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Don't worry about it. :)

I saw one interesting theory on this I thought I would share. The Bible gives two genealogies for Jesus. One is the "legal" genealogy, which would be through the legal guardian, i.e. Joseph. The other one, in Luke, may well be a genealogy through Mary's side; in that case, Heli (the first...

Has Teresh ever stated anywhere on AD that this is the case, or is that just YOUR guess?

Agreed both on past AND present evidence.

These "people" need to be locked up in juvenile hall until they're 18--longer if they can get them on the other crimes. Animal abuse is a sign of SERIOUS danger...these kids could go on to murder and rape people.

That doesn't mean getting plastered, though. As I said earlier in this thread, most drinks were a LOT weaker back then because they were meant for everyday consumption, not as party drinks.

The general point I was trying to make was that people used the diagnosis as an excuse for cruelty; that's where I see the parallel. These people were not only physically quarantined but treated as refuse. That's what I see some trying to do to the HIV-positive and that's what I don't like.

I guessed this particular one off of my own background. I am not dhh, but had problems with language acquisition because of severe ADHD. I got some vocabulary but had no command over grammar--not even simple concepts like the difference between a sentence and a question, or the differences...

I wouldn't call Christianity easy to follow if one takes its commandments seriously. In fact, I find that it becomes an extreme challenge. To humble myself before God to the degree required is not easy, and while it may be embarrassing to say so, I am still to this day having a lot of trouble...

Agreed with you about HIV, DD. Had the first HIV victim to come to America been heterosexual...let's say, a female, hetero prostitute...I would not be surprised if some would be painting HIV as a "women's virus" and then tout it as a sign that "women shouldn't be out of the kitchen and in the...

Yes, and I don't think it's right--especially since record-keeping technology is so much better these days! There's no need for a one-size-fits-all number like that. Yeah, I heard about that...I know a veteran who got one of those letters. Very sad!! Oh, and good points on the...

It seems to me that if he learns PSE, he can learn ASL later. In fact, it could even be a way for him to get his foreign language credit in high school or college. And if he does continue to practice some signing even after he turns to other means of communication, if he likes it he may have...

Someone may have lost SSN's belonging to my relatives...it ticks me off pretty badly. About your relative dealing with the collections agency, have you considered reporting the agency's behavior to the Federal Trade Commission? Back when I was in college, I got a harassing phone call from...

If you use that argument, then shouldn't it also apply to Social Security Numbers? They were originally meant just for the Social Security Administration, but they are being used as a de facto national ID as far as I'm concerned.

I notice the capitalization of "Blind"...is there an analogue to "Deaf Culture" among all of the blind, or is it mainly the deafblind community? The legally-blind people I have known never dealt with me as if I were coming from a different culture than them, so this is outside of my experience...

I'm pleased to see these arrests! I hope this will help people to be more conscious of the fact that just because we have not been attacked in recent years doesn't mean Al Qaeda has given up on the idea. Complacency serves no one but the terrorists.

I believe the Fox News site offers a link to the declassified portions of the report should you be interested in hearing it straight from the horse's mouth. As to what happened to the other WMDs, the usable ones, I would not be surprised if prior to the war, Saddam exported it to Syria. It's...

It makes good sense when you're talking about things like the 18-year-old senior not being permitted to smoke on campus, wear something that is not the school's uniform (where those exist), etc. While I do think that administration has the right to review a speech legally, what I'm getting to...

I noticed that too, and I was going to add that if people intervened late with this child to give him a means of communication, then he may require extra attention towards language development, even if he is highly gifted. There's only a limited window in which a child most effectively gets...

Under your reasoning, the "good scientist" ought to be agnostic rather than atheistic, since he or she is in a position where proof AND disproof are both impossible. But the core issue that bothers me about your post is, why do you think it's funny to mock mass murders? Nobody in their right...