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Re: Abortion
is an amendment and it states that cruel and unusual punishment is illegal. So isn't it illegal for a girl to make one mistake on an impulse and then have ...
Feb 13, 2009 -
Re: Caning Children
Not to be harsh cobra: but, excluding rather extreme circumstances, if you can't discipline your kid without violence, you have no business being a parent. My earlier post was a ...
Feb 5, 2009 -
Re: Caning Children
When I have children I'll train them rigorously in discipline, but I won't use canes. Mind games are more effective and don't necessitate the "touching up" of family portraits like ...
Feb 5, 2009 -
Re: Abortion
In the U.S.A. huge ammounts of people do illegal drugs. But think about this- if the United States legalized cocaine, crack, marijuana, etc. how many more people would do it? ...
Feb 5, 2009 -
Re: Why do you believe/not believe in God?
If there is one why doesn't he stop all the suffering. You do get the whole free will thing, right? And if he does exist he sounds to me like ...
Feb 3, 2009 -
Re: Why do you believe/not believe in God?
Thus we can conclude God does not exist. As has already been pointed out Hatred, all your thesis argues (and certainly does not proove) is that organised religion, as you ...
Jan 31, 2009 -
Re: Have we really gotten smarter?
Pointless debate really, given the imprecise definitions that are offerred. I wouldn't think that we've superior brain power to our grandparents, as seems to be implied. We are certainly prone ...
Jan 26, 2009 -
Re: Closing Guantanamo Bay?
Hmm it seems to me that one issue that hasn't really been raised yet (or if it has, only as a side note), is what we lose so much from ...
Jan 24, 2009 -
Re: Are Viruses Alive?
Simplyme, Unicellular = One Celled Viruses do not have cells. They are DNA (sometime RNA) strings with a protein coating. You might want to learn your facts before you weigh ...
Jan 24, 2009 -
Re: creation v. evolution
A re-read of tenses in my post should help you in understanding my current status on these matters, but to ease the process I'll draw attention to: I'm actually a ...
Jan 18, 2009 -
Re: 'There is no long-term solution to Middle East tensions.'
Need I remind you of how horrible 9-11 was. Completely uncalled for. No warnings, no hostelry up until the second they hit the towers. The world is not full of ...
Jan 18, 2009 -
Re: creation v. evolution
The idea that everything was randomly thrown together and that somehow all of the natural things around us are by accident, without having someone/ something create them? I love the ...
Jan 17, 2009 -
Re: creation v. evolution
Hahahahaha, in consternation at the seeming invalidity of the christian account of the origin of the human race, indeed of all life, you posit a theory that in itself doesn't ...
Jan 10, 2009 -
Re: 'There is no long-term solution to Middle East tensions.'
While revenge may be a factor of Israel's recent actions it would seem more senseible to classify them as radical deterrents. If the anti-Israeli groups internalise the causation of (rockets ...
Jan 10, 2009 -
Re: Evil Humans
First off= Babies are selfish. They had to be to survive in the wild, and they haven't lost that trait. Babies are not so much selfish as completely lacking in ...
Jan 8, 2009
