Phi for All

You are SO right, Coral. 15-20 is all about games and only thinking you're mature. 25 is much better. But, only if I get to know what I know now. Wouldn't we be forces to be reckoned with our experience in a 25 body? Sweeeeeeeeet!

Moving this thread to the bestiality forum.... Seriously, I begin to see a pattern here that is very common. To keep this related to General Medicine, I'll start out by saying that any drug that alters one's mood is likely to give a false impression of your personality. Coral is absolutely right that women your age are looking for something beyond friendship, even if it isn't a fully committed relationship, but women of any age want honesty. A couple of friends come to mind here. One was hilariously funny and could keep women in stitches and hanging all over him, but only after he'd had about three beers. If the same women saw him sober, he was different, not as funny (at least not right away--give him time and he would warm up to it). When his confidence started to lag, he'd drink more and eventually go over the line. He overcompensated because he thought things were easier for him when he was drunk. Another friend would put women on a pedastle, trying to come off like James Bond to impress the ladies. He was a very nice guy but didn't trust that his normal self would be enough. He was great in the beginning of a relationship, but eventually the facade became too hard to keep up. His real personality would peek through, and while it was a good one, it wasn't what he advertised in the first place. Women would dump him because they sensed he wasn't being honest. After a lot of turmoil, both friends are doing OK. The first one started going to AA and has 12 years of sobriety. The second friend got married a couple of years ago to a great woman who loved his real personality.

The Annakin to Vader story should be good, but as far as I'm concerned, when they replaced the Wookies with Ewoks on the moon of Endor in Episode 6, it was all downhill from there. Kiddie appeal ruins a good thing once again.

Take the back off the dryer. It may only require removing a few screws from the top down to about the middle to access the leads to the buzzer you're looking for. On the back side of the dial (this is assuming there is a dial--if it's digital this may not help) that controls the timer, there are some wire leads that can be pulled off at the connections with a pair of rubber-handled needle-nose pliers. One of those will control the buzzer. Just make sure you don't disconnect the one that controls the timer, or the dryer won't shut off. IIRC, there are only three leads, so experiment before you put the back panel on again. Don't mess with anything else, and don't get shocked.

OK, eveofthewar, you've advertised links in every one of your posts, you haven't bothered posting anywhere else, and now it looks like you're purposely being obtuse to stir up this thread. Feel free to post here, but don't hype WOTW anymore. Thanks, good luck with that, bu-bye.

One thing that hasn't been mentioned: what about five years from now, when the pain and anger and frustration has eased just a tiny bit? When the minds of the people involved go back over every nuance of the case, as they always do? Do you want this little girl's parents to have any doubt at all that the verdict in this case was just? Did the state only execute him because his lawyers didn't try hard enough? If the defense lawyers don't do everything they are capable of doing for their client, it could cause the victim's parents to question their own desire for execution later on. Even with his confession, if he gets the legal defense the law requires, there can be no doubt the verdict was not unjust. Whatever the verdict is, I for one don't wish any more pain on these poor parents. If it's not done right, they might suffer at a later date, when they need to focus on healing. I personally don't believe in capital punishment as a deterrent. It didn't stop this guy, he even confessed to the crime. Capital punishment is revenge for a terrible act, pure and simple. In this case, of course he's a monster in our eyes, but putting him to death is not going to send a message to his type of criminal. As has been stated before, they just don't think in the manner you want to hold them accountable to.

When it comes to addictive attributes, the results are completely subjective. Some people have a higher tolerance and will tend to ingest more to reach a certain level of... alteration. For others, very little is needed and these people will always shy away from higher doses. It's the same for alcohol, nicotine and many other poisonous substances. Make any illegal drug legal and there will be abuse by the high-tolerance types. The current ban on cannibis goes well beyond it's narcotic effects. Why put a ban on all hemp when it's only certain varieties that produce a narcotic effect? Legalizing hemp in the US would disrupt industries ranging from logging and cotton to alcohol and medical drugs. Lobbyists for hemp legalization will have to be stronger than all those other industries combined. As George Carlin says, they always forget where they left the petitions. From what little I know about Prozac, doesn't it curb the extremes of emotions? You don't get too sad, but you also don't get too happy either. This doesn't sound like cannibis to me. While pot may keep people from exhibiting an excess of anger, it tends to help one recognize exteme euphoria. To me there is a big difference between elation and lack of depression.

Must have originated in the clouds? False. It's probable Venus was not always the way it is now. We know life forms can adapt to changing environments. If there is currently life in the clouds of Venus, it did not have to originate there.

It is the absolutist mentality that I am trying so hard to avoid, Pangloss. Imo, it is our obligation as humans to look for the good in others, and to expect to find it. To assume absolutely, even as a soldier, that every person is a bomber and every vehicle is a bomb may seem a safe assumption but it actually desensitizes us as people and them as soldiers. Of course a soldier in a war zone is always watching out for danger. They are trained to do that. But they are also trained to detect the difference between a suspicious enemy and a wandering friendly. In target practice, when the civilian target pops-up, they're not supposed to shoot at it, right? In this case they made a grievous error of judgement. We would praise them if they guessed right, so what is your problem with punishing them if they guess wrong? We can't let that equation be manipulated by justification or we lose the subtle differences that make war somewhat worthy. A soldier in a war has stepped forward to defend his country. A civilian has made no such commitment and it falls to the soldier to err on the side of protecting innocent lives rather than the lives of other committed defenders. I'm sorry the scale has to tip in favor of the civilian in this instance, but if you justify that war and martial law take precedence, you erode the morals and concepts you are fighting to disseminate and protect. Is it then any wonder when other countries don't support you when you want to go to war again?

I just saw that Spike Jonez Adidas commercial tonight at the cinema. If they were all that cool I might not object to paying $9 to see them before my movie. Maybe.

I agree with Coquina on this one. You are a guest in their home. You are not there to stir up controversy. I think the answer, "I'm exploring my belief system" is perfect. If they still question you further about your politics or your religion, tell them the truth about what led you to your current beliefs. If you didn't have anything to base those beliefs on before, asking us for "ammunition" to support your belief system is fairly hypocritical.

Thanks for that, Pangloss, you just saved this thread from removal as blatant hype and unpaid advertising.

They are inadequate for anything besides low-speed phenomena. In much the same way Newtonian physics is inadequate when contemplating phenomena requiring quantum physics. They are contrary to the speed of light postulate, and you can't throw that out without also throwing out Maxwell's wave theory, or the postulate of uniform motion.

I heard Bush ignored a PDB memo warning of a Martian invasion. He'll probably wait until we're attacked, then claim the Venutians are stockpiling WMDs and launch an invasion.

Mother Theresa also sneered at viruses, had a kind word for everyone and was a kung fu master. It's like you could be her twin! * edit * Took the test myself. Got Mother Theresa. I guess we could be triplets!

Undoubtedly, but Clinton would have been held to a higher accountability because he was a Rhodes scholar. Clinton faced impeachment for lying about sex, but they forgive W not reading PDB memos on terrorism and lying about reasons for war because he's not a great reader and misunderstands his intelligence briefings. Ignorance is bliss, they say. If the base has lost numerous lives to break-ins by lone wanderers exhibiting sneaky behavior, they should have taken steps to insure that the guards would not be put in a situation where shooting to kill was the only option.

A guard who lethally shoots a man who hadn't seen any signs on his route, "wandering" openly in Area 51, deserves to be tried for murder IMO. Context is everything here. If the man was darting from bush to tumbleweed in an effort not to be seen, this puts a different light on the subject. If that's true, then stop putting your pinky next to your mouth every time you type "evil".

It's part of the syndrome, imo. Like it's OK for Bush to make rash, juvenile decisions against the better judgements of his advisors because he sometimes talks like a rash juvenile. He rushes in with no idea of how to get out and people just think, "Ah, impetuous George! He shouldn't have done that, but well, that's George!" I hear people every day defending Halliburton for war profiteering, They don't make the connection that when KBR charges $45 for a case of soda, or buys another $80,000 truck because the old one needed simple repairs that there isn't enough money left to put armor-plating on troop vehicles. I'm angry that it's even mentioned that this reporter's affiliation with a Communist newspaper is supposed to make her an acceptable bullseye for target practice, or even that it undermines her credibility as a victim. Being inundated with accounts and actual footage of death and destruction is making us numb to it, allowing us to pass stupid judgements, and if we don't acknowledge that it's affecting our humanity we're fooling ourselves.

"Hello, Kettle? This is the Pot. You're black!"

Wrong guess! Congratulations, you just shot a Kerry supporter! How are you going to justify your mistake? It's always amazing to me that war makes so many things justifiable in our eyes. Just because she may have been a suicide bomber is no reason to forgive her being shot at. It was wrong, an intelligence officer died, there are no excuses. When a US Marine shoots to kill, you better believe it's intentional. I'm sure the US military had reasons for doing the wrong thing, but nothing excuses it, imo. Justifying unnecessary death simply because procedure wasn't followed insures that the next atrocity will be even worse. And it will be that much easier to justify. From the soon-to-be Ministry of Keeping the Horror within Sensible Limits. Heil Aardvark!

It very much applies here. Something as simple as "From the Encyclopedia Mythica:" is usually enough to let others know you are not claiming authorship.

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