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Vegetables aren't sentient. How would you like it if you were slaughtered?

Go vegan and your problems will go away.

Yeah, maybe Michael Sandel could do a seminar on Inglorious Bastards: What's the right thing to do? In it we could talk about Utilitarianism and Deontology, maybe even get into the Groundworks of the Metaphysics of Morals! Even though it's been a while since I've seen the movie, I'd say that one could make a pretty good argument that the German Soldiers weren't following the golden rule principle in regards to the Jews. Because the Germans weren't being consistent, they shouldn't think that the Jews should have a moral obligation to protecting POWS. But I don't think that the golden rule principle holds any weight in Ethics because it leads to many absurdities in other areas, but it does help in consistency. Deontology is hard. Much easier to go with the Utilitarianism.

These type of schools always had me wondering how war would be covered. Is it done with academic rigor? Or is is full of emotions and nationalism?

I got it to work. The problem was that I was dragging the folder into the HD icon instead of the desktop. The game itself isn't running that great, especially on Beyond the Sword, because I can't get past the 1900s due to my computer's limitations. The original Civ 4 plays just fine all the way to the end, so I don't know what the deal is. My guess is that the software wasn't coded right for Beyond the Sword. My machine is an iMac and it's only 3-4 months old.

You think you got problems? I can't even figure out how to play Civ 4 on my mac. I know I have enough memory and stuff, but I get messages saying I have to free up space, which is total bull****. I totally have enough memory.

Really, who understands this guy? What did he mean by, "The Gulf War Didn't take place"? And why was his book, Simulacra and Simulation, in the Matrix?

I'm really annoyed with my PC, and now I have to deal with this "printer spooling" thing that doesn't allow me to print anything. Staying up all night to type a paper only to have the printer say, "no", was really infuriating. So should I get a Mac?

Why didn't the doc talk about fructose in fruits? This lecture could lead some idiots into thinking that fruit is bad for you. I already know that soda and HFCS are bad, yet I just watched 1.5 hours of this. Why??!

If you look at Zawahiri's movement in the 90's, you will notice that He and Osama failed big time in every Islamic country on the planet, as the masses never did rise up. Thus, Zawahiri and Osama went to the middle of nowhere, which would be the stans, and there too the masses didn't rise up. It doesn't matter if the Taliban magically regain control of Afghanistan when NATO withdraws, as nobody, including the Taliban factions, wants these two yahoos around. Radical Islam, as in reinstating a caliphate to rule over everybody, never was a powerful force; people are just not that into it. Zawahiri and his group was finished long before 9/11 happened.

Why lie when you can bull**** your way through? The only people who care about truth objectively are scientists. Besides, finding good reasons for war is just too sentimental; and in addition, you create enemies with your fellow citizens if you call them on their bull**** - it can be very dramatic. Thus, because there is just too much bull**** for justifications on war, it's best to let them play out their fantasies and leave them be, as nothing good can come out of arguing about it. It really comes down to just being too much bull****.

What does the movie say about Lt. Col. in regards to this massacre/incident/whatever you want to call it? Does the movie call it a massacre? I remember reading that the Thomas Moore law center(the same dudes who backed up the intelligent design school board in Pennsylvania...and lost) was the defense for this colonel. Everyone has had their charges dismissed, right?

I guess I'm just really jazzed about this movie.

It's hard to know what the intention, besides obvious entertainment, of the film is. Clearly the film makes it so that the audience feels good when the aliens rebel, but as to how significant this is, well, I don't know. I wouldn't expect such a movie from Hollywood. Definitely not Universal Studios, as they are best friends with Vivendi, a company that likes to **** with slums like district 9 or soweto. Although I don't think Vivendi is in that area, as they are mainly in South America, but I digress....

Best Sci-Fi movie since Aliens 2?

It's hard being stupid. I just can't figure this **** out!

How does Kurt Gödel fall into all of this? Did he really prove that logic is uncertain?

Financially and politically, could these democracy adventures ever really happen again? The Iraq and Afghanistan wars will be oddities in U.S. History a hundred years from now. Just like how today it would be impossible for a Vietnam type of war to happen in our culture, it will be impossible for an Iraq type of war of war to happen 30 years from now. People simply wise up.

BSG I think is a good example of how the story can only be as smart as the writer. There was so much opportunity to do great things with the show.

So the little green check marks from Norton aren't good enough?

How did you learn Euclid's Elements? What kind of space should be studied anyway?

Just finished watching 4.5 on DVD. Anyone else realized just how insipid the whole story arc is? Was the ending forced on the writer/creator of the series?

How important is it to know in depth Euclid's Elements in order to understand Philosophy prior to the 19th century? This book is driving me nuts!

Cool, thanks. I'm about to post a "lesson" that goes on to the sein being used as the auxiliary.

First of all, what ever happened to the old forum, and why can't I login with my previous username? Was I not liked? Anyway, I'm trying to learn when to properly use sein or haben when constructing the present perfect and pluperfect sentences. I spent a lot of time with grammar manuals, and below are the rules I was able to collect from them. 1. Is the verb expressing something that has happened to people outside of their control rather than something that people have done? If the verb is outside of their control, use sein. Think Heidegger's Dasein who is being thrown into the world. n.b. I don't know anything about the philosophy of Heidegger. I just think it's sort of odd/neat that German grammar would actually care about whether or not the verb is is being done by the individual's control or by external forces. 2. Verbs with no motion. Go on no further and use haben 3. If the verb has motion, then check for direct object(accusative object). If there is a direct object, then use haben. If there is no direct object, use sein. Prepositional objects don't count. 4. Remember that the verbs werden(to become), sein, geschehen and blieben will always use sein. These are the rules that I've gleaned from the grammar manuals. Now, I'm confused with rules 1 and 2. Should rule 1 always come first? Consider the verb geboren. If rule 2 came first, then one could mistakenly use haben because geboren doesn't involve motion. Does this mean that one should always ask this question first: who is controlling the verb, outside external forces or the person/it? Where should I include the "all-encompassing rule" about intransitive verbs taking sein, and transitive verbs taking haben? How many exceptions should be noted? Take losgeworden. Endlich bin ich ihn losgeworden. This breaks the rule about direct objects taking haben. Should losgeworden be thrown in the pile of verbs that always take sein as the auxiliary verb? Should I include the rule about haben being allowed to take intransitive verbs when the activity is expressed with the focus being on the activity, not to where the activity is taking you? Ich bin heute geschwommen. Ich habe heute geschwommen. (I don't care where you were swimming to. I just care that you had a swim today. But this breaks the rule where not having a direct object means taking sein as the auxiliary. How would you organize the rules? Here is what I've written so far http://labs.ikindalikelanguages.com/lesson.php?id=50 Before I write lesson 2 I figured I should wait for some input from experienced learners/natives of German.