Actually his response was more than reasonable and was in fact based on the reality of how any religion historically reacts to critical analysis of their faith. In fact, he probably understand the motivations of your faith better than you actually do. I like to refer to this as "the blindness of faith".
Your answer is actually a laughable illustration of exactly what he was talking about. He made a critical comment about your church which actually can be shown to be accurate. Your response: Throw insults at him that he "doesn't understand your faith", is "bigoted" and "biased" based on absolutely no proof whatsoever. Just about every religion says that charitable work is an essential part of their faith. He pointed out the truth: that charity comes at a cost: "We helped you, now don't you think you should help (or join) us?".
True charity comes with no strings attached. No expectation of reciprocation, no subtle pressure to join the faith of those who provided the assistance. That was his point. Nt that the charity provided by your church is invalid, but that the same charity could be provided by anyone whether they are a member of a church or not.
Tell me: What is the difference between a Scientologist on the street giving someone a free E-meter test (their charitable work) and then inviting that person to join their church so that they can free themselves from their worries and you giving some food or clothing to someone and then inviting them to join your church so that they can free themselves of their worries? In the end, there is none.
Then you weren't doing what you were supposed to do and the fault is yours. As I said, if you don't have a re-entry permit and especially if you have a one-way ticket you MUST give them the gaikukjin tourokoshu and if you don't have it they will really want to know why. Consider yourself lucky that they didn't hold you until you were able to get someone to bring it.
Really? Once the administration of foreign residents is passed to the Japanese government from the prefectures I might see that happening. Under the current rules the immigration officials at the airport are not required to see anything other than your passport.
I find it unlikely they would detain you for not having your gaikokujin torokusho on your way out of the country unless you didn't have a re-entry permit in which case you are supposed to surrender it to them.
I have never, in 23 years of going in and out of Japan, been asked for my gaijin card at the airport. Being a permanent resident (eijuusha) does help.
"...some of the cited paragraphs closely approximate the wording of a source document."
Closely approximate???!! Hell, they're word-for-word copies right down to the bullet points. They are not in quotations so they aren't really citations.
This really makes me sad because it shows an external corporate influence in Canada's affairs that would have Americans screaming if the reverse was true.
Home automation has been a buzzword for years but in as mentioned elsewhere in this thread it has never really taken off. Cost, reliability, lack of standards all all good reasons but I think the bottom line is that no-one really needs their home turning lights on and off for security or convenience purposes.
Where I do see some validity is the case where automatic control is used to actually reduce home electrical usage. Imagine your home being able to be put into an sleep or power-down mode using one button when you leave the house. Enough LED lights are kept turning on and off to provide security but all other functions other than those required to keep food fresh or pipes from freezing are disabled. Taken to its limits you could conceivably run a house off battery power for these relatively short periods.
OK, so you're a paddling pontificating penguin pectoral propulsion pedant. Thanks for letting us know.:-)
Your point of course makes sense if you've seen how penguins turn into rockets the second they enter the water. Even in zoos the way they can zip around the tank is awesome.
All the way down and no reference to remote-control cockroaches being whacked by a Black president's shoe long before there were Black presidents and shoes being thrown at presidents, Black or White.
And tell me you wouldn't be shitting your drawers if the space station you were on was shaking like that. Even gentle turbulence on a plane will make some people sweat. A ratting space station is seriously panic time.
Someone didn't see the Apollo 13 launch. The center engine of the 5-engine second stage cluster stopped early mid-launch. They ran the remaining four longer to make up for the loss of the fifth engine.
I'm not saying in the event of a catastrophic loss of one engine the other could take up the slack. If one engine blows up it doesn't matter how many you have it's time to hit the silk. But if one engine just stops you have the possibility of running one longer to get to a safer re-entry point or even to MECO.
The Terrain Mapping Camera on board has a 5m resolution so even something as big as the LEM descent unit or the lunar rovers will only be 1 pixel in size.
Not enough to shut the hoaxers up. (Not that anything short of dumping them on the lunar surface will)
No, In America you have this thing called rampant self-interest. The idea that your own personal needs and desires outweigh those of the members of your community, your state or your country.
Everything you post just sounds like a teenager who is rebelling against being told to clean his room. "Just leave me alone and let me have my own life! You can't tell me what to do!"
You actually think you have freedom? BWAAHAHAHAA!!! If nothing else, the past 8 years have shown that the America's "freedom" is an illusion and that you are actually trapped in an intellectual cage you can't even see.
The excessive provision of social welfare programs to those who do not need them and the willingness of citizens to give their time for the greater good of the society they live in are two completely separate issues.
Please come back when you have grown up a bit and understand that simple concept.
Please tell me in what self-centered community you grew up in?
In the three countries I've lived in (UK, Canada, Japan) community service, voluntary or otherwise, was always seen as a good thing and encouraged and participation was rewarded in various ways. Canada and the UK has the Duke of Edinburgh award program which has a community service element.
I keep seeing this narrow vision of community service a cleaning up trash beside highways or helping some seniors. There can be a hell of a lot more than that. My son acts as a translator for Japanese groups visiting to Vancouver for example.
I may be old(er) but we're not talking Oliver here. All I see are young people whining about their own free time being taken away or always expecting some financial reward for any tasks they undertake.
Sorry, not going to work. Get your lazy ass out from in front of the XBox and do something for somebody else for once.
In earlier times children worked around the house or in the community after school if they went to school at all. The demands of the time that required this have now gone but that doesn;t mean all your evenings should be spent playing WoW.
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I don't agree that we all agree that what we all should be agreeing on something that we might not all agree on.
Actually his response was more than reasonable and was in fact based on the reality of how any religion historically reacts to critical analysis of their faith. In fact, he probably understand the motivations of your faith better than you actually do. I like to refer to this as "the blindness of faith".
Your answer is actually a laughable illustration of exactly what he was talking about. He made a critical comment about your church which actually can be shown to be accurate. Your response: Throw insults at him that he "doesn't understand your faith", is "bigoted" and "biased" based on absolutely no proof whatsoever. Just about every religion says that charitable work is an essential part of their faith. He pointed out the truth: that charity comes at a cost: "We helped you, now don't you think you should help (or join) us?".
True charity comes with no strings attached. No expectation of reciprocation, no subtle pressure to join the faith of those who provided the assistance. That was his point. Nt that the charity provided by your church is invalid, but that the same charity could be provided by anyone whether they are a member of a church or not.
Tell me: What is the difference between a Scientologist on the street giving someone a free E-meter test (their charitable work) and then inviting that person to join their church so that they can free themselves from their worries and you giving some food or clothing to someone and then inviting them to join your church so that they can free themselves of their worries? In the end, there is none.
Then you weren't doing what you were supposed to do and the fault is yours. As I said, if you don't have a re-entry permit and especially if you have a one-way ticket you MUST give them the gaikukjin tourokoshu and if you don't have it they will really want to know why. Consider yourself lucky that they didn't hold you until you were able to get someone to bring it.
Really? Once the administration of foreign residents is passed to the Japanese government from the prefectures I might see that happening. Under the current rules the immigration officials at the airport are not required to see anything other than your passport.
I find it unlikely they would detain you for not having your gaikokujin torokusho on your way out of the country unless you didn't have a re-entry permit in which case you are supposed to surrender it to them.
I have never, in 23 years of going in and out of Japan, been asked for my gaijin card at the airport. Being a permanent resident (eijuusha) does help.
What is your status?
I have one Model M and two (yes 2) Gateway Omnikey pros. One has the 12 function keys on the left.
Cold, dead hands, etc.
Read it again.
Americans would scream (yes, the 'e' is there) if Canadian corporate interests interfered with US internal matters.
The reality, of course, is that they do as does corporations from all over the world. Suitable screaming thus ensues but nothing is really done.
"...some of the cited paragraphs closely approximate the wording of a source document."
Closely approximate???!! Hell, they're word-for-word copies right down to the bullet points. They are not in quotations so they aren't really citations.
This really makes me sad because it shows an external corporate influence in Canada's affairs that would have Americans screaming if the reverse was true.
Home automation has been a buzzword for years but in as mentioned elsewhere in this thread it has never really taken off. Cost, reliability, lack of standards all all good reasons but I think the bottom line is that no-one really needs their home turning lights on and off for security or convenience purposes.
Where I do see some validity is the case where automatic control is used to actually reduce home electrical usage. Imagine your home being able to be put into an sleep or power-down mode using one button when you leave the house. Enough LED lights are kept turning on and off to provide security but all other functions other than those required to keep food fresh or pipes from freezing are disabled. Taken to its limits you could conceivably run a house off battery power for these relatively short periods.
Slashdotters don't need any Randori bots as their mothers do the randori for them.
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OK, so you're a paddling pontificating penguin pectoral propulsion pedant. Thanks for letting us know. :-)
Your point of course makes sense if you've seen how penguins turn into rockets the second they enter the water. Even in zoos the way they can zip around the tank is awesome.
Read the comments section on any video on a topic to do with the conflicts in East Asia during WWII.
The distrust, discrimination and downright hatred instilled in Koreans, Chinese and Japanese for each other laid bare for all the world to see.
An ICBM is what happens when you take a shit outside in Antarctica.
"Fairing failed to separate"???
This is one of the most basic pieces on a launch vehicle. Even SpaceX can get this part right.
Wonder what the turnaround time on a new satellite is. Obviously this would be insured.
All the way down and no reference to remote-control cockroaches being whacked by a Black president's shoe long before there were Black presidents and shoes being thrown at presidents, Black or White.
And tell me you wouldn't be shitting your drawers if the space station you were on was shaking like that. Even gentle turbulence on a plane will make some people sweat. A ratting space station is seriously panic time.
"Mother's milk leads to everything!"
Someone didn't see the Apollo 13 launch. The center engine of the 5-engine second stage cluster stopped early mid-launch. They ran the remaining four longer to make up for the loss of the fifth engine.
I'm not saying in the event of a catastrophic loss of one engine the other could take up the slack. If one engine blows up it doesn't matter how many you have it's time to hit the silk. But if one engine just stops you have the possibility of running one longer to get to a safer re-entry point or even to MECO.
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The Terrain Mapping Camera on board has a 5m resolution so even something as big as the LEM descent unit or the lunar rovers will only be 1 pixel in size.
Not enough to shut the hoaxers up. (Not that anything short of dumping them on the lunar surface will)
No, In America you have this thing called rampant self-interest. The idea that your own personal needs and desires outweigh those of the members of your community, your state or your country.
Everything you post just sounds like a teenager who is rebelling against being told to clean his room. "Just leave me alone and let me have my own life! You can't tell me what to do!"
You actually think you have freedom? BWAAHAHAHAA!!! If nothing else, the past 8 years have shown that the America's "freedom" is an illusion and that you are actually trapped in an intellectual cage you can't even see.
The excessive provision of social welfare programs to those who do not need them and the willingness of citizens to give their time for the greater good of the society they live in are two completely separate issues.
Please come back when you have grown up a bit and understand that simple concept.
OK, understanding that figure and looking at the full-res image is the earthy equivalent of the Total Perspective Vortex.
"GGGGHHAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH..."
Hey, I'm still here! I must be the Coolest Guy In The Universe!!
Please tell me in what self-centered community you grew up in?
In the three countries I've lived in (UK, Canada, Japan) community service, voluntary or otherwise, was always seen as a good thing and encouraged and participation was rewarded in various ways. Canada and the UK has the Duke of Edinburgh award program which has a community service element.
I keep seeing this narrow vision of community service a cleaning up trash beside highways or helping some seniors. There can be a hell of a lot more than that. My son acts as a translator for Japanese groups visiting to Vancouver for example.
I may be old(er) but we're not talking Oliver here. All I see are young people whining about their own free time being taken away or always expecting some financial reward for any tasks they undertake.
Sorry, not going to work. Get your lazy ass out from in front of the XBox and do something for somebody else for once.
They're supposed to fritter their time away.
Leaving them unprepared to be adults.
In earlier times children worked around the house or in the community after school if they went to school at all. The demands of the time that required this have now gone but that doesn;t mean all your evenings should be spent playing WoW.