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  Something fishy re: Bhutto attack..

  by avishai in

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  i think somethings fishy.

  they're now saying that she died as a result from falling and hitting the roof of the car.

  now, i saw pics taken a few seconds before the attack, and she was sticking out 3 feet tops.

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  At first I though Musharaaf's involement was simply the passive roll of denying her effective security.

  That was, after all, all he really had to do to rid himself of her. However, the official explanation has me wondering as well.

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  NWT? Why a different bible?

  by 4mylove in

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  what is the common justification given by witnesses as to why they have a different bible?

  a friend once told me that it was because the other versions of bibles weren't translated accurately and things had been changed.

  at this though, she also told me that should i decide to study, i could use my own bible.

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  The average JW will tell you the reason is to have the most accurate Bible possible.

  The one time the Watchtower was really candid about the reason for it, their explanation was that the "need was felt for a Bible" which conformed to "revealed truth." That was in 1950. Need I say any more?

  I bet they wish that piece of print would go away!

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  Is It Entrapment?

  by minimus in

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  in columbus ohio it is not against thye law for a woman to sunbathe topless in a city park.

  recently, a firefighter walked by a woman who was sunbathing topless and they began talking.

  she playfully put her foot on his body and then asked him if he would show her his penis.

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  I think it crossed the line into entrapment.

  That line is a hard one to objectively draw though. The key is mens rea, or the guilty mind. It is entrapment if one induces another who is not normally inclined to illegal acts to do what they normally would not do. That should require some sort of history to establish the required inclination. Generally, cruising in an area known for the solicitation of prostitutes and engaging in conversation with a woman dressed in the roll establishes such inclination and meets the standard which takes things out of entrapment. Working a sting on somebody who has talked it around that they are in the market for somebody to do a hit, or explosives for a terrorist plot, and other similar activities also meets the bar. But I don't think engaging in a legal activity (laying topless in a public park where one is legally allowed lay topless) and trawling for somebody who can be fooled into an illegal activity doesn't quite pass the test in my opinion.

  Besides, what is the sense in policing morals when there is so much more which desperately needs to be done? It seems to be that somebody's priorities are a little misplaced. And that in a place which is not known for staunch conservatism at that.

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  Justification of Violent Films

  by inkling in

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  the recent post about "the passion of the christ" has gotten me thinkingabout violence in film in general, and i would very much like a fewperspectives on something... last year, after finally shedding the reflexive guilt that was instilledin me (by my wt steeping) towards violent stories, i finally saw a few iconic films, including a few from quentin tarantino.

  (including reservoir dogs) now tarantino is know for his unflinching depiction of stylized violence.

  (exactly the sort of thing that is specifically condemned by the wt) some film makers have this knack for making cruelty, death, and violence a odd spectacle of dark beauty.

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  How do his Ilk, and people who enjoy his work (including me, on occasion) sleep at night?

  The answer is that they think they are advancing artistic expression inkling. The modern definition of art these days is to "push the boundaries" of artistic expression. Given the cynical world view of those who teach "artists" on our modern campuses, I don't think I need to tell you which direction they teach their students the boundaries should be pushed. I noted the comment about garbage selling, that is the prevailing view. But how do those folks explain the fact that the motion picture industry turned in a record year only because the prices of tickets at the theaters were raised? The reality was that sales were flat, or even a little less. None of the critically acclaimed movies even managed to break even here in the US, the standard for the success of a movie.

  One thing which amazed me in college was the way liberal professors missed the obvious. My psychology professor held the strong opinion that violence in the movies do not in anyway have an effect on the behavior of those who view it. I well remember the argument she had with a student over that one. Then she went right into the lesson about the research which the anti-spanking lobby uses to justify their stance that spanking should be banned. I am sure the college folks around here can remember that one. The researchers showed groups children two movies, one of a man ignoring a punching dummy in a room, the other showing the same man violently punching the same dummy. The children were then observed playing together. Those children who'd viewed the violent movie acted more violently towards their fellows than those who'd seen the benign movie. The conclusion. Spanking a child will make it more violent.

  The problem with said conclusion in my mind is that the effects of spanking children were not what was actually measured (that would be unethical). What was really measured was the emotional effects of watching a violent movie on the actions of children. The other conclusion was inferred from the observations rather than actually tested by them. Yet our professor stuck by her opinion that the test didn't really support a conclusion that watching violent films can cause one to act violently. The best we dumb hicks could figure out about her was that the professor just wouldn't consider anything which ran counter to her idealogical views. Sadly, she was the exception rather than the rule in college.

  And then folks wonder why violence is such a problem in our society.

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  The Al Gore Nobel Prize Urban Legend

  by 5go in

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  this urban legend is being spread by morons on the right.

  first off there was no other man it was the un's .

  intergovernmental panel on climate changewhich is not a man it is a panel of people, and it has not refused the nobel peace prize.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/intergovernmental_panel_on_climate_change.

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  If you are correct in your assumption 5go, then many scientists the IPCC relies on for their case are not qualified to speak or write on the matter either.

  How do I come to my conclusion? Well, much of the case made by the IPCC relies on the opinions of Geologists (the proxy studies involving climate based on examination of ocean bottom cores fossil records, etc.), Biologists (tree Ring record proxy studies), Physicists (isotope studies from ice cores and theoretical basis for the case that CO2 does what it does in the atmoshpere in the first place), computer scientists (for the those famous climate models which are the sole basis for all those wild claims that the sea level will rise 20 feet or more in the next fifty years), and many other assorted specialties the IPCC looks to for its wild claims. I think they even look to social scientists for their dire predictions on the societal effects on the human population from global warming. So get off your high horse there pard.

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  "Mind" Blowing Article on Watchtower Indoctrination! MUST READ!

  by What-A-Coincidence in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the author (from australia) makes some great points.. http://www.noelbatten.com/watchtower.pdf.

  46 pages long.

  some excerpts:.

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  It takes a bit to wade through the religious stuff in the article and get to the meat of his argument, but it is well worth the effort.

  I have to say the man has a point there. It also explains to me why some of those nonsensical scriptures are placed in the material to be looked up when one studies it alone (you know, the ones which have you scratching your head and wondering just how they could possibly prove the point they are they are cited to support. That is if you are thinking at all.). I am going to have to look further into the man's thesis.

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  Chemical structure of "NOOLITE"? Any science grads?

  by hamsterbait in

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  any chemistry grads able to give the formula??

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  hb.

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  Republicans Report Much Better Mental Health Than Others

  by BurnTheShips in

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  interesting!

  any ideas why?.

  princeton, nj -- republicans are significantly more likely than democrats or independents to rate their mental health as excellent, according to data from the last four november gallup health and healthcare polls.

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  Forscher

  I must say, the visceral rage in some of the responses to my OP is quite telling.

  Looks like there is enough cognitive dissonance in here to fill a psych ward.

  I won't argue with that one Burn.

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  Republicans Report Much Better Mental Health Than Others

  by BurnTheShips in

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  interesting!

  any ideas why?.

  princeton, nj -- republicans are significantly more likely than democrats or independents to rate their mental health as excellent, according to data from the last four november gallup health and healthcare polls.

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  Don't let Hillary rile you up Forscher.

  I know it appears I do, he does follow me around and makes the same kind of innate posts after all, but I don't really let it get to me all that much.

  It looks like his parents never loved him enough to spank him. ;-)

  I think it is more like a very unloving pseudo-religious organization abused him for a long time and has caused him to rush to judgment and act like an ultra-left brownshirt.

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  Free to Re-Marry

  by Grouper in

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  2. friends

  if one confesses adultry to their spouse, does one also have to confess it to the elders in order for the spouse to be free to re-marry?

  watchtower refrences would be appreciated.. a friend recently confessed adultry to his wife but she wants him (he hasn't gone to meeting in years) to confess to the elders or write a letter about the deed, she says she needs it inorder for her to be free to re-marry.

  is this true?.

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  Did anybody note,

  That the policy outlined in the Watchtower is just vague enough that the local elders can decide for themselves on a case by case basis whether an oral admission from an adulterous spouse will be enough or not? It stated that "in some cases" it might "be possible" to accept such an admission or not. Quite different from their policy which allows the elders to DF a person for simply being alone with a person of the opposite sex unchaperoned for an hour or so on the presumption that illicit sex occurred, isn't it?

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