"For them, the fact that the Church does not require a literal reading of Genesis of Catholics is just one more piece of evidence that the RC Church is the Whore of Babylon."
But the Catholic church is in Rome and the nuns don't "put out" so to speak... How can they take one part literally and the rest metaphorically?
The UN is an extension of the organisation, The League of Nations, started in 1919 to prevent the repeat of warfare on the scale of the 1914-1918 conflict.
That didn't work out so well because it was unable to prevent the 1939-1945 war. The organisation was disbanded, and the UN was formed in 1945 also with an aim to prevent future war (with millions and millions of people dead and the new arrival of nuclear weapons war had become a very bad idea).
The UN does some good, but then again so do other Non Government Organisations. But the UN has consistently failed in it's original purpose, which is to prevent further war. Take Iraq for example. Not that they didn't try - they are just powerless.
Reminds me of something I heard once, that you can send the peacekeepers, but if warring factions don't want peace there will be none.
In other news... the secretary of defence Donald Rumsfeld arrived in Australia yesterday to talk about, amongst other things a military alliance to wage war on China should it decide to invade Taiwan.
bzzzzt! Wrong! Tests are for school bodies to report back to their funding source (i.e. the government) to show them how well and the said education body is undertaking the education of the next generation. More people that pass standardised tests means that the education system is working better. Doesn't it?:-(
Signed, Confused.
Why do Americans always need something to get hysterical about?
The irony there seems to be an inversely proportional relationship between actual danger and hysteria levels. That is to say: the less dangerous something is actually proven to be the more hysterical people seem to get. The inverse seems aslo to hold true!
How many Americans have died because of terrorism, how many from smoking related illness? How many people relieve themselves from the constant, unrealistic fears that they seem to have by lighting up a soothing smoke?
Who's dictionary? The base rationale for socialism is not to create a scenario where the state owns everything for that as an end in itself. The USSR had state control of everything, and got some parts of socialism right, like state medical care, but got other things so wrong.
All I'm saying is that a little socialism in moderation can be a good thing. I believe, as much of Europe does that capitalism and socialism can work hand in hand.
What's the difference between living in a state that controls everything, and living a a free market state where corporations controls everything?
Buzzwords are even more abused in politics than in Info Tech. There was never any Socialism or Communism in the USSR. What they had was Bolchevism, Stalinism...
Socialism means to most of the world a system in which we live that has values that a more important that than $$$$ or what is known to the free market capatalist as "the bottom line"
A socialist believes that money alone, aka the free market, does not resolve human and social justice issues.
Yes, they are insane. The list of countries with which the US has messed with over the last century, in an unjust manner, is a long one. Just off the top of my head: Cuba, The Phillipines, Panama, Guatemala, Iran, Vietnam, Cambodia, Palestine/Isreal, Chile, Grenada, Iraq... lets not start with Africa...
Of course the ironic thing about Iraq now is that it has become a centre of Taliban action and organisation *since* the US invasion and occupation. Sort of like what has happned every other time the US has played "musical chairs" with other people's governments.
There is the possibility that the person driving is innocent of any wrong doing (ie that there is no bomb in the car). Even a "goodie" might find it difficult stop safeley having been blinded.
The funny thing is just how elementary this error of deploying the weapon in this manner is. Then again elementary errors in logic have been paramount in the Gulf war from it's outset.
So where do they *really* want to employ a weapon of this type?
It seems more usefull in "civil" control to me...
Of course the same logic doesn't apply to people who want to kill themselves with heroin or cocaine or . So society does protect you against some things (like heroin), but not others (like dangerous food additives, food colourings, tobacco, fuel emissions, etc).
It doesn't actually make any sense...
Unless you look at it from an econmics point of view.
So if I were to photocopy a page out of a textbook and give it to students would I be
a) infringing the patent
b) violating copyright
c) both?
There's a lot of money in this...
Then again the multitudes of families around the world who have had their children disected by American bombs might be a little reluctant about the United States model of democracy.
I for one will go out and buy myself an operating system fir the first time ever, the moment I can install mac os on my intel hardware. The moment mac os becomes affordable in this sense it will really take off... and not only that it will introduce choice into pc systems...
"Do you want Windows, Mac or Linux on that PC?" may be a question that gets asked to clients in the near future.
Then the best thing that could happen would be for Windows to discontinue Office for the mac.
Do socialist ecconomic polocies = millions of deaths?
Or only when they are implemented by corrupt governments?
Or by definition are socialists corrupt?
People will stop using traditional media sources such as newspapers and televistion, and little by little people will use custom news services like/. The problem here as I see it is that there will be a lot of people that won't get a big picture view of the world./. is pretty good in the content that it provides but other sources will become even more focused on the highly specialised and inane. Welcome to the fragmented future, where you can choose the reality you wish to live in order to fit into your personal beleif structures...
The problem with this is that people will never really be chalanged to think outside the box they create for themselves. I see this as a danger to society, and free thought.
you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it think.
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"For them, the fact that the Church does not require a literal reading of Genesis of Catholics is just one more piece of evidence that the RC Church is the Whore of Babylon."
But the Catholic church is in Rome and the nuns don't "put out" so to speak... How can they take one part literally and the rest metaphorically?
Everyone seems to forget why the UN exists
The UN is an extension of the organisation, The League of Nations, started in 1919 to prevent the repeat of warfare on the scale of the 1914-1918 conflict. That didn't work out so well because it was unable to prevent the 1939-1945 war. The organisation was disbanded, and the UN was formed in 1945 also with an aim to prevent future war (with millions and millions of people dead and the new arrival of nuclear weapons war had become a very bad idea).
The UN does some good, but then again so do other Non Government Organisations. But the UN has consistently failed in it's original purpose, which is to prevent further war. Take Iraq for example. Not that they didn't try - they are just powerless.
Reminds me of something I heard once, that you can send the peacekeepers, but if warring factions don't want peace there will be none.
Is it really about security, or rather: flexibility?
Freedom isn't Free man! Don't you get it?
... me niether, but it sure is catchy!
I think it's worthy of a country and western song...
I see the chorus as something like this:
Freedom isn't Free Copyright and patent pending etc...
Freedom isn't Free, amigo,
an happyness, it ain't glee
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Let them take their pipes and err... put them in their pipes and smoke them. We'll just use peer to peer wireless...
In other news... the secretary of defence Donald Rumsfeld arrived in Australia yesterday to talk about, amongst other things a military alliance to wage war on China should it decide to invade Taiwan.
cat the_world > /dev/null
bzzzzt! Wrong! Tests are for school bodies to report back to their funding source (i.e. the government) to show them how well and the said education body is undertaking the education of the next generation. More people that pass standardised tests means that the education system is working better. Doesn't it? :-(
Signed, Confused.
Double plus good Idea!
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So the cure would be immune system depressants available right now in massive quantities at your local store?
Of course the same people freaking out about bird flu probably have practiced unsafe sex within the last year... hmph...
Why do Americans always need something to get hysterical about?
The irony there seems to be an inversely proportional relationship between actual danger and hysteria levels. That is to say: the less dangerous something is actually proven to be the more hysterical people seem to get. The inverse seems aslo to hold true!
How many Americans have died because of terrorism, how many from smoking related illness? How many people relieve themselves from the constant, unrealistic fears that they seem to have by lighting up a soothing smoke?
Oh the irony...
Who's dictionary? The base rationale for socialism is not to create a scenario where the state owns everything for that as an end in itself. The USSR had state control of everything, and got some parts of socialism right, like state medical care, but got other things so wrong.
All I'm saying is that a little socialism in moderation can be a good thing. I believe, as much of Europe does that capitalism and socialism can work hand in hand.
What's the difference between living in a state that controls everything, and living a a free market state where corporations controls everything?
NAZI = National Socialist...
Buzzwords are even more abused in politics than in Info Tech. There was never any Socialism or Communism in the USSR. What they had was Bolchevism, Stalinism...
Socialism means to most of the world a system in which we live that has values that a more important that than $$$$ or what is known to the free market capatalist as "the bottom line"
A socialist believes that money alone, aka the free market, does not resolve human and social justice issues.
Yes, they are insane. The list of countries with which the US has messed with over the last century, in an unjust manner, is a long one. Just off the top of my head: Cuba, The Phillipines, Panama, Guatemala, Iran, Vietnam, Cambodia, Palestine/Isreal, Chile, Grenada, Iraq... lets not start with Africa...
Of course the ironic thing about Iraq now is that it has become a centre of Taliban action and organisation *since* the US invasion and occupation. Sort of like what has happned every other time the US has played "musical chairs" with other people's governments.
There is the possibility that the person driving is innocent of any wrong doing (ie that there is no bomb in the car). Even a "goodie" might find it difficult stop safeley having been blinded. The funny thing is just how elementary this error of deploying the weapon in this manner is. Then again elementary errors in logic have been paramount in the Gulf war from it's outset. So where do they *really* want to employ a weapon of this type? It seems more usefull in "civil" control to me...
Of course the same logic doesn't apply to people who want to kill themselves with heroin or cocaine or . So society does protect you against some things (like heroin), but not others (like dangerous food additives, food colourings, tobacco, fuel emissions, etc). It doesn't actually make any sense... Unless you look at it from an econmics point of view.
I see you are a Philip K Dick fan ;)
So if I were to photocopy a page out of a textbook and give it to students would I be a) infringing the patent b) violating copyright c) both? There's a lot of money in this...
Microsoft didn't seem to have too much trouble in getting everyone to swap from 9x to NT (What version of NT are we up to now, is it 6??)
Then again the multitudes of families around the world who have had their children disected by American bombs might be a little reluctant about the United States model of democracy.
I for one will go out and buy myself an operating system fir the first time ever, the moment I can install mac os on my intel hardware. The moment mac os becomes affordable in this sense it will really take off... and not only that it will introduce choice into pc systems... "Do you want Windows, Mac or Linux on that PC?" may be a question that gets asked to clients in the near future. Then the best thing that could happen would be for Windows to discontinue Office for the mac.
What is illegal?
Getting on trains, if you're Brazilian.
Do socialist ecconomic polocies = millions of deaths? Or only when they are implemented by corrupt governments? Or by definition are socialists corrupt?
People will stop using traditional media sources such as newspapers and televistion, and little by little people will use custom news services like /. The problem here as I see it is that there will be a lot of people that won't get a big picture view of the world. /. is pretty good in the content that it provides but other sources will become even more focused on the highly specialised and inane. Welcome to the fragmented future, where you can choose the reality you wish to live in order to fit into your personal beleif structures...
The problem with this is that people will never really be chalanged to think outside the box they create for themselves. I see this as a danger to society, and free thought.
you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it think.
... but at least they're not yanks!