Our brains evolved to make us skilled hypocrites.
Most of our social interaction requires humans to refrain from letting people know how they really feel.
Social skills are mostly hypocrisy.
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Gun Ownership and Homicide Rate
by Marvin Shilmer ingun ownership and homicide rate.
for persons interested in the more guns more homicide and less guns less homicide discussion i have some recommended reading: .
kleck, kovandzic and schaffer, gun prevalence, homicide rates and causality: a gmm approach to endogeneity bias, centre for economic policy research, discussion paper no.
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scotoma
We all know what endogenous means.
Especially from a university in Alabama.
This is definitely a conversation no one wants to have.
And the only way a democracy can keep some in the population from using guns irresponsibly is to keep everyone from having guns.
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An interesting article on scientific explanations of near-death / out-of-body experiences
by cedars ini've been doing quite a bit of research into books recently, and i've noticed that the book "proof of heaven" is selling very strongly at the moment.
it's currently no.1 in the new york times bestseller list for nonfiction paperbacks.. the book is by a qualified neurosurgeon who converted to religious faith after going into a coma and having what he later described as an experience of heaven, which he elaborates on in great detail in the book.
he argues that the experience must have been supernatural, because his cerebral cortex was "offline" for the duration of his vision.. .
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scotoma
The fact that such a book is a best seller confirms that a lot of people WANT to believe in life after death. So what's new about that?
I took a quick look at the book and found that it wasn't at all convincing in a scientific sense. I certainly wouldn't take the time to read it thoroughly.
Personally, I haven't had enough "in-body" experiences to satisfy me.
Flat lining while my body continues to function must be paradise. Don't unplug me.
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most boring television ever
by Hortensia inmy vote is for the lord of the rings, all three of them.
or pretty much any star trek movie.
i tried watching the lor movies today, but my god, it's just battle after battle after battle and frodo, cute guy though he is, wimping out all over the place and having to be carried by everyone.. dull... i have never succeeded in watching those damn movies from beginning to end..
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scotoma
The only sequel I can watch over a long holiday is Back to The future 1,2,3
Come to think of it. Gotta get out the dvd and start watching them again.
I know I will get tire of it sometime.
The one movie I can watch over and over is Vertigo.
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JW.org reports on the Sandy Hook shooting...
by cedars infrom the official jw website.... .
school shooting in connecticutdecember 17, 2012 | united states.
on friday, december 14, 2012, a shooting took place at an elementary school in newtown, connecticut.
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scotoma
Cedars:
You have committed the logical fallacy of “Improper Accent”.
You took the following words out of context and used them to convey an understanding that
cannot be proven to represent the intentions of the statement.
“Initial reports indicate that at least two Witness youths were at the school during the shooting
but were not injured.”
Your premise is:
SINCE- The article references the fact that two Witness youths were at the school ...
THEREFORE- the Watchtower was giving “irrelevant information”.
There was nothing said to detract from the deaths of the 27 people. Here are some things that
could have been said that WOULD have been disturbing.
Thankfully, the two Witnesses that went to that school are alive and safe. (Gloating)
Or
We can thank Jehovah for protecting the two Witness youths who were at the school during the
shooting. (Attributing divine intervention)
Lacking is any elaboration on how JW ought to feel about the survival of the two Witness youths.
Journalists are expected to give consideration to how relevant a news story is to the audience in
question. Cedars, you are assigning your own criteria of relevance. That’s propaganda.
The very “short” report led with the statement of the number who were killed without sensationalizing it. The
statement about the Witness youths was thereby assigned a secondary position. Position of
statements is very important in jounalism. By lifting the statement about the two JW children
out of such a short announcement you are ignoring the relevance of the fact that the
announcement was made on a JW web site where the audience would have a unique interest in
whether their were any JW victims. In fact that information WAS relevant especially in this age
of “narrow casting”. You are ignoring the fact that JW’s are a small and close knit group and it
is likely that there may be dispersed associates of that local group that would be comforted to
know that some of their acquaintances were not suffering such a terrible loss.
Their statement, by virtue of being short, indicates their intention was NOT to repeat what you
could get on any conventional news media outlet.
So, Cedar you tried to direct the readers of your thread toward an improper conclusion by taking
portions of the Watchtower.org statement out of context in a way that conveys a meaning that
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JW.org reports on the Sandy Hook shooting...
by cedars infrom the official jw website.... .
school shooting in connecticutdecember 17, 2012 | united states.
on friday, december 14, 2012, a shooting took place at an elementary school in newtown, connecticut.
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scotoma
Outlaw,
Now that I have your attention, your propensity to stalk people with your "humor" will guarantee at least one comment on all my posts.
Keep up the effort. We are entwined forever.
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JW.org reports on the Sandy Hook shooting...
by cedars infrom the official jw website.... .
school shooting in connecticutdecember 17, 2012 | united states.
on friday, december 14, 2012, a shooting took place at an elementary school in newtown, connecticut.
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scotoma
Mrs. Jones, Did you miss the part where I said I am an ATHEIST? My preference is that people give up going to ANY church.
I hate Watchtower propaganda and I hate anti-witness propaganda.
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JW.org reports on the Sandy Hook shooting...
by cedars infrom the official jw website.... .
school shooting in connecticutdecember 17, 2012 | united states.
on friday, december 14, 2012, a shooting took place at an elementary school in newtown, connecticut.
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scotoma
I have housebound relatives who are witnesses who routinely send out letters to families listed in obituaries.
Some have become witnesses.
Right or wrong JW's consider their effort beneficial. And all the cynicism on this thread won't change ANYTHING.
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JW.org reports on the Sandy Hook shooting...
by cedars infrom the official jw website.... .
school shooting in connecticutdecember 17, 2012 | united states.
on friday, december 14, 2012, a shooting took place at an elementary school in newtown, connecticut.
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scotoma
Billy,
" Jehovah’s Witnesses in the area are offering assistance and spiritual comfort to the families and communities affected by this tragedy ."
And some in the area will accept their assistance and comfort whether you like it or not.
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JW.org reports on the Sandy Hook shooting...
by cedars infrom the official jw website.... .
school shooting in connecticutdecember 17, 2012 | united states.
on friday, december 14, 2012, a shooting took place at an elementary school in newtown, connecticut.
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scotoma
Outlaw,
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