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ShadowTemplar

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Posted in: Tolerance means people you don't agree with, too.
  ShadowTemplar
08-30-2005, 3:22 AM
#67
If it wasn't for christianity, there would be no muslims Possibly correct, although undoubtedly for other reasons than you think....  [Read More]
Posted in: Tolerance means people you don't agree with, too.
  ShadowTemplar
08-24-2005, 10:24 AM
#55
A so-called Christian, a Christian cult-leader no less, calling for the murder of a Head of State. Not a 'so-called' Christian, Skin. A Christian. I'll bet you he believes in Jesus as Christ, in the Ressurection and the Holy Trinity. Which - last ti...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tolerance means people you don't agree with, too.
  ShadowTemplar
08-24-2005, 9:41 AM
#53
Whether it's telling me that i'm going to burn in hell if I don't follow their Dogma That's one thing I've never understood: If everyone who doesn't follow (monodominant) Christian dogma goes to hell, then all dead Communists would go to hell. And h...  [Read More]
Posted in: When Should U.S. Troops Be Pulled Out Of Iraq?
  ShadowTemplar
08-30-2005, 3:49 AM
#39
1) I fully agree with you, EU troops should be removed from Iraq. One problem, the EU doesnt have an army. That is indeed a problem... To have them remove forces just because you disagree with the US government is a great way to stablize a country....  [Read More]
Posted in: When Should U.S. Troops Be Pulled Out Of Iraq?
  ShadowTemplar
08-24-2005, 11:37 AM
#17
The US should stay until Iraq has a stable, democratic regime with a credible army and police force. Why? Three reasons: 1: You screwed up. Now you have the moral obligation to stay there and correct the screwup or die trying. 2: It'll keep the US...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tom Tancredo
  ShadowTemplar
08-31-2005, 3:32 AM
#46
This entire discussion seems rather hypothetical. No terrorists are gonna get their grubby hands on any nukes anytime soon, anyway....  [Read More]
Posted in: Magical thinkers opposed to Magical thinkers
  ShadowTemplar
08-30-2005, 3:21 AM
#46
True, that statement probably does imply that Hitler wasn't religious, when he probably was. However, he exploited the beliefs of others, regardless of whether he himself shared those beliefs. And doesn't Bush appear to be using religion to achieve h...  [Read More]
Posted in: Magical thinkers opposed to Magical thinkers
  ShadowTemplar
08-24-2005, 11:51 AM
#38
How do you justify the implied notion that Hitler, Dubya and bin Laden (intending no further comparison) were/are not religious? You say that they 'exploit' religion; I say they actually believe the crap they say... Which would incidentially make the...  [Read More]
Posted in: Could the President's econ policy actually be working?
  ShadowTemplar
08-30-2005, 3:07 AM
#15
This is a simple principle of economics/mathematics - percentages. If I pay $100 in taxes, then when the government gives a 5% tax break across the board, I'm gonna get a bigger break ($5) than someone who pays $10 in taxes (whose break would be $.50...  [Read More]
Posted in: "Tell people the truth, Mr. President"
  ShadowTemplar
05-21-2005, 7:08 AM
#2
Some of it makes sense. Some of it doesn't. His analysis of the sanctions against Iraq is lacks the neccesary nueance, as does his analysis of the Afghanistan Campaign. Ousting the Taliban was a significant strike against the Al-Qaida military and ec...  [Read More]
Posted in: Do video games corrupt our youth?
  ShadowTemplar
05-21-2005, 7:15 AM
#38
Originally posted by lukeiamyourdad But banning them would remove the addiction factor too. It's like hitting two birds with one stone for them. "There is no such thing as 'overkill', only 'undertargetting'." \end But the risk of obesi...  [Read More]
Posted in: Do video games corrupt our youth?
  ShadowTemplar
05-10-2005, 10:10 AM
#34
The biggest (and - I would personally claim - only) risks associated with computer gaming are addiction and obesity. When it comes to TV and video games, addiction has been a largely overlooked issue for many years. The violence thing is, IMO blown...  [Read More]
Posted in: GPS tracking for sex offenders okayed in FL.
  ShadowTemplar
05-21-2005, 7:45 AM
#37
Originally posted by jon_hill987 They could have explosives in them and be programed to take your leg off if you try to leave the prison. I call that barbaric overkill. And quite apart from that, you assume that such devices would be ifallible. Th...  [Read More]
Posted in: GPS tracking for sex offenders okayed in FL.
  ShadowTemplar
05-10-2005, 9:44 AM
#30
Originally posted by InsaneSith This is taking a small measure in ensuring safety. We're allowing them free, but with one small compromise. (My emphasis.)[/B] That is a sentiment that I consider extremely dangerous. In my opinion, GPS tracking shoul...  [Read More]
Posted in: GPS tracking for sex offenders okayed in FL.
  ShadowTemplar
05-03-2005, 10:53 AM
#10
If the alternative is life in prison, I'm all for it. However, I am of the opinion that it cannot be stressed enough that this really is the equivalent of imprisonment. Cheaper? Yes. Less likely to get you butt-raped? Certainly. But it is still equi...  [Read More]
Posted in: CostOfWar.com - putting things in perspective
  ShadowTemplar
05-03-2005, 11:18 AM
#43
Originally posted by Dagobahn Eagle All waste of money in my eyes. [...] (sure, we'll learn stuff and blah, blah, blah, but that won't benefit us. I disagree. Take CERN as an example. While critics might argue that CERN has an unjustifyably vast...  [Read More]
Posted in: CostOfWar.com - putting things in perspective
  ShadowTemplar
05-02-2005, 12:12 PM
#39
Originally posted by Tyrion or buy one from the black market (supposedly there's a few due to the collaspe of the Soviet Union.) He'd still need an accelerator to produce tritium for the arming. Assuming, of course, that he wasn't going to make fi...  [Read More]
Posted in: Free Trade : are old theories obselete?
  ShadowTemplar
04-26-2005, 4:10 PM
#5
I think that Toms is on to something very fundamental: The people of the 1st world have to accept a significant reduction in material wealth. And that really is that. The problem is, of course, that nobody wants to break this news (except for communi...  [Read More]
Posted in: Free Trade : are old theories obselete?
  ShadowTemplar
04-26-2005, 8:47 AM
#2
Welcome to the Forums... And to the Chambers. Yours is an interesting topic. I'll probably get back to it once I've read the articles you posted. - ST...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas may ban gay foster parents
  ShadowTemplar
05-02-2005, 11:59 AM
#101
Skin, there's a thread on fair trade floating around somewhere around the top of the forum that's sorrily lacking responses. I suggest you move Spider's and your own posts on the issue of population max (suitably edited so that the other thread won't...  [Read More]
Posted in: The New Pope
  ShadowTemplar
05-02-2005, 11:07 AM
#29
Originally posted by Spider AL Sounds suspiciously like another old ultra-feminist fallacy that "a woman has the right to walk naked into a biker bar and not be molested". Now I'm going to hit you over the head with the UN charter. The UN...  [Read More]
Posted in: Should organ donation and blood donation be compulsory?
  ShadowTemplar
05-03-2005, 10:45 AM
#36
Originally posted by LightNinja Cloned blood? wtf are you talking about?? :eyeraise:. I belive thats not possible AFAIK, it actually is. Well, you're not actually cloning the blood itself, but you can extract bone marrow containing blood-generating...  [Read More]
Posted in: Should organ donation and blood donation be compulsory?
  ShadowTemplar
05-02-2005, 12:32 PM
#34
Originally posted by Kurgan That is a good point, and the technique is rather new, so of course it's going to be expensive at first. However it may be a worthwhile investment, if it's going to save lives. [...] I just hope as an option it is pursu...  [Read More]
Posted in: Should organ donation and blood donation be compulsory?
  ShadowTemplar
04-26-2005, 3:52 PM
#28
Originally posted by Spider AL I can merely use contraception. So can you, so can everyone, male or female. Unless they are Catholic... (Sorry, me bad but it was just so tempting.) However, it's worth noting that I've always been in favour of orga...  [Read More]
Posted in: Beat Bullying
  ShadowTemplar
04-26-2005, 4:02 PM
#50
Originally posted by jadendecar I don't believe that expulsion should be a consideration unless what the bully did was damaging physically to the victim or had a very bad impact mentally on the victim. I do not believe in expulsion at all. Since th...  [Read More]
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