Are you saying he's a hypocrite for claiming we should not let virtual contact replace physical then proceeds to partake in virtual communication with God?
"It is important always to remember that virtual contact cannot and must not take the place of direct human contact with people at every level of our lives."
You love pinning labels on stuff, don't you. An Islamic Fundamentalist is not necessarily one who blows things up. You've swallowed the media hype. An Islamic Fundamentalist is someone who believes in the literal truth of the Quran. Whether they blow stuff up or not means sub-dividing "fundamentalist" as a label.
I never made the comparison Christian/Islamic - I'm disagreeing with the statement that "christian fundamentalists don't make up anywhere close to a small minority". No comparison there at all, why are you bring that into the discussion?
My comment was wholly and singularly about the numbers of christian fundamentalists in America.
As for my previous comment upthread, I was pointing out that religious zeal is not confined to the Middle East. It's abundant in the US, and rather than act on their fundamentalism by blowing things up, the US Christian Fundamentalist will build big-ass 'amusement' parks based on the literal interpretation of the world being 6000 years old, or that Noah really did build an ark when God flooded the world. "What's wrong with that" you say? Nothing, in this context. But it IS an attribute of a fundamentalist.
You are the one labelling Christian Fundamentalists as bombers (though I have no idea why) - I'm just pointing out that the US has quite a few citizens who believe in the literal truth of the bible, and are therefore Christian Fundamentalists.
So you are implying that the Christian Fundamentalists are busy blowing up the local 7-11s on a regular basis to protest the local police department? They get on a busload of women and children and blow themselves up on a regular basis to take out the Muslims aboard?
No, I'm not implying that at all. If you're inferring that from my statement then you are in error.
You're trying to paint a very large number of people by the actions of a very few...
No I'm not. I'm disagreeing with the statement that "christian fundamentalists don't make up anywhere close to a small minority".
The problem with that line of thinking is that you and I both know that christian fundamentalists don't make up anywhere close to a small minority.
Really? As a non-American looking in on America, I would whole-heartedly disagree with your summation. The Christian Fundamentalist is alive and well and living the American Dream.
Their primary job, everywhere in the world is to respond after something has happened
The rest of the world thanks the US once again for speaking on its behalf. Where I come from, police uphold the law, not enforce it. Police in other areas "protect and serve" - which is rather different from the "respond and serve" you are suggesting. For example, "The mission of the Minnesota State Patrol is to: protect and serve all people in the state through assistance, education, and enforcement". Maybe you see assisting as responding, but that's probably a culural thing. I live somewhere that help is offered far more than it's asked for, but YMMV.
If you believe you are more dangerous for owning a firearm, then please never, ever purchase one.
Surely the whole POINT of having a gun in your hand is to be more dangerous than not having one. Are you saying that having a gun does not make you more dangerous? What were you expecting the gun to do if you ever needed it to protect yourself, use harsh language?
Your problem appears to be with Facebook, not Zynga. If they had a "block games" button, you'd press it.
Then again, your friends are playing these games, and you are not - so to them you are being the stick in the mud, the buzzkill, shouting at them to get off your lawn. Maybe you should put up with it, or quit Facebook. Or get friends that don't like to play games so you'll not have to see them enjoying themselves.
"Hmm, I see blue eyes with large lashes. A nose with some large pores. The chin is somewhat pointy. I'm guessing this is Jennifer. Oh wait, she wears the same shoes that Jennifer wore three months ago. Yes, I think it might very well be her."
Wow. That definitely deserves a top spot in the Big List of Awkward Things to Say Out Loud While Having Sex.
"Hmm, I see blue eyes with large lashes. A nose with some large pores. The chin is somewhat pointy. I'm guessing this is Mom."
Your implication in PF2 is false. There is no known way to determine the state of the universe U1 at time interval T1 = T0+1 quicker than the time interval itself. Prove that that is possible, and your implication stands up to scrutiny, until then it's remains unproven.
Privacy and trust are different things. In each of your cases you trust an entity to maintain your privacy. Without another entity in the contract, something is either private, or public - it is indeed boolean. If you sit and think about laundry drying, that's private. If you place your laundry where the public can see it, then the public becomes the other entity in the trust contract. If you have given over your privacy to your lawyer, there's a contract that binds him/her from revealing your privacy further. In the case of the public, there is no-other entity outside of the public and so any privacy contract is moot. If you place something in public it is no longer private. Local ID10T says "Private is private, and public is public" and I agree with that for the reasons I just set out. Feel free to reply, I find this discussion interesting and am willing to adopt another viewpoint if I see it as valid.
Okay, yes, illegal aliens pay sales tax. They do not, however, generally pay income tax, social security, or medicare. So they pay significantly less taxes than people operating above board, and that was the point.
Given that they'll never receive a pension, or disability, or unemployment benefit, and can not use medicare - the only "net benefit" to the the illegal alien would be from the income tax that they are not paying. I'm now trying to work out what benefits the illegal alien would get from that non-paid income tax, that a vacationer from another country would not also benefit from. Any ideas?
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Are you saying he's a hypocrite for claiming we should not let virtual contact replace physical then proceeds to partake in virtual communication with God?
Yes
"It is important always to remember that virtual contact cannot and must not take the place of direct human contact with people at every level of our lives."
Said the pope, just before praying to god
You love pinning labels on stuff, don't you. An Islamic Fundamentalist is not necessarily one who blows things up. You've swallowed the media hype. An Islamic Fundamentalist is someone who believes in the literal truth of the Quran. Whether they blow stuff up or not means sub-dividing "fundamentalist" as a label.
I never made the comparison Christian/Islamic - I'm disagreeing with the statement that "christian fundamentalists don't make up anywhere close to a small minority". No comparison there at all, why are you bring that into the discussion?
My comment was wholly and singularly about the numbers of christian fundamentalists in America.
As for my previous comment upthread, I was pointing out that religious zeal is not confined to the Middle East. It's abundant in the US, and rather than act on their fundamentalism by blowing things up, the US Christian Fundamentalist will build big-ass 'amusement' parks based on the literal interpretation of the world being 6000 years old, or that Noah really did build an ark when God flooded the world. "What's wrong with that" you say? Nothing, in this context. But it IS an attribute of a fundamentalist.
You are the one labelling Christian Fundamentalists as bombers (though I have no idea why) - I'm just pointing out that the US has quite a few citizens who believe in the literal truth of the bible, and are therefore Christian Fundamentalists.
So you are implying that the Christian Fundamentalists are busy blowing up the local 7-11s on a regular basis to protest the local police department? They get on a busload of women and children and blow themselves up on a regular basis to take out the Muslims aboard?
No, I'm not implying that at all. If you're inferring that from my statement then you are in error.
You're trying to paint a very large number of people by the actions of a very few ...
No I'm not. I'm disagreeing with the statement that "christian fundamentalists don't make up anywhere close to a small minority".
I'm 60 minutes from the border, so :-p
Have you ever met someone in WV whose first question was "So what church are you from"? I have.
The point isn't about "fundie muslims" - don't dilute the issue. It's about christian fundamentalists making up much more than a small minority.
The problem with that line of thinking is that you and I both know that christian fundamentalists don't make up anywhere close to a small minority.
Really? As a non-American looking in on America, I would whole-heartedly disagree with your summation. The Christian Fundamentalist is alive and well and living the American Dream.
Actually, I found Greer to be a fascinating character.
Most corporate iPhone apps are shit. "Let's offer our website ... on iPhone! Yeah, people will pay for that!"
Most corporate iPhone apps are free.
Saying "one hundred ten" sounds like it should be written "100, 10". Use "and" to show the connection, i.e. "one hundred and ten".
So what's your /. ID? One hundred and ninety six thousand one hundred and twenty six? Wouldn't that be "196000, 126"?
Having a firearm does not make someone more dangerous.
Seriously? You say that without sarcasm, irony, and with a straight face?
Their primary job, everywhere in the world is to respond after something has happened
The rest of the world thanks the US once again for speaking on its behalf. Where I come from, police uphold the law, not enforce it. Police in other areas "protect and serve" - which is rather different from the "respond and serve" you are suggesting. For example, "The mission of the Minnesota State Patrol is to: protect and serve all people in the state through assistance, education, and enforcement". Maybe you see assisting as responding, but that's probably a culural thing. I live somewhere that help is offered far more than it's asked for, but YMMV.
If you believe you are more dangerous for owning a firearm, then please never, ever purchase one.
Surely the whole POINT of having a gun in your hand is to be more dangerous than not having one. Are you saying that having a gun does not make you more dangerous? What were you expecting the gun to do if you ever needed it to protect yourself, use harsh language?
Your problem appears to be with Facebook, not Zynga. If they had a "block games" button, you'd press it.
Then again, your friends are playing these games, and you are not - so to them you are being the stick in the mud, the buzzkill, shouting at them to get off your lawn. Maybe you should put up with it, or quit Facebook. Or get friends that don't like to play games so you'll not have to see them enjoying themselves.
Wow. That definitely deserves a top spot in the Big List of Awkward Things to Say Out Loud While Having Sex.
"Hmm, I see blue eyes with large lashes. A nose with some large pores. The chin is somewhat pointy. I'm guessing this is Mom."
This is also true.
Kodak also invented the digital camera (1975)
No, they built the first CCD* camera in 1975 - but they didn't invent 'the digital camera'. The idea had been around since the early 60's.
*Not invented by Kodak
Legal fees are taxable. The government wins almost every time money changes hands.
Your implication in PF2 is false. There is no known way to determine the state of the universe U1 at time interval T1 = T0+1 quicker than the time interval itself. Prove that that is possible, and your implication stands up to scrutiny, until then it's remains unproven.
I forget - is PDF readable by the DOS system?
Privacy and trust are different things. In each of your cases you trust an entity to maintain your privacy. Without another entity in the contract, something is either private, or public - it is indeed boolean. If you sit and think about laundry drying, that's private. If you place your laundry where the public can see it, then the public becomes the other entity in the trust contract. If you have given over your privacy to your lawyer, there's a contract that binds him/her from revealing your privacy further. In the case of the public, there is no-other entity outside of the public and so any privacy contract is moot. If you place something in public it is no longer private. Local ID10T says "Private is private, and public is public" and I agree with that for the reasons I just set out. Feel free to reply, I find this discussion interesting and am willing to adopt another viewpoint if I see it as valid.
Maybe the laws are different over there, but the last I check here, knowingly accepting stolen property is still a crime.
So should I expect the editor of the NYT to be indicted any day now?
I used to think that was funny. Now I realise how true it really is, and that's just depressing.
Did you just equate genital mutilation with a hair cut?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPML-n1kRnY
We'd be throwing ourselves at the mercy of the rest of the world
I'm sure it'd be fine. It's not like you've ever done anything to piss off the rest of the world, right?
Okay, yes, illegal aliens pay sales tax. They do not, however, generally pay income tax, social security, or medicare. So they pay significantly less taxes than people operating above board, and that was the point.
Given that they'll never receive a pension, or disability, or unemployment benefit, and can not use medicare - the only "net benefit" to the the illegal alien would be from the income tax that they are not paying. I'm now trying to work out what benefits the illegal alien would get from that non-paid income tax, that a vacationer from another country would not also benefit from. Any ideas?