GarfieldJL

01-20-2009, 3:50 PM
#31

That's exactly what I'm saying - people don't understand, and because of that individuals with autism will be disadvantaged. Which discrimination against people with disabilities is illegal under ADA. I'm going to have to ask for a source for that... [Read More]

Posted in: Ethickz - Autism screening

GarfieldJL

01-20-2009, 3:32 PM
#29

Garfield, you can't deny that people with autism are disadvantaged, if only because of the popular (and yes, errant) view of the disorder. Children born and diagnosed with autism will, without exception, be disadvantaged because of the diagnosis. Th... [Read More]

Posted in: Ethickz - Autism screening

GarfieldJL

01-20-2009, 1:39 PM
#23

If some people don't want to risk ending up with a disadvantaged child, then surely they should be alowed to abort the same way people who don't want a child at all are alowed an abort within a certain timeframe. Abortion in itself isn't the topic as... [Read More]

Posted in: Ethickz - Autism screening

GarfieldJL

01-20-2009, 12:12 PM
#21

I don't really see what is wrong about aborting fetuses with authism, as long as they folow the standard procedeures (i.e the ones used to abort "normal" children). Of course, people should have the right to not screen themselves. Many peop... [Read More]

Posted in: Ethickz - Autism screening

GarfieldJL

01-20-2009, 11:42 AM
#19

While i'm not entirely sure what to make of the situation, and am currently siding with the 'against' camp, I think that 'Holocaust' is too strong a word - It might not be, but it seems a little premature to be labeling it as such. I'm partially quo... [Read More]

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GarfieldJL

01-20-2009, 11:17 AM
#15

I'm going to say flat out that a lot of Autistic People consider this to be an attempt to commit another kind of holocaust, quite frankly I agree with them. http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt87421.html I ordinarily will not post a link to another for... [Read More]

Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD

GarfieldJL

01-20-2009, 7:25 PM
#227

because they're not the angels you make them out to be and as i've said before, they're just as genocidal as hamas. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=360533&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y... [Read More]

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GarfieldJL

01-20-2009, 3:53 PM
#224

an expert dodge, sir. blame reporters even though i posted a video of the israeli prime minister's spokesman admitting no rockets were fired into israel by hamas during the ceasefire. and haaretz is israeli. And what intell were the Israelis acting... [Read More]

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GarfieldJL

01-20-2009, 10:12 AM
#222

uhh garfield the guy who said that hamas didn't fire any rockets into israel was this guy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Regev), not some reporter. and the idf is no more credible or moral than hamas. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/29/... [Read More]

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GarfieldJL

01-19-2009, 11:19 PM
#214

whelp guess we just have to take israel's word for it then and their word that bombing or shelling said school was the only way to stop these hamas members that may or may not even have existed was to bomb the **** out of a school They have a much... [Read More]

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GarfieldJL

01-19-2009, 10:28 PM
#212

Clearly, if the militants are in the school, it's okay to bomb the hell out of it. That makes the children's lives irrelevant. The situation was either let them continue fire rockets and potentially one of those rockets hitting a family member, and... [Read More]

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GarfieldJL

01-19-2009, 12:01 AM
#203

SOURCE. I posted it earlier in this thread http://www.lucasforums.com/showpost.php?p=2579115&postcount=192... [Read More]

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GarfieldJL

01-18-2009, 11:45 PM
#201

Which only leaves all the other logical fallacies and the fact that you're wrong. Let me know when you get around to "editing to fix" those too. The fact that reuters alone was caught using 919 photographs all of them presumably doctered b... [Read More]

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GarfieldJL

01-18-2009, 11:32 PM
#199

I think we should all take a moment and reflect on these two statements. FoxNews is a legitimate news source (because Jae said so). Legitimate news sources practice dishonest journalism. mkay, thanks. Ah thanks for catching that typo of mine, I mea... [Read More]

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GarfieldJL

01-18-2009, 11:23 PM
#196

whew. For a second there, I was afraid that you were going to come back at me with conservative blogs and FauxNews instead of real news sources. Oh wait. Fox News is a legitimate news source as Jae Onasi has proven in the past. Your "legitim... [Read More]

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GarfieldJL

01-18-2009, 11:05 PM
#192

*has his quotes taken out of context* *is mads gilbert* "The attack on New York did not come as a surprise with the politics the West has followed the last decades. I am upset by the terrorist attack, but I am at least as upset over the sufferi... [Read More]

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GarfieldJL

01-18-2009, 11:00 PM
#189

CNN side of the Blog's charges. (http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/09/gaza.video.accusations/#cnnSTCVideo) It isn't just one blog, and I really couldn't care less what CNN's defense is, it's in fact quite familiar to the song and dance Dan Rath... [Read More]

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GarfieldJL

01-18-2009, 10:42 PM
#186

Source? Wait for it.... littlegreenfootballs (http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/32393_A_Staged_Scene_in_a_Gaza_Hospital) which was one of the same bloggers that caught reuters using bogus pictures in 2006. Maybe Martin can explain how a mis... [Read More]

Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?

GarfieldJL

01-20-2009, 10:44 AM
#131

Totally irrelevant. The fact is, those events happened and McCain knows those people. You are skirting around the issue by trying to make an issue yourself by saying "Oh, those links at the bottom of the page are link!" while completely ig... [Read More]

Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?

GarfieldJL

01-18-2009, 11:51 PM
#128

Source, or did they delete it? :rolleyes: Actually they were forced to admit it. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/10/national/main665727.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathergate Okay, sure, whatever. What about the other ones? And wha... [Read More]

Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?

GarfieldJL

01-18-2009, 11:41 PM
#125

First you're digging up stuff from people that was from a long time ago, second McCain has a record of going after people that are corrupt Obama did not and still doesn't. Third, did you know that John McCain testified against Keating in the civil t... [Read More]

Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?

GarfieldJL

01-18-2009, 11:29 PM
#123

Yeah, not biased at all. They talk about McCain's actual policies, but bomb out Obama for his "pastor", his "spiritual adviser", and other nonsense. Yup. Totally fair. So you're saying Rev. Wright's (whom was Obama's pastor and s... [Read More]

Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?

GarfieldJL

01-18-2009, 11:13 PM
#120

??? So where was your beloved FakeNews then? Was their "level of scrutiny" horribly inept or did the thinking public see through their "Fair and Balanced" reporting? I can't wait to see just how you plan to try to have it both wa... [Read More]

Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?

GarfieldJL

01-18-2009, 10:57 PM
#118

I don't doubt it. :rolleyes: The approximately 900+ doctored photos in the Israeli/Lebanon war in 2006, and that is just reuters. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,208160,00.html... [Read More]

Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?

GarfieldJL

01-18-2009, 10:31 PM
#116

I'm going to point out that if that level of scrutiny that Achilles sources used to try to dig up any piece of dirt they could find against McCain was also turned towards Obama, I sincerely doubt Obama would have been President. The New York Times... [Read More]

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