You still seem to think Catholic = Christian. I mean, if you had read the article that YOU LINKED TO, you would have found that nearly all the Protestant sects are OK with contraception.
Christian congregations, by and large, are not a "proxy to diety". Among Christian-type denominations, only the RCC and the orthodox churches claim their clerics are a necessary proxy to God. The congregation is a means of fellowship.
Have you worked for a small business before? It has nothing to do with being "religious types". It has to do with focusing on the non-IT stuff and not being educated. Small businesses have the same problem for the same reason: lots of really busy people wearing multiple hats who don't have time for IT. Maybe you didn't intend on sounding bigoted-- and being anti-religious on Slashdot is a virtue-- but you do.
Then maybe we need to stop listening to "think of the children" alarmists who believe that all risk can be eliminated from life. We all have to take risks with our wealth, our time, our safety, and our reputations every time we wake up in the morning.
Again, the NFL is taking steps to address this. If you thought it wasn't enough, or was happening too slowly, I would expect you to point it out. Instead, you just ignore the news of the last five years and assume nothing is being done.
I think the steps the NFL has started taking over the last few years show that it is finally taken the problem seriously. I'm sure Slashdot is not loaded with football fans, but a simple Google search reveals all.
You used to even be able to snap the ball with your foot. Also, the field goal was worth more than a touchdown, and the ball was rounder so it was easier to dropkick.
Maybe the NFL needs to make a better effort at public relations.
Since the plight of athletes such as Mike Webster and Andre Waters was publicized (even before Duerson), the NFL was also making efforts to reduce concussions through rule changes. Besides modifying the rule for "defenseless receivers", they have a rule that requires all athletes who lose consciousness on the field or are seen to take a blow to the head be examined by a physician on the sideline. If they are determined to have a concussion, they are not allowed to return to the game. In addition, they are examined several days later and if they still show signs of a concussion, they are not allowed to play in that week's game or practice with contact. About all I feel the NFL can do at this time to avoid further injuries is to make specific requirements in helmet design. The major helmet manufacturers have recent designs that they claim are much better at reducing concussions. However, without at least an independent review of the helmets' performance I can see the risk for payback from these vendors creating an entirely different kind of scandal.
The problem we're seeing here is that every time this issue is publicized, the media reacts as if this is yet more evidence that the game of football is "the DEBIL" or the NFL is crooked. It's more willful ignorance by the media, because we know that these men are suffering from concussions suffered years ago and that the effects may be seen for years to come. We won't know for sure how effective the measures that are being taken now will be for years to come. I hope that we're doing enough, but the fact is that anything we do to improve safety in football today won't do anything for the retired players. If you'll forgive the pun, we need to keep our wits about us and stop knee-jerking like a bunch of Irish dancers.
The problem is that while this may be the last scientific reason to think global climate change isn't happening or won't be a problem, what's really the last bastion is "la la la la I'm not listening! It's all a conspiracy!"
No, it's not. That's just your straw man. And you wonder why people don't listen... AGW skeptics are being called names like "deniers".
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Failing that, can we get someone who doesn't think "guilt by association" is a valid premise for an argument?
Rand Paul is a broken clock? Please explain.
You still seem to think Catholic = Christian. I mean, if you had read the article that YOU LINKED TO, you would have found that nearly all the Protestant sects are OK with contraception.
He was born into a Catholic family, but that clearly went out the window along with his youthful friendships with Jews.
Christian congregations, by and large, are not a "proxy to diety". Among Christian-type denominations, only the RCC and the orthodox churches claim their clerics are a necessary proxy to God. The congregation is a means of fellowship.
Have you worked for a small business before? It has nothing to do with being "religious types". It has to do with focusing on the non-IT stuff and not being educated. Small businesses have the same problem for the same reason: lots of really busy people wearing multiple hats who don't have time for IT. Maybe you didn't intend on sounding bigoted-- and being anti-religious on Slashdot is a virtue-- but you do.
What about the ideological sites? Is Debbie Wasserman Schultz going to scare off Trojan horses with her hair?
Then maybe we need to stop listening to "think of the children" alarmists who believe that all risk can be eliminated from life. We all have to take risks with our wealth, our time, our safety, and our reputations every time we wake up in the morning.
Yes, let's ban it. After all, science never solved anything, and it won't solve this. Besides, I don't even like football.
Again, the NFL is taking steps to address this. If you thought it wasn't enough, or was happening too slowly, I would expect you to point it out. Instead, you just ignore the news of the last five years and assume nothing is being done.
I think the steps the NFL has started taking over the last few years show that it is finally taken the problem seriously. I'm sure Slashdot is not loaded with football fans, but a simple Google search reveals all.
You used to even be able to snap the ball with your foot. Also, the field goal was worth more than a touchdown, and the ball was rounder so it was easier to dropkick.
Maybe the NFL needs to make a better effort at public relations.
Since the plight of athletes such as Mike Webster and Andre Waters was publicized (even before Duerson), the NFL was also making efforts to reduce concussions through rule changes. Besides modifying the rule for "defenseless receivers", they have a rule that requires all athletes who lose consciousness on the field or are seen to take a blow to the head be examined by a physician on the sideline. If they are determined to have a concussion, they are not allowed to return to the game. In addition, they are examined several days later and if they still show signs of a concussion, they are not allowed to play in that week's game or practice with contact. About all I feel the NFL can do at this time to avoid further injuries is to make specific requirements in helmet design. The major helmet manufacturers have recent designs that they claim are much better at reducing concussions. However, without at least an independent review of the helmets' performance I can see the risk for payback from these vendors creating an entirely different kind of scandal.
The problem we're seeing here is that every time this issue is publicized, the media reacts as if this is yet more evidence that the game of football is "the DEBIL" or the NFL is crooked. It's more willful ignorance by the media, because we know that these men are suffering from concussions suffered years ago and that the effects may be seen for years to come. We won't know for sure how effective the measures that are being taken now will be for years to come. I hope that we're doing enough, but the fact is that anything we do to improve safety in football today won't do anything for the retired players. If you'll forgive the pun, we need to keep our wits about us and stop knee-jerking like a bunch of Irish dancers.
Only if carbon dioxide wasn't a colorless, odorless gas... and climate an abstract concept. The next step is to call AGW skeptics heretics.
No, it's not. That's just your straw man. And you wonder why people don't listen... AGW skeptics are being called names like "deniers".
Monthly car inspections? I don't know of any US state that requires it more than once a year.
Correct. The President, VP, and nearly all of Congress make far more than that.
225 MPH winds on Pluto? Now we know what makes the Spaghetti Monster fly!
Linux eh? Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
I think it's depressing that the GP poster basically reproduced the premise of the "Idiocracy" movie, yet YOU'RE the one who gets the "Flamebait" mod.
RG6 can handle all modern HD signals and costs a lot less than HDMI cable.
Enjoy your health care, but don't mind the censorship, surveillance, and confiscation of personal property, right?
Hoosegow? I wonder if this guy still wears an onion on his belt.
No, that isn't what I was saying, Captain Straw Man. I knew someone would totally misinterpret my statement.
I dunno; ask a former Enron stock holder.