I'm sorry, but you are just irrational. Teh Intarweb does not appear to be conducive to reason or reasonable discussion. I posted that quote about abuse for a reason. If you are unable to hold a conversation without resorting to abuse, well that doesn't say too much for you. Your choice on the dignity.
Not for all of us. You can choose to leave it at the front page. I don't splip on another persona because I am posting on/.
I just cannot agree at all that porn is harmful. It may have effects that you don't like, but that is NOT harmful. The real harm comes from ignorance or existing mental issues.
This is the crux of your beliefs. Like your dear president you believe something and look for reasons to justify that belief. One thing I see again and again is that people want to define what they are doing as what as right & good, rather than looking to what is right and good and moulding their life to that.
For example, I buy a new phone and tell everyone how great it is. Whether it is or not is immaterial, I spend X dollars on it and therefore is had better be good.
I like your sig:)
Thanks. Not particularly original.
I'll try to dig up that study. I think a reference to it may be among some papers at home. In the mean time, someone else posted the following comment in this story
What else went over the border to Syria and Iran, we'll probably never know.
You are honestly trying to tell me that transit of heavy vehicles in the lead up to the war was not caught by satellites? Why is that not a single source has appeared to confirm that this stuff was being shifted across the border? This is a CYA statement from Rumsfeld. It is equivalent to "Dog ate my homework".
Incidentally I've marked you a foe. You clearly believe the information coming from the whitehouse, without critical analysis. I don't mind a person taking a political viewpoint, it is just that your viewpoint demonstrates a lack of thought. I'll bet that you believed there would be WMD in Iraq right up til now. I'll bet your believed that Iraq was linked to 9/11. Feh.
I debated whether to dignify this with a response, but I decided in the end that I probably should.
If you read your comment against mine, you will see that my comment on the lack of data you provide relates to your comment:
Porn has positive properties... For one, it can give a serious release of tension that otherwise could have just built up, maybe causing a person to do something bad.
As to your calls for a shred of evidence that pornography causes people to commit sex crimes. I was never suggesting that. I will say that pornography is harmful to relationships. I am trying to hunt down the relevant study, but from memory pornography was a major issue in around half of US divorces. IIRC the study was later than 1995. I can't recall much more than that I'm afraid.
Anyway, clearly rational debate is beyond you.
"No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as a substitute." Gallico, Paul
Equally the volume of software sales has increased. One would expect that this alone would also account for a drop in price of the software suite. The question is, what is the primary cause?
No rational bible believing Christian can claim that sex is the devil's creation. Sex is encouraged in the bible (and for reasons other than just procreation). The issue is what is the right place for sex, and that is inside a marriage relationship, and frequently.
Certainly "Old Money" can command more respect. Given also that a newly minted billionaire might lose his billion.
However it is not possible today to have power without money, and equally it is almost impossible to have money without power. Certainly it is impossible to have money for long and remain without power.
The other advantage is that it lowers conflict. You are less likely to be obstructive and difficult to someone if you have had a beer with them the Friday before.
Excuse me? The article from Donald Luskin picks a single point in the article and points out an inaccuracy, and that is called refuting the article. Even if he is correct on that point (don't know, don't care) that does nothing towards critiquing the article as a whole.
And on the other article, the point made by the orignal author is that any estimates into the future are error prone to say the least. Secondly the reality is that crisis only begins when Social Security has run out of money from previous surpluses. Until then it a problem for the govt, and their mis-management of the money that Social Security has so kindly lent them.
I am not a USian. I never wish to be one. I could not care less about Social Security. It is unlikely to ever impact my life in any way shape or form. But please try to examine the facts as they stand from a neutral viewpoint.
In the unstable world in which we live in, struggling with issues of hunger, war, disease and nature, you have chosen to make your life's aim: "Star Wars". Impressive.
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How is this relevant? Cause you have to use the command promt to manage stuff in windows?
The Can spam act does not require this. It reuqires that spam be marked as such, but does not specify how it should be marked.
I'm sorry, but you are just irrational. Teh Intarweb does not appear to be conducive to reason or reasonable discussion. I posted that quote about abuse for a reason. If you are unable to hold a conversation without resorting to abuse, well that doesn't say too much for you. Your choice on the dignity.
This is /., dignity is left at the front page.
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:)
Not for all of us. You can choose to leave it at the front page. I don't splip on another persona because I am posting on
I just cannot agree at all that porn is harmful. It may have effects that you don't like, but that is NOT harmful. The real harm comes from ignorance or existing mental issues.
This is the crux of your beliefs. Like your dear president you believe something and look for reasons to justify that belief. One thing I see again and again is that people want to define what they are doing as what as right & good, rather than looking to what is right and good and moulding their life to that.
For example, I buy a new phone and tell everyone how great it is. Whether it is or not is immaterial, I spend X dollars on it and therefore is had better be good.
I like your sig
Thanks. Not particularly original.
I'll try to dig up that study. I think a reference to it may be among some papers at home. In the mean time, someone else posted the following comment in this story
What else went over the border to Syria and Iran, we'll probably never know.
You are honestly trying to tell me that transit of heavy vehicles in the lead up to the war was not caught by satellites? Why is that not a single source has appeared to confirm that this stuff was being shifted across the border? This is a CYA statement from Rumsfeld. It is equivalent to "Dog ate my homework".
Incidentally I've marked you a foe. You clearly believe the information coming from the whitehouse, without critical analysis. I don't mind a person taking a political viewpoint, it is just that your viewpoint demonstrates a lack of thought. I'll bet that you believed there would be WMD in Iraq right up til now. I'll bet your believed that Iraq was linked to 9/11. Feh.
I debated whether to dignify this with a response, but I decided in the end that I probably should.
If you read your comment against mine, you will see that my comment on the lack of data you provide relates to your comment:
Porn has positive properties... For one, it can give a serious release of tension that otherwise could have just built up, maybe causing a person to do something bad.
As to your calls for a shred of evidence that pornography causes people to commit sex crimes. I was never suggesting that. I will say that pornography is harmful to relationships. I am trying to hunt down the relevant study, but from memory pornography was a major issue in around half of US divorces. IIRC the study was later than 1995. I can't recall much more than that I'm afraid.
Anyway, clearly rational debate is beyond you.
"No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as a substitute." Gallico, Paul
And pr0n is neccessary for that?
Saying something does not make it so, it only makes you look more ignorant than you did before.
And you have some data to provide?
For one, it can give a serious release of tension that otherwise could have just built up, maybe causing a person to do something bad.
What as opposed to just pushing someone towards doing something bad?
Equally the volume of software sales has increased. One would expect that this alone would also account for a drop in price of the software suite. The question is, what is the primary cause?
This article is just a troll. Sentences like this:
"this is a recent invention of socialist-minded policy wonks like Mr. Litan"
"The antitrust laws provide a means by which sour-grapes competitors can achieve through politics what they fail to achieve in the marketplace"
Not even worth reading after the first paragraph.
Pr0n... is there anything it can't do?
Something positive? There are no positives in pornography.
There are other questions at stake. Check out discussions on euthanasia. Pressure can be brought to bear in direct and indirect ways.
No rational bible believing Christian can claim that sex is the devil's creation. Sex is encouraged in the bible (and for reasons other than just procreation). The issue is what is the right place for sex, and that is inside a marriage relationship, and frequently.
Oh my $DEITY.
Your deity changes that often that it has to be a variable?
So you say.
I can't quite identify the reality TV show this came from, maybe it didn't make it to Australia. Looked like a great TV show though.
Speaking also anecdotally.
Certainly "Old Money" can command more respect. Given also that a newly minted billionaire might lose his billion.
However it is not possible today to have power without money, and equally it is almost impossible to have money without power. Certainly it is impossible to have money for long and remain without power.
What an absolute load of rubbish.
Followed by Mac OS XXX. Designed for surfing the web.
Maybe I am missing something here, but are you judging while military figures on their quotations? Surely there is a better metric.
This is more about power, and less about money than you might think.
In our society these two are largely interchangeable.
The other advantage is that it lowers conflict. You are less likely to be obstructive and difficult to someone if you have had a beer with them the Friday before.
Excuse me? The article from Donald Luskin picks a single point in the article and points out an inaccuracy, and that is called refuting the article. Even if he is correct on that point (don't know, don't care) that does nothing towards critiquing the article as a whole.
And on the other article, the point made by the orignal author is that any estimates into the future are error prone to say the least. Secondly the reality is that crisis only begins when Social Security has run out of money from previous surpluses. Until then it a problem for the govt, and their mis-management of the money that Social Security has so kindly lent them.
I am not a USian. I never wish to be one. I could not care less about Social Security. It is unlikely to ever impact my life in any way shape or form. But please try to examine the facts as they stand from a neutral viewpoint.
Did anyone see that bridge that is higher than the clouds?
Yes, you do realise it was a british-french project?
FTA you linked:
"Like Concorde and the Channel Tunnel, the bridge is Franco-British."
IIRC it was designed by a pom.
... when I say: Get a life.
In the unstable world in which we live in, struggling with issues of hunger, war, disease and nature, you have chosen to make your life's aim: "Star Wars". Impressive.
I think he already has. Just look at your president.