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SilentScope001

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Posted in: stress relief??
  SilentScope001
04-30-2007, 5:10 PM
#6
Or punch a pillow?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why Do People Say "The Supreme Court Is Wrong?" when it doesn't rule their way?
  SilentScope001
04-30-2007, 12:26 PM
#19
So it is ok to suspend the writ of habeus corpus and deny people who are citizens rights? It was done during the Civil War by Abe Lincoln, using the Consitution. At least then that was a bit justified, as there were indeed Southern sympathizers in t...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why Do People Say "The Supreme Court Is Wrong?" when it doesn't rule their way?
  SilentScope001
04-28-2007, 11:49 AM
#16
Actually, that's what ends up happening anyway. You're stuck with a decision and then you have to organize (or not) to try to reverse at some future point. It would of course be irrational to think that you'll be able to impeach 5 judges b/c you didn...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why Do People Say "The Supreme Court Is Wrong?" when it doesn't rule their way?
  SilentScope001
04-27-2007, 12:54 PM
#14
And then the Supreme Court rules that the new law that has been passed is against the constitution and it simply gets struck down. Are we then to just accept that apparently our beliefs are incorrect and accede to the superior knowledge of the Judici...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why Do People Say "The Supreme Court Is Wrong?" when it doesn't rule their way?
  SilentScope001
04-26-2007, 10:57 PM
#11
Now I think these guys had the right idea, that killers shouldn't be allowed to get off in the courts, but that's the way the system works and rather than go after the killers, or in the case of the Supreme Court cry that they're evil and biased work...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why Do People Say "The Supreme Court Is Wrong?" when it doesn't rule their way?
  SilentScope001
04-26-2007, 9:32 PM
#9
And what happens when that same court decides that something like the Patriot Act is ok? Are to just to sit by and allow the kinds of decisions that are impugning on our freedoms to occur? Or should we speak up and make our voices heard? Or...you kn...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why Do People Say "The Supreme Court Is Wrong?" when it doesn't rule their way?
  SilentScope001
04-26-2007, 4:58 PM
#4
Not really. The entire POINT of our system of government is that anyone and everyone should be allowed to voice their dissatisfaction with the choices that are made by the government and attempt to enact change. If we were to just sit by and accept t...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why Do People Say "The Supreme Court Is Wrong?" when it doesn't rule their way?
  SilentScope001
04-26-2007, 4:39 PM
#1
This is a simple question. http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-04-26-voa55.cfm) I don't care about the abortion debate. I really don't. But, what I do care about is how hypocritical everyone is in this debate about the only thing that gets to decid...  [Read More]
Posted in: Zoroastrianism/Mazdaism/Parsi/[Insert name I've forgotten] discussion/knowledge-share
  SilentScope001
04-29-2007, 7:24 PM
#3
All of this is from a New York Times article on Zoroastrianism, altough I also learnt about it in Philosphy: -It also was the first monothesitic religion, and I think prehaps Judiasm, Christianity, and Islam borrowed heavily from it. -People cannot...  [Read More]
Posted in: Warming Island
  SilentScope001
04-24-2007, 5:09 PM
#2
I'm not going to let this brand new itty-bitty island get out of my reach and prevent my plan to create a small nation from starting up. I don't want Greenpeace to take over this island and create a brand new government like it did last time (http://...  [Read More]
Posted in: Dark Side Dialogue and Acts
  SilentScope001
04-23-2007, 12:43 PM
#5
My biggest complaint is that dark side = thuggish bully in these games. Where are the clever manipulations? Exchange Thugs: "Listen, I know for a fact that you want to kill this guy...but actually, don't. You see, you need money, and that guy h...  [Read More]
Posted in: Visas' missing Lightsaber and Bao-Dur for Dark Siders
  SilentScope001
04-19-2007, 10:35 PM
#6
1) My progression was Peragus -> Telos -> Nar Shadaa. As soon as I landed on Nar Shadaa I immedietly reentered the Ebon Hawk and encountered Visas Marr. We fought, I beat her, she joined me, but she did NOT come with a lightsaber saying somethi...  [Read More]
Posted in: A little help...
  SilentScope001
04-19-2007, 4:03 PM
#49
I never said murder, I gave you the choice willingly remember? If you consider it murder that is your choice. Alright, alright. My bad. How does that affect your decision? Well, you sort of turned the human race upside down. Orignally, humans beli...  [Read More]
Posted in: A little help...
  SilentScope001
04-18-2007, 12:59 AM
#39
Again, this encounter will not be held accountable to any legal system or repurcussions. What is society? Your mind is your own. Assume that in this instance, you have nothing better to do... Soon, I will simply cease to exist, until then you have no...  [Read More]
Posted in: Oppression! Stop the Oppression and Slavery by the Writers!
  SilentScope001
04-17-2007, 8:09 PM
#11
For all your talk of pain you're forgetting that these characters aren't capable of feeling any. :) Interesting theory, actually. I sort of believed differnetly. I mean, when I saw Bastila getting tortued by Malak in K1, Bastila did not shrug, yawn...  [Read More]
Posted in: Retributive Punishment
  SilentScope001
04-22-2007, 8:28 PM
#28
If you had two copies of yourself, which one is the real you? If one deserves punishment, then both deserve punishment. Why wouldn't you punish both? Hm...if they both receive the same memories at the same time, and they both plot together their cri...  [Read More]
Posted in: Retributive Punishment
  SilentScope001
04-22-2007, 12:43 PM
#26
No. You are still a copy, and the original is still dead. If you're killed, then your consciousness won't magically jump into your copy when it's created. You are a goner. You are still you, as long as the memory is transplanted from the dead perso...  [Read More]
Posted in: Retributive Punishment
  SilentScope001
04-22-2007, 12:13 PM
#24
Cloning makes a copy of the individual cloned. Let's say I kill you. You're dead. Then I take the DNA and create a copy of you. You're still dead. The copy starts living, but you are still dead, not feeling anything, experiencing anything, or doing a...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution: The discussion and the theory...
  SilentScope001
04-24-2007, 3:17 PM
#69
Proof science is correct is that it doesn't contradict our senses. That's all it needs anyway - that's the whole point. Science is descriptive. It's not "truth" per se - it is our representation of what we see as truth. Why should we trust...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution: The discussion and the theory...
  SilentScope001
04-24-2007, 12:19 PM
#67
But science incorporates new information as it comes to light, whether it helps strengthen the theory or requires it to change. "Trust" isn't really the right word for what science is trying to accomplish since it attempts to disprove exist...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution: The discussion and the theory...
  SilentScope001
04-24-2007, 10:21 AM
#65
I think one might find life a bit difficult if we are to live by that tenet, as it would force us not to trust in pretty much anything and everything. I also find it an odd conundrum that you would chastise scientific theories for being 'unprovable'...  [Read More]
Posted in: Russia threatens to Nuke Poland
  SilentScope001
04-27-2007, 4:53 PM
#23
Even under ideal conditions I don’t see it stopping more than one missile at a time with its current technology. Therefore I don’t see how it is a threat to Russia at this time. Hm, it could just be a symbolic loss of Russia, and there is fear t...  [Read More]
Posted in: Russia threatens to Nuke Poland
  SilentScope001
04-27-2007, 1:02 PM
#20
I mean, we have terrorism groups, countries bombing other countries because they're not a democracy, and now an uncalled for NUCLEAR THREAT?! Well, to be fair, the military general did say he was going to bomb Poland to stop it. I used the term &qu...  [Read More]
Posted in: Russia threatens to Nuke Poland
  SilentScope001
04-26-2007, 4:49 PM
#17
Escalation of possible World War III over Missle Base: American View: http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1297016.php/NATO_cautions_Putin_over_call_for_CFE_treaty_freez) e__2nd_Roundup_ Russian view: http://www.upi.com/Securit...  [Read More]
Posted in: What MMO are you playing?
  SilentScope001
04-24-2007, 11:38 PM
#77
I don't think pretending to be a girl in real life to get free items counts as roleplaying. :p Sure it does. It's con-artistry and scamming, a pretty useful way of Roleplaying, if done correctly and allowed within the rules of the games. There are s...  [Read More]
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