[quote]All I want tlo know os when did it become out job to feed someone a fish, let alone teach someone how to fish>?[/quote] I never said it was. But when you do give people fish, they're not always going to be as appreciative as you would like.
I think the problem is that America isn't consistently nice and doesn't really care what the real effect of their aid is. US aid policy is fairly blatantly focused on a couple of agendas - foreign policy (most government aid), disaster relief (gov and private), medical aid (mostly private) and religious (mostly private) and various less significant relief goals. Where aid is provided for foreign policy reasons it's likely to be targeted to support US interests. People can tell
[quote]Also, the apostrophes show the word contains all parts, spaces are reserved for the actual word meaning breaks.[/quote] Conventionally you show the word contains all parts by not putting any spaces in it, but if you have a boner for apostrophes, go for it. It's your creation after all.
[quote]The apostrophes in a word phrase are used because the language is built of small, often monosyllabic components.[/quote] You might find word combinations in Indonesian or German interesting then. In Indonesian complex words and ideas are expressed using compounds of smaller words. So 'tidak ada' (roughly "there isn't") can be used to create a compound word ke-tidakada-an ("disappearance", "lack", almost "emptiness"), which would be written as ketidakadaan. The reader knows ho
[quote]The apostrophes are used to be used in combining words, so the apostrophes actually have no pronuncation, it's simply used to make it easier.[/quote] I think you'll find people won't have issues pronouncing anala. There's no tricky consonants sitting next to each other to steal letters for other syllables, so you're certain to be safe. Throwing them in just makes it more difficult to read, as extra punctuation is extra processing time. Unless you really, really need your reader t
A hint - if you want to create your own language, you should stop to think about the linguistics involved, including your transliteration. A'na'la, assuming the ' are glottal stops, is surprisingly difficult to say. Have you tried? This is because of the natural shape of the mouth after a glottal stop is uttered - it's fair inhospitable to follow-up with a "la". I think you'd benefit from dropping the second glottal stop and simply letting the two words join. If you're looking for some a
[quote]And have you ever noticed that it's usually high-school and college-aged kids that see fit to inflict such poetic abortions upon the general populace? What is it about the late teens and early twenties that makes people write such shit?[/quote] It's an age of experimentation, so you can't blame them entirely for their stupidity. That's why it's okay to laugh at goth poetry rather than decapitate - you know it's just a phase, etc it'll be over soon etc. [quote]Most people
If God is anywhere, it is anywhere. So why waste your time in church?
Execution is too good for them. Dangle them over the spike pit, with their only means of escape being to eat their own words, with the words made out of colourfully poisonous diuretics so that as they die in agony they're wracked with brutal spasms from the pain they inflict on decent, right-thinking individuals. Then by a miracle of Science bring them back from the brink, nurse them to health and do it all over again.
I hate poetry. I always have. It is uniformly horrible, like a song without a tune, just words without meaning and emotional fervour without a story to give it purpose. Poetry is the lowest form of prose. With it, any moron thinks they can pen something truly remarkable. They think that it makes them clever, or witty, or a tragic and sensitive soul who needs a hug, a punch or a lover - all three if you're paying.[more] They're wrong. While I admit some poetry is
[quote]Not here. YOu can take some, but most are beyond the law as they are the law.[/quote] Why not? At last resort you can challenge on constitutional grounds. There's no guarantee you'll win, but you can make a challenge. You can also go the long way round and get yourself elected with a mandate to change the law.
[quote]I take it "Bianca" was the doll?[/quote] Yeah, I probably should have pointed that out. And that it was a family movie - the only references to genitalia were so tame I don't think any kid over the age of 10 or so would have been shocked or left in a position where they would ask difficult questions. [quote]Sure, till there's a malfunction and some servo starts tightening beyond tolerance. There are some things I'd rather not have to explain to 911.[/quote] And
[quote]Why join the kicking party, Lucas? You've been on the recieving end and know what it feels like. You should befriend this dude, not join the party. We aren't going to 'like' you for it.[/quote] Erathoniel may be a spammer, but at least he doesn't add :shrug: to the end of every sentence, or use the horribly cutesy word 'anywho', or breathe heavily through his mouth (this is an assumption, I don't know for certain that Lucas is a mouthbreather, but I suspect he is). Anywa
So tonight I went and saw Lars and the Real Girl, a twee American film set in some desolate snow-covered wasteland. It's all about this guy Lars who, in response to something, buys an anatomically correct girl doll and treats it like a girlfriend. Sure, it all sounds a l
[quote]Actually, it is just the opposite. You have redress against corporations (even if they out weigh you). YOu cannot sue the government. Not here, or in Canada.[/quote] Of course you can. You can take nearly any government decision to the courts, and mostly you won't even have to pay for it. You can also change a government decision via the media, or via lobbying representatives directly. It's much harder to affect the course of a corporation.
[quote]His prescence as well as one other has really brought JU down. [/quote] He's not that bad - JU has always had its mind in the gutter. The only reason JU looked at the stars was because it thought faked innocence would draw attention from the frantic mudslinging going on below the shoulders, but while JU as a whole may maintain a pretence of gentility I think we all know we're gutter-dwellers and proud of it. Erathoniel would fit in fine here if he would only explain his
[quote]I am undying, if you kill me, one more will take my place, and I will go on to be with my Savior. This does not, however, mean that you have a right to attack me personally or stereotypically, discriminate against me, or hate me.[/quote] Persecution is what you make of it. If you want to know why people have reacted so strongly to your presence, you have but to listen and you'll hear their logic. I can tell you now it's not because you're prolific. Gid was very prolific
[quote]WHen they do not (as is the case in all governments today), they become abusive and anti-freedom. Governments by definition ARE the antithesis of freedom. A necessary evil, but one that should be very tightly regulated themselves.[/quote] But if you look at countries where governance is weak (such as Sierra Leone, East Timor, etc) freedom is worthless because petty warlords and crime make commerce difficult and life incredibly harsh. Government isn't the antithesis of f
[quote]Absence of God and extreme physical torture.[/quote] That's the problem with some of you fundies - your obsession with the flesh at the expense of faith. If you're Christian you probably believe that it's your soul that's immortal. Right? So how can 'extreme physical torture' be inflicted on an entity that has no physical form?
DOUBLE POST BECAUSE EDIT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE It's like in the Rwanda genocide. Have you ever wondered why so many of the mutilations were fixated on genitalia and other traditional icons of masculinity and femininity? The hate was so strong that it was only because becoming intimate (and viciously cruel) that it could be released.
[quote]Longing for a relationship selflessly is intimacy because you are not trying to know somebody for a selfish gain.[/quote] You still don't get it. Intimacy isn't about selflessness or sacrifice. It is nothing more or less than knowledge and understanding. It nearly always seems to be used in conjunction with emotion - so there's that element of feeling as well - but it's the knowledge that's the key. Acting selflessly can be an expression of intimacy - although frankly it's a pret
[quote]The words I don't see anywhere are "modesty" and "appropriate". Are you guys really saying it is appropriate for a 15 year old girl to bare her back for the public? I don't think it is. She was literally inches away from a seriously chargable offense.[/quote] I don't see a big problem with it. Girls wear bikinis, and I'm not sure why anyone would think a thin string just under the shoulders is superior to no thin string. Plus chances are she's worn a backless dress befor
How is 'longing for a relationship selflessly' intimacy? And why is 'peace' intimate? I don't think you understand what the word means. Intimacy is all about knowledge and understanding. It's about knowing someone or something so well that all its little ways and means are clear to you. As for your negatives, war can be intimate - the bonds between enemies can be as close as those between friends. Sex is often but not always an act of intimacy. Lust is an emotion, so doesn't re
[quote]I just don't respect them as any kind of "noble" adversary.[/quote] Isn't that an unusual belief for a soldier who's fought as you have? My impression was that most soldiers came back with the belief no war was noble, and that you did what it took to get the job done and keep your mates alive. Do soldiers really pine for the days of carefully lined up regiments and shiny parade uniforms? Or am I misreading you here? The insurgent tactics of the militants are goo
I totally agree. In many of these cases government is the only organisation we can legitimately trust to keep an eye out for the extreme cases. It may not be perfect, but it's better than nothing.
JoeUser Forums