, the item I'd been trying to remember all this while came back to me.
and condoms
A small moment of hope and optimism followed.
,
Until I paused to reflect and concluded that it would be not much use at all. There, fixed that for you.
That is how American justice works. How does justice work in Europe?
We deport them to America and Australia in unlabelled shipping containers. Always have, always will.