You have to be careful with an argument like this. Basically you are saying that, as a whole, Muslims are more likely to commit violent crime then non-muslims. I've heard similar arguments from white supremacists, they say that on average a black person is more likely to commit crime then a white person, and they have stats to back up their argument. Don't label groups like this, even if you have stats to backup your point.
Romney is running against the state he was governor of, openly attacking liberals for holding the views he claimed to hold five years ago, another flip flopper. Do you have a reference for this purported attack? I don't think Romneys view has changed but with new reasons for abortions his view has been revised.
Censorship is a word that causes many slashdotters to see red. I agree that an open Internet is a good thing. But where do you draw the line on obscenity issues. I don't want to see child prostitution shops set up in my country (I am Canadian) even if they are tucked out of the way. Neither do I want some obscene material on the Internet (personally, I don't want to see any obscene material on the Internet, but I also believe in supporting democracy because morals are relative and subjective, so the majority _must_ decide), so how is it that some laws against obscenity are "ok" censorship (i.e., no child-porn stores or child prostitution shops) but other kinds of censorship is "bad" (i.e., blocking a child-porn website).
I think a big part of the debate that needs to be discussed is what is the nature of the stuff that is being censored. Certainly big brother shouldn't get too big that freedom of speech is lost, but then anything goes isn't a good idea either.
(of course the Canadian strategy seems to be make everything legal but tax is to death.)
Regarding option #1, I think MS fully believes that they have a better product and they hope this kind of cooperation will add legitimacy to their campaign. Personally, I think the OSDL should co-operate. If it is revealed that Linux is lacking, then the OSDL will know where to focus their efforts.
As a practicing Mormon, I think its appropriate to give Slashdot
readers a response. Of course, the usual disclaimer applies: these are
my views, although I study the gospel and the teachings of the modern day
prophets, I don't understand everything.
All religions apart from Mormonism are an "abomination" in the
sight of God
If you follow the provided link, it refers to the "First Vision"
experience of Joseph Smith. I believe this that Joseph Smith did indeed
see what he claimed he saw. During the vision, Joseph asked which church
he should join, Joseph's description of the response is:
"I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all
wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were
an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt;
that: they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from
me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of
godliness, but they deny the power thereof."
No one in the church denies this or otherwise tries to hide this,
these are Christ's words.
People of "dark skin" were less valiant in the pre-existence, so
God cursed them in this life
The book of Mormon clearly states that it is because of the sins of
Laman and Lemuel that they were cursed with a skin of darkness. Their
children also have this skin of darkness. This doesn't mean that
dark-skinned people are sinners or otherwise less then light-skinned
people. The Book of Mormon also talks about many wonderful blessings
that will apply to the descendants of Laman and Lemuel.
American Indians are really errant Jews, who lost the gospel when
they rebeled against God
See the previous response, if the Book of Mormon account is really
true, then some Native Americans are descendants of Laman and Lemuel, no
one said they all are. I believe the Book of Mormon account. Laman and
Lemuel rebelled against God, this says nothing about ALL American
Indians being rebels.
There are three levels of heaven, and you can only get to the
highest level by practicing polygamy; then you will be a God and have
your own planet
Many religions claim that we are children of God, so why can't we
grow up and become like God. It makes sense to me. Regarding having our
own planet, I've never heard this taught, but if this planet was created
by God, and we can become like him,....
John the Beloved and the Three Nephites are eternal beings that
roam the planet, even today, doing the work of God (and the prieshood
needed to be restored through Joseph Smith... why exactly?)
If God is all-powerful, why not make John and the three Nephites
eternal beings who are still on the Earth at this time. If we are children of an eternal god, are we not all eternal beings. Death doesn't disclude the possibility of a resurrection. The biblical
account of John the Beloved is quite clear, do other religions believe
similar things?
I don't understand your skepticism regarding the restoration of the
Priesthood. It was lost, and was later restored. Joseph Smith was
chosen to be the first person to receive the priesthood as part of the
restoration.
Joseph Smith could translate a common Egyptian Funeral Book, to
find that it contained extensive writings by father Abraham
Yes, this is the Book of Abraham, it's available at the LDS website
if anyone is interested in reading it. I hadn't heard about the funeral
book, just that Joseph Smith acquired some Egyptian papyri and that he
translated it.
Homosexuality is a disase that you must suffer for (I wonder when
the 1978-esque "oops, my bad, blacks can have the priesthood now" gay
revelation will come).
I believe that every person has tendencies that are bad for them,
anger, rage, etc. I don't doubt that same-sex attraction is very real,
but I also believe that Gods law of chastity, which prohibits
homosexuality, is d
A search for tiananmen square on Accoona reveals mostly "Travel China" sites, although it does show the National Association for Democracy page as the 11th hit.
A search for tiananmen square on Google finds sites like "student protests", "history declassified" and the wikipedia page.
Hmmm, maybe there is something to this conspiracy theory.
Yes, I agree with you. The problem is one of granularity. The idea that "Computers lead to poor grades" is way to course grained. The idea needs to be disected further, perhaps playing games or spending all your time in chat rooms leads to poor grades, because then kids aren't doing their homework!
I've always felt that computers are a tool to learning, like books and paper and pencils. If you give a kid a pencil or a book it doesn't mean she will learn anything, they might beat their friends with the book rather then read it. If you give a kid a computer, same thing.
I have to disagree with you. I believe that people should have the freedom to influence the society they live in. This means that if they think there is too much trash on the TV, they do something about it. They organize and make their opinion heard. These people are doing a good job of it. You can say "They don't like something, so YOU shouldn't be allowed to do it.". But that is just a variation on the theme of "They shouldn't be allowed to voice their opinion.".
I for one also feel that there is a lot of trash on TV, and I have two options, stop watching it or make my voice heard and use my influence to change the status quo. It's not wrong to do either or both.
I agree that bandwidth is great, but applications like distributed file systems are much more sensitive to high latency. Any stats on Internet2 latency?
The only thing I didn't like about the letter was that they failed to mention SCO's claims about derivative technologies in Linux.
If it's true that SCO's claim that some technologies (Journaled File Systems, etc), were bound by the SysV contract signed between AT&T and Unix companies then that part of SCO's complaint has merit.
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You have to be careful with an argument like this. Basically you are saying that, as a whole, Muslims are more likely to commit violent crime then non-muslims. I've heard similar arguments from white supremacists, they say that on average a black person is more likely to commit crime then a white person, and they have stats to back up their argument. Don't label groups like this, even if you have stats to backup your point.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/7/27/9453
Censorship is a word that causes many slashdotters to see red. I agree that an open Internet is a good thing. But where do you draw the line on obscenity issues. I don't want to see child prostitution shops set up in my country (I am Canadian) even if they are tucked out of the way. Neither do I want some obscene material on the Internet (personally, I don't want to see any obscene material on the Internet, but I also believe in supporting democracy because morals are relative and subjective, so the majority _must_ decide), so how is it that some laws against obscenity are "ok" censorship (i.e., no child-porn stores or child prostitution shops) but other kinds of censorship is "bad" (i.e., blocking a child-porn website).
I think a big part of the debate that needs to be discussed is what is the nature of the stuff that is being censored. Certainly big brother shouldn't get too big that freedom of speech is lost, but then anything goes isn't a good idea either.
(of course the Canadian strategy seems to be make everything legal but tax is to death.)
I agree.
Regarding option #1, I think MS fully believes that they have a better product and they hope this kind of cooperation will add legitimacy to their campaign. Personally, I think the OSDL should co-operate. If it is revealed that Linux is lacking, then the OSDL will know where to focus their efforts.
As a practicing Mormon, I think its appropriate to give Slashdot readers a response. Of course, the usual disclaimer applies: these are my views, although I study the gospel and the teachings of the modern day prophets, I don't understand everything.
All religions apart from Mormonism are an "abomination" in the sight of God
If you follow the provided link, it refers to the "First Vision" experience of Joseph Smith. I believe this that Joseph Smith did indeed see what he claimed he saw. During the vision, Joseph asked which church he should join, Joseph's description of the response is:
"I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof."
No one in the church denies this or otherwise tries to hide this, these are Christ's words.
People of "dark skin" were less valiant in the pre-existence, so God cursed them in this life
The book of Mormon clearly states that it is because of the sins of Laman and Lemuel that they were cursed with a skin of darkness. Their children also have this skin of darkness. This doesn't mean that dark-skinned people are sinners or otherwise less then light-skinned people. The Book of Mormon also talks about many wonderful blessings that will apply to the descendants of Laman and Lemuel.
American Indians are really errant Jews, who lost the gospel when they rebeled against God
See the previous response, if the Book of Mormon account is really true, then some Native Americans are descendants of Laman and Lemuel, no one said they all are. I believe the Book of Mormon account. Laman and Lemuel rebelled against God, this says nothing about ALL American Indians being rebels.
There are three levels of heaven, and you can only get to the highest level by practicing polygamy; then you will be a God and have your own planet
Many religions claim that we are children of God, so why can't we grow up and become like God. It makes sense to me. Regarding having our own planet, I've never heard this taught, but if this planet was created by God, and we can become like him, ....
John the Beloved and the Three Nephites are eternal beings that roam the planet, even today, doing the work of God (and the prieshood needed to be restored through Joseph Smith... why exactly?)
If God is all-powerful, why not make John and the three Nephites eternal beings who are still on the Earth at this time. If we are children of an eternal god, are we not all eternal beings. Death doesn't disclude the possibility of a resurrection. The biblical account of John the Beloved is quite clear, do other religions believe similar things?
I don't understand your skepticism regarding the restoration of the Priesthood. It was lost, and was later restored. Joseph Smith was chosen to be the first person to receive the priesthood as part of the restoration.
Joseph Smith could translate a common Egyptian Funeral Book, to find that it contained extensive writings by father Abraham
Yes, this is the Book of Abraham, it's available at the LDS website if anyone is interested in reading it. I hadn't heard about the funeral book, just that Joseph Smith acquired some Egyptian papyri and that he translated it.
Homosexuality is a disase that you must suffer for (I wonder when the 1978-esque "oops, my bad, blacks can have the priesthood now" gay revelation will come).
I believe that every person has tendencies that are bad for them, anger, rage, etc. I don't doubt that same-sex attraction is very real, but I also believe that Gods law of chastity, which prohibits homosexuality, is d
Maybe there is something to this.
A search for tiananmen square on Accoona reveals mostly "Travel China" sites, although it does show the National Association for Democracy page as the 11th hit.
A search for tiananmen square on Google finds sites like "student protests", "history declassified" and the wikipedia page.
Hmmm, maybe there is something to this conspiracy theory.
Yes, I agree with you. The problem is one of granularity. The idea that "Computers lead to poor grades" is way to course grained. The idea needs to be disected further, perhaps playing games or spending all your time in chat rooms leads to poor grades, because then kids aren't doing their homework!
I've always felt that computers are a tool to learning, like books and paper and pencils. If you give a kid a pencil or a book it doesn't mean she will learn anything, they might beat their friends with the book rather then read it. If you give a kid a computer, same thing.
I have to disagree with you. I believe that people should have the freedom to influence the society they live in. This means that if they think there is too much trash on the TV, they do something about it. They organize and make their opinion heard. These people are doing a good job of it. You can say "They don't like something, so YOU shouldn't be allowed to do it.". But that is just a variation on the theme of "They shouldn't be allowed to voice their opinion.".
I for one also feel that there is a lot of trash on TV, and I have two options, stop watching it or make my voice heard and use my influence to change the status quo. It's not wrong to do either or both.
I agree that bandwidth is great, but applications like distributed file systems are much more sensitive to high latency. Any stats on Internet2 latency?
The only thing I didn't like about the letter was that they failed to mention SCO's claims about derivative technologies in Linux.
If it's true that SCO's claim that some technologies (Journaled File Systems, etc), were bound by the SysV contract signed between AT&T and Unix companies then that part of SCO's complaint has merit.