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Reply to Philosophy and G-D at Academia in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

These classes were free so I didn't mind the daily mockary. The school actually paid for them :-)

Philosophy and G-D at Academia in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

I had the privileged of taking a few classes at one of the countries top and premier schools in Philosophy some time ago. I was getting my Masters in several other fields (as well as in Philosophy) and actually at another University. I like to learn and academia! The purpose of Philosophy was I thought: the rational investigation of questions about existence, knowledge, and ethics. Maybe I'm wrong....... During one of the class discussions (the class is

Reply to Out of the Heart The Mouth Speaks in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Adventure-Dude" reply="6" id="2642987"] It's like the whole controversy with South Park. I don't like what they say, so I stop watching. If enough people did the same the show would have a choice, change or be canceled. The same would be for her columns. I've never read her articles because I don't care what she thinks. [/quote] Did someone feel left out? :-D I do the same. I never liked South Park. Their whol

Reply to Israel's Isolation, Turkey's Rise in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="17" id="2643570"] he ones that could threaten Israel are Syria, Jordan and Egypt, Except Iran is already testing rockets that can reach Israel, and have made no secret of its quest for Nuclear weapons (Nu-klar if you are Jimmy Carter). [/quote] I thought that was GW Bush's fault for that pronouncation! Eeeegads! Carter gets another point in the poopyface category. I'll post a real comment, but I need to take care

Reply to Israel,The Gaza Blockade and International Reaction in Current Events JoeUser Forums

If any group should get their own country its the Kurds. Again look at Iraqi, they're not rioting or bombing or demanding their own country. They're preparing and showing that they should have one. Thoughts? Agreed? Disagreed?

Reply to Israel,The Gaza Blockade and International Reaction in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Leauki" reply="13" id="2643260"]Turkish Kurds (i.e. Kurds ruled by Turkey) come out in support of Israel: http://kurdistancommentary.wordpress.com/2010/06/08/turkey%e2%80%99s-terrorist-bias-part-1/ http://kurdistancommentary.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/comparing-kurds-and-palestinians/ I have had a Kurdish flag in my living room for years. Even when Israel supported Turkey in the war against the (Syrian-supported) Kurdish terrorist organisation PKK I

Reply to Out of the Heart The Mouth Speaks in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="7" id="2643236"] Gah, I feel sick for defending her but it's on the principle of freedom of speech That is the part you need not do. Her freedom of speech was not abridged. She suffered no legal penalties for it. Just as we have to allow the neo-nazis to spout their stupidity, that does not mean we have to defend WHAT they say, only their right to say it. No laws were broken, no charges filed. She has her right to free speech.&

Reply to Oh no - Christian Fundamentalists are nothing like Islamic Fundamentalists - nop - not one bit.... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote who="dan_l" reply="6" id="2643027"] Talibanesque for voicing an opinion? Again I fail to see the equivalency between speaking your mind and blowing up people. When the spirit of the opinion represents something that is philosophically aligned with something that the Taliban would agree with, it could be classified as Talibanesque. Again: I'm pointing out that similar motives. Just because those are christian fundamentalist

Reply to Out of the Heart The Mouth Speaks in Current Events Stardock Forums

Ha, Doc! KFC, the other bonus with being old is you can 'forget' to purchase items and just take them. Has any one seen that Seinfield episode with Uncle Leo and stealing books? Also, when you're that old you don't have to follow traffic laws either. I have a friend that is a State Trooper and when he pulls someone in over that is 70 years or older he says that their worse then the crying woman. Not that they cry but just the unpredicability. Ok speaking

Reply to Israel's Isolation, Turkey's Rise in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Cikomyr" reply="5" id="2642378"] A liability how? The euphoria that would be present in terrorists like Hamas and Hezbolla, in kicking Israel to the curb, would be short lived. They, and most Arab nations, don't like our way of life, that is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future. Israel is the USC's best prospects for maintaining an eye on the middle east. Liability...hardly. Do you believe that when the Israeli's took out the nuclear facilities in Iraq and Syria, we

Reply to A New Candidate in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

The thing is you can say a city is a craptown USA and you'll find some people who think its the greatest city around. Take a minute, a non-U.S. city: Bangkok. I didn't like it all. Its way too crowd. Way too much polluation. Way too many prositutes. I'm sure in their 12 million people you'll find a few even if its .1% that's still a nice amount of people. I thinks it would be 12,000.

Reply to A New Candidate in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Daiwa" reply="42" id="2642411"]TPP's reply snuck in there before I could hit the Submit button. Are there mountains within 2 hours of Cleveland?[/quote] No, not what I guess you would call mountains if you're from Denver. Its all perspective. What one person says is a mountain could be a hill. Granted, perspective does end when you look at Pikes Peak or Mt. Everest. PA, does have mountains, but compared to Colorado those mountains are mo

Reply to Freedom of Speech in Politics JoeUser Forums

I do agree that she should be allowed to say what she wants. Doc, I understand what you're saying. I know that she broke no laws. The point of the post was that there are consequences to our freedom of speech. Whether those consequences affect us directly or indirectly. That's what I was getting at. That those commentors were making it seem like we can say whatever we want (which we can) and not expect there to be any consequences or how dare someone do s

Reply to A New Candidate in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Daiwa" reply="39" id="2642240"]Hey, now. Easy on my town. Great place to live, can be in the mountains in 2 hours, golf yourself to death, lots of other recreation and phenomenal geography.[/quote] Daiwa, are you from Cleveland? Oh I'm sorry........ :-D

Reply to Oh no - Christian Fundamentalists are nothing like Islamic Fundamentalists - nop - not one bit.... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote who="dan_l" reply="3" id="2641951"] It is not logically correct to use all inclusive statements like making the connection that all Christian Fundamentalist fall in line with what the Family Review Council says or does. How granular do you really want to be? I mean the FRC and AFA are amongst the 2 biggest 'public' faces of the American Christian fundamentalist movement. [/quote] Logically speaking, a part does not represent the whole. An

Reply to A New Candidate in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

[quote]Honestly: Pittsburgh and Philly both feel like they're either dead or dying. They kind of seem to be heading more in the Cleveland direction than anything. [/quote] Cleveland! That statement cracked me up, so why didn't you put Ohio into your list of States to avoid if Cleveland is worse. WAIT WAIT, your from Chi-town, is your hatred for Philly/PA due to the Blackhawks (I usually call them the Craphawks) playing the Flyers? I THINK I FIGURED OUT YOUR TRUE

Reply to Freedom of Speech in Politics JoeUser Forums

Just because there are consequences to the freedom of speech does not mean you don't have the freedom of speech. It just means that you need to put a little thought behind what is being spoken, which I understand that probably most people from the States have an easy time at refraining their thoughts and not their speech.

Freedom of Speech in Politics JoeUser Forums

What is freedom of speech? According to most online dictionary freedom of speech is a civil right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Reply to THE MONTH OF JUNE IS A VERY VERY SPECIAL MONTH in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="5" id="2640767"]Interesting information TPP. I have not looked into it, so do not know how many transgenders there are in the world. However, the ones you do read about seem to be the ones at least "proclaiming" their happiness. I tend to agree with you on the self esteem part. If you do not like yourself, there is not a lot that is going to change that.[/quote] Our country, the U.S., really doesn't want you to have high self-est

Reply to A New Candidate in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

P.S. Mr. Karhon offended me of the HIGHEST OFFENSE POSSIBLE! P.P.S My plan was always to take a small portion of the Antarctica. Declare my independance from the rest of Antarctica. State the need for humanitarian aid and finances from the U.N and U.S/U.K. due to climate (totally cold the and its hard to grow stuff). Once I get aid and finances I approach Russia/N.K and tell them that I have an area they can hide their nukes. Once I have some of the

Reply to A New Candidate in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

[quote who="dan_l" reply="21" id="2640214"]Actually, fwiw Denver isn't half bad. If you get outside of Denver itself though, Colorado becomes a pretty strange place. There's a massive Jewish community in Denver too if it's that's something you're looking for. Chicago, San Fran, Boston, Minneapolis, Austin would make my good list. Duck Atlanta, Phoenix, LA, and anything in PA. [/quote]</p

Reply to A little sanity...... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Dan, I would like to discuss with you more about religion. I need to do a few things today and I will just be cutting and pasting my response from your other blogg about here. I do apologize and L-RD willing if I get the time will respond more appropriately to your lengthy response instead of cutting and pasting a response you have some where else. Let me make things clear, I don't have a problem if someone is gay. I do feel that homosexuality is wrong. My homo

Reply to Oh no - Christian Fundamentalists are nothing like Islamic Fundamentalists - nop - not one bit.... in Blogging Stardock Forums

Let me make things clear, I don't have a problem if someone is gay. I do feel that homosexuality is wrong. My homosexual friends that I hang out with (and this is a fair amount) know my stance and feelings about it. I would rather hang out with my homosexual friends than some of my christians friends due to that the fact that most of my homosexual friends are real and open. For marriage, I don't feel that true followers of the Bible (this the Tanack and the New Testam

Reply to Oh no - Christian Fundamentalists are nothing like Islamic Fundamentalists - nop - not one bit.... in Blogging Stardock Forums

Are you against the moral values group? It is not logically correct to use all inclusive statements like making the connection that all Christian Fundamentalist fall in line with what the Family Review Council says or does. I could make the following statement since Rwanda and Uganda are both Catholic majority: Roman Catholics hate homosexuals. I could go a step further and say that Uganda, Rwanda, and Haiti (all three have mixed other religions in with Catholism) are

Reply to THE MONTH OF JUNE IS A VERY VERY SPECIAL MONTH in Current Events JoeUser Forums

hahhahahhaha! Actually, American Medial Associate and John Hopkins (they stopped doing it but that was five years ago) have found that transgendered individuals are still not happy in their 'new' gender. In fact, they both found that usually the individual is worse. The issue comes down to accepting yourself. I would gander to say that a high percentage of people in the United States have very low-self esteem, self-confidence, and self-image. Changing gender yo