Re: Week 2 NFL Picks

2006-09-19 Thread Jim Sharkey
JDG wrote: Jim Sharkey wrote: How about them Giants?? I can't believe they turned that around, as they were being soundly whupped for the first 40 minutes of the game. Though I have to wonder if it's a sign of their resiliency or the Eagles' inability to close out games. These things happen

Jimmy Carter

2006-09-19 Thread Alberto Monteiro
I've always had some admiration for Jimmy Carter, because his speech about Human Rights resonated quite well here in Brazil, when we were burying the dictatorship. But I have just read now that he received bolivian president Evo Morales - is Jimmy Carter suffering from Alzheimers, or he doesn't

Re: Jimmy Carter

2006-09-19 Thread Charlie Bell
On 19/09/2006, at 10:24 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: I've always had some admiration for Jimmy Carter, because his speech about Human Rights resonated quite well here in Brazil, when we were burying the dictatorship. But I have just read now that he received bolivian president Evo Morales - is

Re: 9/11 conspiracies (WAS RE: What should we believe when there is no reliable information?)

2006-09-19 Thread Nick Arnett
On 9/18/06, Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...'cause there's no such thing as something that is so well supported it can be considered a fact. Like gravity. Just a theory. I'm fairly certain that gravity is a fact. How it works is a theory. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Soldiers Die, CEOs Prosper

2006-09-19 Thread Ritu
JDG wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think there is an economic formula in existence that justifies making money in a cause for which people are giving their very lives. Is not the logical conclusion of this that we should have an

Re: The Morality of Killing Babies

2006-09-19 Thread Julia Thompson
Charlie Bell wrote: On 08/09/2006, at 7:16 AM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: Probably you haven't asked the right person. I base my ethical decisions on my ability to empathize. If I know a given action would cause me misery, I know that it's an action I shouldn't perpetrate upon another.

Re: The Morality of Killing Babies

2006-09-19 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: From: John W Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] I confess that I do not know as much about atheism as an atheist does, or a least not as much that is correct. But neither do atheists know as much about religion as religious people do, at least not as much that is correct. Some

RE: The Morality of Killing Babies

2006-09-19 Thread Ritu
Julia wrote: D. I Own more translations of the Bible than there are regulars on this list. Query: Can you list the translations you own? I'm just curious. A no answer will be accepted graciously. I was saving up qone uestion for you: How many translations would Fool need to own for

RE: The Morality of Killing Babies

2006-09-19 Thread Ritu
I said: I was saving up qone uestion for you: That was 'one question' btw... :) Ritu GCU Off to Bed ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Whose Ox is Gored?

2006-09-19 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 18 Sep 2006 at 20:00, Dave Land wrote: Folks, Time and time again, the charge is leveled by one Brineller against another that the accused would not be so outraged (at least to the point of posting to Brin-L) over some political or religious shenanigans if the result had favored his or

Smart dolphins

2006-09-19 Thread Nick Arnett
From Jeremy Zawodny's blog, great stories about smart dolphins v. Costco employees -- http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/007451.html Or go to the source for the story about dolphins: http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,989714,00.html Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 9/11 conspiracies (WAS RE: What should we believe when there is no reliable information?)

2006-09-19 Thread Charlie Bell
On 20/09/2006, at 1:01 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: On 9/18/06, Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...'cause there's no such thing as something that is so well supported it can be considered a fact. Like gravity. Just a theory. I'm fairly certain that gravity is a fact. How it works is a

Re: 9/11 conspiracies (WAS RE: What should we believe when there is no reliable information?)

2006-09-19 Thread Nick Arnett
On 9/19/06, Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm fairly certain that gravity is a fact. How it works is a theory. Finally - that's exactly what I was saying about evolution before. Same thing. No disagreement here. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198

Re: Whose Ox is Gored?

2006-09-19 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
Dave Land wrote: Comes now the case of the IRS vs. All Saints Church. Yikes. The IRS is the Absolute Evil everywhere. I side with whoever is against it, be it a pedophile, a taliban or Al Capone. Alberto Monteiro ___

Re: The Morality of Killing Babies

2006-09-19 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:50 AM Tuesday 9/19/2006, Julia Thompson wrote: The Fool wrote: From: John W Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] I confess that I do not know as much about atheism as an atheist does, or a least not as much that is correct. But neither do atheists know as much about religion as religious people

Re: The Morality of Killing Babies

2006-09-19 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:48 AM Tuesday 9/19/2006, Julia Thompson wrote: Charlie Bell wrote: On 08/09/2006, at 7:16 AM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: Probably you haven't asked the right person. I base my ethical decisions on my ability to empathize. If I know a given action would cause me misery, I know that it's

Re: The Morality of Killing Babies

2006-09-19 Thread jdiebremse
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/18/06, jdiebremse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's not the language of triage, Nick. That's the language of an abortion is just as good as any other choice. Ever had to make a real triage decision? A life-and-death one?

Re: Soldiers Die, CEOs Prosper

2006-09-19 Thread jdiebremse
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you suppose that armies should get their food, clothing, and boots - if not by purchasing them, at profit, from producers of food, clothing, and boots? That has nothing to do with economic justification for war. To

Re: Soldiers Die, CEOs Prosper

2006-09-19 Thread Charlie Bell
Ritu wrote: That has nothing to do with economic justification for war. To say the same thing differently, if there is such a thing as a just war, economics isn't how it is justified. On 20/09/2006, at 10:33 AM, jdiebremse wrote: Somewhere the person who justified war via economics is

Re: The Morality of Killing Babies

2006-09-19 Thread Nick Arnett
On 9/19/06, jdiebremse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which is precisely my point.Thanks, Nick. But... oh, never mind. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Soldiers Die, CEOs Prosper

2006-09-19 Thread Ritu
Charlie said: Ritu wrote: That has nothing to do with economic justification for war. To say the same thing differently, if there is such a thing as a just war, economics isn't how it is justified. On 20/09/2006, at 10:33 AM, jdiebremse wrote: Somewhere the person who

Re: Soldiers Die, CEOs Prosper

2006-09-19 Thread Charlie Bell
On 20/09/2006, at 2:31 PM, Ritu wrote: Charlie said: Ritu wrote: That has nothing to do with economic justification for war. To say the same thing differently, if there is such a thing as a just war, economics isn't how it is justified. On 20/09/2006, at 10:33 AM, jdiebremse wrote: