And why were you afraid someone might be armed? This is a serious question simply because it is the fundamental basis for those who want to ban guns,...
Guns were banned in an attempt to reduce crime, and now someone is calling for kitchen knives to be banned to reduce crime. Heck, might as well ban s...
Not joking, Gary Larsen commented on it in the intro to "The Far Side Gallery 3" I think, I can't remember if it was two or three now, but i...
This from the same group that complained every time Gary Larsen drew a comic strip showing a medieval dungeon.... Jimro
I guess innocent until proven guilty doesn't apply in the court of public opinion.... Anyways, the Federal limitation on federally funding stem cell ...
not South Korea, why nuke territory that you want to occupy? No, the most likely target for blackmailing the the West is Japan. Jimro
Thank you Cooki, in all my years of studying biochemisty I had no idea that foods could cause allergies, and that allergic reactions could lead to dea...
On May 16th, the UN will vote on a resolution that will place warning labels on infant powdered formula, saying it contains pathogens that can result ...
Given the history of the US and N. Korea we didn't do such a good job last time, albeit we would have won completely except for Chinese intervention. ...
well if that's what you call "encouragement" then you'll have an excellent career in organized crime. "Your Honor, all we did was ap...
Kim Il Jong is a tyrannical leader with great intelligence. So were Hitler and Stalin. Hitler declared war on the US, and Stalin pushed the US and S...
No one is disagreeing that breast milk is best. I do disagree with the official UN policy that casts formula in a bad light and seeks to shame women ...
Cycle, "Infants who are not breastfed, for whatever reason, must receive special attention from the health and social welfare system, since they...
Trim For starters, if you cannot find any justification for holding your position, then it might be worth questioning whether your belief is correct,...
The excellent book is "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel. www.amazon.com/exec/obido...s&n=507846 Jimro
The only problem with backing up your beliefs rationally is that the guy with the opposing belief also backs his belief up rationally. This is where ...
Aristotle believed in the "Excluded Middle" principle, or that if something is not True then it must be False. Aristotle also believed in...
The Book of Revelation was written to encourage and correct. The prophetic portions are interesting reading, but until you understand the Gospels, Re...
I think that you don't want to "deny" your emotions so much as you want to "control" your emotions. Denying your emotions is a su...
We can always come back to the spectrum idea, it isn't going anywhere. Denying emotion is generally unhealthy. Controlling your emotions until a bet...
Heightened perception is not good for long periods of time, but it is good when you are on patrol. That one little detail like flies not hovering ove...
The "Fight of Flight" adrenaline rush is a response to an emotion, fear. We have fear for a reason, to keep us alive. However, I don't thi...
We call it "Trusting your gut", and your gut is right more often than not. It's that nagging feeling that something is not right, that some...
Well, this got me to thinking, which is always a dangerous prospect. Colors are only how we interpret different wavelengths of light. That means tha...
Not to bug you, but could you elaborate on the 3-5 emotions that make up all emotional color? Jimro
Spontaneous... Competition is hate in mild doses is an interesting statement. Care to elaborate on that further? How about solitary games where a p...
This is why corporal punishment is a necessary tool for parents. Pain compliance works. Jimro
So would psychologists also say that when you hate you are temporarily insane? I thought the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and...
Watership Down was made into a cartoon? I read the book... How about "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" Even tho it's not ALL cartoon... "B...
I've noticed that it is ok to curse around people you know, but as soon as someone "new" enters the scene, people shoosh you for speaking ca...
My first time: Replying to the US/Aids/Third world thread brought to my attention by another forum I frequent. I kinda stuck around after that becau...
My first time: Replying to the US/Aids/Third world thread brought to my attention by another forum I frequent. I kinda stuck around after that becau...
The Republican party is attracting more and more Blacks in rural and suburban areas, areas that used to be strong Democrat territory. Republicans hav...
Clinton was a president who felt that armor support for Task Force Ranger in Somalia was not the message the US wanted to send the world. I'm missi...
From a historical standpoint Truman's personal faith, and patriotism, played a similar role in his administration as GWBush's administration. Jimro
Harry Truman was a Democrat who took full responsibility for the decision to drop Nuclear weapons on Japan. Clinton was a president who felt that arm...
Four more years. Bush won both the popular vote and the electoral vote. It is interesting to note the states that Bush won, and by what margin. T...
Kompi, I think you are confusing dictatorship and monopoly. Jimro
Kompi, "Pure capitalism is nothing but a dictatorship"? I don't understand how you can say that as there is no historical model of capital...
There is a difference between social programs and socialism. However, the difference is small and the line blurry. When Social Security stopped bein...
Eon, I didn't claim that gun controls work in the UK, in fact I've pointed out several crime trends to point out that they don't even work in the UK....
Eon, Just because it's cheap to go to school in the UK doesn't mean that there isn't extreme competition to get into certain schools. I point this o...
with some fava beans and a nice Chianti? mmmm...now I'm hungry.... Jimro
Castor, Conservative zeal, not veal. The term originated with the religious sect, the Zealots. Religious revolutionaries at the time of Christ figh...
Cycle, I admire your "progressive passion", but I must question why liberals are so afraid of another four years of the Bush administration...
Are you saying that it is not a good idea to be a slave to your appetites? Jimro