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ShadowTemplar

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Posted in: NSA uses ECHELON against US citizens... and other patriot act fun
  ShadowTemplar
12-26-2005, 5:15 PM
#29
Maybe you should re-read what I said (cause you obviously didn't get it). I challenge you to show me where I have ever claimed that the war is over. I have never said such a thing. I will concede that I fell a little in love with my own rethoric and...  [Read More]
Posted in: NSA uses ECHELON against US citizens... and other patriot act fun
  ShadowTemplar
12-21-2005, 5:06 PM
#21
The argument isn't over whether to make the Patriot Act permanent, the argument is over renewing it, so that our law-enforcement and intelligence agencies can continue using more drastic means to prevent terrorist attacks while we are at war. With w...  [Read More]
Posted in: NSA uses ECHELON against US citizens... and other patriot act fun
  ShadowTemplar
12-21-2005, 2:37 PM
#14
Aah, rccar is back. I asked you some questions (http://lucasforums.com/showpost.php?p=1960359&postcount=37) in another thread (http://lucasforums.com/showthread.php?t=155735). You didn't answer them there, so I'll repeat them here for your conven...  [Read More]
Posted in: NSA uses ECHELON against US citizens... and other patriot act fun
  ShadowTemplar
12-20-2005, 8:02 AM
#6
Yes it did. It wasn't formally ratified until shortly after 9/11, but the extremely short time interval between 9/11 and the presentation of the PATRIOT act compared with the amount of legislature it entailed makes it clear that the footwork had been...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution - and how we know it's right
  ShadowTemplar
12-27-2005, 6:55 PM
#36
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/)...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution - and how we know it's right
  ShadowTemplar
12-27-2005, 11:43 AM
#34
Unfortunately, life on the macro scale takes so long to reproduce that it's impossible for us to see in real-time, and have no evidence that's the way it happened except by looking into the past. Not quite. (http://talkorigins.org/indexcc/CB/CB910.h...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution - and how we know it's right
  ShadowTemplar
12-27-2005, 11:04 AM
#32
Also, how can you get evidence from a theory? I suppose you can get evidence for a theory, but a theory is not absolute. Ah, the vagarities of grammar. The 'from' refers to the 'predictions' part, not the 'evidence' part. Rather than just bring up...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution - and how we know it's right
  ShadowTemplar
12-21-2005, 7:26 AM
#13
"And when you consider the clocklike precision of the planets in their orbits about the sun ... does that seem to you like the result of random selection or the product of intelligent design?" I'm going to have to go with gravity on this o...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution - and how we know it's right
  ShadowTemplar
12-20-2005, 2:06 PM
#10
Aye, that's been covered pretty extesively over at the 'Thumb (pandasthumb.org) The short version is that the only Intelligent Design Creationist in the Dover Panda Trial who didn't seriously perjure himself was Mike Behe - and he was absolutely evi...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution - and how we know it's right
  ShadowTemplar
12-20-2005, 8:07 AM
#8
I was kinda hoping that we'd get Saber in here, though. This thread was started because of his comments after all... And while making fun of creationists is always - well fun - let's not forget that it's not all that - ah - sporting. “Making fun...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution - and how we know it's right
  ShadowTemplar
12-18-2005, 12:01 PM
#3
Oh, hi Skin. Nice of you to chime in. True to the style of your comment, I'll lay down a convention and a warning as well. The convention first: Don't bring up ethics as if ethical concerns somehow invalidates a theory. The ethical or philosophical...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution - and how we know it's right
  ShadowTemplar
12-18-2005, 11:25 AM
#1
I am sooo going to regret starting this thread. But Staffsaber has been prodding me about how wrong he thinks evolution is for the better part of the 403-3 thread, so I guess I'll go ahead and hear what he has to say. So, bring it on. But beware. Fo...  [Read More]
Posted in: New wrinkles in the ESCR controversy
  ShadowTemplar
12-26-2005, 6:11 PM
#6
One interesting side note: Notice how fast the scientific community works when it smells a rat. Contrary to the claims of creationists and other pseudo-scientists, the scientific community doesn't try to make cover-ups - unlike certain clerical insti...  [Read More]
Posted in: New wrinkles in the ESCR controversy
  ShadowTemplar
12-18-2005, 10:10 AM
#2
The question remains what to do with the embryos. Some cures are going to require that cloned embryos be used - and there are still massive technical barriers to carrying a cloned human to term (not to mention a few ethical ones)....  [Read More]
Posted in: 403-3
  ShadowTemplar
12-31-2005, 10:23 PM
#87
And he's definitely thanking Bush in his campaign funding....  [Read More]
Posted in: 403-3
  ShadowTemplar
12-31-2005, 10:28 AM
#85
Of all the forums I have been registered to, this one is the worst at telling me when I have replies. Ugh! I am going to have to watch more closely. When I'm not playing TSL, of course. Huh. The 'subscribe to thread' function works fine for me. Not...  [Read More]
Posted in: 403-3
  ShadowTemplar
12-29-2005, 9:05 AM
#83
Exactly. Except from the "never has been a threat" part. Iraq certainly was a threat to Kuwait when they invaded them in '91. But never to the American mainland. As for terrorists in Iraq - yup, there were terrorists in Iraq, all right. B...  [Read More]
Posted in: 403-3
  ShadowTemplar
12-28-2005, 11:10 PM
#81
OK: Realize instead of Realise. I'll boldface any corrections from now on. :) Marking it twice seems a little excessive. Personally I prefer the conventional newsie notation is err[o]r. *shrugs* But whatever floats your boat. Perhaps I need to be m...  [Read More]
Posted in: 403-3
  ShadowTemplar
12-28-2005, 9:28 AM
#79
Thanks for the vote of confidence, Skin. But before you whack him too bad on the head, I did ask him to mark more clearly myself. And s/z is one of those little things that differs on British and American English....  [Read More]
Posted in: 403-3
  ShadowTemplar
12-27-2005, 9:54 AM
#75
Oh, Saber, when you correct my spelling (and by all means feel free to do so), plz point out where. Not that I doubt your correction, but I like to learn from my mistakes and that's a lot easier when my mistakes are pointed out. Was this before or a...  [Read More]
Posted in: 403-3
  ShadowTemplar
12-26-2005, 6:55 PM
#73
I've been very ill as of late. Only today am I well enough to post. You must understand that when when my family gets it, we get it bad. I am genuinely sorry to hear that. I just figured you were off celebrating the Yuletide. Nice to see you reasona...  [Read More]
Posted in: 403-3
  ShadowTemplar
12-18-2005, 11:48 AM
#70
First off, the customary show of honor. And a salute to you too. *bows and unsheathes sword* OK. This is a little off of an answer, but I found this while googling, you may find it interesting. Indeed I did, though I suspect I focus on somewhat d...  [Read More]
Posted in: 403-3
  ShadowTemplar
12-11-2005, 7:44 AM
#62
Which you did. Where do you get those, anyways? Google Image search for Shift The Goalposts, etc.? Since I don't have the time today to do any real catching up on your posts, I'll answer this question instead: I got the link to WinAce's home page ov...  [Read More]
Posted in: 403-3
  ShadowTemplar
12-10-2005, 10:47 AM
#60
Until the reply to the rest of my posting... adieu, ShadowTemplar. I actually had a response. But vBulletin decided to eat it. Fortunately I had it saved, but it was just a tad over 3 in the morning, local time, when I finished it (you're not the on...  [Read More]
Posted in: 403-3
  ShadowTemplar
12-09-2005, 9:36 AM
#58
Methinks you are deliberately misinterpreting what I have to say. Let me make in absolutely unmistakable. Objective = what we are trying to do = set up a democracy You're the one doing the misrepresentation here. rccar postulated that the security s...  [Read More]
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