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Comment Three questions (Score 1) 1376

Although I probably know the answer to the first one:<BR>

1)  Is it strictly blasphemy against Christianity?  Or any religion?  So would, say, a certain book that refers to a particularly religion's verses as being satanic be outlawed in Ireland?

2)  Kind of follows from the first one in a way.  Does that mean the Irish judges will now be deciding what is blasphemy or what isn't?  If they cast a wide net on affected religions, does that mean that they'll need to be theologians on several major religions for this law not be the so obviously biased for Christians?

3)  Scary freedom of speech backpedaling and medieval thinking resurgeance aside (two dumb enough reasons not to do this), is this a monumentally stupid law to pass in a country that not so long ago and for the longest time had half of the country at the other half's throat based on to which Christian sect they belonged?  The first Protestant judge that passes this judgement on a Catholic or vice versa will, I expect, be somewhat explosive.

Comment Re:Why stop online? (Score 1) 597

You seem to be under the impression that the Russian retreat and drawing in of the Germans to Moscow was done on purpose. The massive encirclements of entire Russian armies would seem to contradict that assertion. They just have so much land and people that they can afford to lose more than most, and accidentally make the other "win himself to death".
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Submission + - Coping with climate change

Gauchito writes: Although the worst effects haven't been felt yet, the new IPCC report clearly states that we can all expect a severe climatic catastrophe soon. The amazing inability of people to agree on the problem and on action is depressing. All this leads me to believe that catastrophic climate change is unavoidable, and will probably happen quicker than scientists currently believe (they seem to be finding more positive feedbacks than mitigating ones). With all that in mind, how are you preparing for the changes to come? How are you preparing your kids? What does the fraction of mankind that stands a chance of surviving the change have to do to continue in an unrecognizable planet?

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