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Post by Tails82 on Oct 22, 2011 1:29:00 GMT -5
More stuff on globalization. Neither good nor bad in itself, needs some guidance but not complete control by international community.
Also some things on Libya's human rights violations under Gaddhafi.
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Post by Chromeo on Oct 22, 2011 5:33:18 GMT -5
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Post by Tails82 on Oct 22, 2011 8:11:34 GMT -5
lol, no.
Well, maybe the US.
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Post by Tails82 on Oct 23, 2011 1:42:09 GMT -5
Church social teaching on the economy and human rights.
Status of the contraceptive/sterilization mandate tacked onto Obamacare. More Evangelical groups come back to the Catholic church. The issues faced by children of sperm donors. Something interesting about Steve Jobs: he wouldn't allow porn on the iPhone.
TIME is wondering if China has an economic bubble.
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Post by Tails82 on Oct 24, 2011 0:19:51 GMT -5
A bunch of stuff on soil. Yes, boring old soil.
Article on low recidivism rates for prisoners over 40, making some wonder if life sentences should be shortened to save money.
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Post by Tails82 on Oct 24, 2011 23:02:17 GMT -5
A few pages on people with disabilities and how to treat them (nicely...shocker, I know).
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Post by Tails82 on Oct 26, 2011 1:39:07 GMT -5
Army values. Consideration of others. Planning procedures.
Primary sources on Diocletian, one of them being his maximum price edict. Dunno if I brought this up before, but it stemmed from a bad understanding of the economy. The empire's currency had been devalued by earlier emperors, and what resulted was very high inflation. The army wouldn't accept payment in silver anymore because it had lost its value. Diocletian believes the high prices are due to greedy merchants trying to rob his men of their salaries, so he passes an empire-wide price ceiling on dozens of goods. The penalty for violating the ceiling was death. Naturally merchants can't sell things at the lower prices demanded or they'd go out of business, so they withdraw from the market or get into behind the scenes black market stuff. The edict was quietly abandoned after a few years, a failure.
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Post by Laharls_Wrath on Oct 26, 2011 2:31:59 GMT -5
more Lovecraft
read The Rats in the Walls and The Cal of Cthulu while doing laundry
both excellent stories
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Post by Tails82 on Oct 27, 2011 1:29:20 GMT -5
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Post by Chromeo on Oct 27, 2011 4:44:17 GMT -5
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Post by Chromeo on Oct 27, 2011 4:56:34 GMT -5
“Outspoken criticism of Christian beliefs should be expected,
but the stealthy attempts to make believers look absurd is much more
damaging,” he said. “Once faith has been made to look ridiculous,
the attempts of believers to rebut the criticism will be met with deaf
ears. And then the line between ridicule and persecution becomes
even thinner.”
Exactly what I've always said. You don't change people's minds by logic, you change it by embarassment.
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Post by Chromeo on Oct 27, 2011 8:31:39 GMT -5
As part of a BBC Radio Ulster debate, Mrs Robinson used the
biblical word ‘abomination’ to describe homosexual practice. She
also recommended that homosexuals seek counselling if they are
struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction.
When the incident hit the headlines in June, Mrs Robinson
pointed out that her criticism was directed at the practice of
homosexuality, rather than homosexuals themselves. “I was very
careful in saying that I have nothing against any homosexual,” she
said. “I love them – that is what the Lord tells me, to love the sinner
and not the sin.”
Oh no, these people's inspirational and reasoned speech is being curtailed!
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Post by Tails82 on Oct 27, 2011 9:57:59 GMT -5
They were being entirely reasonable?
Way to reject logic btw
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Post by Chromeo on Oct 27, 2011 11:43:20 GMT -5
Pheonix Wright judge: ...I'm sorry, but I don't see how.
Anyway, there were some bad examples on that list but equally plenty of them were justified.
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Post by Tails82 on Oct 29, 2011 2:25:16 GMT -5
I read...career tests. One that lists "military drill" and "campaigning for office" under the leisure activities section.
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