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4440That article on power laws was absolutely fascinating. I had never considered sLane3-2/15/2003
4439<i>Welcome back.</i> Thanks. What triggered my departure was your Lane3-2/15/2003
4438<i>but hold off before you go buy your duct tape and plastic sheeting...&lLane3-2/15/2003
4437<i>"From a compassion perspective, dying from a bunch of pills sure bSolon-2/15/2003
4436<i>If you apply it in its most rigid sense you would have to let people haLane3-2/15/2003
4435My dad was an aerospace guy. We always lived within 5 miles of Ground Zero. I cosmicforce-2/14/2003
4434My point was not to say that the idea that we should normally let people make thTimF-2/14/2003
4433I'm reminded of the duck and cover drills we used to do in school just in caThe Philosopher-2/14/2003
4432My first response to your response was "of course that's more evolved aThe Philosopher-2/14/2003
4431LOL!! Welcome back. We've missed you.The Philosopher-2/14/2003
4430Hi Karen! Long time no see... I'm ashamed to say I've got no blog, but cosmicforce-2/14/2003
4429<i>The reference links at the bottom of the page are excellent, thanks! Lane3-2/14/2003
4428Good catch. :) Yes, there are certainly those who don't considered "eLane3-2/14/2003
4427<I> Seems to me that that particular phenomenon supports the notion of eacTimF-2/14/2003
4426<i>I see it almost opposite from the way you do, not a decline of moral vaLane3-2/14/2003
4425<i>I still have residual remorse when I eat meat on Friday. :) </i> Lane3-2/14/2003
4424<i>I see a difference in that kind of departure and asking someone to giveLane3-2/14/2003
4423<i>Die how you chose, and don't participate in anything that violates Lane3-2/14/2003
4422<i>She was competent. Why did she not take responsibility for her own suicLane3-2/14/2003
4421<i>One is only declining to prosecute under extreme circumstances.</i&gLane3-2/14/2003
4420<i>Nope. It was a slur on peaceniks...... </i> Nope. The issue wasLane3-2/14/2003
4419Well, the world needs people like you--very much so. It also needs people to slSolon-2/14/2003
4418I was not objecting to the reservations someone might have about the concept of Rambi-2/14/2003
4417Rambi, I cannot add anything to what you have penned here. I think you know enoLady Lurksalot-2/14/2003
4416Given the specificity of date, I was not thinking literature, but you are right.Neocon-2/14/2003
4415And actually it was Sherlock Holmes who said it...or in the case of Adam Worth ione_less-2/14/2003
4414OK!Neocon-2/14/2003
4413Yes...and, I would have accepted "Professor Moriarty."one_less-2/14/2003
4412<i>"You were speaking of the assumption that the soul chose the body,one_less-2/14/2003
4411Oh, good. You inspired that thought. Let's keep it between us. Your'sone_less-2/14/2003
4410I think that the globalization of American culture helps. Getting a regime like Neocon-2/14/2003
4409Good points. Is there a way to accelerate that process, assuming it should be aThe Philosopher-2/14/2003
4408Being aware of free societies is hardly the same as enjoying conditions that areNeocon-2/14/2003
4407That's the diagnosis. But what's the reason? With modern communicationThe Philosopher-2/14/2003
4406Nobody has specifically said they want to impose their views on others, true. BThe Philosopher-2/14/2003
4405Yes, sad to say......Neocon-2/14/2003
4404Because the rate of progress has been very uneven,that is why. At the turn of thNeocon-2/14/2003
4403I was forced to look it up. Adam Worth......Neocon-2/14/2003
4402I spent a good part of my childhood carrying my brother around, dressing him, asNeocon-2/14/2003
4401Well, thank you for the kind words! I do think that I was speaking from a very Rambi-2/14/2003
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