Replying to myself again. Guess it's obvious that I don't apply "Measure twice, cut once" to slashdot posts.
 
My above definition is not meant to presuppose that racism never happens due to ignorance on the part of the racist. I suppose my definition is motivated by the thought that a person willing to examine and change their racist thought patterns is at worst participating in racism due to laziness of thought, and at best due to such tunnel vision or restricted experience as to have not had a chance to think about such things.
 
A more accurate and probably uselessly general definition of a racist is anyone who ever engages in what I described in my first post.

Just reread the entry, and realized I was supposed to define a racist, which is slightly trickier, and much more subjective.
 
A racist is someone who engages in racism even when confronted with the fallacy of their decision making process. That is, a racist is engaged ideologically in racism, and holds such racist doctrines dogmatically.

At least I get a shot at the last question.
 
Racism (as a general definition) is negative actions towards or about another person based on the racist's perception of that person's heritage, both cultural and genetic.

Ironically, the fact that a miraculous peace has not yet come over the many millennia of recorded prayers for peace is one of the many factors that made me start doubting whether there was a god who cared about us humans.

Good to hear from you, and yeah, though the economy sucks, and I'm feeling it in the bank balance, life has been good.

Sounds like it's been an exciting time in the real world for you. The JE circle here is pretty quiet these days, except for political jousting.

Yeah, it definitely lacks in comparison to Virtual Box, VMWare and the like. It's good enough for quick and dirty browser testing or virtual disk testing, but not really nice to use for anything long term and serious.

I think Virtual PC is free for all windows XP and up users now, no student status needed. FWIW, the VPC shared folders have always worked seemlessly for me.

Trolls do what trolls do.

Afraid to address the substantial questions? You still haven't responded to dr's question.

Your trolling behavior doesn't surprise me, but your concern being shamed by addressing real questions seems to indicate that you're actually not the fearless devil-may-care troll you're attempting to portray.

Cause I'm the one with the reading comprehension problem in the last thread? Please. You outdo yourself in audacity and foolishness.

People will realize it sooner or later - both parties suck. All these games they play for popular support just obscure the fact that we're the school dweeb stuck voting on which bully's foot is going to kick us around, and most people are happy pretending that that is freedom.

I'm not too sure about slashdotter's ability to discuss ethics after responses the last time this came up.
 
However, I am curious about Coburn's "facts", I haven't been able to find anything to substantiate his claims (which, if you take the same moral position as I do in regards to abortion, is a critical thing to get right). Apparently I'm not the only one at a loss for a source, other people are looking unsuccessfully for a study that backs him up. I only found one site that listed a source of sorts for the figure, and they referenced the Ohio Department of Health, but not any specific report. I haven't been able to turn up any reports that even comment on fetal brain activity anywhere on the ODH website.
 
I'm curious if anyone knows the source for those two numbers. Without seeing that, I'm thinking that Coburn has just bought into some sort of fetal development myth.

In a partial parroting of Corporate Troll - of course I'm useless, my music collection, though vast, does not strike me as seasonal in any way.

Truth in 123 characters. Well said.