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Equality, if I read your post correctly, you were forced to have sex when you were a child. That is the only abomination I can identify here.

love the soldiers' eyes-front here.

Not amidst the breathtaking backwoods of Banff it didn't! Contentedly, William

40 hours a week-- Fred, I do not wish to pry, but what kind of job do you do?

No, it did not. The jury found Casey Anthony not guilty of everything except lying to the authorities. The difference is not semantic. Anthony had no need to prove anything, nor even to offer a defense. She was presumed innocent. The prosecution's responsibility was to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. It did not succeed. I suppose some of us will always have to keep going back to offer reminders of these distinctions. That some Americans do not grasp this — nor that one may not be "twice put in jeopardy of life or limb" (Fifth Amendment), meaning that not-guilty verdicts may not be appealed — is part of what is wrong with the collective level of rationality in this country. The double jeopardy rule has always seemed completely senseless to me. Why should a crime go unredressed, just because crucial evidence had not been found at the time the accused were getting their speedy trial?

Public Schools Fraud Teachers and principals erased and corrected mistakes on students' answer sheets. Area superintendents silenced whistle-blowers and rewarded subordinates who met academic goals by any means possible. Superintendent Beverly Hall and her top aides ignored, buried, destroyed or altered complaints about misconduct, claimed ignorance of wrongdoing and accused naysayers of failing to believe in poor children's ability to learn. For years — as long as a decade — this was how the Atlanta school district produced gains on state curriculum tests. The scores soared so dramatically they brought national acclaim to Hall and the district, according to an investigative report released Tuesday by Gov. Nathan Deal. to me, Atlanta is not the public anything. It's Atlanta.

Is that a public high school or a competent high school? Competent at what? Do you have evidence that private schools consistently produce more "competent" graduates? Carol public education wage slave

I accept with humble gratitude and trembling awe of those giants on whose shoulders I would stand if they would only keep still.

Adam, dear friend, I can't take this one anymore, it is not just you but many others and obviously a common encroachment on common English spelling, and everyone knows English spelling is crazy anyway, but even so -- It's "toe" the line, not tow it. Sorry! Carol ouch you are quite correct! "Toe the Line," NOT "Tow the Line" by Tina Blue August 14, 2003 I saw it again today, this time in a comment on an article on a political website. It referred to reporters who mindlessly "tow the administration's line." Um, that should be "toe the line." A lot of people who don't know the origin of the phrase picture someone pulling a rope, cord, or some other "line"--"tow the line"--as a way of working for whomever the "line" belongs to. Thus, if the administration has a "line"--i.e., a "party line"--then those who side with the administration help to pull it ("tow" it) along. Wrong. The phrase "toe the line" is equivalent to "toe the mark," both of which mean to conform to a rule or a standard. The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories (Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2002; ed. by Glynnis Chantrell) says, "The idiom toe the line from an athletics analogy originated in the early 19th century" (514). The specific sport referred to is foot-racing, where the competitors must keep their feet behind a "line" or on a "mark" at the start of the race--as in "On your mark, get set, go!" So one who "toes the line" is one who does not allow his foot to stray over the line. In other words, one who does not stray beyond a rigidly defined boundary. Snap. I just posted this not especially about spelling, but because here the meaning of the metaphor is changed,: "toe the line" is "keep your nose clean"; Tow the line is, "Tote dat bale."

Adam, dear friend, I can't take this one anymore, it is not just you but many others and obviously a common encroachment on common English spelling, and everyone knows English spelling is crazy anyway, but even so -- It's "toe" the line, not tow it. Sorry! Carol

Dear Diary, Great Slave Lake. Good heavens, these people have been through frightful things, although apparently there never were slaves here, very confusing. But there was an awful fire, I heard about it on the walkabout. One lady said it was almost as bad as the aftermath of the Sacred Igloo Campout Convention, which some of the senior residents have still never got over. Darling Kate has come up trumps and is trying to smile less widely, for fear of a recurrence, but I do wish she would eat once in a while. It would only be polite.And, well, not to be crude but one does need a certain body weight to Succeed when one is Trying. I am not ashamed to write that down, as Granny has said to me and to many others, "it is what we are for." Ich dien, William

I heard that Clason plagiarized that book from Jedediah the Hittite. Damn right he did, by all the gods of Ur and Sumer!! See my scrolls XXXXVVVIII i-xiv for documentary proof. Jedediah

I heard that Clason plagiarized that book from Jedediah the Hittite.

I'm not disagreeing with you, but what is your reasoning? --Brant the journal is a good idea, but how would you have known to tell him if he'd done "best"? My reasoning is that (1) Chris appears to be using his real name, (2) he is single, and appears to be looking for something beyond that, (3) in this day and age, such information can be found about others far too easily, and (4)the next person Chris asks out on a date should be presumed to Google his name, and thus find out the subject of this rant. Not exactly an aphrodisiac, this rant. ;) Then again, my comments were a mere recommendation. To each his own, and all that... Sir, seems to me that you are thinking like a lawyer!

Is it that bad? Blood and gore, mortal combat and the roar of the plebeian crowd. And the victorious gladiators collect fat purses. In case this sounds superior, I'm a rugby fan. (But what's with all the ad breaks?) It is said that soccer is a game invented by gentlemen and played by hoodlums. Rugby is a game invented by hoodlums and played by gentlemen. Ba'al Chatzaf I'll take Australian football. --Brant Try it on skates, gentlemen and hoodlums both. Then you'll have a game.

Ghs It seems odd that a rational hedonist would consider this mushy. It sounds like you'd like to call it mystical, but not want to sound like an Objectivist. No, Paine's remark is not "mystical" at all It is "mushy" in the sense of being vague and commonplace -- a kind of feel-good ethics for all occasions. Ghs So ethics are situational?

It seems odd that a rational hedonist would consider this mushy. It sounds like you'd like to call it mystical, but not want to sound like an Objectivist.

Dear Diary, Never have I thought I would utter the words, "I can't wait to arrive in Yellowknife, NWT," but indeed I am uttering and I pray we arrive soon. Rather ghastly flap all night, frankly. Poor Kate had got Frozen Smile, we noticed well before we boarded, but it was a pretty bad case. We did the usual cheek massage and muscle relaxants but no go, until the left side did finally respond, but after that there was nothing for it but the videos. Meanwhile the hairdresser chappie was having hysterics in the loo, going on about he could do one side-sweep, but not two, and so on, tying up the loo until Const. McSporran got him out and calmed him down. Stout fellow, McSporran. The videos did eventually work, the first not so well but it did star a Canadian, Tom Green, the second was about a pretty businesswoman being stalked and then riding on a lot of trains, few people know that Kate has a morbid fear of trains. When the right side of her face finally relaxed she was crying, natural reaction but hell on her eyeliner. All round not the best night but we have got through it, no tries naturally, but because of all the different time zones I think I can record it as a One. Ich dien, W

Well, pardon me for presuming that you know the meaning of words. Shayne Of course I pardon you.

In short: no case. How did the Grand Jury ever indict the woman in the first place? From the little I heard about the case it was an elaborate argumentum ad miscordiam. Ba'al Chatzaf this is an uninformed comment I know, but to an outsider the Grand Jury thing seems very cumbersome. Does it speed justice or retard it?

Pretending to answer while not answering (aka "evading the question") is a form of lying in my book. Shayne well, your book is longer than mine, but anyway you didn't even pretend to answer, you just didn't answer and veered off in other directions. So you must admit I never called you a liar, in anybody'sbook. You either are or are not saying that I intentionally did not answer the question. Unless you can do a long-distance Vulcan mind-meld, you must admit that you're presumptuous and should apologize. Shayne I am saying that you did not answer the question. As to your intentions, how could I presume to know them?

Pretending to answer while not answering (aka "evading the question") is a form of lying in my book. Shayne Well, your book is longer than mine, but anyway you didn't even pretend to answer, you just didn't answer and veered off in other directions. So you must admit I never called you a liar, in anybody's book.

Adam, you wizard...Grad night...Lake Utopia...never will I forget.

Actually, the translation is: I was answering your questions, until you called me a liar, and now because of that I'm telling you to take a flying leap. You weren't trying to actually figure out what I thought or why, but in your smarmy way you were trying to corner me, and when you found you couldn't, you called me a liar. Before I thought you were somewhat amusing; now I consider you a smarmy worm. Shayne Where did I call you a liar? I never thought you were lying, just evading the question, and for the record I really was trying to figure out what you thought. I don't think you're a liar, nor did I even imply such a thing. Please explain this. Carol's first flame war on OL. --Brant Arrghh, I hope not! I set myself on fire once, that was plenty!

Actually, the translation is: I was answering your questions, until you called me a liar, and now because of that I'm telling you to take a flying leap. You weren't trying to actually figure out what I thought or why, but in your smarmy way you were trying to corner me, and when you found you couldn't, you called me a liar. Before I thought you were somewhat amusing; now I consider you a smarmy worm. Shayne Where did I call you a liar? I never thought you were lying, just evading the question, and for the record I really was trying to figure out what you thought. I don't think you're a liar, nor did I even imply such a thing. Please explain this.