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ShadowTemplar

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Posted in: Debate strategies and tactics
  ShadowTemplar
05-20-2003, 8:39 AM
#9
Check your analogies. Often, all too often, analogies become a means of shadowboxing, even if it was not intended. The best example of this that I can come up with right now is the "tornado in junkyard" analogy used by Creationists ("h...  [Read More]
Posted in: Search for WMDs ends
  ShadowTemplar
05-20-2003, 9:54 AM
#10
Bah, you'll never see those trials. Just like you never saw anyone at Nurnberg who stood accused of nuking Japan....  [Read More]
Posted in: Search for WMDs ends
  ShadowTemplar
05-20-2003, 9:16 AM
#8
Irrellevant. The war was illegal, and will remain so regardless of what they do or don't find....  [Read More]
Posted in: Political Compass
  ShadowTemplar
05-11-2003, 5:43 PM
#10
Took the test. Got somewhere in the vicinity of C'Jais. Didn't like the test. For one thing there were no opions to put anything instead of what you refused. I think that I would've been somewhat further up if there had been fewer absolutes. Human we...  [Read More]
Posted in: Economic Control of the Region?
  ShadowTemplar
05-20-2003, 9:24 AM
#15
Skin: You and I both know that Democracy is the best form of government if you look at any kind of objective criteria. However it is equally obvious that religion is false, if you apply any kind of objective criteria. But people still cling to religi...  [Read More]
Posted in: Economic Control of the Region?
  ShadowTemplar
05-11-2003, 5:53 PM
#10
I'd rather have "American-style world domination" than, say "Baath-style world domination." Most everyone would, if those were the only choices. I'm not sure that you are right there. I'm simply not convinced that the majority of...  [Read More]
Posted in: Seclusion and restraints in mental hospitals
  ShadowTemplar
05-08-2003, 2:25 PM
#8
I'm with Jack too. Not much to add to what C'Jais said. Naturally these measures are extreme and should never be used as a first-time-safety measure, but where they are unavoidable, they are unavoidable. Good thread. May it be long and healthy....  [Read More]
Posted in: Do you drive a Nazi Fascist car?
  ShadowTemplar
05-08-2003, 1:49 PM
#28
Originally posted by SkinWalker Personally, I'm boycotting Ferrari and Porshe.... and I'm proud to say, I've never owned either :D Why? You cant blame the sins of the father on is offspring But you can blame them for not paying up to the survivo...  [Read More]
Posted in: What makes things real?
  ShadowTemplar
05-20-2003, 10:30 AM
#15
If it can be objectively confirmed, it's real for any and all practical puposes. Who cares if it's actually real. If it can't, then why care? I mean, even if my kitchen knife is an illusion, it still hurts me when I cut myself on it. So why should I...  [Read More]
Posted in: Yet another religious thread (very long)
  ShadowTemplar
05-20-2003, 10:03 AM
#34
Originally posted by BrodieCadden If you are right with your apparent paradox why on Earth does monotheistic religion exist at all? Because people aren't rational. I believe it is because your paradox is only a theory and one that can be very well...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why didn't he kill them?
  ShadowTemplar
05-20-2003, 10:11 AM
#26
Actually I've heard that there is a faction of Christianity that venerates Judas as the saint who helped Christ fulfill his prophecy. Say that the stuff about him committing suicide is a cover-up to daemonize him. Got no reliable sources, though, jus...  [Read More]
Posted in: Should books be banned from schools?
  ShadowTemplar
05-21-2003, 7:12 AM
#81
C'Jack: I'm thinking along the very same lines, but I still think that you are confusing Facism and Totalitarism: Communism is Totalitarian. Facism is totalitarian. Nazism is totalitarian. But Communism isn't Facistic Neither is Nazism. *Note*...  [Read More]
Posted in: Should books be banned from schools?
  ShadowTemplar
05-20-2003, 9:31 AM
#79
C'Jack: You may want to note that Facism is a particular political movement. The catch-all word that you're looking for is 'Totalitarian' (which is, with a little light reasoning, synonymous with 'Religious'). Not that it matters much, I just like to...  [Read More]
Posted in: Sexual Equality
  ShadowTemplar
05-20-2003, 10:22 AM
#59
Originally posted by munik The States use them as nuclear ballistic missile platforms, and can be used for ballistic missile strikes, but I don't know if the sub he said was sent to afganistan has those capabilities. Also, landlocked countries usual...  [Read More]
Posted in: §§§ Is the Software industry playing fair? §§§
  ShadowTemplar
05-21-2003, 7:04 AM
#31
Eeer. Sorry to bother you guys, but this is getting a little off-topic, isn't it? 'Twas just an example. BTW: I wasn't ripped off, as I bought the cheap package (and I loved DC)....  [Read More]
Posted in: §§§ Is the Software industry playing fair? §§§
  ShadowTemplar
05-20-2003, 9:42 AM
#25
Luc Solar: I think that I may have figured why the 'return-everything-that-came-with-the-product-clause' is added: Y'see, they state that even if you return the opened package, you'll still get a full refund. They'll have to cover that refund themse...  [Read More]
Posted in: A fourth demention, and what would it be?
  ShadowTemplar
05-08-2003, 4:20 PM
#13
And what if time is not a fourth dimention, but rather a parameter? I dunno, I don't know the equations or evidence that supports either view, so I guess I can't say....  [Read More]
Posted in: A Christian or a Hypocrite?
  ShadowTemplar
05-20-2003, 8:22 AM
#224
BrodieCadden: I am very sorry that I acted in a manner that was deemed insulting (still, browse this place a little, and you'll find that my post was not remotly inflammatory when compared with some of the other user's comments). While I stand by wha...  [Read More]
Posted in: A Christian or a Hypocrite?
  ShadowTemplar
05-11-2003, 5:57 PM
#218
As far as circular reasoning, I don’t believe that all religions are based on it. If you have no outside confirmation, then you have to resort to sef-referencing, which leads to circular reasoning. And if you have outside confirmation, then it's s...  [Read More]
Posted in: Cloning, and genetic Engineering!
  ShadowTemplar
05-20-2003, 9:52 AM
#23
Kurgan Headhunter In tests with animals, it takes dozens (if not hundreds) of attempts before they get it right (ie: lots of dead animals before you get a live one). You also have problems with premature aging and other deformities and abnormalities...  [Read More]
Posted in: Cloning, and genetic Engineering!
  ShadowTemplar
05-08-2003, 4:32 PM
#20
Phizzle Bantha Why should we have to clone? Sure, some people might need something or they will die, but is it really right for someone to give life to a thing and just use it as a tool? "give life to a thing" (emphasis added by me), capt...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Ratrace
  ShadowTemplar
05-21-2003, 6:58 AM
#7
If what you suggest was to come true, you'd have to sacrifice 9/10ths of the world population. The population that a given piece of land (in temperate climates) can support has been increased tenfold by the structure of our society and, more importa...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mind over Matter
  ShadowTemplar
05-20-2003, 9:11 AM
#4
Originally posted by Homuncul Our brain capacity is normally 35%. Our identified brain capacity. We are in fact using nearly 100% of our capacity, and the rest is reserves, for rerouting signals around any non-fatal damage that might crop up. Anyw...  [Read More]
Posted in: Sars
  ShadowTemplar
05-21-2003, 6:35 AM
#8
Originally posted by SkinWalker I missed that bit until I saw Munik's quote of it..... Bubonic Plague is actually a bacterium named Yersinia pestis. Perry RD, Fetherston JD. Yersinia pestis -- etiologic agent of plague. Clin Microbiol Rev, 1997;10:...  [Read More]
Posted in: Sars
  ShadowTemplar
05-20-2003, 8:54 AM
#4
Originally posted by munik Also, bubonic plague was so rampant because of poor sanitary conditions. You will not die of it today, because you most likely will never become infected as a result of better hygiene standards, and the fact that we now us...  [Read More]
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