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Commented on Christopher Hitchens vs. Ken Blackwell of The Family Research Council
Hitchens' book is just an appeal to authority used to criticize a different appeal to a different authority. Contributes nothing new to the conversation....
Commented on Telescope tunnel between London and NYC opens today
Darn, supercatbarf must have sent this in before me -- I wonder how many other readers recommended the link? It's perfect BoingBoing material, especially considering its fun Victorian (and thus steampunk) aesthetic. It was extra fun for me because I...
Commented on Poor word choice on recruitment sign
Forget the sign for a second -- how cool is it that Mark can post a sign from who-cares-where and ask if anyone knows if it is real, and two or three people who work/live near the place actually read...
Commented on Officer tries in vain to catch people fleeing from van
(sorry, that last one was meant to me addressed to Michael W. Dean, not Mark)...
Commented on Officer tries in vain to catch people fleeing from van
Oh, and Mark, the Chinese may create positive incentives not to have a second kid, but they also force abortions, sometimes during the third trimester. And don't start telling me abortion isn't wrong--these abortions violate the rights of the pregnant...
Commented on Officer tries in vain to catch people fleeing from van
13 people in the van would justify a traffic stop even if they weren't illegal. I can't laugh at those cops. They're stuck enforcing ridiculous laws. Meanwhile, they have to deal with the fact that the laws they are bound...
Commented on Toronto's science fiction reading series; launching my LITTLE BROTHER on May 1
I loved The Ferschnizzilator, but Ferschnizzilator 3 was even better! ;)...
Commented on US Judiciary opts to spend millions on accessing its own records, which are now available on the Web for free
I am a solo practitioner, and I don't need Westlaw or Lexis to access all the law I need. However, I still look forward to the day that I can subscribe to Westlaw, not because it will mean access to...
Commented on US Judiciary opts to spend millions on accessing its own records, which are now available on the Web for free
Cory, that headline is WAY sensationalist -- or were you trying for controversy? :) Don't forget that every federal judicial office has all its own caselaw in book form. They really just need a good reliable search engine. West and...
Commented on Man installing satellite TV kills wife
Tragic. We can berate him for his stupidity and (sort of) laugh about it. The guy who did it will be berating himself for the rest of his life, and will likely never be able to smile about it. I...
Commented on "Medical necessity" defense a success in Texas pot possession trial
I agree, its pretty rotten to call the cops on him . . . but was that really what happened? Can you imagine a better guy with a better set of facts to take the stand? So I wonder, was...
Commented on Transgender man is pregnant
@112 Ornith Sounds like you've got a chip on your shoulder. You're reading my statement backwards. I said it forwards, essentially: only the female bears children. I did not say it backwards, as you suggest: only those who bear children...
Commented on Transgender man is pregnant
I believe that there is a spiritual side to life, and that souls are inherently either male or female. I believe an inherent element of the female is the bearing of children. Thus, this creeps me out. I could be...
Commented on Loads more US caselaw online for free
Whatever. Some lawyers are evil, and some are good. Takuan: the number of lawyers in the country is irrelevant to this fact, and until heaven comes again to our physical plane, to there will always be injustice in the world....
Commented on Loads more US caselaw online for free
I'm an attorney too, and wanted to add some background. As someone already noted, the status quo is that ANYONE who wants to direct an adjudicator to some binding point of law (whether a "self-serving" attorney, a "public interest" attorney,...
Commented on Argentinian "gnome" scaring the bejezus out of kids
I was waiting for Harry Potter. But are people really creeped out by the video? Way too short for me . . ....
Commented on Why we're powerless to resist grazing on endless web data
Oh, so the internet really IS all porn!...
Commented on BB group portrait reader-remixed as Wizard of Oz poster
Oh, I'm definitely a flying monkey, right out of Wayne's butt! http://www.moviewavs.com/php/sounds/?id=bst&media=MP3S&type=Movies&movie=Waynes_World"e=monkeys.txt&file=monkeys.mp3 teehee But when do we get a team poster that ACTUALLY includes Joel?...
Commented on Pro golfer hits balls at hawk until he kills it, then denies he tried to kill it
Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity. Similarly, trial in the press is never fair. He'll have his day in court, and either find vindication or conviction. Either way, I feel bad for the guy. It...
Commented on ETech: BoingBonic Convergence
Is it just me, or is Cory totally not looking at the camera (unlike the other three)? Is it the glasses? Anyone else see that?...
Commented on Great tips for taming cables
FWIW: http://biz.yahoo.com/special/allbiz101106_article3.html...
Commented on Great tips for taming cables
Something kike this would be great to keeps kids off the power bar. We have ours jammed behind desks, etc. Not very convenient....
Commented on The collected controversies of William F. Buckley
I'm no drug law expert, but was simple possession illegal when he pulled his stunt? When DID he pull that stunt, anyway? And did he intend it the way it is being spun, or did he simply go for a...
Commented on Man creates vigilante robot to battle drug dealers
Of course if all the thing did was surveillance, noise, lights, and no water or other touching, I'd be all for it! Especially if he could control it from inside his bar....
Commented on Man creates vigilante robot to battle drug dealers
So the guy is a genius of either super hero or villain category? How about crazy!?!? Even vagrants and ne'er-do-wells should be able to figure this scheme out pretty quick, and they'll be after him pretty quick -- and he...
Commented on TED 2008: Robert Lang, origami expert
Woo hoo! Lang's a family friend, and a really cool guy. Check out this "interview" (admittedly, some kind of an ad or endorsement for/of Apple): http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/origami/?sr=hotnews...
Commented on Jasmina Tešanović: The Day After / Kosovo
Nicely articulated, Teapunk. And in reply to Zuzu and Antinous, if I knew that Tesanovic's position was outside the pigeonholes and in limbo, I'd be happy. I don't care what she says her position is, I would just like to...
Commented on Jasmina Tešanović: The Day After / Kosovo
@ Antinous It's not possible to debate in different languages, so I have no reply....
Commented on Jasmina Tešanović: The Day After / Kosovo
@ Antinous One can't help but push ones agenda. So why hide your hand? If your primary goal is to convey what is actually happening, then tell people what your tertiary agendas are so that they can judge your reporting...
Commented on Jasmina Tešanović: The Day After / Kosovo
@ #7 Antinous: How is the lack of a political statement helpful? I very much appreciate the fact that Tesanovic seems to be focusing on the emotions of the situation, which surely deserve much attention. But I would still like...

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Roach commented on Christopher Hitchens vs. Ken Blackwell of The Family Research Council
Y'know with both the D'Souza thing and the Pope thing you quoted the parts right before/after I said very similar things to what you said in your responses - ie my personal opinion, as opposed to the quoted parts which were noting the reverse fallacies to reflect on their extremes. It's like you're deliberately picking a fight...there seems to be no desire for any compromise ever in America these days. Cultural relativism as determinism (as opposed to cultural influence, which I don't deny has an effect on me) leads directly to moral relativism once you realize a) that the moral...
Modusoperandi commented on Christopher Hitchens vs. Ken Blackwell of The Family Research Council
Roach "Y'know with both the D'Souza thing and the Pope thing you quoted the parts right before/after I said very similar things to what you said in your responses - ie my personal opinion, as opposed to the quoted parts which were noting the reverse fallacies to reflect on their extremes." Years of debating with literalists has soured me. There's nothing like dialoguing with a YEC to ruin one's ability to converse. I try. I really do, but I don't think that I'm capable of arguing in good faith anymore. I'm sorry. As for the "ABC method", as long as...
Roach commented on Christopher Hitchens vs. Ken Blackwell of The Family Research Council
I think positivism is very much alive; it just doesn't go by that name anymore, becoming scientism (when pejorative) or scientistic (when complimentary). Comte's "ages" may not be talked about much, but the basic belief system is alive in empiricism. Otherwise, sounds good. Go and die in whatever way seems best to you, as Denethor said to Pippin....
Modusoperandi commented on Christopher Hitchens vs. Ken Blackwell of The Family Research Council
I plan to go kicking and screaming....
Shariys commented on Raccoon takes cat's food: video
It appears to me that the coon might possibly be the videographer's pet as well ... thus making it assumable that the critter has been vaccinated against rabies, and perhaps learned diurnal habits also. I live in the central city but also a block away from a heavily-wooded historic cemetery; and I get alot of critters that one doesn't normally get in the city ... including raccoons and possums who enjoy the cat food I put out on the porch for my own daytime-only outside kitteh as well as neighborhood strays. Yeah, the wild ones DO carry rabies. I don't...

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