Homosexual vrs Heterosexual How can they BOTH be normal? I also think it worth commenting on the title and subtitle of this thread. Why does it have to be homosexual versus heterosexual? Would you ever think of calling a thread "Jew vrs Gentile"? In those familiar, trite words that nevertheless reflect a simple folk wisdom "why can't we all
This seems to be a perennial favourite for debate. The argument has been interesting, but curiously similar to an argument about religion, in that a lot of mutually antagonistic opinions collide, but not always as part of a rational discourse, backed up by facts . And when respondents have tried to inject some facts, they have often been wrong: Mans [
Interesting article. The Pope says, "People in Africa and Asia admire our scientific and technical prowess, but at the same time they are frightened by a form of rationality that totally excludes God from man’s vision.” Well, I wouldn't include the hundreds of millions of Asian Buddhists in that. Furthermore, I remember the Dalai Lama once answering a question about what he would do if science were to prove any of his beliefs to be wrong. He said that, of course, he would then
Thanks for the links. They cracked me up, but nowhere near as much as the following forum contribution I found (after a google search) from someone who seriously appears not to realise that the site is a spoof: "I just spent a good hour reading that site about the British Catholic Conservatives and I am deeply depressed by what I've read. The advice they give people is wrong, like a woman is dating a black man and they told her to contact her local KKK abouyt doing something about it. T
in ... Great Britain, where there is a direct connection between State and Church ... I would be considered a heretic, an apostate, and a rebel. But only in theory. As I think you know, the United Kingdom retains these ancient customs and titles, yet since at least the 18th century England (in particular) has had a reputation for irreligion that delig
Another indication that the foundation of the United States was essentially a secular project is the attitude of religious fundamentalists at the time of the revolutionary war. "The Sandemanians of Connecticut remained loyal [to the British Crown] because they believed unconditionally that a Christian should be a 'loyal subject, submitting himself in civil Concerns of Man for the Lord's Sake.'" Niall Ferguson, Empire<
Actually "Isreal" isn't real; but Israel is
Chakgogka, wikipedia offers a very extensive entry about the BNP which anyone is free to read. Indeed. I have quoted liberally (pardon the pun) from it above, but I have not included anything that I didn't already know to be true because: <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#FFF39
The BNP is nowhere near neo-nazi, and British voters are turning out to support them more an more each year because they are becoming more representative of the views of its citizens. Thank you for that insight. At least we now know where you come from in the political spectrum... "an openly
- - The view from the wishy-washy middle - - **************************************************************************** Those placards certainly do look alarming, and without a bit of context I can understand, (but not really sympathise with) the knee-jerk " all muslims are bloodthirsty terrorists" vibe that the American right-wingers on JU seem to trot out time and time again... There are a loose collection of ultra-islamist groups in the UK, and other countries,
Seeing the cesspool of European opinion these days Actually, we have quite a range of opinions. It goes with the territory of having democracies, functioning civil societies with unfettered discussion and a free press expressing diverse opinion. All things which America claims to believe in too - to t
Interesting thread. This made me laugh out loud: Link
Interestingly despite the infamous 'coup de tronche' , Zizou has been awarded the Golden Ball as best player of the tournament by "representatives of the media" covering the games. Are you journalist-types really sending out the right message to our young people? with all n
Actually I was amused to read that, not only are the French team a little on the old side, but a long lensed camera apparently caught Zidane enjoying a crafty fag (transatlantic disclaimer: this being a surruptious cigarette, rather than a machiavellian homosexual ['une clope' en français]) just before the game against Portugal (which the French went on to win).<B
I find that the people who espouse TRUE christianity are the ones who go about it quietly I think this was once my view also, but I came to see that, in deciding what was 'true' christianity I was trying to impose my own idea (with its cuddly eastern flavour) of what christianity should be on the reality. (B
OK! Je suis d'accord! That fence is getting a little splintery. Call me old-fashioned, but I don't really want to see the Cup go to a team renowned for spitting at opponents and disgraceful 'diving' for penalties, from a nation racked with institutionalised match-fixing, and a general unsportsman-like attitude. So come on 'les (vieux) bleus'...
My confident prediction for the winners of the 2006 FIFA World Cup: 'The Blues' will win!!! (However, whether that is 'les bleus' or 'gli azzurri' remains to be seen ... ) :LOL:
When England got knocked out of the World Cup yesterday, I was heartbroken. Completely. Watching the matches here in Korea has meant either staying up very late, or - in the case of the England v. Sweden game - setting my alarm clock for the 4:00 am kick-off. (The consolation of exile being that in 2002 I could actually watch a couple of the games in
Brave attempt, J.I. to get a reasonable discussion going - and Stevendedalus is one of the 'liberals' here! Two completely separate things are being conflated here: the contract of marriage (a concern of the state) and the 'sanctity' of marriage (a religious idea). The state has no more right to withhold recognition of marriage to same sex couples than it did withholding voting rights from women and black people. This is much more cle
I've actually read about this years ago in a book called the Atheist Syndrome. Can't remember who wrote it but he looked at all the famous Atheists in history and saw a few similarities and one was bipolar. Another common trait was either an absent father or an abusive one. I thought at the time this guy made a good case
Just back from a few pints down at Phillies (which now has pale ale on draught), and the first of your predictions (Deutschland 2 - Sverige 0) was spot on!... I still think a disappointing England can get it's act together. As a wise man once said, "it is a well-worn cliché that eventual winners often start slowly in the group stages" - but I have a national disposition to a bias based upon the triumph of hope over experience...
Because football (aka 'Sah-kuhr') is not that big at the professional level in the USA, many people think that Team USA are relatively new to the World Cup. A lot of people know that the USA has qualified for every World Cup since 1990, but not so many people are aware that the USA also played in the very first World Cup way back in 1930, reaching the semi-finals. They also qualified in 1934 and again in 1950 where they met England in the tournament for the first time. England were expecting a p
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisie
"gender identity disorder", the fictional ailment many Americans claim as the basis for the mutilation of their genitals and acceptance of their twisted, perverted mental disorders as normal. Like you, I have very little understanding of this condition, and so I cannot be sure if it is real or "fictional". I
the principle of suspending the Constitution in time of war is not one that meets with agreement by all legal scholars. I think the problem is in understanding what is really meant by 'in time of war'. Most people will agree to almost anything if the nation is involved in a life and death struggle for its v
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