Strega

Most of the time, laws are made to deal with realistic possibilities.  Your problem is so unlikely to be a frequent one, the judges would have to apply whatever law was closest to what they wanted.  This means in different states, you’d have different charges for the same act, depending on what law was available to apply.

Since the USA is so e…[Read more]

Andrew, thanks for that.  If the description is simply a personal model, then have at it.  For me,  I can’t get from ‘evolution’ to ‘mistake’.

Where you’re talking about the pressure point that converts inaction into action, you state that there is a ‘mistake’ there that needs correcting, vis-a-vis the push pull consequences.  You’re then sta…[Read more]

I don’t have any problem with your definition of God, principally because there’s no right or wrong definition.  The force by which everything evolves…. yes I can still go with this, because everything does evolve – some people call this force Nature, others God, others a mystery.

Now you do some quantum jumping that is a completely…[Read more]

You could always answer that ‘blessing’ thing with, “I didn’t sneeze!” – another favorite of mine is when people say, “I’ll pray for you” which usually invokes my utter astonishment, as in, “Really?  You’ll really get down on your knees and pray to your god to intervene for me?  Will this be at bedtime with all your other prayers or will I get a s…[Read more]

We are a bit out of the way here, although Archaopteryx once managed to get me a visit from the mormons. Well, he tricked me into applying on line for a free copy of their book, which I did, and which was then followed up with said visit. (Short visit)

As far as verbal blessings and stuff are concerned, I think of them as a sort of  Tourette’s…[Read more]

@_Robert_. Yes I am suggesting we provide food and stability to those regions – do you think bombing them is working out well?  Perhaps if we think about what causes someone to despair, we would have a better understanding of how to go about addressing it.

Ha! Thanks Reg!

Good for Canada!

Never mind, Jason, I enjoyed replying!

(We are all fumbling to some degree with the new platform.  However, better that, than having a platform that’s succeptible to crash and burn (Ning))

@JasonSimko.

My silence?  I wasn’t aware you were asking a question of me.  Do I have money?  Yes.  Do I have healthcare? Yes.  Would I be prepared to pay more in taxes to enable poorer people to have healthcare? Absolutely.  Do I think healthcare is a human right and there should be a national health service like they have in the U.K. and Canad…[Read more]

David, here’s a link to an article you might find interesting – 20 million muslims protesting ISIS

You know, I grew up in London.  I had my first bomb scare drill at school when I was six years old. This was in the mid sixties.   The IRA was the terrorist group of my time.  I have had my office bombed twice in two years – the first time, thankfully I was the last to leave, 20 minutes before our office exploded. This was in the late nineties.  T…[Read more]

David, if I started a terrrorist organization and started bombing and killing civilians in the name of David Boots, that doesn’t make you responsible in any way.  Annoyed perhaps- but not culpable.  Similarly, invoking Islam whilst you kill does not make Islam the culprit – I have read that people here believe the Qu’ran is the source of the e…[Read more]

The Trump presidency is doing two things particularly well.

1. His horrific behaviour is motivating the young to understand and engage with politics even if just to resist.  They are far more likely to vote going forward.

2.. He is putting the checks and balances in the structure of the American system to test – paving the way for potential…[Read more]

How about 8. I don’t even understand the definition of god