Faramirs father (Denethor) wanted him to redeem himself as a warrior. Everyone knew it would fail. You know the part where Gandalf asks Faramir not to throw his life away so rashly?
Wouldn't it be cheaper, easier, and generally better to use RFID tags on the books, and then some lowly student like me who's trying to pay his ever rising tuition to file the books?
Just something short ranged, so it won't track you out of the library.
Iraqi women, children march against "terrorists" Fri December 5, 2003 02:14 PM ET
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Up to 1,000 Iraqis, including children orphaned by the war that ousted Saddam Hussein, marched through Baghdad on Friday to denounce guerrilla attacks and show support for U.S.-led occupation forces. Carrying banners blaming Saddam loyalists for "terrorism", the demonstrators marched down one of Baghdad's busiest streets before gathering in Firdos Square, where a statue of Saddam was famously pulled down as U.S. troops drove into the heart of the capital in April. "We organised this demonstration because the terrorists now kill a lot of people," said Abdul Aziz Al-Yassiri, coordinator of the Iraqi Democratic Trend, a recently formed social group. "They kill the children, kill women, kill the people, kill the police. They want to stop our plan for a democratic system." It was the second time in two weeks that demonstrators gathered in significant numbers to back U.S. attempts to rebuild the country and denounce guerrilla activities. Another march is planned for next Friday, the Muslim holy day. Most of those who marched were Shi'ite Muslims, who make up about 60 percent of Iraq's population but were discriminated against under Saddam, a Sunni. Several dozen young children holding flowers marched at the head of the demonstration while women accompanying them held up placards reading "Terrorism blocks the future for children" and "Children -- innocent victims of terror". At least four Iraqis were killed on Friday in a bomb blast on a busy street in eastern Baghdad. One U.S. soldier was also killed in the explosion, which occurred as a crowded public bus and a U.S. military convoy were passing each other. Iraqi police and ordinary civilians have increasingly become victims of insurgents, who strike almost every day. The Iraq Body Count, an Anglo-American non-governmental group, estimates that as many as 9,800 Iraqi civilians have died since U.S. forces invaded to overthrow Saddam. Over the same period, more than 500 U.S. and coalition soldiers have been killed either in direct military combat, in accidents or at the hands of anti-coalition guerrilla fighters. In the seven months since Washington declared major combat over in the country, the U.S.-led civilian authority has struggled to set up structures to usher in democracy, a task complicated by the dogged insurgency. "No mercy to those who have no mercy towards people," screamed one protester on Friday. "We will go ahead with our democratic process despite these acts."
"To the religious right, it is immoral (and therefor needs to be illegal) to worship any god but the christian god."
Hot air and blather. Nobody (or nobody likely to get re-elected - hence your right to vote, which most of you don't) is advocating the banning of other religions.
The political left is all about slander - or so people like you lead me to believe.
Well according to Reuters, over a thousand war orphans (that's right, this war that you claim is lost) are protesting against terrorists and FOR the U.S.
"But since Tolkein had already lived through WWI, it'd be impossible for him to have not been influenced by it."
Yes, he was influenced by it in a big way. That doesn't mean that whatever he wrote had to be about it! In any case, it seems you didn't read the first sentence of that quote...
No, it's because Canada's media is far more left wing, for the most part, and deem different stories more important. And if one says it is, the rest have to follow or lose viewers.
Yeah, domesticated. They've been bred for centuries by humans to be companions. That makes your average household cat domesticated. The fact that your cat or my dog can't survive in the wild doesn't mean it's not domesticated.
Well lets see... I live in Canada, and have therefore been bombarded by this. However, the reason this got less coverage is because fewer people would be willing to sit down and watch an hour of this. They've seen similar stories.
The story was in the press. They weren't blocked from showing it. There are many stories critical of the Bush administration, all over the American media, but you miss this one because the press decided that other things would be more appealing (such as which convenience stores have sold winning loto tickets) and you start screaming censorship.
(PS Bill Clinton got more news coverage because it was a huge scandal involving sex and a president.)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/30/world/ ma in527560.shtml
Next time someone tells me that there is no free press in the US I think I'll point them to google. The fact that you did not see it because it was drowned out in other news does not mean that it was not in any US media.
I'll also point out that the US gov't is not blocking foreign news sites on the internet, so you are free to find pretty much whatever spin you want.
Kids are dying, and you don't think it's fair to stop the people who are driving them to it.
"Hey. Where are the parents in your dreary little self-righteous speech there? That's right, non-existent. And that's the problem. "TWELVE FUCKING YEAR OLD" kids are being left to twist in the wind by their dope-smoking SUV-driving power-lunching parents."
That has no basis in any facts - but you acuse me of being an armchair psychologist.
"What the fuck, you throw away your LIFE because someone laughs at you, and you don't call that fucking stupid?"
I call that desperate. The right choice? No. But then, why don't we let kids vote? Clearly, we don't trust them to make the right decision.
But go ahead and bite a bullet. Concede defeat the roundabout way.
It gets hammered into their heads... and they're just kids! Grade 7 is TWELVE FUCKING YEARS OLD! They don't have the mental tools to deal with it!
Oh, of course, those kids who commit suicide deserved it. They could've handled it, if they just tried. Listen to yourself. The first sign of trauma is a month at school. He lasted until almost the end of the year.
Of course they're better than what their peers think of them... but they don't know it, because they're having the opposite hammered into their heads constantly.
Informative and insightful? You don't think psychological bullying can ruin someone for the rest of their life? I knew a kid (as in, he was in my class and I knew him personally) in my elementary school (grade 7, there's no junior high where I live) who almost committed suicide because of the bullying! But no physical contact, so I guess it wasn't REALLY bullying after all!
How would you like to feel like the scum of the earth, like you had no reason to live anymore because everyone hated you, because you had no redeeming qualities and everyone knew it? You start to believe stuff when you are always hearing it.
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The difference being that these plans are contingencies, and the plans that terrorists make are to be used against US civilians ASAP.
Bull sharks can live in fresh water, and other species, such as great whites, can survive in fresh water for short periods of time.
Of course introducing large sharks into the water probably wouldn't help much at all.
Faramirs father (Denethor) wanted him to redeem himself as a warrior. Everyone knew it would fail. You know the part where Gandalf asks Faramir not to throw his life away so rashly?
" Anything that increases the average lifespan -- medicine, sanitation, stability, whatnot -- results in a related increase in cancer rates."
:)
Except a pill that prevents cancer
Aren't known sex offenders prohibited from being around minors?
Wouldn't it be cheaper, easier, and generally better to use RFID tags on the books, and then some lowly student like me who's trying to pay his ever rising tuition to file the books?
Just something short ranged, so it won't track you out of the library.
Or do I not know what I'm talking about?
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topN ews&storyID=3947150
Iraqi women, children march against "terrorists"
Fri December 5, 2003 02:14 PM ET
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Up to 1,000 Iraqis, including children orphaned by the war that ousted Saddam Hussein, marched through Baghdad on Friday to denounce guerrilla attacks and show support for U.S.-led occupation forces. Carrying banners blaming Saddam loyalists for "terrorism", the demonstrators marched down one of Baghdad's busiest streets before gathering in Firdos Square, where a statue of Saddam was famously pulled down as U.S. troops drove into the heart of the capital in April.
"We organised this demonstration because the terrorists now kill a lot of people," said Abdul Aziz Al-Yassiri, coordinator of the Iraqi Democratic Trend, a recently formed social group.
"They kill the children, kill women, kill the people, kill the police. They want to stop our plan for a democratic system."
It was the second time in two weeks that demonstrators gathered in significant numbers to back U.S. attempts to rebuild the country and denounce guerrilla activities. Another march is planned for next Friday, the Muslim holy day.
Most of those who marched were Shi'ite Muslims, who make up about 60 percent of Iraq's population but were discriminated against under Saddam, a Sunni.
Several dozen young children holding flowers marched at the head of the demonstration while women accompanying them held up placards reading "Terrorism blocks the future for children" and "Children -- innocent victims of terror".
At least four Iraqis were killed on Friday in a bomb blast on a busy street in eastern Baghdad. One U.S. soldier was also killed in the explosion, which occurred as a crowded public bus and a U.S. military convoy were passing each other.
Iraqi police and ordinary civilians have increasingly become victims of insurgents, who strike almost every day.
The Iraq Body Count, an Anglo-American non-governmental group, estimates that as many as 9,800 Iraqi civilians have died since U.S. forces invaded to overthrow Saddam.
Over the same period, more than 500 U.S. and coalition soldiers have been killed either in direct military combat, in accidents or at the hands of anti-coalition guerrilla fighters.
In the seven months since Washington declared major combat over in the country, the U.S.-led civilian authority has struggled to set up structures to usher in democracy, a task complicated by the dogged insurgency.
"No mercy to those who have no mercy towards people," screamed one protester on Friday. "We will go ahead with our democratic process despite these acts."
"To the religious right, it is immoral (and therefor needs to be illegal) to worship any god but the christian god."
Hot air and blather. Nobody (or nobody likely to get re-elected - hence your right to vote, which most of you don't) is advocating the banning of other religions.
The political left is all about slander - or so people like you lead me to believe.
Well according to Reuters, over a thousand war orphans (that's right, this war that you claim is lost) are protesting against terrorists and FOR the U.S.
Some loss.
(hint: it takes a while to recover from a war)
And Slashdot *is* productive?
heh
"But since Tolkein had already lived through WWI, it'd be impossible for him to have not been influenced by it."
Yes, he was influenced by it in a big way. That doesn't mean that whatever he wrote had to be about it! In any case, it seems you didn't read the first sentence of that quote...
No, it's because Canada's media is far more left wing, for the most part, and deem different stories more important. And if one says it is, the rest have to follow or lose viewers.
" 'domesticated' (???) "
Yeah, domesticated. They've been bred for centuries by humans to be companions. That makes your average household cat domesticated. The fact that your cat or my dog can't survive in the wild doesn't mean it's not domesticated.
Well lets see... I live in Canada, and have therefore been bombarded by this. However, the reason this got less coverage is because fewer people would be willing to sit down and watch an hour of this. They've seen similar stories.
The story was in the press. They weren't blocked from showing it. There are many stories critical of the Bush administration, all over the American media, but you miss this one because the press decided that other things would be more appealing (such as which convenience stores have sold winning loto tickets) and you start screaming censorship.
(PS Bill Clinton got more news coverage because it was a huge scandal involving sex and a president.)
That has nothing to do with freedom of speech, and is for the broadcaster to decide.
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0311/12/i_ins.00.ht ml
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http://news4colorado.com/international/Canada-U
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/30/world
Next time someone tells me that there is no free press in the US I think I'll point them to google. The fact that you did not see it because it was drowned out in other news does not mean that it was not in any US media.
I'll also point out that the US gov't is not blocking foreign news sites on the internet, so you are free to find pretty much whatever spin you want.
Just rent it when you want to watch it before the EE comes out :)
Completely true, but it sure hurts their case about how much p2p hurts them. They couldn't do this without it.
Think of this more like a book that rates a cars value by how often it is stolen.
Kids are dying, and you don't think it's fair to stop the people who are driving them to it.
"Hey. Where are the parents in your dreary little self-righteous speech there? That's right, non-existent. And that's the problem. "TWELVE FUCKING YEAR OLD" kids are being left to twist in the wind by their dope-smoking SUV-driving power-lunching parents."
That has no basis in any facts - but you acuse me of being an armchair psychologist.
"What the fuck, you throw away your LIFE because someone laughs at you, and you don't call that fucking stupid?"
I call that desperate. The right choice? No. But then, why don't we let kids vote? Clearly, we don't trust them to make the right decision.
But go ahead and bite a bullet. Concede defeat the roundabout way.
It gets hammered into their heads... and they're just kids! Grade 7 is TWELVE FUCKING YEARS OLD! They don't have the mental tools to deal with it!
Oh, of course, those kids who commit suicide deserved it. They could've handled it, if they just tried. Listen to yourself. The first sign of trauma is a month at school. He lasted until almost the end of the year.
Of course they're better than what their peers think of them... but they don't know it, because they're having the opposite hammered into their heads constantly.
Informative and insightful? You don't think psychological bullying can ruin someone for the rest of their life? I knew a kid (as in, he was in my class and I knew him personally) in my elementary school (grade 7, there's no junior high where I live) who almost committed suicide because of the bullying! But no physical contact, so I guess it wasn't REALLY bullying after all!
How would you like to feel like the scum of the earth, like you had no reason to live anymore because everyone hated you, because you had no redeeming qualities and everyone knew it? You start to believe stuff when you are always hearing it.
I took his comment to mean a more direct role, but I probably read that wrong.
:)
It should be out of it's scope anyway
That's out of the UN's scope.
Oops... I meant "having to get a lawyer to force the school board to let them". And I forgot to mention that I am a teenager.