Excuse me, but if the article has a section on "Sexual Torture" it is obviously on topic to include Abu Graib, even if you choose to believe there wasn't rape there when there is at least a 50/50 chance there was.
It might help if you read the article. I'm not trying to be a jerk, but your statement leads me to believe you haven't even looked at the section of the article in question. If you had you would know that the section is titled "Rape and Sexual Torture." It's four sentences long, and is dealing with rape as employed as a means of sexual torture. It is about a specific application of sexual torture (i.e., rape).
Bottomline here is they should have included links to all of the exmples, instead of trying to suppress the links each of the various moderators found offensive to their particular political perspective.
I would agree to including Abu Graib as an example of using rape as a means of torture that is sexual in nature, if it can be shown that such actions occurred. However, as you state, it is only a 'chance' that rape occurred. It is not a fact. If it was a fact, this discussion would not even be needed.
You see you got hung up on the "rape" part exclusively and the article's title was "Rape and SEXUAL TORTURE".
The article's title is "Rape." There is a section in this article on "Rape and Sexual Torture." Since this is a section of the article on rape, I think the parent is correct in getting "hung up on the rape part."
The problem? Everyone had their own stories about Jesus and the rest of the boys (this was 200-300 years after Jesus' death, mind you), and it's arguable how much of the stories were written and how many were passed by oral tradition (read: mostly bulls**t). So, Constantine convenes the Nicene council; mostly of religious leaders (Rabbis, proto-priests, etc.) and tells them to put together the "true" stories into a canonized book.
The canon of the New Testament was not established at the Council of Nicea. In fact, the first known New Testament canon in its current form is not found until the Festal Epistle of St. Athanasius in 367 AD.
The purpose of the Council of Nicea was to outline the basic doctrines of the Christian faith.
It is ridiculous to claim that minor-party support is somehow leeched from the two major parties when there is a vast, vast pool of voters that prefer making no selection at all to picking between Republican and Democrat.
It provides the duopoly an additional villain to explain why they lost the election. It's easier to blame someone else for your own shortcomings.
This is merely a step to the Whitehouse. Arnold as President was prophesied in Demolition Man (1993).
Huxley: I have, in fact, perused some newsreels in the Schwarzenegger Library. Spartan: Hold it. The Schwarzenegger Library? Huxley: Yes. The Schwarzenegger Presidential Library. Wasn't he an actor when you... Spartan: But how? He was President? Huxley: Yes! Even though he wasn't born in this country, his popularity at the time caused the 61st Amendment which states... Spartan: I don't wanna know. President!
The bookstore is good, but there is also a wealth of direction one can find from course syllabi or online lecture notes. If I wanted to study business, I would search out 'introduction to business' syllabi to get a quick summation of what's taught in the course and some book suggestions. Heck, I even use some of the assignments professors require as personal learning projects.
I may be a strange one, but it helps me to have a structured learning environment when I know nothing about a topic.
So you're saying my new calculator program that allows you to display the results in different fonts isn't worth $15? Do you know how long it took me to program that!?!
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How does one charge by the hour to make movies, music, write fiction books, etc?
What articles?
I have 5 fingers and I can use them independantly. I refuse to use a device that doesn't let me use at least half of them.
It must be entertaining to watch you pick your nose.
Nah. Most of them choose hot apple cider.
I think we need to begin stressing educational programs like Spam. Don't Buy It..
Excuse me, but if the article has a section on "Sexual Torture" it is obviously on topic to include Abu Graib, even if you choose to believe there wasn't rape there when there is at least a 50/50 chance there was.
It might help if you read the article. I'm not trying to be a jerk, but your statement leads me to believe you haven't even looked at the section of the article in question. If you had you would know that the section is titled "Rape and Sexual Torture." It's four sentences long, and is dealing with rape as employed as a means of sexual torture. It is about a specific application of sexual torture (i.e., rape).
Bottomline here is they should have included links to all of the exmples, instead of trying to suppress the links each of the various moderators found offensive to their particular political perspective.
I would agree to including Abu Graib as an example of using rape as a means of torture that is sexual in nature, if it can be shown that such actions occurred. However, as you state, it is only a 'chance' that rape occurred. It is not a fact. If it was a fact, this discussion would not even be needed.
The article's title is "Rape." There is a section in this article on "Rape and Sexual Torture." Since this is a section of the article on rape, I think the parent is correct in getting "hung up on the rape part."
That's the worst kind! At least with a person, we can toy with them.
The canon of the New Testament was not established at the Council of Nicea. In fact, the first known New Testament canon in its current form is not found until the Festal Epistle of St. Athanasius in 367 AD.
The purpose of the Council of Nicea was to outline the basic doctrines of the Christian faith.
It is ridiculous to claim that minor-party support is somehow leeched from the two major parties when there is a vast, vast pool of voters that prefer making no selection at all to picking between Republican and Democrat.
It provides the duopoly an additional villain to explain why they lost the election. It's easier to blame someone else for your own shortcomings.
You must also factor in voter turnout.
Do not run. We are your friends.
Apple does leave some of its accessory design to 3rd party developers.
True. The first thing I would like to see is a means to wall mount this, but still have it adjustable. Maybe something like the arm from the iLamp?
Regardless, wrong actions do not become right just because they're in response to other wrong actions.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
There are many stories in the OT that show the God of it as a lying vindictive vicious bastard.
Or is this simply the way you choose to understand it?
What new Wiki projects are in the work? Would it be possible to do a Wiki-style Bible commnetary?
Also it is difficult to come up with research ideas when you are not in a research environment.
Since leaving college, I have learned the value of paper mills. They give me ample ideas for research topics.
The bookstore is good, but there is also a wealth of direction one can find from course syllabi or online lecture notes. If I wanted to study business, I would search out 'introduction to business' syllabi to get a quick summation of what's taught in the course and some book suggestions. Heck, I even use some of the assignments professors require as personal learning projects.
I may be a strange one, but it helps me to have a structured learning environment when I know nothing about a topic.
But so often, it's not worth the asking price.
So you're saying my new calculator program that allows you to display the results in different fonts isn't worth $15? Do you know how long it took me to program that!?!
Two words: 'On Star'
In other news...
The Longhorn release has been pushed back until the first half of 2008.
Sign up for a Blogger.com account. That's where I got my invite.
What kind of /. geek are you? You don't know what the appeal of Gmail is? HELLO?! Have you been living in a cave somewhere?
Don't worry, me too.