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Posted in: Kerry's concession
  toms
11-04-2004, 9:49 AM
#42
it has long been a documented fact that people in europe like to elect people they feel are smarter than them, but people in the US like to elect people they feel are "average joes". Not sure which is the best approach really, but i'd ten...  [Read More]
Posted in: Kerry's concession
  toms
11-04-2004, 7:43 AM
#26
i'm not sure why all the congratulation... what did you expect him to do? rant or call bush an idiot (which he probably is).... I don't think there has EVER been a concession speech that wasn't gracious... whether they really meant it or not. On a...  [Read More]
Posted in: Americans Immigrating to Europe – how to?
  toms
11-04-2004, 10:05 AM
#23
I agree with most of what you are saying, but as an extrernal person looking in i kind of have to rely mostly on what these people tell me... Originally posted by Kurgan So did Kerry's being Catholic help him or hurt him? Did Bush's being a "...  [Read More]
Posted in: Americans Immigrating to Europe – how to?
  toms
11-04-2004, 6:48 AM
#19
Oz is nice, but more rightwing than the Us on a lot of issues like imigration and race.. Spain is great, but not so good for jobs at the moment. ---------------------- Sorry Kurgan, didn't mean to get into an anti-middle-america rant. I was just a...  [Read More]
Posted in: Americans Immigrating to Europe – how to?
  toms
11-03-2004, 7:42 AM
#5
weird, what with the loss of the right to silence, the right to trial by jury, the right to free education, the right to an unbiased trial and the UK's attempts to go down the patriot act route i'm thinking of emigrating myself... i just can't work o...  [Read More]
Posted in: The agnostic's cry for understanding.
  toms
11-03-2004, 8:25 AM
#65
Originally posted by Druid Bremen I never said there was no evidence. I simply said that in my analogy, the evidence was perfectly balanced, in a sense. You cannot say that you are a body at rest, because the different sides are tugging at you with...  [Read More]
Posted in: The agnostic's cry for understanding.
  toms
11-03-2004, 4:14 AM
#57
Originally posted by Druid Bremen toms, your statements of agnosticism, I have difficulty in believing. Your case is like an observer in a case in court, with each opposing team being atheism and theism respectively. You do not know which one is rig...  [Read More]
Posted in: The agnostic's cry for understanding.
  toms
11-02-2004, 5:06 AM
#45
I sort of get what you are saying JediLiberator about agnosticism being fleeting, as most people will tend towards god being real or not. But i'm not sure it really works that way. I would define an aethist as someone who believes there is no god....  [Read More]
Posted in: The agnostic's cry for understanding.
  toms
10-29-2004, 8:24 AM
#21
Originally posted by DarthBuzzard Then you *technically* don't believe in God. Faith is about believing what cannot be proven, then recieving your eternal reward. You see, that is where I have the problem. It is all very well saying "the reas...  [Read More]
Posted in: Hobbits are real!!!
  toms
10-29-2004, 7:14 AM
#3
there is a thread with more detail than i could be bothered to post in the swamp if anyone is interested......  [Read More]
Posted in: Hobbits are real!!!
  toms
10-28-2004, 6:24 AM
#1
well, nearly. Did anyone catch all the news about them finding those fossils of those 3 foot tall humans who died out only 12000 years ago. And they used tools, fire and hunted and made cave art..... Just lends weight to my belief that tolkien's ver...  [Read More]
Posted in: Genetically modified cats for sale
  toms
10-28-2004, 6:43 AM
#29
Gattaca is one scary movie... because unlike a lot of sci-fi you can actually imagine it happening. Those that can afford "perfect" kids becoming a seperate class from those that are imperfect and who then can't get jobs. :( The other pro...  [Read More]
Posted in: Passive euthanasia: English court rules on sick baby care
  toms
10-25-2004, 8:28 AM
#28
i'm not sure that doctors CAN just refuse to treat someone on business grounds. They have after all taken an oath to HELP people. It would certainly be morally wrong. It would almost certainly be against their oath (and get them disbarred) and it mig...  [Read More]
Posted in: Heads up: BBC2 series - The Power of Nightmares
  toms
10-29-2004, 3:42 PM
#8
it is.... although in my defence i was actually recording it on my pc and it recorded without sound for some reason. Last week my pc could rcord fine... now for some reason it doesn't record sound... i guess that is PCs for you... Anyway, if anyone...  [Read More]
Posted in: Heads up: BBC2 series - The Power of Nightmares
  toms
10-21-2004, 7:07 AM
#4
darn it, i set the video and it didn't work!! (must be getting old). Why oh why don't they do tivo in the uk. Wonder if it is on the bbc web site? *wanders off in senile daze*...  [Read More]
Posted in: FDA OK'S implanted medical info chip
  toms
10-19-2004, 9:22 AM
#36
Why don't they just tatoo bar codes on the back of our hands when we are born.. would be a lot less easy to fake......  [Read More]
Posted in: Ethics of Fox Hunting and Pest Control
  toms
10-25-2004, 9:45 AM
#55
So that is everything discussed in every thread in these forums that is the fault of the liberals then? You seem to have solved the problems of humanity in just one day. Anyone have any beer to celebrate? Just because you think its inhumane and has...  [Read More]
Posted in: Guns. Please vote.
  toms
11-01-2004, 6:11 AM
#147
it is interesting to see the gulf of understanding that exists on this issue. Those of us that have grown up in countries without guns just can't really imagine anyone wanting one, or any way that having MORE guns in circulation could make things bet...  [Read More]
Posted in: Guns. Please vote.
  toms
10-28-2004, 6:57 AM
#124
but does anyone seriously foresee a time when the general population of the US is going to rise up and overthrow a corrupt government? Cos i can't see that i can. It made sense to add it to the constitution at the time, and after the war of indepen...  [Read More]
Posted in: Guns. Please vote.
  toms
10-25-2004, 7:52 AM
#105
Originally posted by CapNColostomy Anyways, here's hoping someone comes along real soon and wants to ban something you like and use lawfully. Cheers! skateboarding is not a crime!! :D...  [Read More]
Posted in: Cat Stevens barred from US
  toms
10-28-2004, 6:36 AM
#31
Since this seems to have become the political factions thread... Did anyone in the UK (Al?) see the 2nd Power of Nightmares on tv last night. I missed the first few minutes, but the rest was very interesting. They basically compared the rise of the...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Ban on Assault Weapons - Lifted?
  toms
10-25-2004, 8:49 AM
#74
those with illegal weapons might well not turn them in. But reducing the availablility of NEW illegal weapons has to be a good thing. The ones in circulation will slowly be picked up by the police, discarded, break, become tainted and end up out of...  [Read More]
Posted in: Wind farms to produce power
  toms
10-27-2004, 4:50 AM
#26
ok, i'll forgive you.... since you are a cute little frog... :D Report last night said that plans based on the US government energy forcasts are probably flawed as those forcasts rely on saudi arabia trippling it's oil output to cover the doubling...  [Read More]
Posted in: Wind farms to produce power
  toms
10-26-2004, 5:08 AM
#24
i think i know all that. There was a fairly cool documentary on channel 4 last night called "White House for sale" that showed what all politicians (republican, democrat, president down to local level) have to do in order to get funding. Th...  [Read More]
Posted in: Wind farms to produce power
  toms
10-25-2004, 9:38 AM
#22
i don't want to get off topic, but since when has the government been "for the companies?" THe government is supposed to make decisions on behalf of the people, not big business. Anyway, back on topic.... Many things require a massive init...  [Read More]
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