Forum: Politics
05-13-2004, 02:25 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,881
Uh...no Islamic countries besides Turkey are...
Uh...no Islamic countries besides Turkey are democracies, huh? CIA would have something to say about that. Here are the member states of the OIC (Organization of the Islamic Conference) and their...
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Forum: Arts & Entertainment
08-18-2003, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,315
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Forum: Politics
08-18-2003, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,902
The problem with the referendum process is that...
The problem with the referendum process is that the wrong kinds of things become law - because the general mass doesn't pay attention to all the details. The reason they elect politicians is so that...
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Forum: Sports
08-14-2003, 10:36 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,536
L.A.'s a basketball town. Baseball and hockey...
L.A.'s a basketball town. Baseball and hockey come next, in that order, but baseball's split between the Dodger and Angels fans, and, if it hadn't been for the Ducks last year, hockey would have...
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Forum: Current Events
08-14-2003, 10:25 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 9,284
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Forum: Current Events
08-13-2003, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 9,284
ok, after almost a year of silence, I figure I...
ok, after almost a year of silence, I figure I might as well weigh in on this...since this is my master's thesis, after all. I'll admit that that may lead me into territories of bias, although I...
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Forum: Politics
03-02-2003, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,574
Understand, UT, that I agree with you on the...
Understand, UT, that I agree with you on the context side of things. But I think you also have to view the world through the prism of consequence. And we are now paying the consequences for the...
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Forum: Politics
03-02-2003, 04:15 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 7,695
sm, you raise an interesting question; but I...
sm, you raise an interesting question; but I don't think it can be valid in a state that isn't a democracy, or of some other form where the people (theoretically) are in charge. Here, we can be...
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Forum: Current Events
03-02-2003, 04:01 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,691
You guys are missing another important detail...
You guys are missing another important detail about Turkey: a recent poll showed that 94% of the population were opposed to a war with Iraq. So, really, if we're trying to promote democracy, we...
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Forum: Current Events
02-19-2003, 01:34 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,713
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Forum: Politics
01-28-2003, 04:28 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 5,082
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Forum: Technology
01-03-2003, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,228
Spend time on IRC, mostly. That's how I've run...
Spend time on IRC, mostly. That's how I've run across them in the past. Unfortunately, I've been far too busy lately to really be active, and if you're not active, they cut you loose and you have...
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Forum: Technology
01-03-2003, 12:47 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,228
The best thing is to find a music sharing...
The best thing is to find a music sharing community. There are several out there, where people set up ftps and post to a website whatever they post, take requests, etc. It really has broadened my...
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Forum: Current Events
01-03-2003, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 7,147
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Forum: Current Events
01-02-2003, 08:36 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 7,147
I think the legal issues would be an important...
I think the legal issues would be an important consideration. Companies own the rights to the plants they've genetically engineered, and have even won lawsuits against farmers who have had the seeds...
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Forum: Politics
01-02-2003, 08:23 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 11,242
Ok, I should clarify. I don't necessarily mean...
Ok, I should clarify. I don't necessarily mean that the ranks of the Republican party favor the rich, etc. - I just mean that the party's platform and the actions of many of its leaders do so. And...
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Forum: Politics
01-02-2003, 07:53 PM
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Replies: 215
Views: 30,648
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Forum: Politics
01-02-2003, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 215
Views: 30,648
I don't want to get drawn into a discussion on...
I don't want to get drawn into a discussion on I/P, if you really want to talk about it, I can e-mail you a paper I wrote about it that, I think, sums it up pretty well for how short it is. I really...
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Forum: Politics
01-02-2003, 07:42 PM
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Replies: 215
Views: 30,648
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Forum: Politics
01-02-2003, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 215
Views: 30,648
Hmm. I admit that I hated chemistry in high...
Hmm. I admit that I hated chemistry in high school/ college, and so don't remember much of it, but I'm fairly certain that we studied some topics that were discovered in only the past 20 years or...
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Forum: Politics
01-02-2003, 06:59 PM
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Replies: 215
Views: 30,648
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Forum: Politics
01-02-2003, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 11,242
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Forum: Politics
12-30-2002, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 215
Views: 30,648
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Forum: Politics
12-30-2002, 12:54 PM
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Replies: 215
Views: 30,648
I was wondering what a mook is.
And UT, that...
I was wondering what a mook is.
And UT, that article says that one of the working theories is that global warming is to blame for that - the glaciers are melting, which is forming the freshwater...
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Forum: Technology
12-30-2002, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 7,388
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