Re: Superfluous quotation marks are "evil" and must be "suppressed"

2003-12-10 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 04:16 PM 12/9/03 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: >I am "tired" of all of the "unnecessary" quotation marks that people >seem to "need" to put around various "words" and "phrases." My >"weariness" at seeing so many "extra" quotation marks grows from an >increasing "conviction" that they are merely a

Re: Black Market Body Parts

2003-12-10 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:05 PM 12/9/03 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: >Dee wrote: >> >> Several of us had the beginnings of a talk in chat last week on black >> market body parts and the upswing in people selling off parts of their >> bodies. >> >Last week, br "police" arrested a group specialized in the >organ blac

RE: Science Fiction In General...

2003-12-10 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: "Jon Gabriel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Science Fiction In General... Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:17:21 -0500 From: "Travis Edmunds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL

RE: Battlestar Galactica mini series

2003-12-10 Thread Horn, John
I watched the first half of this last night. I guess my first reaction was: it doesn't suck. I was a huge fan of the original show though I don't think I've seen an episode in 20 years (haven't picked up the DVD collection yet). I thought most of the changes were OK. I thought the idea that th

Brin's quote?

2003-12-10 Thread Alberto Monteiro
I got in another list this quote, attributed to Philip Pullman [whom I never heard]. It sounds like something said by Our Supreme Master. Does anyone know if there's a Brin quote with the same idea? > "Every little increase in human freedom has been fought over between those > who want us to know

Re: Letter from Baghdad (crosspost)

2003-12-10 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This was posted by ABFAS on the other list. I > haven't read all of it yet, > it is very long, but it's quite > informative/interesting/revealing. > > http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?031124fa_fact1_b It's a very good article. George Packer

RE: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment

2003-12-10 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Angel_888 > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 09:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment > > > Gays are free to marry but the disabled are NOT... First off,

The Case for a Marriage Ammendment

2003-12-10 Thread Angel_888
Gays are free to marry but the disabled are NOT... Did you know that in America if you are disabled and have to live on SSI,,, you can not get married and pull your own weight and continue to collect your income... The govenment wont let disabled people collect their SSI if they get married... NO

Weekly Chat Reminder

2003-12-10 Thread Steve Sloan II
This is just a quick reminder that the Wednesday Brin-L chat is scheduled for 3 PM Eastern/2 PM Central time in the US, or 7 PM Greenwich time, so it's starting now. There will probably be somebody there to talk to for at least eight hours after the start time. See my instruction page for help gett

RE: Battlestar Galactica mini series

2003-12-10 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Horn, John > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 01:22 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: RE: Battlestar Galactica mini series > > > > From: Miller, Jeffrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > MNF