Forum: USA Politics
4th May 2010, 06:44 AM
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Replies: 367
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You provide the key word yourself:...
You provide the key word yourself: "deliberately."
Collateral damage is an effect of the conduct of both sides, not just one; it occurs when one side doesn't separate its combatants from its...
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Forum: USA Politics
4th May 2010, 05:57 AM
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Replies: 367
Views: 15,678
I rather think it does say something about the...
I rather think it does say something about the underlying arguments when you demonstrate that the evidence to support those arguments is fabricated. Namely, it says that the existing evidence was...
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Forum: USA Politics
4th May 2010, 04:31 AM
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Replies: 367
Views: 15,678
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Forum: USA Politics
3rd May 2010, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 61
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Forum: USA Politics
3rd May 2010, 05:16 PM
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Forum: USA Politics
3rd May 2010, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 367
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I will refer you to Kamm's entry Chomsky and...
I will refer you to Kamm's entry Chomsky and deception (http://oliverkamm.typepad.com/blog/2004/10/chomsky_and_dec.html), which addressed almost exactly the objections you make (five and half years...
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Forum: USA Politics
3rd May 2010, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 367
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Not at all.
First, Chomsky didn't merely...
Not at all.
First, Chomsky didn't merely wrongly attribute the quote; he fabricated at least part of it (or as he puts it euphemistically "I mistranscribed"). Chomsky "owned up" by trying to pass...
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Forum: USA Politics
3rd May 2010, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 367
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Forum: USA Politics
3rd May 2010, 03:38 AM
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Replies: 367
Views: 15,678
The most comprehensive deconstruction of the...
The most comprehensive deconstruction of the collected political writings of Chomsky's that I have ever come across, thoroughly laying out Chomsky's tendentiousness and dishonesty, was written by...
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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts
13th December 2009, 02:43 AM
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
1st June 2009, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 1,968
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
1st June 2009, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 50
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
1st June 2009, 06:06 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 1,968
Oh, good grief, I just bothered to read the...
Oh, good grief, I just bothered to read the article linked to in the OP. Get this:That's a fair summary of the situation.
Was it too much effort for you, Abdul, or IRNM to actually read that far?...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
1st June 2009, 06:00 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 1,968
So when it takes over fifteen years for a...
So when it takes over fifteen years for a particular event to occur, it's a bit of a stretch to claim that causing such an event to happen is the purpose of the organization; as in "The International...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
31st May 2009, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 1,968
Wrong. In practice, those are the main ones the...
Wrong. In practice, those are the main ones the Tribunal manages to nail, because it has no means of enforcement of its own and no powers of arrest, and has to rely on friendly governments to apply...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
31st May 2009, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 1,968
Responding to page...
I have some insight in...
Responding to page...
I have some insight in this, as I worked for the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP) of ICTY myself, from 1997 until 2001. Wolfman is entirely correct in surmising that, as UN...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
14th May 2009, 04:02 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 4,922
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
13th May 2009, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 83
Views: 14,157
I didn't say that no crime occurred; I said...
I didn't say that no crime occurred; I said nobody was hurt as a result. I also don't know whether or not my friend believed the other party was actually 13.
There's no way to tell. My friend was...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
13th May 2009, 06:11 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 4,922
From the article linked to by Father Dagon, in...
From the article linked to by Father Dagon, in loose translation:This is the claim I find most hard to credit, as worded. I do not believe for an instant that Swedish law permits you to jump a random...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
13th May 2009, 04:32 AM
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Replies: 127
Views: 3,964
Darth Rotor summed it up by asking "better at...
Darth Rotor summed it up by asking "better at what?" Every army seems to have its strengths and weaknesses, and some of them tend to treat the things they're good at as the proverbial hammer that...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
12th May 2009, 02:30 AM
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Replies: 83
Views: 14,157
I'd laugh if it weren't all rather serious. And...
I'd laugh if it weren't all rather serious. And frankly, there's nothing to change your perspective on an aspect of the criminal justice system as to have someone you care about fall afoul of it.
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
11th May 2009, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 1,820
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
11th May 2009, 05:29 PM
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Replies: 83
Views: 14,157
Meanwhile, I will refer to the same USDoJ BJS...
Meanwhile, I will refer to the same USDoJ BJS study (http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/rsorp94pr.htm) to which I referred earlier:Admittedly, that study is a decade old, but given that I...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
11th May 2009, 12:43 AM
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Replies: 83
Views: 14,157
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Forum: USA Politics
10th May 2009, 09:41 PM
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Replies: 116
Views: 6,064
Actually, I entered this conversation because...
Actually, I entered this conversation because that list of complaints from Human Events you quoted had some rather obvious possible and actual flaws. And this being a skeptical forum, I thought that...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
9th May 2009, 11:09 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 3,995
I'll believe that. There's an outdoor range in...
I'll believe that. There's an outdoor range in unincorporated King County, the Interlake Sporting Association (http://www.interlakesporting.org/), that was threatened with closure after a bullet went...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
9th May 2009, 05:48 PM
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Replies: 163
Views: 18,668
Where is a cowboy going to find a convenient...
Where is a cowboy going to find a convenient sheep?
Which reminds me:
- What's the difference between Mick Jagger and a Scottish shepherd?
- Mick Jagger says "Hey, you, get off my cloud"; the...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
8th May 2009, 05:07 AM
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Replies: 229
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Ach, Entschuldigung. Ich werde es nochmal...
Ach, Entschuldigung. Ich werde es nochmal erproben.
"American beer is the best in the world, because flavor and body are for weak, effeminate Eurotrash pussies! Real men drink real beer at...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
8th May 2009, 04:57 AM
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Replies: 229
Views: 7,631
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
8th May 2009, 04:45 AM
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Replies: 229
Views: 7,631
Have you ever visited the Pacific Northwest?...
Have you ever visited the Pacific Northwest? There are some surprisingly good beers to be had here, and I say that as someone who has sampled the hoppy offerings of a fair number of countries,...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
8th May 2009, 04:24 AM
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Replies: 100
Views: 6,726
I can tell you that in ancient Greece, males...
I can tell you that in ancient Greece, males married at an older age than females because they had to help raise the money for their sisters' dowries, and could thus not leave the household until...
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Forum: USA Politics
7th May 2009, 10:57 PM
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Replies: 116
Views: 6,064
The claim, essentially, is that Mexican...
The claim, essentially, is that Mexican narcotraficantes are equipping themselves with firearms acquired from the American private market, i.e. from licensed retailers and private sellers. The...
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Forum: USA Politics
7th May 2009, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 116
Views: 6,064
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
6th May 2009, 10:30 PM
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Replies: 168
Views: 7,489
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Forum: USA Politics
6th May 2009, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 116
Views: 6,064
In addition, let me refer you to written...
In addition, let me refer you to written testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee (http://judiciary.senate.gov/pdf/09-03-17HooverPlacidoTestimony.pdf) from William Hoover, the ATF's Asst. Director...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
4th May 2009, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 168
Views: 7,489
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Forum: USA Politics
4th May 2009, 03:49 PM
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Replies: 116
Views: 6,064
No, I mentioned in passing that "DHSS" is not a...
No, I mentioned in passing that "DHSS" is not a commonly recognized acronym for the Secretary of Homeland Security. I may have been being pedantic, but I was not wrong, and you tried to make out that...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
4th May 2009, 12:32 AM
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Replies: 168
Views: 7,489
False dichotomy. I want juries to rule on what...
False dichotomy. I want juries to rule on what they think is just, and that has to be based both on the facts of the case and the law.
False analogy, since I don't have problem with murder being...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
2nd May 2009, 02:17 PM
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Replies: 168
Views: 7,489
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
1st May 2009, 12:33 AM
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Replies: 193
Views: 6,670
Care to present some evidence regarding the...
Care to present some evidence regarding the projected expense and its effectiveness? Your points may have been demonstrandua, but I don't see that you actually managed to demonstrate them.
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
30th April 2009, 10:45 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,044
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
30th April 2009, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 193
Views: 6,670
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
30th April 2009, 05:24 PM
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Replies: 193
Views: 6,670
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Forum: USA Politics
30th April 2009, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 361
Views: 11,822
Why, yes. That is, if there is a chance of...
Why, yes. That is, if there is a chance of children issuing from the marriage, because the interests of any potential offspring have to be borne in mind. If there is no chance of biological...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
30th April 2009, 04:18 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,044
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Forum: USA Politics
30th April 2009, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 361
Views: 11,822
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Forum: USA Politics
30th April 2009, 02:36 PM
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Replies: 361
Views: 11,822
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Forum: USA Politics
30th April 2009, 02:19 PM
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Replies: 361
Views: 11,822
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Forum: USA Politics
30th April 2009, 04:40 AM
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Replies: 361
Views: 11,822
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Forum: USA Politics
30th April 2009, 04:29 AM
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Replies: 116
Views: 6,064
I'm going to have to address some points out of...
I'm going to have to address some points out of order for clarity.
I was perfectly capable of Googling it; I just didn't get any results, for the very simple reason that the abbreviation "DHSS" is...
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