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Cologne Archive Building Collapses -- (link) - marcel Mar 3, 11:05 2
- whoa. that sucks. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 11:07
- That stinks. -- nm - TWuG Mar 3, 11:06
The Nazis did a lot of human physiology research using deplorable methods. Does that mean we can't use the fruits of their work? -- nm - nubby Mar 3, 11:01 15
- Not sure where this is coming from exactly. No one's saying don't punish the Nazi's cuz some of their barbarism had positive end results - Will Hunting Mar 3, 11:06
- That isn't done in secrecy. The Nazi atrocities were revealed and society chose to make some good out of the barbarism. It was a *fully informed* cho -- nm - TWuG Mar 3, 11:05
- You are if you're driving a VW. -- nm - lileve Mar 3, 11:05
- Maybe more directly, do you need to tell the old women going in for hip surgery that the Nazis invented the techniques they're about to use on her? -- nm - Dr.Vermhattan Mar 3, 11:05 1
  - Edna Goldfarb would want to know. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 11:06
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  - Indeed, it was one of the subjects of a Radio Lab (or TAL) about a year ago. -- nm - nubby Mar 3, 11:04 2
    - I saw TAR at first instead of TAL and was wondering... - Cuzzin Todd Mar 3, 11:06 1
      - TTPOD. -- nm - nubby Mar 3, 11:07
- We're not making a deliberate decision to help cover up what happened in the death camps -- nm - Alan More Mar 3, 11:03 2
  - So, we don't have to feel guilty about living in the Utopia? -- nm - nubby Mar 3, 11:05 1
    - I think people should be given the choice on whether they feel guilty or not. -- nm - Alan More Mar 3, 11:07
- Yes but they should also be prosecuted if they broke the law. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 11:03
- Depends... - Cuzzin Todd Mar 3, 11:02 1
  - the Nazis invented Depends? who knew? -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 11:03
Despite not holding a spot in my list of favorite movies, I still repeatedly think about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind from time to time. - Hotkiss Mar 3, 10:56 5
- Great movie, but imho, Kauffman topped it with Synecdoche, NY. - Guy Mar 3, 11:03
- Good movie. Even better than Ghostbusters or Blazing Saddles. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 10:59
- Great movie -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 10:58
- good movie -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:56 1
  - How did you feel when Man on Wire won the Oscar? :) -- nm - Hotkiss Mar 3, 10:58
I trust that TWuG's hypothetical will remain hypothetical as long as Sarah Walker and John Casey are around to protect us. - crash davis Mar 3, 10:54 5
- If Sarah met Jack Bauer it'd be called 24 Seconds. -- nm - TWuG Mar 3, 10:55 2
  - Jack can't fight in his underwear. That is a weakness. -- nm - crash davis Mar 3, 10:58
  - or "*Splurt!*"? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:56
- you know, I think I'm two episodes behind in Chuck. Lately, NCIS and Leverage have been my go-to shows. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:55 1
  - (Part of the reason has been the PVR; I don't really like watching TV on the TV any more, when the XBox is so convenient ...) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:56
Flippin hell. Gov just announced an emergency budget for this month and the tax is up on my car, so now I have to go tax my car before they up the - Loyola Mar 3, 10:53
I hate winter moment of the day: I had to take a shower in a rush since I overslept and was late to class... - celedhrymandias Mar 3, 10:51 2
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  - I live in NY and would love to come. Sadly I have class all day and evening. -- nm - celedhrymandias Mar 3, 11:16
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- agreed, same if he asked Indians to remove their bindi (red dot). different story though if they affix something to company property (and emails such) -- nm - Ozorkmandias Mar 3, 11:00 8
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    - hanging something on the wall makes it part of the facilities. candle on the desk would be iffy -- nm - Ozorkmandias Mar 3, 11:05 1
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    - I would hope people aren't allowed to do that. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 11:04 3
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        Can I sue for the employer allowing a hostile work environment? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 11:08 1
        
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  - err, emails are company property -- nm - Ozorkmandias Mar 3, 11:01
- because having ashes on your forehead is categorically different as it doesn't require the proactive use of company materials to express a religious m -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:54 6
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    - point taken - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 11:01 3
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        fair enough - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 11:07 1
        
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  - essage -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:54
- Would an employer have a problem if they kept the same employee from attaching a religious quote to any hard copy communications? - TWuG Mar 3, 10:53 1
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- how about an employer with a boss who went around all day saying, "Hey! You got something on your forehead!" to everyone? -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:51
It's like none of us have seen The Matrix - con_carne Mar 3, 10:49 4
- well, the Prime Minister of New Zealand has -- nm - crash davis Mar 3, 10:55
- No matter the conditions, humans will always feel that there is something slightly "wrong" with the world. - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:51
- Heh. That's prob'ly true. As soon as we united to fight the aliens, we'd start fighting each other about *how* to fight the aliens. - Dr.Vermhattan Mar 3, 10:51 1
  - They're called "Xe" now. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:51
Dumb criminal story of the day: - Reagen Mar 3, 10:41 3
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  - Wait, that's wrong? Good to know. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 10:54
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lyc: Saturday night went well. Limo'd a boy with terminal cancer to dinner with his mom. - CrankYanker Mar 3, 10:40 14
- Well done. *bows* -- nm - Tauruschach Mar 3, 10:44
- Is this with that company you posted about some days ago? Nice. -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 10:44
- Is this a "make a wish" kinda thing? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 3, 10:43 5
  - The owner is selling the limo so I decided to put it to good use in it's last days with me. - CrankYanker Mar 3, 10:46 4
    - Make sure your name is spelled correctly on the press releases with photos you are sending out - zeitgeist Mar 3, 10:48 3
      - No PR at all - I stressed that with hospital. -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 3, 10:52
      - "Steven Spielberg, seen here chauffeuring a terminally ill child ..." -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:49 1
        
        LMAO - speaking of which, I've never seen him a white shirt, black tie; other than a tux.... but look at this... -- (link) - CrankYanker Mar 3, 10:54 [Image]
- that is cool -- nm - crash davis Mar 3, 10:42
- leave some good deeds for the rest of us! - Mel Profit Mar 3, 10:41 2
  - heh, all I hope for is that people carry it forward; and I know they will. - CrankYanker Mar 3, 10:44 1
    - you done good. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 3, 10:45
- Thats a wonderful thing for you to do. -- nm - lileve Mar 3, 10:41
- That there is some seriously positive karma. Good on ya. -- nm - TWuG Mar 3, 10:41
Ah. -- nm - Dr.Vermhattan Mar 3, 10:39
greenwald The Mariners will finish the year with a better record than the Twins. greenwald -- nm - crash davis Mar 3, 10:36 4
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  - greenwald. You suck. greenwald -- nm - crash davis Mar 3, 10:39 2
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      - greenwald See my above post. greenwald -- nm - crash davis Mar 3, 10:43
So I didn't notice my finger was bleeding on my ride to work today. I get out of the car and I have blood spots all over my right upper leg. Gross. - Dr.Vermin Mar 3, 10:32 4
- He was attacked in the car and then tried to make it to his office for help. -- nm - CSI Mar 3, 10:34 3
  - CSI: Miami pissed me off last night. Not only was Puff Daddy in the episode, but there was NO HORATIO QUOTE before the theme. WTF!?!?!?! -- nm - Shaun Mar 3, 10:36 1
    - If this case isn't about the evidence, maybe it's all about... /takes off diamond studded sunglasses/ ...the benjamins. - Puffy Mar 3, 11:03
  - "Clearly, our culprit is ... *sunglasses* The Badger!" -- nm - badger badger Caruso badger YEOWW Mar 3, 10:35
ST Moral Poll, Part 2. Part 1 is established. Does your opinion change if Part 1 is just step 1 in that groups - TWuG Mar 3, 10:31 26
- Yes. And right away, before something happens to me. -- nm - Tauruschach Mar 3, 10:42
- I would tell. There is no such thing as Utopia. - lileve Mar 3, 10:39 9
  - actually a democratic communist society would pretty much be utopia - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:46 5
    - It would never work. There would always be a resistance. - lileve Mar 3, 11:00
    - It isn't Utopia if you have to kill the people that would want to live there. -- nm - TWuG Mar 3, 10:47 3
      - "would not" My typing sucks of late. -- nm - TWuG Mar 3, 10:49 1
        
        how could it be utopia if it contained people who didn't want to be there? -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:53
      - we wouldn't kill the people who'd want to live there, just everyone else. -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:48
  - I think of Communism as (slightly) more of an economic than political structure. Everyone can be united and still capitalists. :) -- nm - Dr.Vermhattan Mar 3, 10:42
  - And if there was, would you really want to live there? - con_carne Mar 3, 10:41 1
    - No I would not want to live there. There needs to be a balance. - lileve Mar 3, 10:43
- sure, except I'd be dead because I'd already revealed what they did -- nm - ceregon Mar 3, 10:39
- One group's desires shouldn't come at the cost of 3 million lives. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 10:37 6
  - how many, then? where's the cutoff point? -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:37 5
    - zero. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 3, 10:58
    - Hitler. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:39 3
      - that's at least 8 million -- nm - Alan More Mar 3, 10:40 2
        
        no, I meant, hitler is the cutoff point. One "person" (as an abstract concept) is too high a price to pay. But hitler ... that price is a bit lower. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:41 1
        
        ah, I see -- nm - Alan More Mar 3, 10:43
- Sure. If you factor in likely negative repercussions of silence, it becomes far less attractive. - Dr.Vermin Mar 3, 10:36 1
  - wow, you and znu are agreeing on more and more these days -- nm - Alan More Mar 3, 10:39
- I would hold my counsel to see how things play out before revealing. - Loyola Mar 3, 10:36
- based on my answer to part 1, I had already hinted at the truth in an obtuse way ... I would become more direct as the situation warranted. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:34
- yes. - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:33
- not really, because I had already told earlier so this ? is superfluous -- nm - crash davis Mar 3, 10:32
- Me too. -- nm - Jelly Mar 3, 10:32
TWuG. more seriously, the plot was just a variation on the very old "the world will be a better place if we just kill the right people" - crash davis Mar 3, 10:31 2
- Agreed on what the plot was. However (spoils) - TWuG Mar 3, 10:33 1
  - it bothered me, because (spoils) - crash davis Mar 3, 10:35
For those in favor of keeping quiet, are you assuming that group would never do anything horrible again? -- nm - Inigo Mar 3, 10:30 8
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  - That's not calamari!!! -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:35 2
    - /dips a piece in Soylent Sauce/ What now? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 3, 10:37 1
      - pass the sauce when you're done. -- nm - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:50
  - Greenwald - or probably because you're trying not to comment on your sister-in-law's hotness. -- nm - Greenwald Mar 3, 10:34 1
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  - mmm (nm) - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:33
- hence my caveat - znufrii, older, no wiser Mar 3, 10:31
Profit -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 3, 10:29 4
- *steals underpants* -- nm - Underpants Gnomes Mar 3, 10:30 1
  - What's Phase 2? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 3, 10:38
- Mel. -- nm - lileve Mar 3, 10:30 1
  - Loss - CrankYanker Mar 3, 10:30
if it's the company's computer and network, etc. they have the right to say no Bible quote -- nm - Ozorkmandias Mar 3, 10:28 20
- If they allow religion then how about politics, or you could inform the management that you are a member of the black muslims and post MalcomX quotes - zeitgeist Mar 3, 10:46
- I'll freely admit I'm sensitive to religious expression. Probably because I'm constantly bombarded with it. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 3, 10:35 1
  - but ... - Ozorkmandias Mar 3, 10:41
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  - "All email signatures are to include your name, phone number, and address only" -- nm - Ozorkmandias Mar 3, 10:32 8
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      - they ask a person to remove by enacting a policy *shrug* -- nm - Ozorkmandias Mar 3, 10:34 5
        
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        how is not putting a Bible quote in a signature a burden to the person? -- nm - Ozorkmandias Mar 3, 10:37 3
        
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        I missed something. Are you saying that being told not to do it is a burden? -- nm - Ozorkmandias Mar 3, 10:42 1
        
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  - It's their computer and network - they could take away someone's access entirely if they wanted to. -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 10:31 3
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      - the motivation is to take away an environment that is making employees (and clients) uncomfortable -- nm - Ozorkmandias Mar 3, 10:36 1
        
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  - they have the right to say no Black Power sig's -- nm - Ozorkmandias Mar 3, 10:31
- I don't think the right of the company is being questioned -- nm - con_carne Mar 3, 10:30
Halo Wars gets an 8.4 from IGN. -- (link) - Remlik Mar 3, 10:28 5
- I had the Collector's Edition in my hands at lunch. I wasn't buying, but it was pretty heavy. -- nm - Shaun Mar 3, 10:30 3
  - I almost bought that. But I bought the regular edition will d/l the new maps anyway. -- nm - Remlik Mar 3, 10:33 2
    - the point of the LCE is that you can get the new maps *now*. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:52 1
      - yeah I know. but the price was $80 for the LCE. -- nm - Remlik Mar 3, 11:02
- Slightly higher than I was expecting from the demo. Cool. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 10:28
When in doubt, roll the board. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 3, 10:28 1
- crap, I thought my faith was stronger than this -- nm - Ozorkmandias Mar 3, 10:29

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