Actually, the amusing part is that Revelation says that HELL ITSELF (along with death) will be thrown into the lake of fire, along with those who are found guilty.
"Lucifer" referred to the King of Tyre, not Satan. And since God is in charge, everyone who doesn't take responsibility for his/her own actions likes to blame him for everything. There lies the impetus for chaos.
Anyone else notice that those that scream about morality usually have skeletons the size of woolly mammoths in their closet, ala the recent rent boy scandal?
Whether they're hypocrites isn't relevant. If a sequence of four symbols is truly inappropriate, it is what it is. That being said, I think it's a ridiculous concept and this is simply not a moral issue. I'm sure there is content in this and a lot of other shows that is a lot more of a concern than the stupid title.
I see more unmarked police cars (yes, I am good at detecting them) than marked anymore. Even the marked ones are almost incognito with no markings on the hood and low-profile lights. The few that are marked should say "to protect and serve OURSELVES" on the side.
There's no longer a need for anything to actually happen -- all that's required is for a corp to assert "fear of [whatever]" (litigation, disparagement of business, loss of competitive advantage) for them to justify any extension of control over their employees.
This was a GOVERNMENT OFFICE. You've just helped us prove that government is many times more worthy of fear than evil corporations.
Twain also disliked sending Christian missionaries to Africa. He said they had enough business to be getting on with at home: with lynching going on in the South, he thought they should try to convert the heathens down there.
Which goes to show that even the brilliant Clemens was not exempt from arguing based on a false dilemma from time to time.
Even though I don't currently have any children in school, I watch the school policies closely. I have a zero tolerance policy for school boards that support zero tolerance policies-- and I vote.
Non-violence only works when used against the non-violent.
Well, it worked pretty well for MLK, Jr.-- and civil rights were violently opposed since the so-called Reconstruction. Of course, he ultimately paid with his life, but like most righteous movements, it didn't die with him.
I see we have humorless moderators today. Well, to reiterate the purely factual part of my post, the government already put together a plan for this kind of disaster some fifteen years ago-- then they didn't bother to buy and maintain the equipment in order to execute it.
This statement is fairly typical of American thinking right now: let corporations have all the benefits and none of the responsibilities.
Well, the American government seems to think that. "Too big to fail" leads to TARP, then criticism of individual AIG and Citi employees (and astroturf support for SEIU and Acorn to trespass and harass them at their homes). Meanwhile, nothing happens to Fannie and Freddie while they continue to lose money on the order of BILLIONS a quarter.
Well, the government already put together a plan for this kind of disaster some fifteen years ago-- then they didn't bother to buy and maintain the equipment in order to execute it. They really don't have anything that BP doesn't, except a bunch of blowhards and self-interested cretins. Maybe they could fire a few congressmen into the breach.
If people continue to try to use government as a means of wealth redistribution, I guarantee that will never happen. Charity can't be forced. Some people are philanthropists, some are greedy. Setting 90% tax brackets just calls for loopholes to be opened for the greedy to use, while the economy stagnates and the middle class suffers and shrinks.
It's still a lie because OS/2 was available for $90, and and ordinary guy like me got it installed (although I have to admit that sound card support was sketchy).
"The wireless networks of the future will be faster, but unless there is a major breakthrough, wired networks will have a far greater bandwidth. Mobile devices will be able to send and receive messages, but it will be expensive and unusual to use them to receive an individual video stream."
They called this a miss. Tell me, how much does it cost for a phone and the service charge to have the 3G performance required to stream video? I call it expensive. I might see someone streaming a video on his phone once a month. That being said, we're probably only a year or two away as rates are falling in the USA.
Nice straw man. Only in a theocracy is this accepted. Believers in imposing their religion on those who do not accept it are theocrats. Allowing the free exercise of religion as long as it does not infringe on others rights (and there is no right to "not be offended") is a historical principle in the USA. Trying to win a discussion by introducing a paradox is childish.
Others think that killing animals, with or without a purpose, should count as murder.
And I think that my old VAXStation should count as a collector's item, but really it's just an old computer. What people choose as acceptable changes over time, and that's the philosophical point here. Maybe we should have some principles that never change. For example, some people might be "fine" with wife swapping, but there are many who do so and eventually discover the emotional strain it places on their marriage.
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He listens to no prayers, and accepts no offerings.
Actually, the amusing part is that Revelation says that HELL ITSELF (along with death) will be thrown into the lake of fire, along with those who are found guilty.
False dilemma. Believers don't "wait", and we don't all flog ourselves like villains in a Dan Brown novel.
Whether they're hypocrites isn't relevant. If a sequence of four symbols is truly inappropriate, it is what it is. That being said, I think it's a ridiculous concept and this is simply not a moral issue. I'm sure there is content in this and a lot of other shows that is a lot more of a concern than the stupid title.
I see more unmarked police cars (yes, I am good at detecting them) than marked anymore. Even the marked ones are almost incognito with no markings on the hood and low-profile lights. The few that are marked should say "to protect and serve OURSELVES" on the side.
This was a GOVERNMENT OFFICE. You've just helped us prove that government is many times more worthy of fear than evil corporations.
Which goes to show that even the brilliant Clemens was not exempt from arguing based on a false dilemma from time to time.
Even though I don't currently have any children in school, I watch the school policies closely. I have a zero tolerance policy for school boards that support zero tolerance policies-- and I vote.
I thought you understood that we were not to talk about fight club.
Well, it worked pretty well for MLK, Jr.-- and civil rights were violently opposed since the so-called Reconstruction. Of course, he ultimately paid with his life, but like most righteous movements, it didn't die with him.
So why weren't you armed? Oh yeah, because you FOLLOWED THE LAW. Gun control FAIL.
YAY! Your government is looking out for you!
I see we have humorless moderators today. Well, to reiterate the purely factual part of my post, the government already put together a plan for this kind of disaster some fifteen years ago-- then they didn't bother to buy and maintain the equipment in order to execute it.
Well, the American government seems to think that. "Too big to fail" leads to TARP, then criticism of individual AIG and Citi employees (and astroturf support for SEIU and Acorn to trespass and harass them at their homes). Meanwhile, nothing happens to Fannie and Freddie while they continue to lose money on the order of BILLIONS a quarter.
Then taxing gasoline, which cost will be passed on to the middle class.
Well, the government already put together a plan for this kind of disaster some fifteen years ago-- then they didn't bother to buy and maintain the equipment in order to execute it. They really don't have anything that BP doesn't, except a bunch of blowhards and self-interested cretins. Maybe they could fire a few congressmen into the breach.
If people continue to try to use government as a means of wealth redistribution, I guarantee that will never happen. Charity can't be forced. Some people are philanthropists, some are greedy. Setting 90% tax brackets just calls for loopholes to be opened for the greedy to use, while the economy stagnates and the middle class suffers and shrinks.
Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't bother to write 'Ouch'. He'd just say it! Perhaps he was dictating.
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." - Washington
It's still a lie because OS/2 was available for $90, and and ordinary guy like me got it installed (although I have to admit that sound card support was sketchy).
DOS? They didn't even write DOS, and it was a clone of CPM. Try Flight Simulator-- that was an innovation.
They called this a miss. Tell me, how much does it cost for a phone and the service charge to have the 3G performance required to stream video? I call it expensive. I might see someone streaming a video on his phone once a month. That being said, we're probably only a year or two away as rates are falling in the USA.
Congratulations on missing the point, thief #1.
Nice straw man. Only in a theocracy is this accepted. Believers in imposing their religion on those who do not accept it are theocrats. Allowing the free exercise of religion as long as it does not infringe on others rights (and there is no right to "not be offended") is a historical principle in the USA. Trying to win a discussion by introducing a paradox is childish.
And I think that my old VAXStation should count as a collector's item, but really it's just an old computer. What people choose as acceptable changes over time, and that's the philosophical point here. Maybe we should have some principles that never change. For example, some people might be "fine" with wife swapping, but there are many who do so and eventually discover the emotional strain it places on their marriage.