Recent content by Dawguard

Is security really that bad at Los Alamos, or is this just media hype? I don't know if there is anyone here who works there, or has worked there, but from the way CBS wrote this article it sounded like this type of security problem is ongoing and uncorrected. I certainly hope that isn't the...

Please don't assume that the enemies in Iraq are fighting just to free themselves. Even they don't say that. Most of the orginizations are under the auspices of larger networks, such as Al-Qauida, and they claim they fight for the glory of Allah and to kill the foreign infidels. All you have to...

Let's not get off topic with another Iraq discussion. Our position in Iraq is almost irrelevant to this discussion, since the issue is the general war against terror, and the methods we should or should not use to conduct that war. If someone is threatening to kill me, and I kill him first...

Just like the expanse of radical Islam a thousand years ago was our fault too. I suppose we should all apologize to the terrorists who blow up children, murdered three thousand innocent people on 9/11, bombed Madrid and London, who cut the heads off "infidels and Jews", and who lined up school...

Why can't they be equated? The soldier is just doing his job, he or she signed up to defend their country. If you don't think that's what they're doing in Iraq, then take the issue to the people who sent them there. The soldiers on the ground did nothing wrong, and therefore they are just as...

If you believe that American soldiers/contractors aren't innocent, than there is no common ground on which we can meet to discuss. How can you possibly suggest that the soldiers are deserving of the bombs, spiner attacks, etc.? Whether you agree you should be in Iraq or not, never suggest that...

In a case such as Maher Arar, they suspected him of having terrorist connections. In such a case like that, I would most certainly not condone any actions of torture or harsh interregation. The times when torture would be justifiable, in my opinion, would be times when people are captured...

With all the talk about torture, I have not seen a detail of the techniques in this bill. I've looked through the various news sources, commentators, etc., but all I see is rhetoric about torture and the war on terror. What types of interregation techniques are allowed? I doubt that it would be...

The number of people listening has nothing to do with your freedom to say things. If you got into an auditorium filled with one hundred thousand people you are free to say the same things that you could say to one close friend. It makes no difference whatsoever: the only difference in numbers is...

You had a far more stringent teacher then I did. My teacher seemed just to give us the simplest things to do, and didn't make us do any more then summaries.

Thanks Garth, that's great answer, I apreciate it!

One of the best sci-fi books I've ever read is The Carpet Makers, and it'd be easy to write a report about it. As to writing them, when I had to do them they were all summaries of the book, usually at least four paragraphs long, followed by a simple conclusion. If you really want to write...

Let me preface this by saying that I know very little about astronomy, but this is a question that has been bugging me for quite a while. I've tried looking it up online and in books, but I can't find it directly addressed anwhere. My question is that if the universe began with a single...

In responce to the original question and poll, I think there should be both the death penalty and life imprisonment. My position is based on two simple factors: deterance and abrigation. The first one is self-explanatory. I want people to be afraid of punishments. I want them to stop and...

That's me! :wink: I read it, but I would be lying if I said that I enjoyed it.