(allowed) me to live a better life than the majority of the world.
have you? if you regard material possession then yes....but if better means acting with compassion and selflessness.....i think Canadians in general are far far down.... i hope this makes sense....we were raised to be grateful for the wrong things i think.
It is the sociopaths and psychopaths that are, in my opinion, unable to be rehabilitated.
There are also those with mental illness, be it low functioning bi-polars or special needs people (I don't want to name types of special needs as the only one I can think of is down syndrome and, quite honestly, there are some people with DS that are higher functioning than most of society) whose brains cannot register and retain certain information and must be helped on a daily basis to make good decisions.
The rest CAN be rehabilitated.
which of these three groups should be can we punish....and which should we not take responsibility for?
Out of curiosity . . . when I decide to stop paying my mortgage, can I send my Credit Union your banking information? After all, I am just a product of my circumstance, and not truly responsible, after all.
Out of curiosity . . . when I decide to stop paying my mortgage, can I send my Credit Union your banking information? After all, I am just a product of my circumstance, and not truly responsible, after all.
no however i promise not to fault you for your mistakes anymore than i will fault myself for your mistakes.
Aaah, it's the evil corporation that purchased the resource, and refuses to share. I see . . .
You do know the difference between a contract and theft, right? We can debate the ethics of said contract if you want, but there is a difference between that and theft. For example, in the movie you linked, the French multinational did not, I am sure just start laying pipe and pumping the water out of the ground . . .
Aaah, it's the evil corporation that purchased the resource, and refuses to share. I see . . .
You do know the difference between a contract and theft, right? We can debate the ethics of said contract if you want, but there is a difference between that and theft.
yes the line is there....what struck me if this is the same movie, was the lady who was told she could buy the water as they put facets or something around the town....and she cries out, "we have no currency"
If Hveepoker is Ron, I don't owe him an apology, in this regard if he took a few simple moments to look up the efficacy of his "3 strike" idea, he'd see that in California, where this is in effect, it has resulted in a ridiculous situation of people serving years and years for simple possession offenses. Here, it sums it up in the first few pages... http://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/sp/3strikes.pdfThe crime rate dropped in California!!! About the same as it did nation-wide.... oops.
Mark
Way to bring up a discussion we had a month ago. Are we going to re-hash? HVEE said that crime rates in California were going down in the last 20 years and thats what I agreed with. These stats show it. Now is that because of the 3 strike law? That's where the difference in opinion is. What do you think, ie not really?
In any case since US crime rates "seem" to be getting lower, do you think it's true and if so why?
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we each have a clear definition of intelligence. i really think we need compare.
have you? if you regard material possession then yes....but if better means acting with compassion and selflessness.....i think Canadians in general are far far down.... i hope this makes sense....we were raised to be grateful for the wrong things i think.
which of these three groups should be can we punish....and which should we not take responsibility for?
only with sunglasses on indoors.
while jamming to sublime....
you're gonna have to re read my wording....or feel you are right and continue to shake your head.
people are a product of circumstance....you know this.
And rereading your comments about Water bottlers, I am comfortable with my interpretation.
"keep in mind, much of the water we drink (bottled) is provided by companies that thrive from stealing 3rd drinking water. "
they steal 3rd water, and they sell us water.....not the water they steal
A World Without Water
this may be the movie....
no however i promise not to fault you for your mistakes anymore than i will fault myself for your mistakes.
Aaah, it's the evil corporation that purchased the resource, and refuses to share. I see . . .
You do know the difference between a contract and theft, right? We can debate the ethics of said contract if you want, but there is a difference between that and theft. For example, in the movie you linked, the French multinational did not, I am sure just start laying pipe and pumping the water out of the ground . . .
Well, good, it's nice that you can recognize that personal reponsibility has a place in the world.
yes the line is there....what struck me if this is the same movie, was the lady who was told she could buy the water as they put facets or something around the town....and she cries out, "we have no currency"
You people live in a fucking DESERT !!!
Do you have your filter set to clear out anything where the ridiculous factor is > 3?
Mark
Not really...
http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm
Way to bring up a discussion we had a month ago. Are we going to re-hash? HVEE said that crime rates in California were going down in the last 20 years and thats what I agreed with. These stats show it. Now is that because of the 3 strike law? That's where the difference in opinion is. What do you think, ie not really?
In any case since US crime rates "seem" to be getting lower, do you think it's true and if so why?
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Is that permissible?
whaa?
self control...
we must mean possible......yup, i think its likely!