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Hmmm... I wonder if this is a bit of a cultural thing. As a hearing person, if I ask someone a command question (like "Where is the bathroom?" or "How do I find the next gas station?"), I'm anticipating one of two responses. Either the person responds with an answer, or they tell me to wait a...

Hi Simon, Good to hear from you again. Wow, it took us about 2 months to get 2000 signs! At that rate, you could have the largest signing dictionary site in the world in about a year. I've noticed that the "Users Online Now" counter almost always floats above 4 or 5 now. I'd say you're...

I don't understand. These videos are (almost) all Flash, so if you have the Flash player (which is installed by default in Internet Explorer and most other browsers), you should be able to view (almost) all of these. YouTube and Google video both use Flash, so it should be exactly the same as...

Anybody heard from Simon, now that we've reached the 2000 mark?

2001 ASL SIGNS!!! :applause:

1925 signs.... 75 to go! :hyper:

1861 signs! 139 signs to reach 2000!

1700+ signs We're in the home stretch!

Ugg... you missed my point in the Adolf Hitler analogy. I wasn't calling your dog Hitler. I was saying that anecdotal examples of good behavior don't mean that a thing is inherently safe. Hitler was just used to illustrate the point that anecdotal behavior is not meaningful. It had nothing...

I guess it depends on your definition of "breathe". Injesting the fluid does help the embryo grow (I said that). However, the embryo is not turning the fluid into oxygen, which is what a fish does when it "breathes" water. A baby's first experience with self-collected oxygen comes when it...

No one disputes that taking good care of a pet will reduce the likelihood that it will attack you. The heart of the argument is this: There are breeds of dogs which are statistically more likely to harm you due to the combination of their size and their breeding history. It is not...

First, I never said they were "bad". I said "dangerous", and I defined my meaning of dangerous. Your photo is anecdotal... it doesn't mean anything when we're talking about law and social policy. I'm sure you love your dog. You're missing the point (or you're choosing to miss the point)...

Personally, I'd like to see the government get out of the "marriage business" altogether. Then we can stop arguing over whether it's right or wrong for homosexuals to get married. My wife and I can file separate tax returns--who cares? We can get Powers of Attorney for each other--what's the...

Actually, I think it's sort of inaccurate to say we "breathe" water in the womb. We do draw amniotic fluid into the lungs and expell it, but that's to stretch the lungs and get them ready for use in the air. We don't "breathe" it, because we don't draw anything valuable from the process (we...

I don't care how I die, as long as it's not senseless. Even if it's slow and painful, as long as my life has had meaning, I'm satisfied. Dying with dignity is important to me, but I define dignity: "with purpose or positive effect on others". I don't define dignity to mean "without pain."...

No, not necessarily, but you're taking a statistical risk that you might want to consider. If you're like many chow owners, you didn't even consider it when you decided to get one. This is like saying "it's not the gun that kills people, it's the people using it", which of course is true, but...

Statistically, they're more dangerous. It's simple mathematics. It's the same logic that allows insurance companies to charge 18 year old drivers more than 30 year old drivers. Yes, there are exceptions, but the rule still holds -- these dogs are statistically more dangerous than other...

1600+ signs

1503 signs!

You are absolutely right. Don't let these people who whine about "breed specific legislation" fool you. There are people out there who say "you are discriminating against me because my dog is a pit bull, or my dog is a chow, or my dog is a rotwheiler". This may be discrimination, but it's...