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Posted on 12-10-05 04:59 PM, in The Photo Caption Game Link
It was a defining moment in the life of young Tommy Chong...
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Posted on 12-10-05 07:00 PM, in Torture bill Link
I can't understand how the Administration could fight to make anyone exempt from antitorture laws.

First of all, isn't torture already illegal under the Geneva Convention and international law? If the Administration really wants intelligence officers to be allowed to use torture, what's the big deal with side-stepping one more law?

Secondly, why is this debate even happening? Who in their right mind would condone torture under any circumstances?

Any thoughts?


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Posted on 12-10-05 09:28 PM, in Torture bill Link
Originally posted by Silvershield
Originally posted by emcee
Who in their right mind would condone torture under any circumstances?
Even as the generally moral person that I'd consider myself to be, I cannot bring myself to entirely reject the notion of torture. Surely it is nothing short of inhumane when used as a method of punishment, but can you not imagine a circumstance where it would somehow be justified? It is appalling to be forced to think that way, but we must all consider, for example, a case where a person holds information that can save the lives of many. Is that person's well-being - not even his life, mind you, just his safety from torture - not justifiably sacrificed?

In a way I find myself playing Devil's advocate here, but not without thoughtfully considering all options myself.



There's really two problems with this argument.

First of all, generally, torture doesn't work. If standard interrogation techniques fail, the detainee will usually lie to provide, atleast temperary, relief from torture. Besides being cruel and inhumane, torture is normally counter-productive, producing false intelligence.

Secondly, I don't think opposition to this bill is related to that rare, hypothetical situation, where information is needed to save many lives, all other options have been exausted and interrogators know torture will work. Simply because, once the interrogators have overcame the ethical issues holding them back, I don't a single US law is going to be what stops them from hooking up the electrodes.

Originally posted by emcee
First of all, isn't torture already illegal under the Geneva Convention and international law? If the Administration really wants intelligence officers to be allowed to use torture, what's the big deal with side-stepping one more law?


I'm quoting myself here because on further thought I realised this law would be different because individuals can be prosecuted under it in US courts. Still completely beside the point, however.
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Posted on 12-11-05 12:41 AM, in The Photo Caption Game Link
To the shock and horror of moviegoers, the theatre was only showing one movie that week.
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Posted on 12-11-05 06:16 AM, in Torture bill Link
Yes, I would assume there are many laws against torture, and even just the individual acts involved in common forms of torture. However, I'm not sure of how many of them (aside from international law) apply to wartime intellegence gathering. I mean outside of the context of war, killing another human being is almost universally illegal, but soldiers do it legally all the time. I believe what sets this law apart, is that it holds individuals whom, while acting outside the chain of command, either order or commit torture, legally responsible in US court, even during war. And rightly so.

The real sad part of this, is that I believe much of the purpose to this bill was to send a message to world of a strong stance against torture. However opposition to the bill by the Administration (and even veto threats from the president) have served to make us look even worse then before.
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Posted on 12-11-05 02:18 PM, in Experimental New Layout Link
Looks like you redefined the link color for the entire page.

Put your entire layout in a div, and put that div in its own class, then define the link color for that div like so:

(assuming you gave your div the class mydiv)


<style>
.mydiv a:link { color: #XXXXXX; }
.mydiv a:visited { color: #XXXXXX; }
.mydiv a:hover { color: #XXXXXX; }
.mydiv a:active { color: #XXXXXX; }
</style>

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Posted on 12-11-05 06:57 PM, in Torture bill Link
Originally posted by Dracoon
Wait, I got thrown off somewhere and this is what I got.

There is a bill that is trying to get passed that stops torture, and the administration is fighting to make sure it doesn't get passed, although the Genova Convention already stopped torture?

Well, as for torture goes, it doesn't work. Regardless of moral rights, it doesn't work all the time. While it might work on some and I could imagine hundreds of thousands of possible tortures, anyone that really wants to will be able to lie and make the whole thing a failure.


Originally they were talking about vetoing it, but after the overwhelming support it recieved, they moved to just trying get intellegence officers exempt (which of course would totally defeat the purpose), now they're working on a deal with McCain to change the wording. I don't know why McCain feels they need to reach a comprimise, it will pass whether the Administration likes it or not.
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Posted on 12-12-05 10:18 PM, in Movie stills Link
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Posted on 12-14-05 09:54 PM, in Fundamentalist agendas!? Link
Originally posted by Arwon
I think you're actually getting further and further away from being all Christian.


This is very true. Even as the nation as a whole moves farther right (although, I think were on a verge of change), the vast majority of Americans are still not Fundamentalist Christians, like those who seem to be trying to take control of the government. And those that are trying to take control are they themselves moving farther away from true Christianity, as they seem to have forgot basic Christian principles such as "Judge not, that ye be not judged", and "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's". The truth is, combining Church and State only serves to currupt them both.
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Posted on 12-14-05 10:40 PM, in What comes to mind when you hear jihad? Link
Actually, I think the actual meaning of Jihad for most Muslims is a struggle in the name of Islam, be it internal or external. So depending on context Jihad could mean many things, for instance fasting, could be a form of Jihad. When used in the context of those who feel that terrorism is an act in the name of Allah, then Jihad does mean Holy War.

Also, there is an anchorwoman on a local station around here with the last name Geeha, which is what I thought of the first time I heard of Jihad.
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Posted on 12-14-05 11:11 PM, in Renewing the Patriot Act Link
After September 11th, I knew a little about the Partiot Act, which was quickly pushed through Congress after the attacks. As I learned more it worried me that we could so quickly move away from basic individual rights, towards what we can assume would make us "more secure" (or as Benjamin Franklin put it: "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"). And I still worry about what law will be pushed through after the next attack.

There is one thing they did do right however: they made it temporary. Meaning it expires after 4 years (starting at the end of 2001). Over the last four years, however, most of the law has been made permanent, and only the most controversial portions will expire on the 31th unless renewed by Congress.

Today the House of Representatives voted 251-174 to renew the law. So next it moves to the Senate, where it will likely face more resistance, and there is talk of filibuster from those who oppose renewal.

Most of those opposing renewal aren't looking to let it expire, but instead push the deadline back to March so there is more time discuss its implications, and possibly draft a bipartison alternative. I would be happy with that outcome, although I would like to see the remaining portions of the law dropped altogether. What does everyone else think?
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Posted on 12-15-05 12:47 AM, in Layout Request Link
Try this:

Put this for your header:

<style>.pinklo a:link{color:pink}</style><div class=pinklo style=color:white;background:url(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/6194/pinkflowers4sv.jpg) width="100%" height="100%"><br><br><br><br><table width="100%"><tr><td width="12%"></td><td width="85%" bgcolor=black>

And this for your signature:

</td><td width="3%"></td></tr></table><br><br></font></div>
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Posted on 12-16-05 07:08 PM, in Layout Request Link
The gap really shouldn't be there, I think you may have inadvertantly added an additional linebreak at the end of your signature, delete that and the gap should go away.

The picture is suposed to repeat though, to fill in your entire post, however you can replace it with something that looks better titled, just change where it says http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/6194/pinkflowers4sv.jpg to the location of another image, like one of these (these are different "pink flower" images):

http://img417.imageshack.us/img417/1831/pt33yj.png
http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/9678/pt23hw.png
http://img417.imageshack.us/img417/9130/pt4fj.png

Also you can take the </font> out of the signature, its not hurting anything, but it also doesn't need to be there.

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Posted on 12-16-05 07:20 PM, in Movie Line Trivia Link
In light of the new clue I'll say number 4 is Saving Private Ryan, althogh technically the Battle of Normandy was in 1944.

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Posted on 12-16-05 09:40 PM, in Quick HTML question Link
Do you have cgi access?

If so try this (make sure to save it as index.pl): 
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
$dir=$ENV{'QUERY_STRING'} or $dir='.';
$dir=~s/[\/\\]$//;
opendir(DIR,$dir);
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print '<html><head><title>Directory Listing for '.$dir.'<body><pre>Name                          Last Modified              Size<hr>';
foreach(readdir(DIR))
{
	$m=-M($dir.'/'.$_);
	$s=-s($dir.'/'.$_);
	print '<a href="'.(-d($dir.'/'.$_) ? 'index.pl?' : '').$dir.'/'.$_.'">'.$_.'</a>'.((' ' x (30 - scalar(length($_))))).scalar(localtime(time - ($m*86400))).('   ' . int($s/1024) . 'K<br>');
}
print '</pre></body></html>';
closedir(DIR);

Really this isn't a very secure solution however, since you can browse the entire server, rather than just your files, but it wouldn't be to hard to add a password.

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Posted on 12-16-05 10:16 PM, in What is your Religion? Link
I predict atleast 5 pages for this thread, since it seems threads about religion on this forum seem to be the longest (even that thread that was titled Scientology, but was actually about secularism), that and people seem to really like telling everyone what their religion is.

I have nothing against religion, though, infact, I think its great. It makes people happy, and gives them a sense of purpose and belonging, and what's wrong that? But it's a little like splitting the atom though, inthat its incredibly powerful, and it can be very misused.

As for my religion, I normally prefer not to say.

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Posted on 12-17-05 01:04 PM, in What is your Religion? Link
Originally posted by The SomerZ
Deist. I believe in a higher power that doesn't do nothing. I don't believe in miracles, I don't believe in divine intervention, I don't believe in the power of praying, I only believe that there is one (or more) higher power(s), and that it has no influence on our lives. I also believe in the undying soul, though I am undecided on what happens to it after death. I find the concept of non-existance (and I apologize to anyone I might offend now) utterly absurd. It's a concept that is foreign to me (and to all other living creatures), and I don't think anyone could really explain what non-existance is, or what it would be.


Well of course its foreign to you, you've never experienced it. No one has so they can't describe it. As a matter of fact no one can experience it, since they wouldn't exist to experience it. But just because a concept is foreign and indescribable doesn't mean it's not real. Go describe blue to a blind person.
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Posted on 12-17-05 01:58 PM, in Renewing the Patriot Act Link
Well the Senate voted not to renew the remaining portions of The Patriot Act. However, there will be a revote. Later, I'll post some specifics of what the law covers.

On a related note, there's this

Originally posted by Wurl
"Any man who is willing to risk freedom for temporary safety deserves neither"
-Benjamin Franklin

Seems I've read that somewhere...
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Posted on 12-17-05 02:01 PM, in What comes to mind when you hear jihad? Link
It's not just TV and movies:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=jihad

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Posted on 12-17-05 02:29 PM, in Embedding movie in webpage Link
I'm sure there is a more official way of doing this, but would just place an image over an iframe (using css positioning), then set the onclick for the image to change the image's visibility to hidden and redirect the iframe to a page with an embedded video.
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