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MKSheppard wrote:Not even the Nazis used ambulances as instruments of war.

They did, however, employ the method of torture known as "Palestinian hanging". So I guess your point reduces to "they're worse than the Nazi's, and we're only as bad as the Nazi's".

If you like Quebec, you could always move to Montreal - we're always happy to get more intelligent and open-minded people in Canada :) I have been to Burlington. I think "trendy college town" describes it pretty well. It is very pretty. It reminded me of Guelph, Ontario (don't know if you'...

Shades of Grey, hands down worst episode ever. Offspring wasn't *that* bad, compared to some others, like any episode centered around Riker.... like that one where he fell in love with that alien andryognous thing which looked like a lil boy....forget the name of that episode, that one just....ugh....

That's probably the closest to explaining my question about those lyrics. I know some people who have lost children and they've said similar things to what you just said; I guess because I'm missing the religious mindset it still seems a bit perplexing to me. I don't find anything comforting in a G...

When I was a believer, I looked at it this way: We are all on a quest to prove our worthiness to God, so that he may let us in to heaven for being good people. Some people take a lot less time to prove their worthiness, and as a reward, they get into heaven early. A great many of my religious friend...

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't we have the world's third largest navy at the end of WWII? And now... let's see... 12 frigates, 4 destroyers... umm.... I think that's it unless you start counting support vessels, and they aren't all operational at any given time either. But as for the RN...

Chmee wrote: I just love the juxtaposition of the Super Bowl, our national orgy of violence, sex, and corporate excess, with Christianity. Praise the Lord and pass me another Bud Lite .....

Doublethink is alive and well in Jacksonville, it would seem.

In Montreal of all places.... What the hell makes a person think that they're justified in striking someone for showing affection for another human being?! I just don't fucking get it. I'm willing to bet the fucker is standing in a church somewhere as I write this saying "peace be with you".

Ow.

I've only been here a short time, but... Kuroneko is a brilliant man. I am staggered by the depth and understanding in his posts. BohemianFey reminds me so much of my sister, whom I love dearly... she is so artistic and accepting. Justforfun brings reason, insight and compassion to any thread. I adm...

Not that the music is new, but Neil Young released a Greatest Hits album in 2004 which is just an outstanding compilation.

My wife and I have this big wicker basket next to the throne that's always filled with books... reading in there has come to be known as "doing a number 3" Many times I've tried to get up only to realise that my legs have fallen asleep...

I can't believe I'm telling people this...

Then again, Catholicism and traditional Christian fundamentalism don't tend to go hand-in-hand. indeed - interesting isn't it? I don't know a single Catholic who I would consider a hardcore fundamentalist. Of the three absolute nutters I know, one is presbyterian, one Calvinist, and the other an ev...

I've heard this in various forms before. Usually, it's accompanied by some statement that if you were living by the "old covenant" in pre-Jesus time (Old Testament), you were slated for eternal bliss, otherwise you were pretty much fucked. My sister-in-law is one of these people... when as...

Gwyneth Paltrow.
Milla Jovovich.
Nicole Kidman.

My sister and I were both delivered vaginally. I was 9 lbs and my sister was just shy of 12lbs. Way to go Mom!

Any time I think I'm in pain, I try to imagine what it would be like to shit a 12lb watermellon... it's rather humbling.

I've always found "Every Breath You Take" by the Police to be really disturbing... I mean, it's all about stalking someone...

"Dust in the Wind" by Kansas get's me every time, but for other reasons.

Happy Birthday!

If it's a pocketknife you're looking for... I've had a small Buck with a locking blade for about 10 years now and find it to be an outstanding little knife. The casing is some sort of hard polymer, and the blade holds an edge well, though I don't know what alloy it is or what the rockwell hardness i...

While I can't really comment on the other two, I bought my wife an iPod for Christmas and she absolutely adores it. The layout and fit and finish are simply outstanding.

Maybe not...

But 12 year-olds raping people isn't exactly something you hear about every day. I have a hard time visualizing that child coming from a happy, stable family.

Maybe it is too late for him, but killing him would be directing your attention to the wrong place, IMO.

wautd wrote:If it was up to me: death

You would condemn a 12yr old to death?

There are also primate projects with chimps able to manipulate a robotic arm via thought.

really? I hadn't heard that one...

The concept has been around for quite some time. I remember watching a documentary over 10 years ago on this sort of thing. At that point, the US military was performing preliminary testing to see if pilots could "navigate" through a very simple simulated maze using only their minds with s...

I think that falls under the "I'll freely admit that I'm lazy, but I don't want to look stupid" category.