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...and to me to publicly call someone a traitor it would be slander/libel unless they were convicted of said crime. We should delegate this discussion to freefall. We get to yell really loud at one another, and we only have a minute. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

Sorry dude. Read it. Disagree with you. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

Ehm... I repeat, was she convicted of treason? From the link you referenced this does not apper to be the case, so distasteful as her actions may seem to you, you have as much right to call her a traitor as I have to call you a car thief. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

Yeah it's funny, but in all fairness John Cleese didn't write it. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

To put it in short: Was she tried and convicted? If yes, that'll teach her. If not, STFU. It bothers me when people throw around accusations like that without backing them up. Is a PR trip to an enemy state bad taste and possibly bad for morale? Possibly. Does it amount to giving "aid and comfort to the enemy"? Hardly. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

Oh grow up. I suppose that next you will suggest investing in research and education... HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

I know what a badger is. What does badgering mean? ... oh, and who is Helen Thomas? HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

You banned PJ from the Bonfire as well?!? Just asking to be sure I understand. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

Sitting with a glass of Balvenie Doublewood. Feeling waaay too mellow to fight this out with you just now. We'll fight this out over a beer some time.

Without looking at the video I am venturing a guess that it is the MTV show where they soaked the main in kerosene or something like that. IIRC he was wearing an intentional cutaway rig, as canopy no. 2 has a three ring system... But since this is SC: Why are you interested in this incident. Are you one of those people who get a perverse pleasure out of seeing someone bounce? How do you feel about capital punishment, and should cats be neutered? If you cannot come up with answers satisfactory to my grandmother I will from now on consider you a shit-for-brains Bushie who likes Intelligent Design but doesn't understand even one of the two words. Welcome to Speakers Corner. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

When I read this thread you seem to be getting some support. People seem to think that she was over-reacting. I don't know you. I don't know your son, and I don't know his teacher. IOW I don't know if this is a correct perception. Also, I can't help wondering if we'll have a post in here in a few weeks from a teacher who is tired of over-protective parents who think that it is the God-given right of their offspring to never ever face any adversity in life. Parents who think that it is their duty to make formal complaints over every sentence said in a class-room that does not conform to their own world-view. I personally believe that teachers should be given room in which to work. Right now it sounds like you are second-guessing the teacher's decisions on the account of an eleven-year old who does have some vested interest in looking good in your eyes. If she is blowing this out of proportion then maybe so are you. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

I find the "style" he uses extremely irritating. I feel like I am reading a two page chapter and the a half-page summary all the way through. That being said, the first 50 pages of Angels and Demons were hilarious to me... as a physicist... often working at CERN... on an LHC experiment. As for how factual his books are, I can only say that he has obiously never set foot at CERN. We spend money on accelerators, not on pretty buildings and wind tunnels. I don't see a problem setting the book in the not too distant future as I think he is doing, though. CERN just does not have an X-33 spaceplane, a finished LHC or a wind tunnel... yet . CERN actually put up a FAQ on all this. Are his books original? Well, I think the originality is in the easy-to-read appealing-to-some format (Why do I feel like a snob writing this?

Get what done? I think that is the question here. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

Hey! Get a room you two. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

You asked if he could legally go after her. I said yes, and added that I thought it would be only fair. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

I know what a mastaba is, but I cannot figure out what "mastabatory" means... HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

I'd say yes. That is only fair. However, there might be a reason she would want to give up her child. She might not have any money... HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

I think I'll stick with "incompetence" here. This case was already won until they f*cked it up. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

Just for the sake of the argument, how do you discern between people being wrong and people just plain disagreeing with you? HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

Just saw this. A few quotes: I fully agree that this man should be allowed the same protection under law as any other accused criminal, but come on here. He f*cking confessed! All the government had to do was to stand back and let justice take its course. They couldn't handle it! They just had to go coach witnesses in violation of a court order. Amateurs! On a side note I am very much against the death penalty. It just pisses me off to see that it is apparently veeery hard to conduct a fair trial. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

Isn't there a statute of limitations on these things? HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

Only if it is my rigger's car. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

A flight attendant once asked me how I intended to get out if I needed to. I politely told her the price of a new parachute as an explanation of why I chose to carry it. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

Sure... Of course the US is going to be invading North Korea one of these days... and Iran. I think I'll schedule my vacation in the States. Since all of you guys are going to be overseas it is going to be sooo peaceful. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

Hmmm. Ckecks list to see if there's anyone I like that much... Afraid people will think you're gay, when you "hook up" with a buddy? HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...