Hmm...who was it that stonewalled at every turn? Who was it who wouldn't or couldn't even *discuss* compromise -- even to the detriment of the country? So hard to remember. Maybe someone could help me out with that?
Sounds like a pack of traitors. Wait, you mean the party who avidly supported the Nazis prior to, during and even long after WW2? Oh, right, the Republicans.
The left states seem to be moving closer to the Europe and the rest of the world in terms of politics.
No, that's not what's happening. The Liberal states remember the basis of this nation and still hold true to the ideals Europe and the rest of the world began embracing only after we showed that Liberalism was viable and that completely banning church influence in government was not only viable, but optimal.
While the right leaning states seem to be rallying around the Church.
No, the right leaning states are pissing straight into the face of every decent thing this nation has ever claimed to stand for. Right wing politics are diametrically opposed to American values and that's part and parcel all the way back to the definitions. The American Revolution was Liberalism versus the canonical right wing form of government known as monarchy. WW2 was the defining war of Liberalism and the Left versus the right wing.
There is no American supporting any tinge of right wing government who isn't a traitor of the yellowest streak by definition.
I am not at all a comic-book-guy; however I was under the impression that kryptonite was radioactive chunks of his home planet created in the destruction of the planet.
Me neither, but I thought it was the yellow sun of Earth that gave him his powers and the reaction with the red sun baked rocks that was the problem.
If only there were any comic book nerds on this site this might get settled.
Religiously based clinics should not be forced to perform abortions, nor should religious leaders be forced to perform homosexual marriages just because someone else doesn't believe in their God, and placing them under legal circumstances that require it is every bit the forcing of beliefs you are trying to decry.
That would be a forcing of actions, but since nobody is trying to do anything of the sort, you just look like a deluded idiot with a persecution complex.
Calling all religious believers "delusional" by definition, meets your criteria fully.
No it doesn't in any way shape or form. By definition, religious believers believe that there is magical invisible fairy in spite of the fact that there has never once been one single shred of evidence for such a thing, nor a single rational reason to believe in such.
That is delusional.
It's too bad if you don't like that fact, but it is a fact. If you're unhappy about being called delusional, then stop being delusional. Getting all butthurt over something you chose to do just makes you look petulant *and* delusional.
Considering that Romney follows a religion that has a history of persecution from the state
Yeah, 100 years ago. They're primarily known for using state power to persecute and oppress these days. See Prop 8 and the rest of their bigoted gay hatred agenda.
and is the candidate of a party with a strong libertarian contingent.
You mean the party whose agenda for the last 30+ years has been overwhelmingly fascist and who have contributed to more government growth than any other group in the history of the America also in that same timeframe.
Try using your brain rather than just repeating fascist propaganda which hasn't even been remotely true in pushing half a century.
apple borrowed from bsd, not linux The first Linux I ever used was MKLinux which was a Micro Kernel version of Linux which ran on Apple hardware. Apple borrowed from both Linux and BSD. I ended up switching to PPCLinux since I really needed floppy support at that point in time. The principal developer of MKLinux was funded by Apple for some time. What they learned there is part of what allowed them to make OSX what it is for better or worse.
Your +5 is poor work on the part of the moderators. If you don't have a clue about the topic, please don't moderate. Seriously.
You still didn't solve the research institute problem. They would hold the patent, and never would be producing it, so they could never sue over infringement.
There is no problem. If they make nothing what point would there be in them suing anybody as they have done nothing. Sell your patent to somebody who will make something out of it or lose the patent. Patents to stop anyone from doing anything useful are the clear problem.
Would you become a theist if tomorrow you observed the second coming of Christ playing out more or less as Christians generally say it will?
It's not possible. The bible clearly states that the second coming would happen during the lifetimes of the people alive at that time. That ship has long since sailed. The biblical second coming can not possibly happen given that fact which is obvious to anybody who ever paid any attention to the bible. Clearly it is nothing but a silly fairy tale.
Somebody who has never (consciously) experienced god is a tool / fool proclaiming he knows more then someone who directly has.
Laughable. Somebody who has consciously experienced god is a fool if they don't understand that this is a delusion which can be replicated by stimulating a part of the brain. It is well known to be a simple biological process. Failing to investigate the experience and concluding it's a magical invisible fairy is stupid and lazy.
Would you be more inclined to take them seriously if they A) posit their idea in a friendly, reasonable, non-confrontational way, or B) scream and bellow about how you are an absolute fucking moron who doesn't deserve to breath the same air as themselves, for not seeing the world through their ideology?
Classically, Dawkins has taken the latter track, and being a prick about it is no way to endear others to your cause. I'm curious as to if he's recognized the error of his methodology.
Actually, since it is obvious had you ever actually watched any of Dawkin's talks that he is a very reasonable and soft spoken man you've done nothing but proven yourself to be a deeply unethical bald-faced liar.
If Anonymous has material evidence that points to the guilt of a particular individual, they should turn that evidence over to the responsible law enforcement agency,
Ahh, there's the flaw in your argument. "Responsible" law enforcement does not exist.
Laws are written for those who pay the writers. Courts are owned by the same. Cops, or law enforcers, are the scum licking the boots of those paying to fuck the world in their interests.
Welcome to the modern world. What is it, 500BCE yet, or what? Seriously, idealism is great, but it's not in any way relevant and your support of it while nice is a disastrously naive attitude.
The character Yahweh is one evil, psychotic, amoral, sadistic, narcissitic bastard
Yeah, the thing I can't help but feel disgusted by around Christians et al is that they read a savagely violent book of fairy tales and then willfully choose to *worship* the bad guy.
Utterly creepy feeling whenever I'm around those amoral, sociopathic monsters.
Also many "slutty" girls seem to be full of mental problems, this is personal experience, I do realize it's not always the case but it's truer than I'd like.
How many "puritanical" girls have you slept with? I'm guessing not many. My experience is that while you have outliers...post 18 virgins (dated one at 24...no she didn't make 25 crazy as a shitbat's batshit) and girls who can't name a man they've met they haven't slept with ( never heard of one ), as a whole it's the repressed ones with the severe mental problems.
Most "sluts" are healthy happy girls who enjoy their bodies and in modern liberal societies like America was founded to be are allowed to do so. Granted there are some whose fathers paid too much attention to them, but you're blaming them rather than the perps. Men and women left to their own devices without violently oppressive (almost always religious in nature) controls unethically imposed upon them *love* fucking. My experience ( 42 years old very smart, very good looking and quite socially awkward) is that women like fucking even more than men do. Women's freedom in this respect has only just started. "Slutty" girls of today are going to seem chaste by the next generation's standards and that doesn't make them anything bad. It makes them equal people who are allowed to enjoy their lives as they see fit. Man up and deal with it or be left out of the future gene pool.
Rush Limbaugh is not a man. He's some sort of fat drug-addled lump of diseased shit that likes lying in a bath tub while fat old men stand around and piss on him. Thanks to Bill Hicks. Now, still, you're spot on in your other two counter examples, but the OPs comment was actually an old joke. HTH.
Americans probably have a higher correlation between Christianity and Puritansim, as many of their initial settlers were Puritans getting the hell out of England
Only if by "getting the hell out of England" you mean "getting tossed the fuck out of Europe for their violent as in burning anyone who didn't believe the exact ridiculous nonsense as them alive approach to Christianity".
Seriously, you are capable of a better understanding than spouting retarded bumper sticker slogans. respect yourself enough to gain that understanding.
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Hmm...who was it that stonewalled at every turn? Who was it who wouldn't or couldn't even *discuss* compromise -- even to the detriment of the country? So hard to remember. Maybe someone could help me out with that?
Sounds like a pack of traitors.
Wait, you mean the party who avidly supported the Nazis prior to, during and even long after WW2? Oh, right, the Republicans.
The left states seem to be moving closer to the Europe and the rest of the world in terms of politics.
No, that's not what's happening. The Liberal states remember the basis of this nation and still hold true to the ideals Europe and the rest of the world began embracing only after we showed that Liberalism was viable and that completely banning church influence in government was not only viable, but optimal.
While the right leaning states seem to be rallying around the Church.
No, the right leaning states are pissing straight into the face of every decent thing this nation has ever claimed to stand for. Right wing politics are diametrically opposed to American values and that's part and parcel all the way back to the definitions. The American Revolution was Liberalism versus the canonical right wing form of government known as monarchy.
WW2 was the defining war of Liberalism and the Left versus the right wing.
There is no American supporting any tinge of right wing government who isn't a traitor of the yellowest streak by definition.
I am not at all a comic-book-guy; however I was under the impression that kryptonite was radioactive chunks of his home planet created in the destruction of the planet.
Me neither, but I thought it was the yellow sun of Earth that gave him his powers and the reaction with the red sun baked rocks that was the problem.
If only there were any comic book nerds on this site this might get settled.
Oh well, I guess we're stuck with speculation :-)
Some might counter that these folks do good in attracting young people to the sciences, but I would like to see some hard figures on that.
I'd imagine that Brian Cox Has done much to *attract* women to the sciences.
We want less options, Microsoft! Less!
*Fewer*
Less *bloat* could be had even without fewer options.
You seem too used to the fact that in apple tablets and phones, whatever memory you buy the device with, you're stuck with. This is not the case here.
You can upgrade the RAM? Or did you mean storage. fracking marketroids.
For a list of all the reasons why you are wrong fanboi let me send you this Word file to view on your freshly unpacked iPad.
I'll pass on the viruses, thanks though.
A kitchen sink full of ugly dishes is always a bad idea.
That's why I have a dishwasher.
Religiously based clinics should not be forced to perform abortions, nor should religious leaders be forced to perform homosexual marriages just because someone else doesn't believe in their God, and placing them under legal circumstances that require it is every bit the forcing of beliefs you are trying to decry.
That would be a forcing of actions, but since nobody is trying to do anything of the sort, you just look like a deluded idiot with a persecution complex.
Calling all religious believers "delusional" by definition, meets your criteria fully.
No it doesn't in any way shape or form. By definition, religious believers believe that there is magical invisible fairy in spite of the fact that there has never once been one single shred of evidence for such a thing, nor a single rational reason to believe in such.
That is delusional.
It's too bad if you don't like that fact, but it is a fact. If you're unhappy about being called delusional, then stop being delusional. Getting all butthurt over something you chose to do just makes you look petulant *and* delusional.
or whether the giants or the dolphins are going to win the world cup.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say, "neither" ;-)
You can't prove a negative without non-Euclidean geometry.
Sure you can: "There do not exist two integers you can divide to get the square root of two. " is pretty easy to prove.
The proof is attributed to Euclid, but it's not geometry.
I guess that would be non-geometric Euclidianism.
Considering that Romney follows a religion that has a history of persecution from the state
Yeah, 100 years ago. They're primarily known for using state power to persecute and oppress these days. See Prop 8 and the rest of their bigoted gay hatred agenda.
and is the candidate of a party with a strong libertarian contingent.
You mean the party whose agenda for the last 30+ years has been overwhelmingly fascist and who have contributed to more government growth than any other group in the history of the America also in that same timeframe.
Try using your brain rather than just repeating fascist propaganda which hasn't even been remotely true in pushing half a century.
I, and I imagine most slashdotters, look at my feet when interacting with other people. Especially women.
Not me. I'm a bold, dashing ladies' man. I look at their feet.
apple borrowed from bsd, not linux
The first Linux I ever used was MKLinux which was a Micro Kernel version of Linux which ran on Apple hardware. Apple borrowed from both Linux and BSD. I ended up switching to PPCLinux since I really needed floppy support at that point in time. The principal developer of MKLinux was funded by Apple for some time. What they learned there is part of what allowed them to make OSX what it is for better or worse.
Your +5 is poor work on the part of the moderators. If you don't have a clue about the topic, please don't moderate. Seriously.
You still didn't solve the research institute problem. They would hold the patent, and never would be producing it, so they could never sue over infringement.
There is no problem. If they make nothing what point would there be in them suing anybody as they have done nothing. Sell your patent to somebody who will make something out of it or lose the patent.
Patents to stop anyone from doing anything useful are the clear problem.
I do not even know how they expected to use Office or their games on a phone, but that's the thing with luddites:
If they're using new technology they're the diametric opposite of Luddites. Perhaps "technologically inept" is the phrase you were looking for?
Would you become a theist if tomorrow you observed the second coming of Christ playing out more or less as Christians generally say it will?
It's not possible. The bible clearly states that the second coming would happen during the lifetimes of the people alive at that time. That ship has long since sailed. The biblical second coming can not possibly happen given that fact which is obvious to anybody who ever paid any attention to the bible.
Clearly it is nothing but a silly fairy tale.
Somebody who has never (consciously) experienced god is a tool / fool proclaiming he knows more then someone who directly has.
Laughable.
Somebody who has consciously experienced god is a fool if they don't understand that this is a delusion which can be replicated by stimulating a part of the brain. It is well known to be a simple biological process. Failing to investigate the experience and concluding it's a magical invisible fairy is stupid and lazy.
Would you be more inclined to take them seriously if they A) posit their idea in a friendly, reasonable, non-confrontational way, or B) scream and bellow about how you are an absolute fucking moron who doesn't deserve to breath the same air as themselves, for not seeing the world through their ideology?
Classically, Dawkins has taken the latter track, and being a prick about it is no way to endear others to your cause. I'm curious as to if he's recognized the error of his methodology.
Actually, since it is obvious had you ever actually watched any of Dawkin's talks that he is a very reasonable and soft spoken man you've done nothing but proven yourself to be a deeply unethical bald-faced liar.
If Anonymous has material evidence that points to the guilt of a particular individual, they should turn that evidence over to the responsible law enforcement agency,
Ahh, there's the flaw in your argument.
"Responsible" law enforcement does not exist.
Laws are written for those who pay the writers. Courts are owned by the same. Cops, or law enforcers, are the scum licking the boots of those paying to fuck the world in their interests.
Welcome to the modern world. What is it, 500BCE yet, or what?
Seriously, idealism is great, but it's not in any way relevant and your support of it while nice is a disastrously naive attitude.
Shit don't work that way.
The character Yahweh is one evil, psychotic, amoral, sadistic, narcissitic bastard
Yeah, the thing I can't help but feel disgusted by around Christians et al is that they read a savagely violent book of fairy tales and then willfully choose to *worship* the bad guy.
Utterly creepy feeling whenever I'm around those amoral, sociopathic monsters.
Also many "slutty" girls seem to be full of mental problems, this is personal experience, I do realize it's not always the case but it's truer than I'd like.
How many "puritanical" girls have you slept with? I'm guessing not many.
My experience is that while you have outliers...post 18 virgins (dated one at 24...no she didn't make 25 crazy as a shitbat's batshit) and girls who can't name a man they've met they haven't slept with ( never heard of one ), as a whole it's the repressed ones with the severe mental problems.
Most "sluts" are healthy happy girls who enjoy their bodies and in modern liberal societies like America was founded to be are allowed to do so. Granted there are some whose fathers paid too much attention to them, but you're blaming them rather than the perps.
Men and women left to their own devices without violently oppressive (almost always religious in nature) controls unethically imposed upon them *love* fucking. My experience ( 42 years old very smart, very good looking and quite socially awkward) is that women like fucking even more than men do. Women's freedom in this respect has only just started. "Slutty" girls of today are going to seem chaste by the next generation's standards and that doesn't make them anything bad. It makes them equal people who are allowed to enjoy their lives as they see fit.
Man up and deal with it or be left out of the future gene pool.
Rush Limbaugh is not a man.
He's some sort of fat drug-addled lump of diseased shit that likes lying in a bath tub while fat old men stand around and piss on him.
Thanks to Bill Hicks.
Now, still, you're spot on in your other two counter examples, but the OPs comment was actually an old joke.
HTH.
Americans probably have a higher correlation between Christianity and Puritansim, as many of their initial settlers were Puritans getting the hell out of England
Only if by "getting the hell out of England" you mean "getting tossed the fuck out of Europe for their violent as in burning anyone who didn't believe the exact ridiculous nonsense as them alive approach to Christianity".
Seriously, you are capable of a better understanding than spouting retarded bumper sticker slogans. respect yourself enough to gain that understanding.