There is absolutely no prohibition against eating meat on Fridays or any other day of the week in Leviticus, or in any other part of the Old Testament. I believe it is a Catholic practice, but it did not originate in the Jewish tradition.
And for the record, the punishments recorded in the bible for "shaving your beard" and "blending fabrics" is not death at all.
I'll just add that from the Jewish tradition, the prohibitions on these activities are much more detailed and complex than the simple translations here imply. Many ways of shaving one's beard are acceptable, and blending most any combination of fabrics is perfectly permissible; it is only the specific cases (detailed elsewhere) that are circumscribed.
And for the astute Slashdot crowd, no, there is no prohibition on women shaving their faces.;-)
Agreed that everyone should have access to their own info, from hi-tech junkies to ma-n-pa in rural Manitoba. But I doubt the infrastructure required to snail mail out credit reports is less than that for an online system. Neither one is free, but the data is already going to be sitting in some electronic form, so you're just presenting it in a secure way, not inventing a whole new medium (paper), and distribution proccess (mail, handling, shipping).
Also, I know here in the US every town has free internet access at the public libraries. I assume that the more socialist-leaning Canada (not an insult (unless you think it is;-)) has the same, so I would argue that considering the internet as the lowest-common denominator for information access is better than the mail. Of course, having both options is best, but if that's too costly, I think more people would be better served by being able to a get a free copy of certain info by internet, raather than by mail. If waiting 2 weeks for some info is acceptable, then even in the harshest Manitoba winter I assume hardy Canucks can get to their libraries once in a fortnight.
This applies not just to credit reports, of course, but to most any official information service. Think of an updated Shawshank Redemption with Tim Robbins' Andy Dufresne being a hacker instead of an accountant. Sort of Shawshank meets The Matrix;-)
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And for the record, the punishments recorded in the bible for "shaving your beard" and "blending fabrics" is not death at all.
I'll just add that from the Jewish tradition, the prohibitions on these activities are much more detailed and complex than the simple translations here imply. Many ways of shaving one's beard are acceptable, and blending most any combination of fabrics is perfectly permissible; it is only the specific cases (detailed elsewhere) that are circumscribed.
And for the astute Slashdot crowd, no, there is no prohibition on women shaving their faces. ;-)
Agreed that everyone should have access to their own info, from hi-tech junkies to ma-n-pa in rural Manitoba. But I doubt the infrastructure required to snail mail out credit reports is less than that for an online system. Neither one is free, but the data is already going to be sitting in some electronic form, so you're just presenting it in a secure way, not inventing a whole new medium (paper), and distribution proccess (mail, handling, shipping).
;-)) has the same, so I would argue that considering the internet as the lowest-common denominator for information access is better than the mail. Of course, having both options is best, but if that's too costly, I think more people would be better served by being able to a get a free copy of certain info by internet, raather than by mail. If waiting 2 weeks for some info is acceptable, then even in the harshest Manitoba winter I assume hardy Canucks can get to their libraries once in a fortnight.
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Also, I know here in the US every town has free internet access at the public libraries. I assume that the more socialist-leaning Canada (not an insult (unless you think it is
This applies not just to credit reports, of course, but to most any official information service. Think of an updated Shawshank Redemption with Tim Robbins' Andy Dufresne being a hacker instead of an accountant. Sort of Shawshank meets The Matrix