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by Zuruck
Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:18 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Capital Punishment
Replies: 22
Views: 2095

Capital Punishment

Not to bring it up again but Bettina...this is for you. It happens again:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19679375/

I guess, at the very least, this man can have a life still.
by Zuruck
Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:51 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Good job Mr. President.
Replies: 19
Views: 1292

I agree...good read.

Woodchip...still waiting for that answer on honor and integrity...whenever you get a chance. Oh...and don't bring Clinton into that answer to justify Bush because I think the majority of this country trust Bill Clinton over Bush...and I think that's hilarious.
by Zuruck
Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:19 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Good job Mr. President.
Replies: 19
Views: 1292

Woody, do you even know who joe Wilson was? He was the ambassador to Iraq before the Gulf War started...nobody knows who actually sent him...but he came back with info that Bush & Co didn't like. He came back saying \"You know what, they're lying and they know it\"...and they pounced t...
by Zuruck
Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:36 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: I am one of them, registering republican.
Replies: 44
Views: 4179

One of the few GOP'ers that actually gets it. They don't hate us because we're rich, or because we flaunt our women...why does this guy get it and no one else does?

Saw him on Bill Maher awhile back...good guy..dont' know if he's enough to vote Red...bad bad party.
by Zuruck
Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:22 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Good job Mr. President.
Replies: 19
Views: 1292

Woodchip...obviously there is no way to convince you that Bush is bad...I get that. But you're comparing apples to oranges. You talk of Clinton lying, which he sorta did, the whole \"is it sex, not sex\" whatever, but the difference is that he was asked questions I don't think anyone would...
by Zuruck
Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:10 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Good job Mr. President.
Replies: 19
Views: 1292

Woodchip...his story changed multiple times. Not just once, but multiple times. You cannot claim a faulty memory after you were in front of a grand jury...especially doing it again and again. Remember when Bush said anyone implicated in this leak case would be fired? Then he changed it to convicted?...
by Zuruck
Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:52 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Good job Mr. President.
Replies: 19
Views: 1292

The White House is just doing some damage control. The President will eventually pardon the rest of the sentence away. The good ole boys in that house will not let one of their crew burn...they let him ride the storm so they could avoid anything but now that it's over, he's welcome back to the club....
by Zuruck
Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:07 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: God and Absolute Morality (split from Abortion)
Replies: 59
Views: 4468

How many people here that are posting volumes upon volumes have actually dealt with rape / abortion? I like how it's being broke down into simple equation sets and that everything should be black and white and perfect in the end. I got to see how imperfect it all is and I reiterate...you all have no...
by Zuruck
Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:49 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: God and Absolute Morality (split from Abortion)
Replies: 59
Views: 4468

I'm wondering how many of you have even had to deal with a situation like this? You people have no clue what the f.uck you're talking about.
by Zuruck
Fri Jun 22, 2007 3:57 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: National Lampoon
Replies: 12
Views: 1063

I'd rather pork 72 women that you know don't have the clap than one guy who can't handle a simple beating.
by Zuruck
Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:01 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Global Warming Revisited
Replies: 39
Views: 3282

So Vulcan, and those that don't buy into it, what do you think happens to the billions of tons of chemicals that are pumped into the air each year? Humans may not be the sole cause of it but we certainly help by spewing this crap into the air. This is your earth, makes no sense to not give a crap......
by Zuruck
Wed May 30, 2007 4:10 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Armageddon, Oil and Terror: What the Bible Says About the Fu
Replies: 16
Views: 1216

I have not read that one...I'm interested in Hitchens' new book about the big delusion (religion).
by Zuruck
Fri May 18, 2007 9:18 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: What's your take on abortions?
Replies: 255
Views: 16527

No Bet, rape victims get no sway. There is always adoption...because it's not like it's a big deal for a woman to carry to term a fetus that was conceived during rape. Nobody likes the idea of abortion, it's not like people sitting around smoking cigars and wondering what the next fetus is going to ...
by Zuruck
Wed May 09, 2007 8:59 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Something to think about
Replies: 23
Views: 1583

It's amazing that an intelligent person (I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt Vulcan) can believe stuff like this. At least check history before you say crap like this. Germany did not attack our mainland no, but they had U-Boats in the Gulf of Mexico, they attacked our supply ships to England......
by Zuruck
Mon May 07, 2007 3:28 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: More Disturbing
Replies: 88
Views: 5348

Yeah Will, I don't think the Koran explicitly states that. I think it's more \"if you die for your religion, you will be rewarded\". Complete bull but when you have nothing else to look forward to in life the 17 virgins start to sound quite good.
by Zuruck
Fri May 04, 2007 4:10 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: \"Zero tolerance\" gone wrong
Replies: 22
Views: 1997

Hahaha....that is just funny. We deserve the country that we're turning this one into.
by Zuruck
Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:26 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Doomed to defeat
Replies: 18
Views: 1361

Yeah well that's what happens when politicians try to run a military campaign. I believe the generals in WW2 had a little more freedom to do as they needed but that' just the way it is now. Woodchip, the Dems haven't run this war into the ground. This war has been all GOP, the entire time. At no tim...
by Zuruck
Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:14 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Theistic Evolution
Replies: 66
Views: 4722

My fluid dynamics professor worked at a nuclear accelerator here in Chicago and he used to talk about evolution. As a scientist, he said evolution is undebatable...but he said he believed in god because evolution doesn't explain the existence of the soul. I don't think they are exclusive of each oth...
by Zuruck
Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:10 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: $2,500,000,000,000 per year
Replies: 27
Views: 2028

Good point Will, but our kings change the rules daily...and they are changing them to make sure we (the facking citizens) don't have that kind of power. I'm not sure when this monster was created but at the current point in time...there is no alternative. Ever wonder who made it a two party system? ...
by Zuruck
Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:51 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Capital Punishment
Replies: 223
Views: 18805

Re:

I have trouble because I don't know what it takes to protect a truly innocent person from the death penalty short of banning capital punishment. The answer to what it takes is right there in your sentence. You have to realize that the justice system is not like baking a pie. You can't just throw it...
by Zuruck
Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:53 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Capital Punishment
Replies: 223
Views: 18805

Bee, Everyone wants retribution...everyone wants to feel better knowing that someone paid for the crime. But, America has become tolerant of just making \"someone\" pay for the crime. As long as someone burns, everyone sleeps better at night. Ever been blamed for something you didn't do? I...
by Zuruck
Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:38 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Capital Punishment
Replies: 223
Views: 18805

Bet, It applies not to Couey or whatever but capital punishment in general. Yet ANOTHER person has been freed by DNA, that brings it to 200 that we know of now. Ever think for a second how many that might be if DNA evidence was around for a while longer? I'm not saying all criminals are innocent but...
by Zuruck
Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:11 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Capital Punishment
Replies: 223
Views: 18805

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18274737/ Another man freed after 25 years behind bars for a crime he obviously did not commit. The exoneration is the United States' 200th based on DNA evidence, according to the Innocence Project in New York, a nonprofit group that works to exonerate wrongly convicted i...
by Zuruck
Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:17 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: 30+
Replies: 119
Views: 9028

So what happens when the supposedly strong teacher has a mental collapse and kills every student in the classroom? Again, why is adding more guns to quell violence a good idea? There will always be the inherent risk because even law abiding citizens snap. THIS KILLER WAS A LAW ABIDING CITIZEN!! Unti...
by Zuruck
Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:23 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: 30+
Replies: 119
Views: 9028

yeah Krom, population density has nothing to do with how many people are killed...because then Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, and every other city in the world would be far past America in terms of killings. Perhaps it is time for you people to realize that, excluding third world countries, America is th...
by Zuruck
Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:14 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: 30+
Replies: 119
Views: 9028

Yeah you're right Will...I dont' think my percentage is correct...it should be much lower than that. But...since I do not have the stats right at my fingertips like the rest of you seem to I guess America should just stay in the 18th century and let the rest of the advanced world move on. Don't thin...
by Zuruck
Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:41 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: 30+
Replies: 119
Views: 9028

I always love that the solution to killing with guns is to throw more guns into the mix. Hooray!! Let's arm the teachers, students, hell..let's arm the robots in the engineering dept too! That way when two kids argue, we can have college killings every single day over the most idiotic of circumstanc...
by Zuruck
Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:01 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Logan Act
Replies: 40
Views: 3432

So...the next time Bush holds hands with the prince of Saudi Arabia (the world's biggest sponsor of terror)...will you guys say the same thing?

No...because they are our friends right??
by Zuruck
Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:29 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: While Dems Dither on Iraq
Replies: 14
Views: 1462

woodchip...do you honestly think the US military can sustain another campaign?

Two Choices:

Leave Iraq ---> Screw up in Iran
Stay in Iraq ---> Get slaughtered in Iran
by Zuruck
Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:38 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Capital Punishment
Replies: 223
Views: 18805

Will, the story that you read about was one of many that led Gov. Ryan to commute the sentences. I used to be all for death row, thought it was good way, but way too many innocents. I don't care about the ratio...what if you were that one innocent life BD? Would you care then? Probably... Look up Ca...
by Zuruck
Tue Feb 06, 2007 4:52 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: SEND A RAPE VICTIM TO JAIL!
Replies: 16
Views: 1233

what if she was wanted for murder? would that have been sufficient to throw the cuffs on her?
by Zuruck
Wed Nov 08, 2006 3:26 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Congratulations USAers!
Replies: 36
Views: 2742

Not soon enough Repo...not soon enough. As for me...I think I'm just about done on this bb. For the life of me, I didn't realize that .com was still around...the guys that I truly enjoyed talking to on this board all seem to be there. Have fun with it...hopefully d.icks like Lothar will stay on this...
by Zuruck
Fri Nov 03, 2006 5:05 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Totalitarianism!
Replies: 25
Views: 1936

You sure it didn't say UnAmerican Cuda??
by Zuruck
Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:49 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: On the Campaign Trail...
Replies: 18
Views: 1370

You know it's funny...I got the joke. Pretty simple to see Bush not being educated on the Middle East and completely missing the impending civil war that would abruptly follow between the religious sects in Iraq. The GOP has nothing to go on, they need to not focus on issues so this is what you have...
by Zuruck
Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:21 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Happy Halloween!
Replies: 11
Views: 1148

Dang...the pretty boy Beowulf and I did the same thing but substitute drinking for smoking grass :)
by Zuruck
Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:08 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Minimum wage
Replies: 37
Views: 3841

You said it better than I could Birds. And I agree, regional changes should reflect cost of living but the national standard should be higher. Anyone in Manhattan live on MW? What about San Diego? What about Chicago? No...minimum wage should be increased each and every year to account for cost of li...
by Zuruck
Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:04 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Minimum wage
Replies: 37
Views: 3841

McDonald's isn't the only place that pays that wage. No I wasn't raising a family, that is the whole point. I was 14 years old, no expenses, no nothing, summer job whatever. For someone who has to put food on the table...seems like it would be just a little bit tougher. You know Lothar, for someone ...
by Zuruck
Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:49 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Minimum wage
Replies: 37
Views: 3841

A decent work ethic is what it takes? When I was 14, living in Colorado, I worked at McDonald's and never once, in the 2.5 years I was there did I ever, ever get a raise. I showed up on time, did my job, never got written up or anything like that, yet I never got past the minimum wage. Those places ...
by Zuruck
Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:35 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Voting for first time
Replies: 48
Views: 3753

Someone is going to have to explain to me why raising the minimum wage is bad economically. What is it...5.75 an hour? That is absolutely disgusting...I do not have a wife, I do not have any kids, and I make plenty more than that but sometimes things are tight. How in the world could you raise a fam...
by Zuruck
Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:48 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Suck it, Zuruck
Replies: 3
Views: 557

The Cards payroll is 50 mil? Dang...that is impressive.