Incandescence

Gal-- Did you even read Bob's statement? It's the very differentials in power which cause the immense stability within the world (and yes, we are extremely stable: we aren't really ...

Lama, I just stumbled upon this: Apparently the French's idea of good sanctions against a country consist in limiting the luxury items that are imported to it (what are luxury ...

Gal, What you are not considering is that any military agression against North Korea would not be unilateral, as it was (largely) with Iraq. While it is true, any war ...

Hi guys, I think it's worth mentioning that the graphs presented so far on global warming have been mathematical unsound. They have an infinite bound, which is physically unreasonable. This ...

Sponson, You've missed the essence of the arguments against atheist's rejection of the "under God" clause. As an atheist myself, I'm indifferent to God. I don't have a problem with ...

Hi all, The only issue here is that we are assuming Kim Jong Il is rational, stable, etc. What I mean is, as a communist leader bred of Soviet influences, ...

Bjorn, I'm afraid that your ideas of Stalinism and Nazism are off. For a Marxist, I think you will appreciate the following remarks, which have been limited to a specific ...

Hi all, Indeed, is this the status quo we wish to maintain? An entire population suffering from malnutrition? I say we pull the plug and remind them how much they ...

Guys, Again. The Pledge is not to anything but America--not the administration in office, not God, not anything BUT America. And, more than that, it is a pledge to the ...

Lama, My statement was a generalization that, in honesty, predated yours, if you'll look back to the News section. However, it's silly to argue about such things. More to the ...

Sponson Then God exists as a concept--so do time machines, but I don't see you whining about those. Seriously, though, I don't quite understand what your argument is stemming from, ...

Lama, I knew what you had said beforehand, and I wondered why you felt the need to repeat yourself. Why waste time explaining an idea (repeatedly) that won't work?

Sponson, If you recognize God as a being, but don't believe in it, then you are not an atheist. Atheists do not believe God exists. Lama, There is a legal ...

Since when did the word 'God' become such a hot-button? If you're an atheist, the word God means nothing to you--and what means nothing can not be anything, so hence ...

LamaLama, Certainly cutting off all food supplies would force North Korea's hand. However, as you're well aware, this would cause major problems throughout Asia, and so really isn't a very ...