SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Pastimes
THE SLIGHTLY MODERATED BOXING RING
An SI Board Since February 2002
Posts SubjectMarks Bans
21057 16 0
Emcee:  Peter Dierks Type:  Moderated
Previous 100 | Next 100 | View Recent | Post Message
Go to reply# or date (mm/dd/yy):
ReplyMessage PreviewFromRecsPosted
15233Facile and misleading. States commonly restore peace by waging war.Lazarus_Long-6/21/2002
15232But everything they do or want to do isn't a bad idea.Lazarus_Long-6/21/2002
15231<i>I don't know what is useful about serving five years. That doesn&#Lazarus_Long-6/21/2002
15230<i>my tv and radio will be off</i> Mine also.WHile I am sure some woLazarus_Long-6/21/2002
15229Nice try. No seegar. Insufficiently graceful dodge. You rationalize not execuLazarus_Long-6/21/2002
15228<i>"It's practical good ethics to have society cautious about actone_less-6/21/2002
15227<i>"...would prefer a more constructive system than what we have.&quoone_less-6/21/2002
15226I imagine Timmy made some sort of rationalization before lighting the fuse too. TigerPaw-6/21/2002
15225The real muddying of the water comes from deciding that it is alright to kill, iTigerPaw-6/21/2002
15224I don't have any problem with him and his celebrating the event, either, andLane3-6/21/2002
15223This is just muddy water isn't it? If you are proposing the benefits of keepone_less-6/21/2002
15222Not me, but I have no problem with you and yours celebrating the event; my tv anone_less-6/21/2002
15221Well, dang, if he wasn't going to talk anyway, why not execute him?Lazarus_Long-6/21/2002
15220I consider vengeance on the part of society on someone like McVeigh to be a legiLazarus_Long-6/21/2002
15219<i>he walked out to the mailbox </i> You are the master of <i>TigerPaw-6/21/2002
15218<i>although, I do see problems with life imprisonment being dealt as a useLane3-6/21/2002
15217LOL!!! They're already here! Look at the people arguing against the DP on tLazarus_Long-6/21/2002
15216When the state tries to uphold the sanctity of life by killing it will never avoTigerPaw-6/21/2002
15215<i>His friends? Who were they? We may never know.</i> So he walked oLazarus_Long-6/21/2002
15214<i>It is the only paradigm, because it is the only way we can show that weLane3-6/21/2002
15213<i>"Life imprisonment and death are both useful in that they separateone_less-6/21/2002
15212It is the only paradigm, because it is the only way we can show that we take matNeocon-6/21/2002
15211<i>Justice demands retribution as a way to restore the moral balance of thLane3-6/21/2002
15210Justice demands retribution as a way to restore the moral balance of the universNeocon-6/21/2002
15209I recall seeing on TV many, many years ago a show that interviewed convicted mugLane3-6/21/2002
15208<i>"And it will be the same people.</i> When they have a weak one_less-6/21/2002
15207<i>McVeigh spent the day in the 9-by-14 foot cell, a short walk from the eTigerPaw-6/21/2002
15206So if you wish to commit murder, make sure you're stupid.Lazarus_Long-6/21/2002
15205<i>"And it will be the same people.</i> Bring em on.one_less-6/21/2002
15204<i>"I'm with you on this one. I just don't have the spirit ofone_less-6/21/2002
15203I consider it a disgrace that laws do not already exist requiring testing of anyLazarus_Long-6/21/2002
15202<i> I wouldn't be surprised if Timmy shared a beer and barbeque with tLazarus_Long-6/21/2002
15201People in grief and anger will do many things that are not really a good idea. TigerPaw-6/21/2002
15200<i>He knows everyone in the country ... </i> The chance that TimothyTigerPaw-6/21/2002
15199<i>"This is improving. I would favor a law REQUIRING the state to do one_less-6/21/2002
15198I'd go with what Neo said. 3Way advocates a warmed-over welfare state. <Lazarus_Long-6/21/2002
15197Man is not perfectible. Society is not perfectible. We're stuck with havinLazarus_Long-6/21/2002
15196Third Wayism originally came from European social democrats, who did not insist Neocon-6/21/2002
15195I'm not so sure about that. It seems to me to be more like a blend of what uConstant Reader-6/21/2002
15194Over 700 American Columnists blueagle.com * * *goldworldnet-6/21/2002
15193Over 700 American Columnists blueagle.com * * *goldworldnet-6/21/2002
15192Thanks. I had been using Yahoo. Yours is easier.Lane3-6/21/2002
15191Thanks. I added that to my bookmarks.Lazarus_Long-6/21/2002
15190Third Way = Old Socialism/Liberalism with new shrink wrap on it.Lazarus_Long-6/21/2002
15189Good link for Newspapers newslink.org * * *goldworldnet-6/21/2002
15188<i>"Your answer sounds like..."</i> I know it sounds likeone_less-6/21/2002
15187LOL!!! You really did flunk Logic 1A, didn't you? <i>Who now knows iLazarus_Long-6/21/2002
15186<i> I wonder how it can be considered COnstitutional in relation to the BILazarus_Long-6/21/2002
15185Your answer sounds like "Do nothing because there is nothing that can fix aLazarus_Long-6/21/2002
15184<i>Put yourself in their place and ask yourself if you would feel the sameLane3-6/21/2002
15183You obviously aren't related to one of the victims. Put yourself in their pBill Grant-6/21/2002
15182Pretty darned good! One of my brothers knows Alan Simpson, the former Senator. INeocon-6/21/2002
15181<i>We can't ask Timmy no matter how long we wait. </i> I'm wLane3-6/21/2002
15180In that spirit: I'll see you five Presidents, and raise you at four US SenatConstant Reader-6/21/2002
15179<b>Justices Bar Death Penalty for Retarded Defendants</b> nytimes.coWin Smith-6/21/2002
15178It is a game, Steve. It is hardly worth making a point over.....Neocon-6/21/2002
15177Greatness? Well, I suppose much depends on definitions. For my own part, I wouDayuhan-6/21/2002
15176<i>Nothing was gained?</i> Right, a bunch of people are trying to coTigerPaw-6/21/2002
15175King George The role of Stephanopoulos in our constitutional system. By MichaLane3-6/21/2002
15174Yes, we moved to Brushes with Greatness. I have had many. I touched Hubert HumphNeocon-6/21/2002
15173Something like that......Neocon-6/21/2002
15172Thanks for the link to the third way article. I wonder if we're going to beLane3-6/21/2002
15171<i>I see that Tucson still has two daily newspapers</i> I had no idLane3-6/21/2002
15170<i>"What's the answer then?"</i> Coming up with the &one_less-6/21/2002
15169Years ago in Ca we had a referendum to reinstate the death penalty. I was first Patricia Trinchero-6/21/2002
15168I was in another parent's house the other day and saw a little thing on the Dayuhan-6/21/2002
15167"But I eventually came to realize that working biologists regard Gould muchLazarus_Long-6/21/2002
15166Robert Reich on the Third Way prospect.org That link of yours is for you rich fLazarus_Long-6/20/2002
15165I see that Tucson still has two daily newspapers, the <i>Tucson Citizen<Constant Reader-6/20/2002
15164Laz, that is not content-free. It's a summary, because as I said, I've hE-6/20/2002
15163<i>I wonder how many people are living with an entirely mythological notioLazarus_Long-6/20/2002
15162<i>Destruction of dissent? In Afghanistan, that meant the Taliban shot criLazarus_Long-6/20/2002
15161<i> cruel and unusual punishment is unconstitutional.</i> But the DLazarus_Long-6/20/2002
15160I found this in today's Tucson paper. Tucson, Arizona Thursday, 20 June 20Lane3-6/20/2002
15159You ask what the "appropriate" punishment for such people would be, buE-6/20/2002
15158Oh, Rambi, as a mother surely you must be able to handle this. Didn't your Lazarus_Long-6/20/2002
15157<i>But that there are too many reasons to choose another punishment to makLazarus_Long-6/20/2002
15156I looked and right now Muffy and her clones are dancing naked. This is not a suRambi-6/20/2002
15155<i>No understanding of what he was doing? Then why go to an isolated fieldE-6/20/2002
15154Say what? <i> It has nothing to do with the comment that "allegiance Lazarus_Long-6/20/2002
15153<i>, head of the Final Solution. They kidnapped him, brought him back to IE-6/20/2002
15152You know what happened? We elided from Small World/Degrees of Separation connectE-6/20/2002
15151Children have long gotten an exemption based on insufficient experience with theLazarus_Long-6/20/2002
15150Message 17632018Lazarus_Long-6/20/2002
15149<i>N's sister in law has also figured out that on the other side of N&Lazarus_Long-6/20/2002
15148So there REALLY is NO difference between an IQ-100 eight-year-old and a 45-year-Lazarus_Long-6/20/2002
15147Nothing was gained? McVeigh will certainly never perform a stunt like that agaiLazarus_Long-6/20/2002
15146Back to you later. That requires research.Lazarus_Long-6/20/2002
15145<i>I felt that I wanted to wait until my assets, which are tied up in thLazarus_Long-6/20/2002
15144LOL! Why....noooooo. In fact, I've spent years perfecting that advice in myPoet-6/20/2002
15143I like Reich. In what sense (she asked, taking the bait) is he a nutcase?Poet-6/20/2002
15142Yes, penni! You have to work to earn rewards like this! Although adding anotheLazarus_Long-6/20/2002
15141I might agree with you, EXCEPT (there's always that "except") thLazarus_Long-6/20/2002
15140Do I have to move to take this advice? :)Rambi-6/20/2002
15139I will check it out, then, when I have a little more energy.......Neocon-6/20/2002
15138You should listen to it. You'll laugh your head off. It's GOOD!Lazarus_Long-6/20/2002
15137<i>2. Put a nice bottle of wine in the fridge for the end of the day. Lazarus_Long-6/20/2002
15136More likely just absurd. But SURELY you would not claim Reich as one of those Lazarus_Long-6/20/2002
15135That sounds like good advice. I can hardly believe it, by I am buying a new kingNeocon-6/20/2002
15134Wonderful. Three weeks is time enough, particularly if you have access to the pPoet-6/20/2002
Previous 100 | Next 100 | View Recent | Post Message
Go to reply# or date (mm/dd/yy):