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Posted in: [RANT] Galloway: Blair's death would be justified
  edlib
06-02-2006, 9:09 AM
#24
Yeah, that's a good one. It just doesn't apply to all the folks we are holding at Gitmo and other facilities around the world, or the leaders of regimes we've decided to target... does it? :dozey:...  [Read More]
Posted in: [RANT] Galloway: Blair's death would be justified
  edlib
05-29-2006, 10:41 AM
#9
... refusing to believe that there are two sides to a debate, two sides to a war.... There can always be more than 2 sides. Not every issue breaks down into a nice, neat dichotomy. Personally, I believe there are currently about 6.6 billion (give or...  [Read More]
Posted in: Patriotism- Does the U.S. still have It?
  edlib
04-16-2006, 9:01 PM
#15
Is Patriotism (at least in the classical sense) even possible to sustain in a global free-market society? When you can buy a Toyota made in Kentucky, and everything else you buy is made somewhere else overseas, what does any of it really mean at tha...  [Read More]
Posted in: Kinky!
  edlib
04-08-2006, 9:47 PM
#7
Kinky is awesome. I'd vote for him in a heartbeat. I hope he wins....  [Read More]
Posted in: Dell buys Alienware
  edlib
03-25-2006, 11:15 PM
#5
Saw that the other day. Very curious to see how it all turns out....  [Read More]
Posted in: I guess that whole "liberating Afghanistan" thing didn't turn out too well.
  edlib
04-12-2006, 8:59 AM
#30
Ah... but what is "security"? (At least on the national scale...) It could be argued that "Those who live by the sword..." tend to suffer it's fate in the end. Develop an aggressive, militaristic stance towards the world, and you...  [Read More]
Posted in: I guess that whole "liberating Afghanistan" thing didn't turn out too well.
  edlib
04-11-2006, 8:20 AM
#27
I think the problem is that the administration is trying to fight the War on Terror with sensitivity toward Muslims, rather than doing it the right way (and John Kerry, during the presidential campaign, said that he wanted to fight a "more sensi...  [Read More]
Posted in: Abortion (newer thread)
  edlib
03-12-2006, 12:25 AM
#173
@Joe: I understand how you feel. It's an ugly, divisive issue. One that sometimes seems worse for me, since I can see very valid points on both sides, and I often find myself straddling the fence. (That's the curse and price to be paid for even a...  [Read More]
Posted in: Abortion (newer thread)
  edlib
03-11-2006, 6:28 PM
#164
@ Kurgan: Thanks for the correction/ clarification. That aspect of U.S. history and law is something I really should know better. It was never my strongest subject in school, and I should try to fix that. Does anyone else see the "Considering...  [Read More]
Posted in: Abortion (newer thread)
  edlib
03-11-2006, 1:16 PM
#157
Again, as I pointed out earlier, using the "oh there's a right to life in the Constitution" argument shows a clear misunderstanding on that particular phrase from the Constitution. The "life, liberty, and persuit of happiness" was...  [Read More]
Posted in: Abortion (newer thread)
  edlib
03-11-2006, 9:56 AM
#148
If it's the case that the U.S. government won't ever be accountable to the citizens, then all these battles are already lost, and the debate is already over. Personally, I'm not that pessimistic about the situation yet... Honestly, it hasn't gotten...  [Read More]
Posted in: Abortion (newer thread)
  edlib
03-11-2006, 2:04 AM
#146
Well, I decided to take a day off from this thread, for the most part. Too much heavy thinking... and way too much heavy typing for my admittedly limited skills. Getting back to the 'splitting-off-from-this-thread' discussion: If you really think it'...  [Read More]
Posted in: Abortion (newer thread)
  edlib
03-09-2006, 4:06 PM
#85
I chose all my examples (guns, smoking, alcohol) as things that can cause harm and/or kill to the self or others, even when used correctly, yet are still legal in this country at the moment. I'm not sure that "self-control" can be applied...  [Read More]
Posted in: Abortion (newer thread)
  edlib
03-08-2006, 12:55 PM
#72
I don't understand this attitude of, "it's gonna happen anyway, so we should do what we can to facilitate it." It is always going to happen to some degree, just as it always has... but we can try to radically reduce the numbers, probably to...  [Read More]
Posted in: Abortion (newer thread)
  edlib
03-08-2006, 8:49 AM
#69
I don't think our time in a debate such as this is wasted at all, rather I think we have the ability to practice articulating our ideas and perhaps, even if in a small way, grow in our thinking. Well, I agree with you there. I've always been aware of...  [Read More]
Posted in: Abortion (newer thread)
  edlib
03-07-2006, 11:31 PM
#63
Well... ultimately, where is all this debating getting us? I don't think we can be accused of changing any policies with all these posts going back and forth. It doesn't ever really seem like any of us are changing our minds about anything we discuss...  [Read More]
Posted in: Abortion (newer thread)
  edlib
03-07-2006, 12:57 PM
#60
Yes, really... you should have to explain yourself if you want to be taken seriously. Ha ha... dude, are you serious? Do you really think I care that much about what a stranger that I've never met in person on an internet bulletin board thinks abou...  [Read More]
Posted in: Abortion (newer thread)
  edlib
03-07-2006, 8:11 AM
#54
It really is amazing how many people think they can make absolute judgments and still pretend to be morally relative. I showed that edlib was either not morally relative or that his opinions didn't matter because they had no value in relation to othe...  [Read More]
Posted in: Abortion (newer thread)
  edlib
03-06-2006, 12:53 AM
#32
Well,.. I just spent the better part of an hour typing out a post, only to have the browser crash just as I hit the "Post" button. I thought I copied all the text just in case, but it seems to have disappeared as well. Guess I should have...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Separation of Church and State
  edlib
06-06-2006, 10:36 AM
#96
There's also the practical problem of just exactly WHO'S version of religion is to get incorporated into our government if we choose to go that route (or perhaps, depending on your point of view, have that path forced upon us...) There are literall...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Separation of Church and State
  edlib
03-06-2006, 8:43 PM
#61
Note: Any decently SCIENTIFIC teaching of evolution would point out that evolution, like all scientific theories, is as yet unproven... That's included and implicit within the definition of the word "theory," and to re-emphasize it would be...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Separation of Church and State
  edlib
03-05-2006, 2:22 PM
#50
And my point is that the tales in the Bible and the physical laws we all observe and have to deal with cannot co-exist peacefully. There are too many points where one has to say: "Well, I guess I'll just have to accept it on faith that's what ha...  [Read More]
Posted in: Survey sez: Hillary is out
  edlib
03-14-2006, 10:01 AM
#45
"Strength" insofar as that's the one position in their common ideology that really holds them together and drives them forward. And it gets the electorate's attention,.. for better or worse. Take away the neo-con's national security and fo...  [Read More]
Posted in: Survey sez: Hillary is out
  edlib
03-13-2006, 9:01 PM
#42
They also differ a bit in their attitude towards foreign policy: Neo-Cons tend to have a very aggressive outward-looking foreign policy stance, quite action oriented; while "classic" conservatives seem to tend towards a bit more isolationi...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution - and how we know it's right
  edlib
04-12-2006, 8:05 PM
#99
Indeed, the official position of the Pope is that evolution does not conflict with Christian beliefs. Maybe because the Catholics say evolution is okay is why other Christian leaders like Pat Robertson want to say it's wrong? :p Evangelicals take a v...  [Read More]
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