any "nice" conservatives out there?

[AGDee]

While reading that passage, it dawned on me that we really need a rating system for books. That would be Mature audience/NC-17 material, right?

[moe.ron]

Originally posted by ADPi Conniebama
my knowledge comes from the realization that (just for one example) all of the Muslim nations do not have freedom of religion - if you are a jew or a christian you better watch out in Saudi Arabia or Iran.

Can you back this up?

[Lil' Hannah]

Originally posted by kddani
and even that was done much nicer than I think it deserved

Which time?

[kddani]

Originally posted by moe.ron
Can you back this up?

haha, asking questions you already know the answers to.

Obviously you won't get an answer, as she will only answer the questions which she can try to BS her way through and make excuses. Any of the serious questions, she has not been able to answer at all

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by WCUAXID
And on a side note, Chideltjen, like I said earlier I agree that it is a good thing to know a second language. However, I don't think that it should be listed as a plus that you are bilingual, especially if you are applying to a retail job.

Have to disagree on this one. The whole point of a retail business is to make money. If you have a market that you know doesn't speak English, you're crazy not to try and have employees that speak the language of that market.

As you've said, this is a capitalist society, and the question of whether these potential customers ought to learn to speak English (and maybe they are learning, but don't feel fluent enough yet to try and, say, buy a car or appliance from your business) takes a backseat to the question of are you losing money because you don't have employees who can communicate with part of your market.

[KSig RC]

Originally posted by ADPi Conniebama
This nations laws and original design is based on basic Christian (old and new testiment) biblical beliefs.

This is a convenient way to think about laws, but is patently incorrect. Some laws overlap with Biblical beliefs, but the vast majority do not - and the ones that do overlap are not based on Biblical morals, but instead on infringing on the rights of others (via theft, murder, etc).

This is why adultery is not illegal. This is why coveting is not illegal. This is why rape and assault are illegal.

In fact, regardless of which version of the 10 Commandments you use (or did you not know there were multiples?), few match up to things that are illegal in the US. In fact, I'll argue that probably the only 'legislation by morality' in the United States today comes in the form of drug laws - and without even having to put my Libertarian hat on, I'll just point out that the first drug to be made illegal came FAR after the days of the founders, and it was the first incident of the power of 'lobbying' forces (marijuana, pushed out by tobacco interests).

What, exactly, about the 'original design' of the USA conforms with Biblical beliefs? I cannot find a single instance of a representative democracy or really any sort of federalism in the Bible - mostly it's kings, patriarchy, and the like. Can you enlighten me further here? I may be misunderstanding this point.

-RC
--is a nice conservative

[moe.ron]

Originally posted by kddani
haha, asking questions you already know the answers to.

Obviously you won't get an answer, as she will only answer the questions which she can try to BS her way through and make excuses. Any of the serious questions, she has not been able to answer at all

I wan't to know where she got her info from. Maybe the 700 Club? Or Jerry FAllwell?

[moe.ron]

Originally posted by KSig RC
In fact, regardless of which version of the 10 Commandments you use (or did you not know there were multiples?), few match up to things that are illegal in the US. In fact, I'll argue that probably the only 'legislation by

There was originally 15 Commandments, Moses dropped 5 of them by mistake.

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by KSig RC
This is why adultery is not illegal.

Actually, it still is a criminal offense (rarely enforced) in some states, and it used to be illegal in most states.

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by moe.ron
There was originally 15 Commandments, Moses dropped 5 of them by mistake.

That wasn't Moses, that was Mel Brooks.

[Rudey]

Moe.ron you have shut down and locked threads with very few posts all in the name of "avoiding conflicts" and yada, yada.

How come you haven't closed this one down?

-Rudey
--I was just wondering

[sugar and spice]

He shuts them down if they include personal attacks. As much as people have whined about it, there haven't been any in this thread.

[Rudey]

Originally posted by sugar and spice
He shuts them down if they include personal attacks. As much as people have whined about it, there haven't been any in this thread.

No actually he doesn't always. He has shut down threads for less and kept this open.

-Rudey
--But then again, I asked Moe.ron and not you.

[moe.ron]

Originally posted by Rudey
Moe.ron you have shut down and locked threads with very few posts all in the name of "avoiding conflicts" and yada, yada.

How come you haven't closed this one down?

-Rudey
--I was just wondering

Because I'm not in the mood this week to shut it down. Maybe next week. Who knows.

Back to the topic.

[Rudey]

Originally posted by moe.ron
Because I'm not in the mood this week to shut it down. Maybe next week. Who knows.

Back to the topic.

Good. I just wanted to see what your mood was before my posts started getting more prolific.

-Rudey