Comment Re:no. the NSA is probably doing this (Score 1) 104
Thanks, Fouad.
Luckily, "tried" is the verb in that sentence. The "to conclusion" is an adjectival phrase.
Modifying which noun?
Let's just write this out in words: the Queen acts as a figurehead, speaking words which have been written for her by the government of the day, and this encourages English women to be more manipulative towards men.
Sorry you had a bad experience with one English woman but this chain of reasoning is totally bogus.
You don't specify exactly what philosophical underpinnings you're referring to, but I don't agree with you that
the "gods" explanation rapidly becomes non-scientific once better causal mechanisms are available
The "gods" explanation isn't any kind of explanation at all, except in the sense of explaining an unknown with another unknown. Saying "god(s) did it" is totally ad hoc and non-testable.
Er did someone evolve an intelligent life-form in a lab from a lesser organism while I wasn't looking? I am all red in the face. I must have missed that monumental announcement.
No, because the theory of evolution predicts that this would take millions of years. What kind of retarded question is this?
There is a legal doctrine here in the US called "fighting words". While you are free to say whatever you want to say, you are also responsible for what you say. You are responsible for the consequences of what you say. And if you insult someone's religion or their mama you are responsible for the size 12 hush puppy that gets sent up your keister.
I don't think that's quite right. Offensiveness does not qualify as "fighting words", and insulting someone's religion does not make you responsible if that person then assaults you. And that's exactly as it should be.
Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny. -- Frank Hubbard
