In New Zealand smaking children was outlawed about 5 years ago. I would hope that it spreads. :)
Yeah, forgot that. There is a higher freedom of ownership with an optical disc. Unless the movies were to come in a standard video file, with no...
I agree with the poster who said about .mp3 being too lossy a format. With improvements in broadband I'd like to see .flac become the standard for...
I think it's perfectly appropriate to celebrate Maori culture. Waitangi Day is a bit different though.
Thanks. I remember you too.
I do think there should be some punishment for the college students in this case. But what to give? Even manslaughter seems too high for this.
I'm not new. I'm the poster formally known as John B. Wow. Am I really stupid if I missed that joke?
Why is the US conducting drone strikes in Pakistan? Illegal IMO.
No way would the US target civilians. [/sarcasm]
Hmmm. Don't you think America acted out of self interest in Libya? Or do you actually believe it was a "humanitarian" war and a genuine promotion...
I'm not actually sure where they house the original document, or even if it exists. Maori culture is very prominent in the media and throughout the...
Do you see realism?
So, it's that time of year again, when our country celebrates its national day. It's Waitangi Day, based on the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi,...
Russia and China are frightened of growing US influence in the region. The US is interested in establishing another client regime in Syria, like in...
Yeah it probably is. Can't remember when they put the new features in, but the older version was probably better IMHO.
Do you believe that a President Kucinich would change things that radically? IMHO, he would quickly come to accomodate himself to Washington and Wall...
But how do we really judge political figures like Kucinich? He is not that far left. He simply brings up the left flank of the (mostly right-wing)...
Been around for a while now... I'm not entirely convinced by it, especially if they intend to base an OS around the design. Too many icon's without...
According to the graph, Obama has shifted to the right since 2008, even, one could say, quite a lot to the right. I don't disagree with this analysis.
But equally one could say we have an extreme-right Republican field this year. Why should we recalibrate to shield these people from the criticism...
I disagree. I think one can hold anyone's political views within a range of objectivity. What you don't like is that this, somwhat objective measure,...
What about USB style flash drives as a physical medium? This would be a huge improvement over optical media, and could be used as a replacement for...
Perhaps this will pike interest in why communism is seen as superiour.
I've heard the Blu-Ray being called a "stop gap" format; although I'm personally inclined to believe that it's a significant step up from DVD, at...
Social and political tensions in America have reached the point where right-wing exremeists are sending death threats to the Democrats due to health...
Perhaps terrorism should be looked at more from a social and political standpoint. terrorism as a political tactic would seem to fit here more. Often...
^ At some level people want to make a large statement of opinion and Coulter became reason #1. Like putting a stamp on your favourite right-wing...
It's also possible in political calculations that she felt well outnumbered and that actually speaking would have more of an inverse effect. Hence,...
Well the people certainly showed their side of free speech. It is apparent she is unwanted at the campus.
That's the story. She opened it for us.
I think the majority showed their opinion well here. It seems conflicts are intensifying.
He's too far to the Democrats. Good little message, though.
What exactly is the reason she's not welcome?
America is not an agrarian nation, anymore. What social interests will really be served by term limits? It will accomplish little.
I'd like to see thelurker, Cassandra and Jeriko. Its good to see garamet back... still there are a lot familiar since I returned from my 5 year...
I wonder why we declared independence from that place...
Well, of course it is. Prom's have been an American high school tradition for a decades. They are part of a well-rounded education. Try not using...
Is this a more concsious reaction by the shcool board authorities? There's a way it can be seen as quite sinister and deliberate.
Aren't democratic governments themselves the quintessential expression of nationalism, through the nation state? A democratically federated Europe is...
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