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Posted in: Presidential Debate #1
  toms
10-01-2004, 8:23 AM
#4
The general opinion seems to be that it was pretty close, but kerry might have just come out on top. I think alot of that has to do with the fact people didn't have high expectations of kerry to start with though. I guess the challenger also has more...  [Read More]
Posted in: Bush got OWNED!!! (Presidential Debate)
  toms
10-01-2004, 7:36 AM
#20
I'm not in the US, so i didn't watch, but i did see a story a few days back about how these things can have a big effect on the results. And also how people's perception on TV and Radio can be totally different. (Apparently TV viewers thought Kennedy...  [Read More]
Posted in: Guns. Please vote.
  toms
09-24-2004, 9:13 AM
#27
Awww.... he's only a little frog, don't pick on him...:D I wouldn't want anuke anyway (i'd just kill myself along with everyone else)... i'd be happy with a fully armed tank... "A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a fr...  [Read More]
Posted in: Guns. Please vote.
  toms
09-23-2004, 8:53 AM
#20
and it was only allowed as part of the milita, so anyone who registers to be allowed a gun should be forced to go on training and do other useful stuff one weekend a month... :D I could live with that......  [Read More]
Posted in: Cat Stevens barred from US
  toms
09-27-2004, 5:45 AM
#16
But the US is facing an uphill battle in its war against deadly terrorists, especially in terms of international cooperation. UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw - hardly anyone's idea of a privacy and civil liberties freak - complained to US Secretary o...  [Read More]
Posted in: Cat Stevens barred from US
  toms
09-24-2004, 8:52 AM
#10
I must admit to not knowing all the background on his activities, but almost every news report sated that he has, on numerous occasions, denounced terrorism. So you would think he was jsut the sort of "non-radical" muslim that the US would...  [Read More]
Posted in: Cat Stevens barred from US
  toms
09-22-2004, 3:47 AM
#1
Peace activist and singer/songwriter Cat Stevens is being deported from the US after being denied entry because his name appeared on a security "watch list".A transatlantic flight he was travelling on to Washington DC was diverted under FBI...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tolerance
  toms
09-23-2004, 9:34 AM
#18
i try and treat everyone equally (although you are naturally going to get the odd bit of bias). However: (a) I know more about christianity (so i can see more holes in it) (b) i am in contact with more christians (so i'm likely to be debating them...  [Read More]
Posted in: Pc
  toms
09-28-2004, 6:19 AM
#39
i'm completely failing to follow your logic. It doesn't follow that just because the word punk became stripped of all it's meaning and came to be less offensive that other words would. For one thing it's original meaning of some kind of rent-boy wa...  [Read More]
Posted in: Pc
  toms
09-27-2004, 8:19 AM
#36
Originally posted by lukeiamyourdad Instead of teaching political correctness, we should teach simple respect. but you still would end up with an area that is hard to define, some people not liking the "inconvienience" of having to chang...  [Read More]
Posted in: Pc
  toms
09-24-2004, 9:21 AM
#29
Originally posted by Spider AL "OMG you can't call that CHALKboard a BLACKboard, because that's racist!" But whether you call it a chalkboard or a blackboard neither has any negatve connotations associated. Calling things that suck "...  [Read More]
Posted in: Pc
  toms
09-23-2004, 9:15 AM
#24
Originally posted by Crazy_dog no.3 It's inconvenient. :confused: When I was in secondary school (known as High School in America), a good majority of us threw the word "gay" around alot. Most of it was not used in a homophobic way, ra...  [Read More]
Posted in: Pc
  toms
09-21-2004, 5:44 AM
#6
Young Liberals/Old Conservatives It seems fairly natural that young people are more open to new ideas, more sceptical of authority and less set in their ways and less jaded. As they grow up their views and ideals can get soured by bad experiences....  [Read More]
Posted in: The Ban on Assault Weapons - Lifted?
  toms
09-24-2004, 9:07 AM
#55
if you shoot someone in the back as they are driving away, that would be manslaughter at the least. It wouldn't be in self defence, it would be in revenge... and personally i'd rather let someone have my car than cripple or kill them... maybe i just...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Ban on Assault Weapons - Lifted?
  toms
09-23-2004, 8:50 AM
#43
but then there are lots of countries when guns are restricted. So the "ordinary citizen" can't get hold of a gun to defend himself, but (of course) criminals can usually manage to get hold of guns illegally. Oddly, none of these countries...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Ban on Assault Weapons - Lifted?
  toms
09-21-2004, 7:06 AM
#36
Originally posted by CapNColostomy I'm sorry, your location says "uk", so this effects you how? Oh, in no way shape or form? So you're arguing just to be doing so? I see. I see what you mean. And in a debating forum as well. I am SOOO as...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Ban on Assault Weapons - Lifted?
  toms
09-20-2004, 6:05 AM
#30
Just because a ban on some weapons doesn't make all weapons disappear and stop all gun deaths doesn't mean there is no point to it. Anything that reduces the number of guns getting into supply (even if it is only by a fraction) and reduces the killin...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Ban on Assault Weapons - Lifted?
  toms
09-17-2004, 9:02 AM
#25
i was going to post that chris rock comment!!! *sulk* (about the only clever thing he ever said). I sometime despair about the US deomcratic system... it was such a lot of work to get that bill passed (limited as it was) and now they just let it la...  [Read More]
Posted in: Wind farms to produce power
  toms
09-17-2004, 8:48 AM
#7
Originally posted by SkinWalker Another problem with windmill noise is that windmill farms or a significant number of windmills may affect bird migration, though this isn't completely clear. There have been birds found dead from collision at bases o...  [Read More]
Posted in: Wind farms to produce power
  toms
09-16-2004, 5:49 AM
#5
well the quote says wind power at 1c/kw.... but i haven't looked into the details of what that includes. I'd bet it is still more expensive than traditional forms... but it is getting cheaper and cheaper... and the other ones are only as cheap as the...  [Read More]
Posted in: Wind farms to produce power
  toms
09-15-2004, 4:44 AM
#1
"Colorado State University's Rocky Mountain Collegian reports that, "as of June [the price of wind power] dropped to 1 cent per kwh." Even without further expected improvements in turbine technology, the U.S. would now need to use less...  [Read More]
Posted in: The real Threat to American safety?
  toms
09-20-2004, 4:41 AM
#12
Indeed. The problems with government are rarely to do with size, but to do with transparency, accountability and connection with the people. How you solve those is beyond me though......  [Read More]
Posted in: Cheneys says "Heil Bush, Nicht Kerry"
  toms
09-21-2004, 4:53 AM
#26
Originally posted by txa1265 Has he? Who - France, who has always hated us? Really, i hadn't noticed that. Why? Originally posted by txa1265 Germany, with whom we've always had a dodgy relationship? And those are our *ALLIES*?!?!? I thought the...  [Read More]
Posted in: The truth about Flight 77
  toms
09-17-2004, 8:51 AM
#47
i know these conspiracies are always fun (and personally i'd believe almost anythng negative about the bush administration) but the likelyhood of them ORGANISING this sort of stuff in miniscule. (and we know for 100% sure that the plane hit). Wheth...  [Read More]
Posted in: Fahrenheit 9/11: is it based on FACT?
  toms
09-23-2004, 8:35 AM
#25
those "deciets" have been mentioned several times before... there is a post on his website where he answers a lot of them. Most of them aren't really a problem, but there is the odd bit where he is a bit flippant with the truth. mostly....  [Read More]
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