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The insane gun laws don't exactly help, do they? To quote Eddie Izzard, "'Guns don't kill people, people kill people.' Yes, but guns help, don't they? I mean, you don't kill many people by pointing two fingers at them and shouting, 'Bang!'"

Interesting article here gives the lie to gun-whackos who say arming teachers is the answer. I just pray that this terrible tragedy will give an impetus to crack down on gun ownership so that the deaths of these poor children will not have been in vain.:praying:

Globalisation means that more jobs will go to China and the other BRIC countries regardless of whether or not there are unions. It's called capitalism. I would have thought that the majority here would be all for that...

c.1785-1799

I thought you were supposed to be self-righteously ignoring me or something; make up your mind.

That's kind of why I'm cautious about throwing stones at people - as is their sins are somehow worse than mine...

I would recommend Ferdinand Mount's Full Circle to you there.

Gotcha! :thumbs:

That would work as between the individuals concerned but would not with regard to any third party including government (at any level) eg: with regard to tax-treatment, medical treatment etc; you would need some degree of government recognition of your private arrangement for that to work...

But then one has the problem of how to deal with issues such as inheritance, tax status, designation of 'next of kin' etc.

Many for the same reason other immigrants came and continue to come - for the chance of a better life. Unless you're a Native American, there's always going to be an element of hypocrisy in complaining about immigration.

So, I hadn't forgotten that, which I why I used the phrase 'more moderate' rather than 'moderate'. Fatah has come far in the more moderate stakes over the last 20 years in particular, much as Sinn Fein and the IRA (former terrrorists likewise) have come far in the same period and are now part of...

How very Christian. Not!

Newsflash - we're in the New Covenant now. BTW, God's just told me that your house belongs to me, so I expect you to be out by midnight tonight so I can move in. As God has said this, I'm sure as a good Christian you have no problem with that. There are in reality two Palestines - one in the...

I can't imagine life without Jesus. He has saved me and continues to save me.

What is that question and why do you feel unable to ask it here?

Ever heard of progressive revelation, Bill? This is the bit where we go from the 'Law' to the 'Wisdom' literature of the OT, and in particular where the psalmist speaks about God knitting him together in his mother's womb. There's a clear shift in revelation from property to personhood here. For...

Point conceded re Terry. Resorting to insults is a sure sign that you know you don't have a moral case

That has nothing to do with the present discussion. (I was going to say 'Ugandan discussion', until I remembered that this has a rather different meaning!)

Only up until birth, perhaps? Then you're on your own...