You're the one who's confused. Let me remind you of the context under which we are discussing. You were talking about Vladimir Putin - whom you pejoratively referred to as Vladolf Putler - whereby you inferred that he "hate people just for being born gay". In the context of Putin, he has never said anything to imply that he hated people who are attracted to people of the same sex. What he did was enacted legislation against homosexual practices and propaganda. I re-emphasise - practices and propaganda, NOT attraction. So in this context, gay means people who commit homosexual behaviour, not those who're only attracted to people of the same sex, because there's no way you can legislate against attraction, is there?
What's the point of being gay if one doesn't engage in homosexual acts? To put it another way, what's the difference between a non-gay person and a gay person who doesn't exhibit homosexual behaviour? There's no difference. When we talk about gay people, we need only consider those people who actually exhibit homosexual behaviour. A non-practising gay person is irrelevant to the discussion.
If someone is born with the genetic predisposition to violence, would you call him a violent person the minute he's born? Of course not - you'd call him a violent person only if he exhibits violent behaviour once he grows up. The same with homosexuality. A person is born as an asexual. He cannot be called a homosexual until he hits puberty and exhibits homosexual behaviour.
You go from "no attempt to hide" to "actively seeks out...contribute to or take part in" to "advertising". That's a really broad spectrum. Can't you be more specific?
OT, but I'm curious. Which part of suicide bombing do you oppose? Is it the suicide part of the bombing part? Is bombing without suicide okay? What about suicide without the bombing?
Unlike the US and the UK, Germany has a civil law system in contrast to the common law system used in certain countries like the US and the UK. Therefore judges in Germany are not bounded by decision made in former rulings that are not clearly codified in written legislation.
That depends on the law applicable in your jurisdiction. In certain jurisdictions, it is illegal to open any package designated to another person. So if a package is accidentally delivered to your house, and it has another person's name clearly written on it, it would be illegal for you to open the package. You might not be obligated to return the package, but you also would not be able to use the contents without breaking the law. The law might also prevent you from destroying or discarding the package, in which case your options would be either to keep the package indefinitely, pass on the package to its intended recipient, return it to the sender, or break the law.
I can't think of why anyone who posts to slashdot would not be familiar with the Frankenstein monster.We're talking about someone who is internet literate here, not someone living in the backwaters of India with no access to television or the internet.
The use of the term "Ta-ta" should have clued you in that the poster was likely non-American and using the British convention of writing. Therefore, the use of the full stop (that's the British term for period) inside quotations is correct as per British convention.
The Leaf draws 1KW/hour while charging which works out to under $0.10 of electricity per hour
He's obviously talking about the charging rate and translating it to price of electricity per hour. He's not talking about the actual energy used.
The writer obviously meant to write 1 kW. However, even this figure is not accurate. Some googling brought me here, which states the Nissan LEAF charging rate to be 6.6 kW.
Wuss! Why apologise? People should be discouraged from being Queers. The more queer jokes the better, if they can help drive the Queers back to the path of righteousness!
Isn't the Bible supposed to be the Word of God? So it's not the same as with the 3 blind men. If it is the Word of God, then the Bible should present only one point of view i.e. from God, and there should not be different accounts in different chapters.
You westerners should be happy. You've outlawed nuclear and chemical weapons, so you should be happy that the enemy is developing a weapon that damages equipment but doesn't directly harm human beings, shouldn't you?
If you're a straight male (such as me) how does homosexuality or homosexual people actually affect you? Well they dont, if you're straight and dont like gays it's extremely easy to avoid them.
Really? Extremely easy you say? You mean if gays walk up to me and I run away from them to avoid being in contact with them you won't label me and call me names like 'homophobe' and 'gay-hater'?
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You're the one who's confused. Let me remind you of the context under which we are discussing. You were talking about Vladimir Putin - whom you pejoratively referred to as Vladolf Putler - whereby you inferred that he "hate people just for being born gay". In the context of Putin, he has never said anything to imply that he hated people who are attracted to people of the same sex. What he did was enacted legislation against homosexual practices and propaganda. I re-emphasise - practices and propaganda, NOT attraction. So in this context, gay means people who commit homosexual behaviour, not those who're only attracted to people of the same sex, because there's no way you can legislate against attraction, is there?
What's the point of being gay if one doesn't engage in homosexual acts? To put it another way, what's the difference between a non-gay person and a gay person who doesn't exhibit homosexual behaviour? There's no difference. When we talk about gay people, we need only consider those people who actually exhibit homosexual behaviour. A non-practising gay person is irrelevant to the discussion.
If someone is born with the genetic predisposition to violence, would you call him a violent person the minute he's born? Of course not - you'd call him a violent person only if he exhibits violent behaviour once he grows up. The same with homosexuality. A person is born as an asexual. He cannot be called a homosexual until he hits puberty and exhibits homosexual behaviour.
Nobody's born gay. Or are you saying that some boys were born with their penises up another boy's anus?
You go from "no attempt to hide" to "actively seeks out...contribute to or take part in" to "advertising". That's a really broad spectrum. Can't you be more specific?
OT, but I'm curious. Which part of suicide bombing do you oppose? Is it the suicide part of the bombing part? Is bombing without suicide okay? What about suicide without the bombing?
What does openly gay mean? Does he perform homosexual acts in public?
He did say a stopped clock, not a broken one.
Unlike the US and the UK, Germany has a civil law system in contrast to the common law system used in certain countries like the US and the UK. Therefore judges in Germany are not bounded by decision made in former rulings that are not clearly codified in written legislation.
That depends on the law applicable in your jurisdiction. In certain jurisdictions, it is illegal to open any package designated to another person. So if a package is accidentally delivered to your house, and it has another person's name clearly written on it, it would be illegal for you to open the package. You might not be obligated to return the package, but you also would not be able to use the contents without breaking the law. The law might also prevent you from destroying or discarding the package, in which case your options would be either to keep the package indefinitely, pass on the package to its intended recipient, return it to the sender, or break the law.
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Yes, you're right. My mistake.
There is such a thing as quitting while you're ahead.
I can't think of why anyone who posts to slashdot would not be familiar with the Frankenstein monster.We're talking about someone who is internet literate here, not someone living in the backwaters of India with no access to television or the internet.
The use of the term "Ta-ta" should have clued you in that the poster was likely non-American and using the British convention of writing. Therefore, the use of the full stop (that's the British term for period) inside quotations is correct as per British convention.
The Leaf draws 1KW/hour while charging which works out to under $0.10 of electricity per hour
He's obviously talking about the charging rate and translating it to price of electricity per hour. He's not talking about the actual energy used.
The writer obviously meant to write 1 kW. However, even this figure is not accurate. Some googling brought me here, which states the Nissan LEAF charging rate to be 6.6 kW.
You do realize that we do not have sufficient understanding of the brain to be able to eliminate the existence of hard wiring?
Are we stopping children from having sex with each other?
Wuss! Why apologise? People should be discouraged from being Queers. The more queer jokes the better, if they can help drive the Queers back to the path of righteousness!
It's a simple question - is the Bible the Word of God or was it written by men?
We are all of us at risk. (sic)
Speak for yourself. I'm not at risk.
Isn't the Bible supposed to be the Word of God? So it's not the same as with the 3 blind men. If it is the Word of God, then the Bible should present only one point of view i.e. from God, and there should not be different accounts in different chapters.
You westerners should be happy. You've outlawed nuclear and chemical weapons, so you should be happy that the enemy is developing a weapon that damages equipment but doesn't directly harm human beings, shouldn't you?
If you're a straight male (such as me) how does homosexuality or homosexual people actually affect you? Well they dont, if you're straight and dont like gays it's extremely easy to avoid them.
Really? Extremely easy you say? You mean if gays walk up to me and I run away from them to avoid being in contact with them you won't label me and call me names like 'homophobe' and 'gay-hater'?
I don't live in Texas, I don't read the Bible, and I'm not a Christian.