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Comment Re:Distinguishing conflict from disagreement (Score 1) 1152

1 John 3:15: Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.

It's pretty hard to go to war with someone if you don't hate them.

I'm glad a lot of people out there don't stay true to the word of the Bible. I for one have probably at some point made a 'your mom' joke.
In Matthew 15:4 "God says, 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.'".

Many might (and do) argue that the silence of the New Testament on the subject of war apparently rests on the assumption that the subject had been adequately treated and did not call for any addition or modification. You certainly cannot argue that the old testament takes great revelry in war and God directly orders numerous atrocities that nowadays would be considered the worst kind of war crimes.

Modern Christianity seems to be about picking and choosing which parts of the books support their own personal belief system or political agenda. You display this yourself by referencing only the New Testament. It's just that other people select different parts such as the gay haters or the pro-life terrorists.

Comment Re:A very unusual toad (Score 2, Insightful) 121

If a species has gone extinct in the wild should humans reintroduce them? I assume species go extinct because they are nonviable...who the heck are we to play God when the reintroduced species will most likely suffer and/or perish again.

They became nonviable because we destroyed their habitat. It seems strange that you consider undoing damage we have caused as somehow playing God, but not the actual acts of habitat destruction, extinction of species and land modification. What is it about Bible thumping that goes hand in hand with corporate cash flow without moral recompense?

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Submission + - Apple ordered to re-write 'inaccurate' Samsung statement (bbc.co.uk)

rainmouse writes: Apple has 48 hours to re-write a statement on its website relating to its design rights dispute with Samsung, UK judges have ruled.
Apple have asked that they be given 14 days to post the replacement — but the request was firmly denied. Lord Justice Longmore told Mr Beloff: "We are just amazed that you cannot put the right notice up at the same time as you take the other one down." One of the other judges, Sir Robin Jacob, added: "I would like to see the head of Apple [Tim Cook] make an affidavit about why that is such a technical difficulty for the Apple company."

Comment Re:No matter what the outcome actually is.... (Score 1) 1184

That's a typical cut for a lawyer working on a contingency fee. Apple's not short on funds, so they pay lawyers on an hourly fee/retainer basis.

-jcr

Perhaps, but people who get paid by the hour, win or lose can sometimes lack motivation. The lawyers will have a much greater incentive for winning if they get a cut of the 'winnings'.

Comment Re:Unfortunately, UK has become Uncle Sam's lapdog (Score 4, Insightful) 1065

Damn, and you were doing so well there for a minute....But then you criticised the NHS (National Health Service, for non-Brits).

Gotta agree on that one. The USA is the laughing stock of the west in regards to healthcare. The fact that they can brainwash their citizens into aggressively defending their morally bankrupt health care system that has many people crushed with anxiety over the mere cost of visiting a doctor and leaves the USA with some of the lowest life expectancy in the western world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy

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