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Yes. In other words, Rearden's right to smoke cigarettes ends where my nose begins.

Oh, leave him alone Magna. He might get upset and decide to leave. God knows I get major laughs out that character and would hate to see him go! ("Rocco" is a classic. So transparently "Romeo/Vinny/etc" but a classic nevertheless. His "we Europeans act with class" still has me ROFL. :))

Australia is big on non-smoking campaigns. Heaps of "Quit" ads are run on TV, with a "Quitline" number to call that provides personal counselling on quitting smoking. It is banned pretty much everywhere these days. Offices are all non-smoking, but some "blue collar" workplaces still smoke...

Bolts, I agree. Still, I think you're trying a bit too hard to be even handed by saying the Bible is only "somewhat" less evil than the Koran. Are you kidding? I'm not aware of any explicit instructions to kill non-Christians, are you? On the contrary, Jesus preached a sublime message of...

Maybe not, but I can certainly find that sentiment expressed in there, in quite clear instructions, too. Er... no.

Then by that logic, when a religion prescribes violations of those rights you hold so dear it becomes "evil", does it not? In that case I'll just take it that you have no idea about Islam.

Hi Glen, Yes the Armenian genocide certainly was a gruesome event. One which, I'm afraid, not enough is known about (especially in comparison to the Holocaust). However, I don't think it's fair to ping that one on Islam and Jihad solely, although I don't doubt such thinking played a part...

My opinion is that drugs suck. I've tried a couple of things and while they were sort of fun for a while, overall I didn't like the feelings and I especially hated the way I felt after the effects wore off. For those of you who enjoy drugs, how often are you taking them? Assuming you...

:confused: Are you for real, dude? Either this Michael Moore is one pursausive SOB (and I'm about to read his book, "Stupid White Men", so I'll see for myself) or there is very kooky thinking going on...

Yes Rearden, I must admit to leaning towards cultural relativism for a while. I just wanted this world to get along better so much that these emotions obviously clouded my judgement. Even though we do live in a grey world, sometimes those shades can really separate into near black and...

I think that's a debatable point Spec. Sure, Christians have caused a lot of bloodshed, but it is ludicrous to pretend that all of it, or even most of it, was in the name of their religion. In the case of the settlement of the Americas the Church was often the protector of the indigenous...

Gephardt is an immediate channel switcher for me. So too Lieberman (even more so). I don't mind Kerry; if any Dem had to become Pres I'd prefer it to be Kerry. Everyone seems so sure that Dean wouldn't stand a chance against Bush, which is starting to make me a bit nervous.

To those who chose it, on what, pray tell, criteria is Christianity more "evil" than Islam?

Who's having trouble understanding it dude? You're one of the few people I know that still doesn't seem to grasp that at this level of politics it's ALL political. You keep starting these threads questioning "the motives" of your (precious) elected officials. You judge them on standards of...

Newsflash bongrider: they already had the right to marry. To marry a woman, that is. Afterall, that is precisely what marriage has always meant.

Would it be like living under the personal "interpretations" of the constitution that liberal justices routinely engage in?

Or provided the religion in question is Islam. Then liberals really pull out all the stops. Read a paper lately (NY Times for example)? Tell me Islam isn't the only religion the media has any respect for. At precisely the time when Islamism is the greatest ideological threat facing...

You "remain civil". ROTFLM-effin-AO. Gekko, you are as a loud-mouthed, try-hard iconoclast brat -- starved for attention, to boot -- as there has ever been on ET.

Even better, let's ban you both. Or just you. Treat the cause, not the effect.

Who else, axie! Actually, I think 'axeman' is a bit brutal too; you might want to consider toning it down a bit. I think it's a bit inconsiderate to the descendants of those beheaded. Btw, "PC Mania" isn't a monolithic mass movement. It's just that some folks like to make the world a...