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Posted in: Lucky for us all Cheney was a draft dodger
  toms
02-13-2006, 12:43 PM
#7
While I agree with a good stick it to the man kind of thing, you could say the same thing about soldiers. Friendly fire happens all the time! Only if you are friends with the americans ;) Anyway, please commense with the Cheney bashing... what a kl...  [Read More]
Posted in: Listening in on Al-Qaida
  toms
02-10-2006, 4:21 PM
#6
From what I've heard, there was some Congressional oversight...they just didn't tell many Congressmen about it, because the Congress is more leaky than a cheap diaper. Maybe. As i said i don't know the details... but that doesn't inspire a huge amou...  [Read More]
Posted in: Listening in on Al-Qaida
  toms
02-10-2006, 8:51 AM
#4
Got any more info on what the EU is up to? I gotta say I don't know the details... and can't be bothered researching them.. as most of what i'll find will be opinion pieces anyway. However - much as it probably was the wrong place to bring it up,...  [Read More]
Posted in: A funeral or a political rally?
  toms
02-09-2006, 7:41 AM
#10
Well done for finding an unbiased account. No small task in itself. I'd say the reverend's comments were probably out of line... though since I have no idea who he is I don't know if they are to be expected. Carter's comments don't seem too bad to...  [Read More]
Posted in: A funeral or a political rally?
  toms
02-08-2006, 7:06 AM
#3
Didn't see it. If they were representing her views then that would seem ok. I've never thought a funeral should just be a lovely-rose tinted affair. However if they were simply representing their own seperate views then that is a different matter. (h...  [Read More]
Posted in: Muslim anger at Mohammed Cartoon & Freedom of speech
  toms
02-09-2006, 7:50 AM
#48
Supposedly there had been a number of politically sensitive issues with immigration and asylum seekers in denmark just prior to the publication of the cartoons.. which meant that the atmosphere was already pretty tense. Or thats what I heard. I agr...  [Read More]
Posted in: Muslim anger at Mohammed Cartoon & Freedom of speech
  toms
02-07-2006, 4:38 PM
#40
I read somewhere that some muslim factions allow, or even use representations of mohammed... however some others don't. So its not a universal prohibition.. a bit like the factions in christianity with respect to idols. As for those signs, beld by...  [Read More]
Posted in: Muslim anger at Mohammed Cartoon & Freedom of speech
  toms
02-05-2006, 9:03 AM
#13
Also slander and libel aren't exactly protected by freedom of speech, therefore this isn't exactly covered by that. You can't just spout off any and everything you think and believe it's part of your freedom of speech, you actually have to have suppo...  [Read More]
Posted in: Muslim anger at Mohammed Cartoon & Freedom of speech
  toms
02-04-2006, 9:43 PM
#9
One thought: If making pictures of mohammed is forbidden to prevent idol worship.. and obviously this cartoon was never intended and would never be taken as an idol to worship... then technically it wouldn't be against Islamic law... but the original...  [Read More]
Posted in: Muslim anger at Mohammed Cartoon & Freedom of speech
  toms
02-03-2006, 7:17 PM
#1
I felt this issue was interesting enough to get its own thread. When you think about it its a pretty complex issue.. on the one hand freedom of speech is something we hold very dear.. and especially in a largely secular europe we don't get that work...  [Read More]
Posted in: Kids in the uk are getting dumber. Official.
  toms
02-10-2006, 8:40 AM
#7
And give them all DS handhelds with Brain Training. ;)...  [Read More]
Posted in: Kids in the uk are getting dumber. Official.
  toms
02-01-2006, 10:33 AM
#4
I was kind of kidding about the video games... tv is a possible factor.. as is diet (more junk foods leading to reduced attention spans). Also less playing games/toys involving physical manipulation skills (mechano, lego) could be an issue. Maybe i...  [Read More]
Posted in: HAMAS dominates Palestinian parliament
  toms
02-03-2006, 12:02 PM
#58
The PLO was never a part of Hamas or visa-versa. As I understand it the PLO became Fatah. Infact there is only one reference to Hamas in any of the articles you linked: Several Islamist groups, including the Palestinian militant Hamas party and Egyp...  [Read More]
Posted in: HAMAS dominates Palestinian parliament
  toms
02-03-2006, 7:59 AM
#55
Point taken...but the world has changed quite a bit since then. Not as far as i can see. As i said, the tactics back then were seen as just as shocking by the british... but the americans didn't care about fighting the war properly...they cared about...  [Read More]
Posted in: HAMAS dominates Palestinian parliament
  toms
02-02-2006, 1:16 PM
#46
My point was not that the PLO has killed more, it was that they PLO is less than humane overall in it's methods. I think that if it results in the deaths, especially of civilians, then no method can be called humane. I think a lot of it is down to p...  [Read More]
Posted in: HAMAS dominates Palestinian parliament
  toms
02-02-2006, 8:03 AM
#42
First off: Since the beginning of the Intifada (2000) to April 9th, 2005: * 3,225 Palestinians killed by Israelis (3,135 by military in the territories, 54 by military inside Israel, 34 by settlers in the territories) * 950 Israelis killed by Palesti...  [Read More]
Posted in: HAMAS dominates Palestinian parliament
  toms
02-01-2006, 8:39 AM
#30
I don't know. I've just never heard of any Palestinian having a positive attitude about the U.S. All we ever see of Palestinians are them burning the American flag and chanting "down with America." Maybe just no one ever shows the good appr...  [Read More]
Posted in: Judge Alito
  toms
02-02-2006, 12:41 PM
#39
Though as there are no constitutional rules on how the court is appointed, how many members it must have, or anything else it is entirely allowable (and has happened several times in the past) for presidents or congress to propose changes to the syst...  [Read More]
Posted in: Judge Alito
  toms
02-02-2006, 7:32 AM
#36
Well, someone has to do it... nobody else can. But the chances of that happening ore remote at best. I don't know, if some anti-abortion nut figures out that if he takes out the court now then bush can appoint a whole set then... you know... I wond...  [Read More]
Posted in: Judge Alito
  toms
02-01-2006, 12:45 PM
#33
But good points tho. Though the appointing of people for life does lead to the possibility of imbalance depending on who gets to do the appointing when people die - which i guess is how they ended up with so many appointments by one party.. judges al...  [Read More]
Posted in: Judge Alito
  toms
02-01-2006, 8:33 AM
#28
The Democrats won't need a particularly gripping message at that point... just being a different choice will be enough. Boy i hope not. I might lean more to the democrat side than the republicans, but if they take a strategy of just "not being...  [Read More]
Posted in: Very good things! *keep it clean* (big images)
  toms
02-12-2006, 4:44 PM
#604
Nonsense. If I get caught selling M rated games to a minor, I loose my job, the store get's closed temporarily, and the company has to pay a steep fine for every unit that was sold. Not sure where you are getting your info, but this one is actually p...  [Read More]
Posted in: Very good things! *keep it clean* (big images)
  toms
02-12-2006, 10:42 AM
#600
Whats with that Keira pic in your sig? She looks liek someone's mum? :( @Tie: whats NG Black like? I loved the original NG.. but since it was so hard to complete it I didn't really feel the need to play it again.. even with slight changes. I never e...  [Read More]
Posted in: Very good things! *keep it clean* (big images)
  toms
02-10-2006, 2:05 PM
#593
http://www.toysnjoys.com/gba/advancewars.jpg I've never actually had a handheld before (apart from a short time with a GP32) and now I have a GB Micro and one game.. Advance Wars. But i've been on 4 longish (2hrs) train journeys recently and all...  [Read More]
Posted in: Very good things! *keep it clean* (big images)
  toms
02-07-2006, 7:43 PM
#577
Money, to support my bad habits. :p I think now we know who hosts all those wookie p()rn sites!! :(...  [Read More]
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