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i can finally dare to dream about a little vacation somewhere far away! okay, it's probably between vegas and disney. hmm. which should it be. hmm. -- nm - kare Mar 3, 10:27
I have 5 things to do right now that I would like to finish before I leave. How many of them am I going to actually get done? -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:26 1
- happy birthday! -- nm - kare Mar 3, 10:27
*dons his Woodsy the Owl costume, waits for pigby's distress signal* -- nm - crash davis Mar 3, 10:19 2
- hmm, does this nick work? -- nm - Ozorkmandias Mar 3, 10:23 1
  - No, not really - Diva beat you to it. (Ozymandivas) :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:27
wait. mop is moving too? -- nm - the ides of march love mandy lane Mar 3, 10:18
This is the time every year when I regret not planning a vacation to go to the A10 tournament. - TFox Mar 3, 10:18
Moral question for TT: Read inside - TWuG Mar 3, 10:09 67
- I wouldn't need to because the secret will come out at some point anyway. Only thing is if it could be ... - Ozorkmandias Mar 3, 10:25
- Keep silent. It's for the greater good. -- nm - Shaun Mar 3, 10:23 2
  - I CANNOT hear that line without hear the Communit Watch echoing it back - TWuG Mar 3, 10:24 1
    - The Greater Good. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:24
- I would go bat crazy and spout the truth, but no one would believe me. - tRuMaN Mar 3, 10:22
- It's like if you cheated on your spouse a decade ago but never since (and likely won't again). Do you tell her? - Dr.Vermin Mar 3, 10:20 9
  - Except it's not like that. You know who did it, not you did it. - Will Hunting Mar 3, 10:23 4
    - You're still revealing unpleasantness only for the sake of honesty, with no regard for the effects, except for your own self-satisfaction. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 3, 10:26 2
      - Not if you believe they could do something similar again. - Inigo Mar 3, 10:28
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    - Maybe Vermin *did* do it. - JaxSean Mar 3, 10:25
  - What if your wife was one of the ones killed? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 10:22 1
    - Then I *definitely* wouldn't mention I cheated on her. - Dr.Vermin Mar 3, 10:23
  - Word. -- nm - Loyola Mar 3, 10:21
  - Yes, that's exactly what it's like. - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:21
- Russ Cargill's insidious plan to blow up Springfield went much deeper than I realized. -- nm - Callisto Mar 3, 10:19 1
  - I blame President Schwarzenegger. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 10:20
- I would wait and see if they find any off-world hostiles first. -- nm - Tauruschach Mar 3, 10:19
- Reveal, because without a real enemy the alliance won't last unless more cities are targetted. -- nm - ceregon Mar 3, 10:17
- Qualifier: I would reveal it if I stumbled upon the *plot* to carry out these actions, but not after they were done (if the goal was a success). -- nm - Jelly Mar 3, 10:16
- I would reveal. I never liked that guy anyways. -- nm - crash davis Mar 3, 10:16
- I agree with you -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 10:14
- I would reveal the secret. Human nature would pretty much mean we'd be back to the brike of nuclear war within a few months anyway -- nm - Alan More Mar 3, 10:13
- I would ... - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:13
- keep quiet - Jovian Mar 3, 10:13 1
  - :) -- nm - Jelly Mar 3, 10:15
- Reveal. The ends don't justivy the means. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 10:12 23
  - But the means have already happened, so why not enjoy the end? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 3, 10:13 22
    - Becuase it's not the end. It's just the end of the first genocidal action perpetrated by the bad guys. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 10:15
    - Just because Bin Laden "united" America, it doesn't justify the means. He still needs to answer for the crime. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 10:15 19
      - How did UBL get brought into this seeing as in the original post; - Loyola Mar 3, 10:20 10
        
        Because while it wasn't the original intent of the action, it still brought a nation together to focus and champion a cause against Terrorism. - JaxSean Mar 3, 10:24 4
        
        But for the analogy to hold, that line of thought would have you believe that the nation pre 9/11 was tearing itself apart. - Loyola Mar 3, 10:27 2
        
        well, take a look at the 2000 election... -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:29 1
        
        Hardly at the brink of nuclear war now. In fairness like. -- nm - Loyola Mar 3, 10:32
        
        Now, let's expand on that: Bush and Chaney faked the 911 attacks but succeeded in eliminating terrorism. You know they - TWuG Mar 3, 10:27
        
        Basically, after 9/11, it was the world vs Afghanistan/Al Queda. - Will Hunting Mar 3, 10:21 4
        
        But that international unity fell apart pretty quickly as different countries had different ideas on how to respond to the threat -- nm - Alan More Mar 3, 10:23 2
        
        And, of course, after Bush opened his mouth ... -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:24 1
        
        that was *one* of the different ideas. I don't put it all on Bush though -- nm - Alan More Mar 3, 10:25
        
        for a coulpe weeks, at least -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:23
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        The intent still doesn't justify the action, in my opinion. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 10:16 5
        
        I think the question of justification is irrelevant once the action has taken its course. -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:20 4
        
        *Marvels that he is agreeing with Znu* -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 3, 10:21 3
        
        *braces for quantum singularity* -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 10:22
        
        the only motive I can see for revealing is to be retributive, which I see being less than useful. -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:22 1
        
        In this conversation, it sounds like people are suggesting it would be "preventative", but I think they misread the original supposition. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:26
        
        and truth be told, he didn't do all that great of a job of it, either... -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:16
    - Because the chances of a group who killed three million people never doing anything horrible again are pretty much nil. - Inigo Mar 3, 10:14
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  - there was a lot of that left over after the explosion, for sure -- nm - Alan More Mar 3, 10:15
  - Ah, but the world isn't free of nukes, just (currently) free of the desire to use them on one another. -- nm - TWuG Mar 3, 10:13 1
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- Kill a few million to save billions. That's hard to answer. No clue. -- nm - lileve Mar 3, 10:11 5
  - What if all the three million were wearing red shirts? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 3, 10:13 4
    - It's such a deep question that I don't have one answer for. -- nm - lileve Mar 3, 10:14 3
      - Yup. And when in doubt, shut your mouth. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 3, 10:17 2
        
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        Ditto. -- nm - lileve Mar 3, 10:18
- Keep quiet. The means are intolerable, but what's done is done. -- nm - Loyola Mar 3, 10:11 2
  - Makes sense. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 3, 10:15
  - Agreed. - Jelly Mar 3, 10:13
- I would... - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:10 3
  - Answer the question. -- nm - TWuG Mar 3, 10:11 2
    - I would keep quiet about the facts, but allow the truth to come out through my art. - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:13 1
      - And I would (spoiler) - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:15
Business Week: Why Skilled Immigrants Are Leaving the U.S. -- (link) - con_carne Mar 3, 10:07 5
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- Without reading: Because our visa program sucks. We're educating the future of the world then tossing them out. -- nm - TWuG Mar 3, 10:10 2
  - Yup. -- nm - lileve Mar 3, 10:17
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- And good f*cking riddance! -- nm - Lou dobbs si Mar 3, 10:09
Coke & a cookie is no way to start the day, son. - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:05 5
- help ... - zork Mar 3, 10:11 4
  - just tighten your belt a little more. -- nm - lileve Mar 3, 10:18
  - Your browser must be deleting the ST cookie or something. Try accessing ST from another of the domains, or preface/remove www -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:15 2
    - hmmm... - zork Mar 3, 10:18 1
      - k. Your browser must have been rejecting cookies on the www. ... weird. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:19
What are the Vegas dates again? -- nm - ceregon Mar 3, 10:02 4
- See the link ^^^ ? May 15-17 -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 10:05 3
  - I feel stupid now :( -- nm - ceregon Mar 3, 10:07 1
    - Oh, I'm sure it took me weeks to notice it :) -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 10:09
  - darn, i may miss it by a week -- nm - ceregon Mar 3, 10:07
Just got an email from somebody in another division at work, with a bible passage in their signature. Huh. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 3, 09:57 43
- Foward it to HR. -- nm - lileve Mar 3, 10:05
- inappropriate in a professional setting. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 10:04 32
  - To me it greatly depends on the quote. If it's a nice thought to live by, I don't mind. If it's something like "Those who don't believe in the - Guigue Mar 3, 10:19
  - I agree, but forwarding it to HR is over the line. -- nm - Inigo Mar 3, 10:08 17
    - I'd email the person back and ask them not to send me that. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 3, 10:15 15
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        my stance is content neutral. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 10:21
        
        I don't understand why that's hostile. If I included quotes about how there is no god that supported my atheist views would you fell the same if - Cuzzin Todd Mar 3, 10:19
      - ick, I so would not do that. They have the right to express themselves, and I have the right to think less of them for it ... - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:17 7
        
        They have the freedom to express themselves when they ain't on the company dime. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 10:24 2
        
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        especially when we're talking about official company communication. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 10:26
        
        I don't get why religious views are "freedom of expression" whenever these topics come up. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 3, 10:21 3
        
        Racist and sexist comments are inherently negative, whereas religious comments tend to be, at worst, self-affirming in ways you don't agree with. -- nm - TFox Mar 3, 10:25
        
        religious views get lumped in with hamburger preferences (Wendy's or Burger King?), due to being mostly benign. racism and sexism are hurtful. - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:23 1
        
        I disagree that religious expression is "mostly benign" -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:28
      - TT Lawyers: Would HR department have the right to tell the e-mailer to take out the bible quote? -- nm - Inigo Mar 3, 10:16 3
        
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        They should. It's business correspondence. (Unless the business allows for it already in policies.) -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 10:19
    - If their emails go to external clients/customers, it could be an issue. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 10:10
  - What if the division provides legal services to The Pope? :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:06 3
    - If it's a church, that's one thing, but I'm guessing DH doesn't work for one. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 10:07 2
      - oh, hah, I thought JD was posting the initial thread -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:07 1
        
        (And of course I mean JackDawson, not JD. Sorry, JD.) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:08
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    - Very really. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 3, 10:14
    - nothing in your sig other than your name, title and contact info. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 10:06 6
      - i put a quote from picasso in mine. i'm a "creative," i can get away with it - kare Mar 3, 10:09 1
        
        well, and of course kitten pictures and clipart angels. I mean, those are just assumed. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 10:13
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      - and any necessary legal disclaimers, etc. -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:07 2
        
        I guess, but they get ridiculous. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 10:10
        
        ooh, I hate those. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:09
- Put something satanic in yours -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 10:04 4
  - or just put them on a spam porn mailing list -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:06 3
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      - well, that explains those emails I've been getting -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:06 1
        
        Uh, uh. No one here is going to believe that isn't completely your own fault. - TWuG Mar 3, 10:11
- hmmm.... -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:02
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- what was the passage? -- nm - Alan More Mar 3, 09:57 1
  - "Two peanuts walk into a bar..." - Loyola Mar 3, 10:12
i suppose y'all already dished about The Bachelor? -- nm - kare Mar 3, 09:57 2
- I just chimed in to say that (spoils) - Jovian Mar 3, 09:58 1
  - i know! - kare Mar 3, 10:01
Inigo, is this woman, by chance, an accountant? -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 09:53 11
- Like most of our company, she's an engineer. -- nm - Inigo Mar 3, 10:06
- what exactly are you implying about accountants? -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 3, 09:55 8
  - I'm saying their excellent at following directions to the letter. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 09:56 7
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      - a timezone feature! a timezone feature! ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:06
    - meh, not all of us are. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 3, 09:57
    - they're. ugh. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 09:57 3
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      - reagen == stacy? -- nm - zork Mar 3, 10:00
      - Don't feel bad. You;re great, but you;re no accountant -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 10:00
- That's how I cooled it last year. That's how I've always cooled it. -- nm - Inigo's coworker SI Mar 3, 09:55
Falcons re-sign DE Chauncey Davis -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 3, 09:52 1
- Good, I want the player instead of the compensatory pick. -- nm - David Mar 3, 10:03
*sells B2 for a night on the town* -- nm - lileve Mar 3, 09:52
*cools B2* -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 09:51

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