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    Law. First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    You and others have that experience. Don't think it's universal though. I had strong and consistent feelings before puberty which were definite indicators that I was homosexual. Children can feel romantic and sexual (or perhaps "semi-sexual") feelings long before puberty. My orientation was to other boys in a way that was different from my little straight friends' orientations. I didn't know about the homosexual/heterosexual context then, so I didn't understand that it categorized me, but looking back, it's obvious I was gay as early as 6 -- and I only stop then because I don't have many memories before that age. First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    Three times before boarding they announced, "There will be NO meal on this flight. Yes, that's right. No food will be served. If you want food, I recommend you buy a meal here in the airport and bring it on board. Repeat: There will be NO meal on this flight." Then on board the attendant told everyone that if they thought there should be food or movies on this flight they should call and complain. He said management never listened to staff but customers might be able to convince them to add those amenities. First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    It's ambiguous if the best way to that world is that people stopped wishing death on others or that others stop deserving to be wished dead. First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    Where did you get this information? First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    I just got off a 5-hour evening Continental flight (Houston to Vancouver). What did they serve for dinner? One packet of peanuts or one packet of pretzels. Mmmm. Yummy. (Since I don't ever eat airline food I was happy about it this way -- less smell. But if you're the type that likes that crap, don't expect it on Continental.) First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    It's pointless to propose solutions to someone who denies there's a problem. The point of "bitching about the problem" (as you put it) is to convince you there IS a problem. However you seem to approve of a government that comes up with new categories of people and their treatment outside of the rule of law when circumstances are apparently urgent. So no amount of bitching that the US government is making all sorts of ad hoc exceptions to its own laws will bother you. You like it that way. First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    Excellent. We're narrowing it down. All we need now is a constitutional amendment that says, Or maybe airdvr prefers a system where the laws say citizenship rights will never be denied but then the US government just sort of does it anyway when it seems important. First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    Well how about that? There's suddenly a NEW category: POW Enemy combatant Citizen and now... Technical citizen I wonder what horrors will be done to people who are "technical citizens" instead of "actual citizens". First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    You've got the idea. First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    No, you misread shropshire. You don't have to if you believe you're big and powerful. "Right and Wrong" is for sheep. First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    Yeah, I know, but that doesn't make it any less degrading. Well see, that's up to you. If you don't like being degraded, then go somewhere else. If you like being degraded, stay. Simple enough. First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    The employer makes the rules but YOU choose which employer you'll work for. First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    You know what's great about Royd? He regularly posts these really stupendously inane knee-jerk reactions then disappears or perhaps just ignores the flabbergasted responses. You might almost think it was on purpose, although I can't for the life of me imagine what he gets out of it. First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    How the hell should I know. I'm just a middle class man who works at an airport. How could I come up with those numbers? That's a really good answer. I wasn't expecting someone here to admit to ignorance about the answer to a complex world-shaking question. Shit. I'm sincerely really impressed. First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    Well, if you didn't coat your answers in condescending sarcasm, maybe more people would ask your opinion. Why thank you. That suggestion is as welcome as unsolicited advice always is. My participation in speaker's corner is already carefully tuned though. I get out of it what I want to get. Thanks anyway. First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    Because answering a question while posing it proves that you're disingenuous in asking. One only does that if one's true motive is to broadcast their opinion. Whoop de do. I ask to hear OTHER people's opinion. If someone wants mine they can ask me. But nobody asks around here. They're only output machines. First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    My question for you: how many people do you think the planet should have? * Exactly the number we have now? * More than we have now? * Less than we have now? What's the number? First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    No problem. Glad to provide you with a quote you can take out of context. My pleasure. First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    Construction, power, shipping? Last I knew nearly every business and individual in the world used buildings, power, and shipping. That's pretty universal. Food? Last I knew absolutely every human being ate food. That's the MOST universal thing. Gasoline is far behind those things. First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    taking the weapon out of this particular gunmans hands would have stopped the policeman getting shot, would you agree on that? Yes. Also, taking the car out of the driver's hands would have stopped the accident. Taking the match out of the smoker's hands would have stopped the fire. Etc. First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    Ah, once again with your famous but tired faulty logic: "I can tell by the style of your response that I'm right." I thought we'd successfully taught you better. Whenever you trot this out I know you're at wit's end trying to think of a way to save face. And "septic"? That's a strange euphemism you've used a lot lately. Is that a Limbaughism? And since you're parroting someone else, have you bothered to learn what the word means? It hardly applies here. "Septic" doesn't mean "a reply that confuses me." First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    Did you know that 94% of all children have either been raped, sodomized, lured, impregnated, or have heard a dirty word? First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    No it isn't. First Class Citizen Twice Over
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    I'm reminded of the closing scene of the movie Brazil when we see the hero driving down a highway lined with billboards one attached to the next, forming solid walls of advertisements on both sides of the road for mile after mile..... How exactly does one look away? Oh... I guess you can always look down. Hmm, no, they're plastering ads on the sidewalks now. First Class Citizen Twice Over