Schools and libraries must block social networking sites?

2006-07-28 Thread Nick Arnett
US House Resolution 5319, the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), was passed by a 410 to 15 vote tonight. If the Resolution becomes law social networking sites and chat rooms must be blocked by schools and libraries or those institutions will lose their federal internet subsidies. (See

Re: RFK Jr. interview

2006-07-28 Thread Gibson Jonathan
Ahoy, I'm here late for this conversation. Pardon me. On Jul 23, 2006, at 4:00 PM, jdiebremse wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: only the party in power has been this corrupt and this cynical. Where have you gone Dan Rostenkowski? Our nation turns its lonely eyes

Re: Wealthy couples travel to U.S. to choose baby's sex

2006-07-28 Thread Gary Denton
On 7/26/06, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26 Jul 2006, at 11:15PM, Matt Grimaldi wrote: Wasn't there a Sci-fi book about that? Yes, there was. The main character had to go find out what happened to his planet's shipment of artificial wombs that hadn't arrived, so his

Re: Schools and libraries must block social networking sites?

2006-07-28 Thread Dave Land
On Jul 28, 2006, at 9:01 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: What is this philosophy that allows Iraqi children to be killed, maimed and starved in the name of freedom while denying American children intellectual freedom in the name of safety? Banning just doesn't work. Never has, never will. The

Re: Wealthy couples travel to U.S. to choose baby's sex

2006-07-28 Thread Brother John
David Hobby wrote: Welcome back. I think you're missing Charlie's point. To me, his argument is that it is VERY hard to draw a clear line between things that can turn into adult humans and things that can't. I advise conceding the point, unless you just like to argue for the fun of it. : )

Re: FEMA disaster for free speech

2006-07-28 Thread Brother John
Nick Arnett wrote: I've read about this before, but it still just astonishes me that Katrina survivors have lost civil rights as a result. They end up living in a community where they are not free to talk to the press unless there is a FEMA representative present. They can't have a landline

Re: Good Lord, it's hot

2006-07-28 Thread Brother John
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 09:53 PM Sunday 7/23/2006, Nick Arnett wrote: On 7/23/06, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 08:33 PM Sunday 7/23/2006, Nick Arnett wrote: The last two days, my little indoor/outdoor thermometer has recorded a high temp of 117 degrees. I suppose I

Re: Wealthy couples travel to U.S. to choose baby's sex

2006-07-28 Thread Brother John
Julia Thompson wrote: Gary Denton wrote: He reasoned that the Supreme Court could not make it fertilization as that would make most Americans guilty of murder as birth control pills work by preventing fertilized eggs from attaching to the uterine wall. It would not be the attachment to the

Re: Good Lord, it's hot

2006-07-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:00 PM Friday 7/28/2006, Brother John wrote: It is nice and cool here in southeast Alaska. Enjoy your sun bathing. Enjoy your Christmas. --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle

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2006-07-28 Thread Charlie Bell
On 29/07/2006, at 12:52 PM, Brother John wrote: Perhaps it is an overstatement to say that every sperm is sacred, but human life most definitely is. And if our popular culture no longer values the sacred, or even understands the meaning of the term sacred, we have lost a big part of