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- Wed Apr 19, 2006 6:39 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Over-Population
- Replies: 147
- Views: 56199
As for overpopulation, I have high hopes that it will be balanced out in the long run by two factors. One is economic growth, which leads to high living standards, high levels of education, smaller families, and zero population growth eventually (see parts of Europe, for example). The other is tech...
- Wed Apr 19, 2006 6:06 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Over-Population
- Replies: 147
- Views: 56199
- Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:28 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Over-Population
- Replies: 147
- Views: 56199
- Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:15 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Over-Population
- Replies: 147
- Views: 56199
Unfortunately, I don't think conservation is the answer, whether that means driving less, not watering the lawn, or having fewer children (I still think it's a good thing to do). Basically, if you make a moral decision to consume less, someone somewhere else will take advantage of the surplus you cr...
- Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:33 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: Easter and Eggs
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4790
- Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:04 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Redefining Illegality
- Replies: 80
- Views: 33666
Jn: technicality is always appreciated. :) What is the mechanism that forces price X down when price Y goes up and the money supply is held constant? Is it just that if food got more expensive, people would have less money for CDs so the music industry would have to lower its prices to keep people b...
- Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:42 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Redefining Illegality
- Replies: 80
- Views: 33666
- Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:47 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Redefining Illegality
- Replies: 80
- Views: 33666
If immigration law were strictly enforced starting tomorrow, the economies in the border states would collapse. Yeah. And I don't think they could do it, even if they wanted to. They'd have armed riots on their hands. Edit: Please don't construe the above as a racist statement. But it is a fact tha...
- Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:58 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Redefining Illegality
- Replies: 80
- Views: 33666
It kind of confouds me that, given all the abuses Americans seem prepared to tolerate, this is the issue that's got them taking to the streets. I'm not confounded. People do tend to get more excited when their livelihood is threatened than when their liberties are. That explains why immigrants are ...
- Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:38 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Redefining Illegality
- Replies: 80
- Views: 33666
- Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:00 am
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: Heathens
- Replies: 153
- Views: 61732
I don't know... It's certainly true that fanatics get the most attention, but I don't think most Americans even know who O'Hare is. And in the fanaticism department, radical atheism can't hold a candle to radical Islam (for example). Nevertheless, atheists are disliked more the Muslims. I kind of fe...
- Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:50 am
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: Heathens
- Replies: 153
- Views: 61732
A recent survey found that atheists are the most hated group in America. :( University Of MN From a telephone sampling of more than 2,000 households, university researchers found that Americans rate atheists below Muslims, recent immigrants, gays and lesbians and other minority groups in “sharing th...
- Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:31 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: Heathens
- Replies: 153
- Views: 61732
Oh, wait. I think you mean that the 'target' of the Darwin fish are the 'heathen' who will chuckle at it, but that it's mocking Christianity? Right; I'm the sort of person the fish is marketed toward, but I dislike it because it's derisive and imitative (and for the other reasons I mentioned). Whil...
- Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:51 am
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: Heathens
- Replies: 153
- Views: 61732
- Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:37 am
- Forum: Welcome to Our Messageboard! COME HERE FIRST
- Topic: GREETINGS to our Newest Members!
- Replies: 2822
- Views: 991349