Re: Polygamy

2008-02-04 Thread William T Goodall
On 4 Feb 2008, at 05:10, Julia Thompson wrote: On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, William T Goodall wrote: On 4 Feb 2008, at 03:24, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: Keith Henson wrote: Considering that polygamy is the norm for the vast majority of the cultures in the world, it's an

Re: Polygamy

2008-02-04 Thread Julia Thompson
On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, William T Goodall wrote: On 4 Feb 2008, at 05:10, Julia Thompson wrote: On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, William T Goodall wrote: On 4 Feb 2008, at 03:24, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: Keith Henson wrote: Considering that polygamy is the norm for the vast majority

Re: Polygamy

2008-02-04 Thread William T Goodall
On 4 Feb 2008, at 14:40, Julia Thompson wrote: On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, William T Goodall wrote: On 4 Feb 2008, at 05:10, Julia Thompson wrote: On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, William T Goodall wrote: On 4 Feb 2008, at 03:24, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: Keith Henson wrote:

Re: Polygamy

2008-02-04 Thread Julia Thompson
On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, William T Goodall wrote: On 4 Feb 2008, at 14:40, Julia Thompson wrote: On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, William T Goodall wrote: On 4 Feb 2008, at 05:10, Julia Thompson wrote: On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, William T Goodall wrote: On 4 Feb 2008, at 03:24, Alberto Vieira Ferreira

Re: Polygamy

2008-02-04 Thread William T Goodall
On 4 Feb 2008, at 15:50, Julia Thompson wrote: Oh, OK. All I was operating on was anecdotal evidence, which was *very* heavily biased towards lesbians. Thank you for the information! Anecdotal evidence is unreliable. Thirty men and women started a computer science degree with me and by

Re: Conservative Declaration and Liberal Constitution?

2008-02-04 Thread Nick Arnett
On Feb 3, 2008 4:54 PM, Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks, I'm going to attend an Aspen Institute seminar in a couple of weeks, so I've been reading the source materials, and an intriguing thought occurred to me. I'd like to see this group's reaction to it. In American Creation:

In case I go silent . . .

2008-02-04 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
When I woke up the computer this morning, the monitor made a number of popping sounds somewhat similar in sharpness and volume to the sound a cap pistol makes. (I had hit a key in passing and gone into another room before the noise started, and at first I thought that it was coming from

Number of gays [was: Polygamy]

2008-02-04 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
William T Goodall wrote: So by my personal experience of college and the workplace up to that point I'd have to say between 10% and 17% (at least) of men were gay. Let's be non-scientific! I remember, at school, that every class had one or two gay men, and no lesbians. In classes of 40 to 60

Polygamy

2008-02-04 Thread jon louis mann
theocracy violates the separation of church and state. jlm William T Goodall wrote So does making laws that support a Judeo-Christian notion of marriage whilst outlawing the practices of other religions. there are limits to religious freedom, otherwise any one can claim to be the next joseph

Re: In case I go silent . . .

2008-02-04 Thread David Hobby
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: When I woke up the computer this morning, the monitor made a number of popping sounds somewhat similar in sharpness and volume to the sound a cap pistol makes. ... up some limbs for disposal.) When I watched the screen I noticed that every time the sound

Re: Polygamy

2008-02-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 8:54 AM Subject: Re: Polygamy On 4 Feb 2008, at 14:40, Julia Thompson wrote: On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, William T Goodall wrote:

Re: New Anonymous Vid

2008-02-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 8:11 AM Subject: Re: New Anonymous Vid Thanks, Rob, I passed along the link to a mailing list on which it's perfectly acceptable

Re: CoS in the news

2008-02-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
What Anonymous hath wrought: Protests next Sunday in at least 170 cities worldwide with over 300,000 people participating. And a severe shortage of Guy Fawkes masks. xponent Minimums Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: New Anonymous Vid

2008-02-04 Thread Doug Pensinger
Rob wrote: But it sure is fun to watch, and who knows, they might just get some reform out of the COS. G You know, I'm sympathetic towards the outrage directed towards the CoS, but it makes me want to scream Where's the [EMAIL PROTECTED]@#$ outrage about what's going on in the White

Re: Polygamy

2008-02-04 Thread Doug Pensinger
William wrote: But the numbers I believe are the ones from serious scientific surveys Maru. But the Wiki article isn't very conclusive is it? It's prefaced with this: Measuring the prevalence of various sexual orientationshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_orientationis difficult because