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Yes, you can think of them as carrying out God's will. I think that God is old and powerful enough to carry out his own will by himself... if killing someone didn't result in the killer's immediate death that should mean that God didn't want to take his life as punishment for what he did or that your God is not powerful enough to carry out that or give some certain sign of his will... Many people did (and are still doing) the most atrocious and cruel things in the name of a God that doesn't seem able to speak and act by himself. - There's always an exception. If I break into your house at night with a gun, it's OK for you to defend yourself, even if it means killing me with your own gun. If you break in my house with a gun I'll stay in my bed and try to call the police (that should defend myself against people coming inside houses with guns) without doing much noise because I've no guns and a good insurance against thiefs (and pay taxes to have good police and to give people means for living without the need to use a gun...). - The risk of killing an innocent is extremely minimal. But killing an innocent is a "extremely big" mistake and there's no way to undo it! Or we can ask God if killing all the judges, the policeman and the lawyers involved is a good way to satisfy his will... You can accept the idea that 1 innocent man/woman has been killed by mistake? Never thought about yourself (or one of the people you love) being that one? The courts spend a lot of time making sure the condemned are truly guilty. And some policeman in Chicago spent a lot of time playing with plastic bags and the heads of suspects... I'd bet the risk of a vicious criminal killing again (because he wasn't executed) is probably higher than the risk of putting away an innocent victim. But you can't stop other vicius criminals from killing while you can avoid to kill innocents by simply avoiding to apply death penalty. There's gotta be nothing worse than to know that your life is going to end and that you haven't got a clue how it's going to feel and what comes after you die. Knowing that this is going to happen to you and that you are innocent its far worse. And death penalty doesn't stop people from committing crimes (crime rates are higher in countries with death penalty than in many countries with no death penalty). -Death penalty is the acceptance that a human being does not deserve to live, much less be rehabilitated or forgiven. Removing death

David Wulff wrote: What's the deal with Clifton beach? Looks fairly normal according to this[^] webcam That webcam is of Clifton in Tasmania, we mean the Clifton beach here in South Africa. Clifton though is quite tame compared to Shelly beach :-D Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa My humble photographic tribute to our world[^]

Equal time for Manatees![^] I've gone to find myself. If I should get back before I return, please keep me here.

The latter sadly...about once a month I get monster migraine that actually feels like a hangover...but without the fun of getting drunk beforhand. X| Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++

Roger Wright wrote: You started on B&W too? Yes. I started with B&W when I was in high school. I had some cheap but decent quality Russian made camera. I was doing my own development and printing. I had to use blankets and whatever else I could find to block all the sources of the light, so I basically had to seal myself in the room for a few hours in order to do anything with photography. I am not sure what happened afterwards but somehow I had completely abandoned this hobby. I went back to St. Petersburg, Russia last year after 10 years of living here in US. I took a very simple point-and-shoot 35mm camera with me. I've started taking pictures and I couldn't stop. I've purchased a good digital camera as soon as I came back to US. I am still re-learning, but it has been a lot of fun.

I think the issue is that it's treating every foreigner as if they plan on abusing the system as much as possible (i.e. guilty until proven innocent) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

Sadly, I exactly know what this kind of guys is. They lack taking a slap in the head from time to time. It's not violence, it's a civil action :) The funny thing is that guy wonders why his staff is totally unmotivated. But it can't be his responsibility, it's always because of the others, isn't it ? I found a solution to avoid to be harassed. I try to be impressive when I arrive in a new society, even scary if necessary, so people get affraid to break my balls. Generally, I soften this image after a while, if everything's quiet :) Angels banished from heaven have no choice but to become demons Cowboy Bebop

Good Budweiser? :wtf: Is that possible??? :laugh: Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++

Michael Martin wrote: Didn't the conservative (or whoever it was) start the misrepresentation This line could go back forever. And I do not care who started what. My point for anyside is this article continues it. I would complain no matter which side this was. "I will find a new sig someday."

Do you want to say that IT engineers are under-paid :-D ? Angels banished from heaven have no choice but to become demons Cowboy Bebop

Thanks for the info Michael. I think I have read about this before. Was the slang first developed by prisioners as a sort of code? I am suprised I havent heard it before since I've been on a few treks in South America where my wife and I were the only people from the 'States while many were from Australia and England. Fill me with your knowledge, your wisdom, your coffee.

I do not do XML and at the moment have no need or desire to learn it. Unfortunatly the way the world is being XMLized it is going to be hard not to learn it. the minion

peterchen wrote: And if DL'ing breaks some outdated incrusted structures, I see it as my obligation to participate :-D :fistup:[^] Angels banished from heaven have no choice but to become demons Cowboy Bebop

Ah yeah. I remember the episode now :-D Regards, Brian Dela :-) Run naked in the snow until you're sweating like a stuck pig and can't seem to catch your breath. When the flu becomes pneumonia, they can cure that with a shot. - Roger Wright

Good point :-) Regards, Brian Dela :-) Run naked in the snow until you're sweating like a stuck pig and can't seem to catch your breath. When the flu becomes pneumonia, they can cure that with a shot. - Roger Wright

Welcome back Megan, and Happy New Year to you too! I was off work waiting for the cable guys to turn up on Wednesday, so it was rather pleasant not to have to drive to work through it. The local kids were having a full-blown snowball fight in the afternoon...:cool: Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++

Andreas Saurwein wrote: maybe *nix style linebreaks? :~ may have been. - Nitron "Those that say a task is impossible shouldn't interrupt the ones who are doing it." - Chinese Proverb

Just wondering, how did you land on this site ? :-D Angels banished from heaven have no choice but to become demons Cowboy Bebop

Paul Watson wrote: My humble photographic tribute to our world[^] The 'Holey Rock' looks amusingly like a seal at rest... Nice shot!:-D "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)

Michael Martin wrote: Luckily they haven't reached the technical pinnacle of rectal scanners as yet. That was attempted some years ago, but the researchers only succeeded in verifying common knowledge. One asshole is pretty much the same as another, and if they could fly there'd be airports where most bars are standing.:) "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)