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by avidaloca
Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:36 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Cartoons cause an uproar
Replies: 127
Views: 40227

Funny how violence as a means to silence free speech in the press is not acceptable to Bush, but he bans pictures of US soldier's caskets arriving from Iraq. That's still a form of violence to the press, just less conspicuous. Obviously, limiting press freedom is ok when it suits him but not otherwi...
by avidaloca
Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:23 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Cartoons cause an uproar
Replies: 127
Views: 40227

Floating Saddam banned: West censors Islam-insensitive art

http://www.dvdictionary.com/images/saddamshark.jpg An artwork depicting a handcuffed Saddam Hussein suspended in liquid wearing underpants has been banned from a Belgian art festival. Czech sculptor David Cerny's "Saddam Hussein shark" is a homage to British artist Damien Hirst's "Shark". The mayor...
by avidaloca
Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:25 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Cartoons cause an uproar
Replies: 127
Views: 40227

Looney toons

Cartoonists beware!

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by avidaloca
Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:29 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Cartoons cause an uproar
Replies: 127
Views: 40227

What do you think the chances are of Western newspapers printing cartoons mocking the Holocaust? I'd say zilch, because that is today's last sacred religion of the West.
by avidaloca
Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:31 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Cartoons cause an uproar
Replies: 127
Views: 40227

Holocaust cartoons commissioned

Iran to publish Holocaust cartoons From: Agence France-Presse From correspondents in Tehran February 07, 2006 IRAN'S largest selling newspaper announced today it was holding a contest on cartoons of the Holocaust in response to the publishing in European papers of caricatures of the Prophet Mohamme...
by avidaloca
Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:16 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Cartoons cause an uproar
Replies: 127
Views: 40227

Humor is nothing but certain mental disconnects that stir up buried anxieties which are then relieved by the process of laughter and amusement. On a deeper level they point to the greater absurdities of our existence itself. Humor can be said to expose, when engaged with enough consciousness, as we...
by avidaloca
Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:56 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Cartoons cause an uproar
Replies: 127
Views: 40227

The Truth Hurts

This Amazon.com review of Weininger's 2005 translation of Sex and Character merits posting in this discussion of Western society. The Truth Hurts I recently lost my old battered paperback copy of Weininger's "Sex and Character", and to say I was upset is an understatement. So I was delighted to be a...
by avidaloca
Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:32 pm
Forum: Worldly Matters
Topic: In the News
Replies: 855
Views: 173221

I would argue that the vast majority of people don't believe they are capable of achieving anything they want. I feel that people are built certain ways and they go in those directions partly with and partly without will. People who, not having the innate ability, have to strive for something, neve...
by avidaloca
Thu Jan 19, 2006 4:01 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Deliciously
Replies: 1
Views: 1530

I agree. I just saw another interesting use of language by the media this morning. An article about Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban breaking up said for the first time in the mainstream media that he was a former alcoholic, crack cocaine addict and womaniser. It then went on to detail a smear by an ex...
by avidaloca
Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:10 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: My Mundane Life
Replies: 55
Views: 21635

I mean, according to what I remember I read about Weininger's suicide, it was because he was expecting people to read his works or to react to them in some way The people who dump all over Weininger either don't read his works or get sucked in by the lies about him, everything from that he was homo...
by avidaloca
Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:33 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Economics
Replies: 25
Views: 8733

Germany is an interesting case in point on this issue. They've been way ahead of the rest of the world with things like recycling for years but I just found out from a friend who lives there that the government now check the exhaust emissions of every vehicle every year or so. If the car is emitting...
by avidaloca
Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:30 pm
Forum: Archives
Topic: The Contemplations of Foresta Gump
Replies: 54
Views: 65785

I'm Randy Martyn, a clone to Foresta Gump you might say.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.
by avidaloca
Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:30 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Economics
Replies: 25
Views: 8733

The reason its expensive to extract and freight is due to initial setup costs to account for things like more overland transport, deeper drilling and establishing wells. Once those costs are paid the cost of extracting it will be the same if the scale is large enough. It's only "expensive" now relat...
by avidaloca
Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:33 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Economics
Replies: 25
Views: 8733

shocked by just how fragile economies can all be. Perhaps that'll happen when some crucial natural resource, like oil, runs out. When the traditional supplies of oil start waning (Middle East, North Sea) it actually has the reverse effect on supplies. Previously uneconomical oil regions like Centra...
by avidaloca
Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:14 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Economics
Replies: 25
Views: 8733

$9,720 is over two years - click the article title to see it. Singles 'pay' for family tax relief From: By Elizabeth Colman January 14, 2006 A NATIONAL underclass of single low-income earners will pay for Peter Costello's tax relief for families at the May budget as poor and middle-income workers fa...
by avidaloca
Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:38 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Economics
Replies: 25
Views: 8733

The big news in Australia at the moment is that single, childless, low-income earners are paying massive amounts of tax compared to families with children: $9,000/year tax for a single person earning $30,000/year while a family on $53,000/year pays literally no tax after the family tax benefit and o...
by avidaloca
Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:53 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Penis size and women
Replies: 53
Views: 21295

Perhaps religion is just one of many possible stepping stones to science - as a very broad means to develop the mind with higher forms of thought. Religion has worked against science for centuries. It wasn't until the Black Death (1347-1352) which killed 34 million people in Europe, a third of the ...
by avidaloca
Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:59 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Male language inhibitions
Replies: 4
Views: 2067

Male language inhibitions

Girls so, like, rule English From: By John Harlow and Dan Box January 09, 2006 THE teenage girl is the most powerful influence on the evolution of the English language around the world. According to new research, the typical 16-year-old girl - armed with a mobile phone and a wide circle of friends ...
by avidaloca
Sat Jan 07, 2006 2:53 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Dangerous Ideas
Replies: 14
Views: 4994

Race riot suspect refused bail Mob throws bricks at police Riot suspect to appear in court Train-guard punching investigated Man dies after hit-and-run Three die on roads Semi explodes on freeway Woman assaulted at knifepoint Three men stabbed by two attackers Man shot from outside house This is a b...
by avidaloca
Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:18 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Judge tells priest to prove Christ existed
Replies: 2
Views: 1658

Did Jesus exist? Court to decide Wednesday, January 4, 2006 Posted: 1835 GMT (0235 HKT) ROME, Italy (Reuters) -- Forget the U.S. debate over intelligent design versus evolution. An Italian court is tackling Jesus -- and whether the Roman Catholic Church may be breaking the law by teaching that he e...
by avidaloca
Mon Jan 02, 2006 1:30 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Compete Detachment from All Family
Replies: 40
Views: 13031

I guess that's why they say "don't add fuel to a fire". I would say every female thinks they are being targeted for being female when in fact the guy targeting them is not thinking that. He's thinking "get over this or that" and she's thinking "that's me, I'm a woman". Therefore, she perceives it as...
by avidaloca
Sun Jan 01, 2006 1:48 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Compete Detachment from All Family
Replies: 40
Views: 13031

I guess you didn't read the line: Embarrassed Australians Pull Art Project Depicting Queen, Blair, Bush Engaged in a Sexual Act I mentioned this as a follow-up to what you were saying about America isolating itself further under Bush. I don't think you are an ignorant American. That type of American...
by avidaloca
Sat Dec 31, 2005 12:19 pm
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Brad and Elizabeth
Replies: 110
Views: 37985

It used to be the case that you had to have a Bachelor of Arts before you could progress to further qualifications. This would ground you in art, literature and political theory. Then you continued with a more specialised field like medicine or law, having knowledge of ethics, literature and philoso...
by avidaloca
Sat Dec 31, 2005 11:18 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Brad and Elizabeth
Replies: 110
Views: 37985

Do you intend for me to gain something from this comment of yours? Are you trying to imply that my points were irrelevant? If so, i disagree. Surely it is clear that i am positing that people will remain at a lower, contradictory level, in the absence of spiritual training prior to university study...
by avidaloca
Sat Dec 31, 2005 10:50 am
Forum: Help Desk
Topic: Compete Detachment from All Family
Replies: 40
Views: 13031

Marsha Talk about US isolationism, even ABC News doesn't know the difference between Australia and Austria. Aussies Pull Art Depicting Queen, Leaders Embarrassed Australians Pull Art Project Depicting Queen, Blair, Bush Engaged in a Sexual Act By GEORGE JAHN The Associated Press VIENNA, Austria - He...