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Quote: Originally Posted by SS-18 ICBM Relative to what? What do you mean, relative to what? Any innocent who is convicted of a crime is wrong. __________________ Arwon - "This is ontological wankery of the highest order." RedRalphWiggum - "As we all know, I'm a pretty ignorant guy"

Quote: Originally Posted by Camikaze Yet another example of how undemocratic America is, giving power to amend the Constitution to entities rather than to the people. And yet again showing how the Constitution sucks in upholding outdated systems and giving these (what are now) administrative divisions so much power, allowing them to be self-perpetuating. Constitutional amendments really should be based on direct voting, with a suitable...

Quote: Originally Posted by Huayna Capac357 Why can't we just withdraw already? Some minor stability problem with the Iraqi government. No big deal, really, it certainly isn't worth holding a fraction of the original American force there. __________________ You must endure much grief in silence, standing and facing men in their violence. - Athene, Odyssey 13.310 Holy Roman Empire [of the German Nation] in TNES2, Austro-Hungarian...

If this civil partnership is equal in practice to marriage, there is no reason to object to this system. If the civil partnership was a sort of "marriage-light", then I'd definitely want to include heterosexual couples too. __________________ "Faith is the mindkiller. I will let it pass over me and through me and when it's gone, only I will remain." "Tolerance becomes a crime when applied...

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Anything over 10 posts per day probably would seem a bit of an indicator. But to go into bat for myself (13.64), how long does it take people to post? Like 5 minutes max per post? So 10 posts is really only going to take 50 minutes, and that's if you are posting pretty thoroughly. I know I can get through 10 posts in Ideas & Suggestions in half an hour pretty comfortably. And then if you split that up across the day, it's...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cutlass Palin's support may be deep, but it's pretty damned narrow. Deep, single-file lines for the celebrity book tour, but not many of those in the line-up are physically narrow, unless you are talking about their minds.

Quote: Originally Posted by VRWCAgent Hey, there are long stretches of very slow periods here at work (and I am self-employed so no remarks about mooching the employer's pay) with nothing to do. CFC OT is my sanity valve. That said, I do wish post counts were hidden. It's downright embarrassing. Oh, come on. You've been here 4 years longer than I have and have barely 50% more posts.

Quote: Originally Posted by Camikaze You keep mentioning states as if they are living beings that should each have an equal say. That is ridiculous. Not at all. All states are equal in the union, or the union doesnt work. Quote: They are arbitrary organisations of people for administrative ease. Uhm. Nope. Quote: Every person in the entire United States should have an equal vote when voting for the United States Congress. They do. Congress...

Quote: Originally Posted by MrPopov Isn't claiming that Ft Hood killings a terrorist act weakening the right-wing war on terror policy? Only if your real agenda isn't the following: Quote: Originally Posted by MrPopov If native born Americans who go on to serve in the military are able to be swayed into terrorism, then what hope do we have in Afghanistan/Pakistan/Iran, etc? Once they are banned from serving in the military and from...