Profile for Jumpin Salmon
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| Displayed name | Jumpin Salmon |
| Member number | 5755 |
| Title | ? Man, ? Amazing |
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| Registered | Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 15 2006 23:04
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quote:Yes. No mention of religion, and her spelling and grammar remained consistent. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 15 2006 22:51
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HEY! Who are you calling an attention whore? It better not be me, see because then I would have to [censored] and then [censored] to a wall. OH. did you mean Eddie? oops. my bad. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 15 2006 22:38
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Hopefully Jewels is happily snoring away now. After a drink of water of course. When I read her little bit about proof, it was in the context of TM's piss god. She wasn't questioning her god at all. To make a funny, she'll be damned before admitting that he doesn't exist. The piss-god, may all his decisions be final, does not necessarily have the wide acceptance of biblical god. *this message sponsored by the makers of advil* -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 15 2006 18:20
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quote:Read 'em and weep. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 15 2006 18:07
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There sure have been a lot of sad days. On a more congratulatory note, well done Kel for noticing the odometer turn over. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 15 2006 15:36
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Top five types of wood for heating a house in the Pac NW. 1. Oak 2. Maple 3. Fir 4. Alder 5. Spruce Top five outdoor winter activities in the Pac NW. 1. Splitting wood 2. Fishing 3. Felling trees for firewood. 4. Gardening! 5. Cleaning up yard from windstorm Top three reasons to not participate in SW's emotionally charged political debates. 1. No major political leaders read this board. 2. Everything has been tried before. 3. tl, dr *this message sponsored by stihl* -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 15 2006 15:23
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It's over then? All agree to agree or disagree as you will? Glad to hear you are training to be a counselor Syn, where had you made that announcement? I only looked at the final page here and didn't see it. Time to go back to the custom titling or is it just time to walk away... *this message is a service of your local bomb squad* -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 15 2006 08:14
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quote:For good or bad, all western interference in the Middle East has had these consequences. It usually happens when "we" try to shift the political compass, which is so firmly tied to the religious compass that nothing can or will happen. (Ready TM?) Compassionate corporate ambassadors could however indirectly mention that more investment could result from a shift in view over the antiquated interpretations of women as physical commodities laws. Simply suggest that their value is also in their intellectual prowess. Human greed will direct secular leaders (political or corporate) to request new interpretations of the Quran, and if it is the will of the Prophet then it will happen. Religion is a collective. I hope I've not suggested that changing the status quo is easy, quick or painless. I'm not sure it ever has been. All I'm suggesting is that it is possible, there is a mechanism, and there only lacks a concerted effort to make it happen. Nicholas Kristof's articles may be very well written and researched, but I'm not sure they do more than sell newspapers. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 15 2006 06:57
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I figured that would please TM to no end, but honestly Aran, step down from the high horse of sarcasm and provide a better answer than me. Using corporations as leverage has a long history of success, and is still in use today. Since the majority of US companies are publicly traded, their stock is distributed over a large number of people, and a percentage of those people would consider themselves to have a morality which precludes rape, torture, and societal misogyny. If one of the several extant groups was convinced that this cause is worthwhile and possible, they would be able to organize pressure at the corporate level to divest themselves from a list of Islamic states. Major stockholders could also have protests brought against them, much like Harvard and apartheid in the 1980's. I'm kinda disappointed that zero enthusiasm is produced when a solution is proposed, especially with you ef. You soundly castigated me for making an argument from the minority viewpoint, and then basically said that nothing can be done. Shame. GE stopped manufacturing nuclear weapon parts because of a boycott. Anything can be possible. *this message sponsored by the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Citizens Peace Committee" -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, February 14 2006 21:57
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Social pressure can be brought to bear in strange and wonderful ways. Those countries may have oil, which we need, but they have very little else. Bring pressure on companies that send them products that they desire. Not necessarily for those companies to stop doing business, but for part of their message to be that misogyny is not part of the global economic culture. As a silly example, tell Rolls Royce that they are jerks for selling cars to rich guys that murder women. *this message sponsored by nike* -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, February 14 2006 18:23
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Oh well, I'll give up my devil's advocate position to point out that this antiquated law is as acceptable as arranged marriage. It may have had a place in tribal days, when daughters were married off to other tribes in hopes of cementing trading bonds, but not today. It seems that purity and chastity were extremely important to those tribesman, otherwise they wouldn't have gone to great lengths to guarantee the same within their own families. Who would doubt a chieftains word on this matter if his own daughter had been put to the sword? Today, and indeed ever since the tribal system ended with the post World War I division of the middle east, this type of law does nothing to aid an ancient society in the modern world. Unfortunately it is not the focus of major corporations which benefit from their relationships with those countries. Great things were done a few decades ago when apartheid was officially ended in South Africa due to boycotts of major corporations, mutual funds, and stockholders of those corporations (specifically colleges) where those corporations did business in S Africa. If you believe, as I do, that something needs to be done, a boycott should work. It has worked before, and the crime against humanity is no less. There. Is everything all happy and jolly again? *this message sponsored by dick "deadeye" cheney* -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, February 14 2006 14:41
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I'm sure some societies create laws to protect the individual rather than the society. I can understand not liking the law, the ruling, the death. Taken in isolation it appears to complete misogyny. I'm simply playing devil's advocate here, and I'm not seeing a lot of evidence that Iranian society is being harmed by this law. Perhaps you could make that clearer for me. *this message sponsored by keanu reeves* -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, February 14 2006 10:50
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Those of us located in prosperous regions of the world have the rare luxury of offering critical commentary on stuff happening in other less nosy (i mean developed) countries. This is not due to superiour intellect, analytic skills, or common sense. It is due to free capital and free time. It is rare to hear Somalians at all, never mind questioning the wisdom of nominating Alito. This of course isn't just pertinent to foreign countries, but within a single country as well. Quite frequently I hear anger/resentment about Ted Kennedy applying his principles and morals against the people of the western states. It just feels rude to be on the receiving end of that treatment. I'll not argue the morality of the Iranian judicial system, which is apparently based on religious law. It does seem consistent though, and has survived over a thousand years. Not a bad record, and I've no knowledge of something substantial changing in the past 100 year to render it obsolete. And yes TM, I agree that 6 million Jews is a bit of a hysterical comparison to make. That was a punishment based on misguided, misanthropic principles. Can anyone today defend eugenics? As a hypothesis it lasted 50 years, caused many millions of deaths, and sparked the continuation of racial hatred in the USA. It is not comparable however. Try to imagine that if the Iranian law is punative, it is only to more strongly enforce the notion that women are prized beyond all, and for a parent/guardian to allow a woman to be in that position was a serious transgression. Their collective decision is to punish the woman in question, one woman, in the hopes that every single person in the country will be reminded that care needs to be taken to protect the women. It works. Rape is not the problem in Islamic countries that it is in the US. It may seem barbaric, but it is effectual. I honestly don't have a problem with it. *this message sponsored by the D. a.* -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Monday, February 13 2006 16:16
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*bump* -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Monday, February 13 2006 13:30
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If we feel the right to apply our (Western) morals and laws to their society, how are they no less proper to demand the same of our society? -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Sunday, February 12 2006 22:58
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Department store commercials. Target is a prime example. Do their commercials actually entice people to switch stores? What about that shopping experience is better/different/less nauseating? *this message sponsored by woolworths* -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Sunday, February 12 2006 17:29
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I'm just a little shocked that the title of the thread hasn't been changed to [ Topic closed ]. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Sunday, February 12 2006 16:59
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Conclusion from random replies to random observation #1 - Different strokes for different folks. *this massage sponsored by saint valentine* -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Sunday, February 12 2006 14:04
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Drakey - about the most toxic thing that enters my body is wasabi. Otherwise, my odor is slightly reminiscent of coffee. Heavy exercise usually results in bathing, and whatever soap is in the shower reduces the smell. Rheumatoid arthritis is bad. My dad had it, took prednisone to relieve the pain, suffered kidney failure and death as a result. He managed to live about 20 years longer than expected though, resulting in procreation and a useful life. As others have pointed out, it is easy to knock the side-effects of drugs when one is not faced with serious illness. I have to agree that the phone-chat ads are the funniest. I've seen the "hot young things" that are at the other end of the line. Well, I saw one of them. At least she was young...and a she. *this message sponsored by Kimberly Clark* -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Sunday, February 12 2006 00:24
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I would have to agree with Thuryl, and emphasize that software manufacturers disprove this "lesson." It makes no sense from a business perspective to spend a wheelbarrow of money creating a LCD product when history has proven that people will accept whatever it is you have to sell. Like Win98, WinSE. I'm sure like some Mac OS too. It is just how it is. Adapt or be left behind. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Saturday, February 11 2006 23:45
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Yes. Yes she is, does, and boo Canada for stealing her Gold. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Saturday, February 11 2006 23:29
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The main benefit to toothpaste, and brushing, is that one still has teeth long past the average age of death 100 years ago. I also subscribe to the eat healthily, eschew deodorant, cadre. It is only after eating crap that I smell like it. Of course I do notice it more now that I quit quieting my nostrils. Edit - Still waiting on that phone number. I can't believe you didn't write it down. Keep watching the telly and let me know. [ Saturday, February 11, 2006 23:30: Message edited by: Jumpin' Salmon ] -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Saturday, February 11 2006 22:20
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quote:Subliminal advertising. Also, it doesn't count as snow unless you measure it in feet. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Saturday, February 11 2006 19:50
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What was the phone number? -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Saturday, February 11 2006 19:14
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Ed = Pinky -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |