[quote who="ParaTed2k" comment="43"]KingCasper: No, I'm not saying that a person who is convicted of a crime is incompetent in making any choice. What I'm saying is, if competence should be the only prerequisite for voting, those convicted of felonies have proven their incompetence in participating in society. If not keeping up on the issues and candidates renders a person "incompetent to vote", then how much more incompetent to vote is someone whose participation in society is so menacing th
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[quote who="ParaTed2k" comment="40"]KingCasper: ParaTed2kcomment 31KingCasper, you still haven't answered my question. Should Americans who are underage be able to vote? I worked as a judge at this primary’s election poll…and…based on the kind of intelligence I had seen from “eligible” voters…well if youngsters can pass a competency test which includes relative issues…why not?Then, if people can't even be competent enough members of society to not
[quote who="ParaTed2k" comment="31"]KingCasper, you still haven't answered my question. Should Americans who are underage be able to vote? [/quote] I worked as a judge at this primary’s election poll…and…based on the kind of intelligence I had seen from “eligible” voters…well if youngsters can pass a competency test which incl
[quote]Are we still Americans? 100% mine do you based your perception... commentary mine facts harvested this one... great article some one else wrote that would generate great conversation, apparently the bigots cannot focus on the meat of the article![/quote]
[quote who="little-whip" comment="28"]So I'm a bigot because I dislike plagiarism?Whatever, dude. Welcome to ignore. (and my blacklist.) [/quote] Piss off
[quote who="little-whip" comment="1"]Another plagiarized article.See that little line 'By King Casper' under the title?Copyright infringement, again. [/quote] Maybe you should have read this; NOTE: None of the below information is my own. All of it has been copied and pasted fro
[quote]Another plagiarized article. See that little line 'By King Casper' under the title? Copyright infringement, again. [/quote] Sorry to burst your bubble...100% MINE :-)
[quote]I think I'll take a look at your other contributions here to see if you've written anything original at all. [/quote] Are we still Americans? 100% mine do you based your perception... commentary mine facts harvested <span style="font-size:
[quote who="ParaTed2k" comment="18"]1. Artists generally are abstract thinkers and can view things from different angles.2. You believe in redemption (at least when it concerns you)3. Most creative writers have a tendency of identifying social injustices before othersElitist hogwash [/quote] You have to be kidding...
[quote who="SanChonino" comment="10"]I NEVER claimed this as my own! Nice try…I did nothing but copy and paste...If YOU had read the Terms of Use of the site you'd realize that you've blatantly disregarded the rules of the site, and the Admins could (and I hope they do) ban your ass just for posting the article in its entirety.The thing was, you never claimed it wasn't your own, and the rules are that you need to give credit if you post something that's not your own, with either signif
[quote](Now the test is: Figure out how much of what I just said, if any, I actually believe.) [/quote] I would guess you don't believe any of what you said...why? 1. Artists generally are abstract thinkers and can view things from different angles. 2. You b
[quote who="Dr Guy" comment="7"]The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude--Dont see anything in there about committing crimes. Did I miss something?[/quote] "previous condition of servitude"-
[quote who="SanChonino" comment="3"]Hmm . . . do I detect some bitterness from a prior convict who can't vote because of his state of residence?Frankly, I'm all for restricting voting rights even more. We'll call it anti-suffrage, and if you don't have a certain level of cogitation you can't vote.Elitist? Hecks yes it is.Would it make things better? I'd like to think that if the unwashed masses were kept out of the process, us, their betters, could truly lead this country in the proper direct
[quote who="little-whip" comment="4"]Reprinting an entire body of work like this without giving credit to the original author is called plagiarism, and it is against the law. It is also against the JU Terms of Service.Your information is old and out of date, btw. Few states currently impose permanent disenfranchisement upon convicted felons, most allow felons to vote again once their sentence (which may include probation/parole) has been completed, and of those who don't automatically restore
[quote who="ParaTed2k" comment="1"]It's simple, if you don't want to give up your right to vote, don't commit a crime. There is no "disenfranchisement" here, there are only people choosing to do something they know will cost them their right to vote.Just because some people can't accept the consequences of their actions, doesn't mean we should remove those consequences.[/quote] <span style="font-family
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[quote]Seriously, do you want me to propose ways these could have happened? I actually could, but I will not. It is not important. How about I give you a small piece of concrete evidence, say molecular homology. Now, evolution is the accepted theory because I have credible evidence. Show me yours.[/quote] "....Different branches of biology have different theoretical interests and goals and thus employ the homology concept in a different manner...." "Homology is what I call
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[quote]KingCasper211I get the feelin' someone here is copying and pasting from creationist sites.While you can certainly rehash idiotic talking points, you're not really accomplishing anything.Every "argument" you bring up has been thoroughly rebutted. Maybe you should do as much research into science as you do into this crap and you might learn something. ~Zoo[/quote] Every "argument" has not been thoroughly rebutted. I will grant you that fact is relative to the individual’s percepti
Something from nothing? The "Big Bang", the most widely accepted theory of the beginning of the universe, states that everything developed from a small dense cloud of subatomic particles and radiation which exploded, forming hydrogen (and some helium) gas. Where did this energy/matter come from? How reasonable is it to assume it came into being from nothing? And even if it did come into being, what would cause it to explode? We know from common experience that explosions are destructive
You are overlooking a key understanding. Prior to the fall of man, there was no death (pain or suffering). For your theory of evolution death, pain, and suffering are essential elements for the idea of organisms to evolve. Plus, where are all the transitional organisms? To go beyond proteins, DNA and RNA, and to assemble them into a working biological system is another mystery. We must go from disjointed molecules to complex interrelated systems that are capable of self-maintenance a
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