Yes, I know.living_stradivarius wrote:In this case the "kid" initiated the lawsuit...burnitdown wrote:We're forcing kids to grow up too fast, I think. They shouldn't be worried about lawsuits yet.
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- Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:48 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: An ACLU Lawsuit for Corlyss to Fume About!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10748
- Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:47 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Homosexuality corrupting children, or religion?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 40367
Re: Homosexuality corrupting children, or religion?
Sexual abuse changes sexual orientation. Is that learnt, or a case of extreme intervention?Novitiate wrote:Yes, evidently, homophobia is learnt.
Come on people, think!
- Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:47 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Brahms - not as appreciated as Beethoven, Mozart... (?)
- Replies: 148
- Views: 95360
Re: Brahms - not as appreciated as Beethoven, Mozart... (?)
it seems to me (this is what I got to thinking after hearing a lot of talks) that Brahms is not considered at the same "level" as our (justifiably) beloved Mozart, Beethoven etc. You're right -- and think how Schumann and Bruckner feel. Mozart gets way too much press. People pay more attention to e...
- Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:46 am
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Homosexuality corrupting children, or religion?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 40367
The idea that fear or resentment of others is "learned" is not the hallmark of a deep thinker, I'm afraid. Look at it logically and a new world of wisdom opens up. I think the same freedom that keeps homosexuals alive should allow some of us freedom from a range of things; for me, it wouldn't be hom...
- Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:55 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: An ACLU Lawsuit for Corlyss to Fume About!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10748
- Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:54 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: An interesting medical ethics question
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6083
- Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:53 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: "Innocent" Arabs Congratulate Bomber's Family
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8655
- Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:52 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Homosexuality corrupting children, or religion?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 40367
Re: Homosexuality corrupting children, or religion?
If you ask me, or any other liberal human rights loving person, you'll hear that homosexuality doesn't harm anyone. Honestly, what harm comes from people you don't even know loving each other? I wouldn't want my kids seeing it at an impressionable age, because I'd like them to be normal, heterosexu...
- Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:51 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: FREEDOM WRITERS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4437
Message to immigrants: don't alienate your host culture or you'll get gassed. I defend Israel's right to be fascist because I think there should be a place for Jews. I don't want their religion here however. Judaism is as a philosophy, disgusting, and while I'll defend to the death their right to pr...
- Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:48 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Are YOU Upgrading to VISTA?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 21328
Re: Are YOU Upgrading to VISTA?
I've read a lot of articles about VISTA and some suggest waiting a while. Others say it's a good but not essential upgrade for many. Very few people, outside of developers, will "need" it and it won't be mature for at least a year and a half. For today's technology, XP will be good for quite awhile.
- Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:16 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: German poetry
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4817
- Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:15 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Hillary’s Stance on War A Plus
- Replies: 51
- Views: 21634
Re: Hillary’s Stance on War A Plus
He should hang for Waco.Ted wrote:That’s a good thing for people who’d like to see Bill Clinton on Madam President’s arm
- Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:15 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: An Evil Act Not to Be Forgotten
- Replies: 39
- Views: 15459
IQ is a shaky concept to begin with, though if it is defined as measurable intelligence I think it still has meaning, and I am aware of the concept of a non-resistant statistic (a few extreme values change the average), but I have to challenge any assumption that "average national intelligence" can...
- Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:12 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Now that the Party of the Perpetual Juveniles is in charge -
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9646
We're going to be leaving Iraq before long because 1) We can't fight a war the majority of Americans oppose, and 2) We can't win a war on this scale where our allies contribute only a tiny amount of the manpower. And now they're leaving anyway. And 3: The threat to our ally Israel is now eliminated.
- Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:09 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: So what music do you guys like besides classical?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 16215
- Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:15 am
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: An Evil Act Not to Be Forgotten
- Replies: 39
- Views: 15459
- Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:38 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Bruckner's 8th in Houston
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3739
- Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:37 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: What happened to Good Music Guide?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 13456
- Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:36 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Unwarranted Attempt to Chill Legal Rights of Detainees
- Replies: 76
- Views: 25563
- Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:35 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: We Don't Need Them
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3538
- Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:07 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Bruckner's 8th in Houston
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3739
Bruckner's 8th in Houston
Saturday brings crowds to the record stores, looking for the experience of being around music. Yet as relaxed fingernails trail down the spines of thousands of CDs in the Used rack, it might occur to us how transparent these ruses have been for the past four decades. Rock music succeeds where it pa...
- Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:33 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Islam's Threat to the West
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2338
Re: Islam's Threat to the West
And the non-Christian West is at war with the Christian West. Oy, where does it end?Conservativemaestro wrote:"We do believe Islam is at war with the Christian West.”
With that comment, Paul Weyrich and William S. Lind have broken through a taboo in the entire discussion of the war on terrorism.
- Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:32 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Proof humans have wrecked air quality
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3478
- Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:31 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Australian Mufti at it again
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2976
- Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:29 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Classical sales up
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8976
Re: Classical sales up
This is the biggest problem. I don't have an easy way around that one except lead by examplekeaggy220 wrote:However, my wife and two little girls watch more tv than I would like them to watch, but I suppose we all need some way to escape from real life.

- Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:27 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: If I Like His Music, Must I Like Its Composer?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8445
- Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:09 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Call your broker for some Dong
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1274
- Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:08 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Pentti Linkola: visionary?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1217
Pentti Linkola: visionary?
Pentti Linkola is a Finnish academic and fisherman who is described by many as an "eco-fascist." His basic theory: technology has made it easy for humanity to breed recklessly, producing low-quality people who are overpopulating the planet and aren't really worth much of anything by any sensible sta...
- Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:07 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Proof humans have wrecked air quality
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3478
- Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:03 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Modern neuroscience is eroding the idea of free will
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2770
Another is, taking this one instance of observing the relation between the brain and one pathological behavior, and drawing the curiously universal conclusion, "Look, there's no such thing as free will!" I don't think anyone denies there is choice, but the idea of total free will is mathematically ...
- Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:01 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Classical sales up
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8976
Re: Classical sales up
I can't be the only one here...?keaggy220 wrote:No T.V.? I envy you.
It's easy to not have a TV. If one shows up in the house, cut the wires. Then put a plant on it. If you're really savvy, you'll put a carnivorous plant on it, as they're more fun to watch than anything on the airwaves.
- Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:00 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: If I Like His Music, Must I Like Its Composer?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8445
- Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:44 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: A new era for classical music?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4087
I'm just guessing: maybe it has something to do with the increase in downloads and heavy advertising about the downloads. That could be bringing new fans to classical music, who then go out and buy cds. When popular music is seen as it actually is, which is endless in availability and repetition, m...
- Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:42 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Classical sales up
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8976
Re: Classical sales up
No, it is Divo, as in IL(L) Divo - brought to us by Simon Cowell of American idol fame. Apparently he thought a multi-national man-hunk quartet (one American and the rest European) singing pop-opera would get the average middle-aged woman hot and bothered enough to go out and buy their CD's, DVD's ...
- Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:31 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Inventor of instant noodles dies at 96
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3040
- Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:16 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Modern neuroscience is eroding the idea of free will
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2770
Ah, but when science speaks, philosophy must fall silent. I disagree. Science is a study of material method. Philosophy is a study of abstract organization, and we need it more than ever. Even more, as it seems the two are in agreement on this issue, namely that "free will" is wishful thinking. Alt...
- Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:34 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Proof humans have wrecked air quality
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3478
Proof humans have wrecked air quality
Air over some parts of the open southern oceans may be the last vestiges of almost pre-industrial skies. The only pollutants in that air are sea salt, a little mineral dust, a faint whiff of brimstone from volcanoes and a smidgen of smoke from wildfires. It's not that someone is hoping to bottle the...
- Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:33 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Amending the New Jersey Constitution
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1812
- Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:09 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: The Capitulation of the West
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2108
- Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:07 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: IRAN: SUPREME LEADER GRAVELY ILL
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3004
Re: Iran
Better that than it endures in its present state.Agnes Selby wrote:He seems well and alive, ready to bring the world to its inevitable end.
- Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:06 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: The argument against the orthodox history of Vietnam
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1465
- Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:44 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Modern neuroscience is eroding the idea of free will
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2770
- Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:44 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: I Dreamed An End To War
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2773
Re: I Dreamed An End To War
Steven Pinker, a psychologist at Harvard University, highlighted the decline of violence: "Most people, sickened by the bloody history of the 20th century, find this claim incredible. Yet, as far as I know, every systematic attempt to document the prevalence of violence over centuries and millennia...
- Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:41 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Our ever advancing society...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1672
While some would anchor parentage in the traditional heterosexual model, it's clear that in many countries that is unrealistic. As long as it gives those of us who are in the traditional model the ability to get away from the others, I'm all for it. Otherwise, it's oppression and I'm going to have ...
- Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:40 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Classical sales up
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8976
Re: Classical sales up
I'll take credit for some of the increase and it wasn't from buying the artists you mentioned - although my wife is into the Divo guys (go figure.) I should've quoted the article, because I have no idea who the artists mentioned are. Not surprisingly they're "classical lite," because Hollywood love...
- Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:38 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: When did classical music begin?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5268
- Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:16 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Heavy Metal
- Replies: 67
- Views: 22501
Burzum is not for everyone. More information: http://www.burzum.com/ Then again, it is excellent. Early Therion is heavily Celtic Frost-inspired, themselves a band with operatic aspirations. Metal needs be divided into two groups: 1. Mainstream/heavy metal/hard rock 2. Underground metal/death metal/...
- Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:10 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Classical sales up
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8976
Classical sales up
Classical heartthrobs Andrea Bocelli and Il Divo helped give classical music the largest percentage sales boost of any genre — a 22.5 percent increase in 2006. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070104/ap_on_en_mu/music_sales Note this: Nielsen SoundScan said 588.2 million albums were sold in 2006 — a 4....
- Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:46 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Classical Music Chatterbox May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Naxos in January
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11283
- Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:44 pm
- Forum: ARCHIVED: Corner Pub May 2006 to Feb 26 2007
- Topic: Heavy Metal
- Replies: 67
- Views: 22501