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Actually, it's not depicting pedophilia at all. Pedophilia, by definition, involves sexual encounters with prepubescent, rather than just underage, children. If you want to use a definition of child as being pre-pubescent, then I suppose that definition is valid. I don't think the law sees it that way. The rules of this forum also prohibits us from joking about pedophilia. I confident that the line is not drawn at the point of puberty. Perhaps you think the rule should be clarified to agree with your definition. I don't understand the point of the distinction that you make. Is it OK as long as the minor child has gone through puberty? Is there another word more appropriate than pedophile when the minor is post-pubescent? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I don't know how "if it was a rape, it was a good rape" can be interpreted as anything but depicting at least this particular incident of pedophilia as a good thing. No need to consider the historical context of what was underage at the time. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

More along those lines: http://www.davekopel.com/Terror/Fiftysix-Deceits-in-Fahrenheit-911.htm People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I had an '88 Acura Legend that needed an oxygen sensor on the rear bank. A good look showed that similar to yours, it would never come out cleanly, so I left it as is. That generation Legend was a joint project with Sterling, many consider it to be a good example of a very bad overall design, a rarity for Honda. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Certainly that situation is very common, right? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Since you're repeating yourself, without addressing my reply to the first time you expressed this sentiment about Romeo and Juliet, I'll repeat myself: Also, I think it incorrect to characterize Romeo and Juliet as "glorifying underage sex and suicide". People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

There is a big difference between not showing the film in the school, and the school making it forbidden to be seen anywhere. Big difference. The Meaning of Life was fantastic, but I've been a fan of theirs since their series first aired in the US. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I think just performing a portion of the play was enough to do that. That is the point, I think. It was a bad decision to do it at all. No way can that play be performed without bringing grief upon the administration of the school. Performing even a portion of such a play that depicts pedophilia as a good thing and if full of overt sexuality is not appropriate for a school, I think. To peregrinerose: It was described as a "good rape". I don't believe that characterization was denounced in the play. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

And he hasn't seen it. Those two go together. You can't have proper ideological indignation without a hearty helping of purely speculative dismissal. WRONG! It is often considered hypocritical to denounce others for claiming to read minds, and then to do it yourself. Please stop pretending to be able to read mine. I saw about 2/3 of the play on HBO. It was quite some time ago. Of course each performance, by different actors is different. Sometimes the little girl getting the "good rape" is 13, sometimes she's 16. Before I started the thread that I linked, I found some transcripts to read. Were you in too much of a hurry to write your snide reply to notice the part of my post where I asked the question, "Is there a portion of the play that is something other than a detailed discussion of the vagina and overt sexuality?" Well, is there? Have you seen it? Do you remember all of it well enough to answer the question? I don't remember all of it, but it seemed chock full of stuff that I can't imagine being in a school play, but I allowed that there may have been a portion that would be OK. I understand that it is a lot more fun for you to ridicule than to address the underlying issues of this thread. You enjoy pissing off conservatives and ridicule will usually piss off people, so no surprise. Your stated position of not communicating with those you judge not intellectually worthy certainly makes it easy to ridicule without addressing issues. Perhaps another Weee! or Whooosh! in the next reply will help you express your superiority. That describes you quite well. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

The Vigor, that is an unusual one. My '89 Civic has 225K on it, still going strong. The '96 Odyssey has only 130K, it is like new. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

A bit on my background: I worked for Honda R&D in Ohio as an instrument panel/interior chief design engineer for 10 years. In that time the Ohio center engineered/developed the previous generation Honda Accord and Civic coupes, Element, Pilot, and 2 generations of the Acura CL, TL and MDX. Now my opinion based on that experience: Hondas and Acuras have a very well deserved reputation for legendary reliability - being hard to kill. It would be nice if the timing belt never needed to be replaced, but since the water pump is likely to go bad by about 100K miles, and replacing it requires the belt to be removed, the engine designers don't consider it to be too much of an issue. A great way to avoid overheating the engine is to replace the water pump before it fails. If the design of the motor was the other way around, water pump 'outside' of the timing belt, then the cams would probably be driven by gears. I don't know if the Honda design is more compact, but it almost certainly is cheaper and quieter than gears. According to the engineers in the engine group, the wearing-out and eventual breakage of the belt is really not just an issue of miles driven, but is more related to the amount of time subjected to high temperatures, so highway miles are less severe in this regard. I got abut 150K miles on my '89 Civic before I finally replaced the belt, and that was when the water pump failed. The recommendation for service at 90K is actually pretty conservative. Of course when it comes time to pay for a timing belt service, it will cost a lot less for the inline 4 cylinder engines than a V-6. The local Honda dealership will charge 3 hours of labor to replace the belt on a 4 cylinder engine, 4 hours including the water pump. There are a lot of good non-dealership mechanics that will do it for less money, they like to get work where the work to be done is very well defined (no diagnosis needed), and this job is a good one for a mechanic that works for himself that is familiar with it. Make sure to check with a dealer to confirm the shaft seals and other really cheap bits should also be replaced. It is easy to think that access for repairs is not considered by the engineers, but I can tell you that is absolutely not the case at Honda. The design approval process consists of a large number of evaluations, one of those being a very detailed maintenance evaluation. The evaluators take apart the car and put it back together again, and a great number of potential headaches are identified and resolved with design changes to facilitate repair. I have great confidence that Hondas are very easily serviced, at least compared to their competitors. Over the years they have become less mechanic friendly, but that is the case with all cars. The factory service manuals are available for a reasonable price on CD, Chilton's manuals are crap, Hayne's are better than Chilton's. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I am really surprised that the play was allowed at all. If I were the principal, there is no way that I would want the potential grief that could accompany that play. Is there a portion of the play that is something other than a detailed discussion of the vagina and overt sexuality? How could the play be worth seeing if you left out the word vagina? Did they replace it with another word? Is there a shortage of good plays for schools to perform? I'm not a prude, but I do think it should be easy to decide to leave this play out of consideration, that should have been an easy decision. Romeo and Juliet got married at an early age, but that was ordinary at the time, and they were both young, I believe. The suicide in Romeo and Juliet is portrayed as a tragedy, a bad decision. The "good rape" in the Vagina Monologues is portrayed as a positive event in the girls life. I don't remember Romeo and Juliet including long detailed discussions about their genitals. Big difference, I think. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I think you'd find the same results from employees of other airlines. I've known quite a few. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

What has evolution got to do with free speech? Are you saying scientists should adapt to censorship? They should adapt to doing their job and sticking to the agenda. Not the same as censorship, I think. They aren't going as private citizens, right? If I was sent to a engineering conference and didn't follow directions to pursue the agenda set by my boss, I wouldn't expect it to be tolerated. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Another line from the play, spoken by the 13 year old that was "seduced" by the adult woman: People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

The play depicts pedophilia as a good thing: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2471714;search_string=vagina;#2471714 Not appropriate for a school play, in my opinion. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

From your link: Are the polar bears really endangered? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Bloody do-gooder! People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Absolutely right! Back in the day...we had safety meetings every day! People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Besides the greater likelihood of poor body position reasons, most static liners are done with the direct-bag method of deployment, where the main d-bag is attached to the static line, instead of the static line just pulling out and releasing a pilot chute. So, the lines and canopy are pulled out of the bag forming a curved shape to the falling jumper until they clear the bag, that then whips back into the relative wind to finish inflation. I suspect that gives a possibility for some line twists. The big advantage of the direct bag is that it gets everything pulled out a lot more reliably for students that have poor body position/tumbling than a spring loaded PC can. It used to be that a break cord of about 50 pounds would attach the PC to the static line - 'pilot chute assist' and that was better than the static line just opening the container and leaving the rest to a PC. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

The OP was discussing used cooking oil... seems to me like the state is trying to get in a 'double dip'... Double dip, that's a good one. The restaurant probably didn't pay retail tax on it. If the law doesn't exempt alternative fuels, then the law (tax) applies to them also. It would be good to exempt them, to encourage their use, but that isn't the case now. Don't get me wrong, I think the Illinois tax collectors should pursue bigger tax evaders. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

It is something similar to farm fuel, in the sense that they were using a fuel for a vehicle operated on the roads. All fuel for that purpose is to be taxed, right? I don't know the details of Illinois law, but isn't that the issue? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

If the tax laws require that tax be applied to all fuel (regardless if it is gas or peanut oil or whatever) used for motor vehicles on the road, then they are stuck. It would be good to encourage the use of alternatives by exempting them from taxes, but that's not the case now. Of course it is still a lot of effort (tax money spent) to collect a small bit of tax - probably a negative return, just to make a point. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Whee! We get to go around the loop-de-loop again? The first several times through there were only things people don't like that supposedly he's done, no crimes though. I think you might have Bush (and Cheney) derangement syndrome. Perhaps treatment is available, the health care system up there should cover that. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

How can you recommend to not use anti-spyware? When I run mine, it will find a few things every couple days. I wouldn't want those to pile up. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am