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    ok the thing is we havent been in at war soo much since Bush Sr was in office

     

    Bush Sr. Panama (to go after one man) and Iraq (to ensure stablilty in region)

    Bush Jr AFghanistan (to go after one man ) and Iraq (to ensure stability in region)

     

    coincidence?

     

    Your comments could be interpreted as saying the previous adminstration sat on their hands regarding terrorists? There were at least six attacks resulting in nearly 400 deaths between 1993 - 2000

     

    Go to bottom of this webpage - I omitted OK from my count.

    List at Bottom of page

     

    Particularly interesting considering the number of other military operations our soldiers were involved in during that time.

     

    US Military Operations

     

    One thing for sure - I need to pay more attention to what's going on - I wasn't aware of all those campaigns.

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    I actually backed out about three time from posting here - I didn't want to alienate anyone either. Let me first say I was never a George Bush fan (I have the McCain 2000 pin to show it). Subsequently I was surprised by how he handled the terrorist attacks of 9-11-01 and the war against the Taliban and then Iraq.

     

    If Bush had just sat on his hands in this matter - then when the next terrorist attack did come everyone would be railing on him for not going after Saddam.

     

    I'm still not a Bush fan. But I believe that a Saddam held Iraq posed a genuine threat to American lives and to American Freedom. I feel so sad for the families of American, British, Canadian, and Australian soldiers that were lost in the war. I realize that because of their loss the little ones that I love have a better chance to grow up free and safe. Maybe Bush deserves his "honorary degree" but for certain I know that those lost soldiers deserve "honors" they won't be able to receive.

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    Where are they on Enterprise? After only a 100 years I can not see it being entirely quit.

     

    I would like to point out that I do not smoke, but think that its appearence on Enterprise would go to show that there is still some room for improvement between modern society of today and the world presented by TOS.

    Not onboard a space ship - the health and safety hazards would be prohibitive. Remember Trip's remark to T'Pol that open flames weren't allowed on board.

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    The Star Trek future is not necessarily ideal to me; I also think it is based on some faulty assumptions - ie (no money + no religion = peace). I wouldn't want to live in a world where I was forbidden to believe in God.

     

    However, if your question is whether the different peoples of the world can learn to live in peace. I agree with transportermalfunction that we may have the capacity. I believe the probability that we could achieve it on our own is extremely low; I believe it will come though divine intervention.

     

    However, I also believe that "Divine Intervention" in part requires what CJLP alluded to - the "faithful" must make serious, personal efforts to help those in need. You don't have to be a believer to do good works but I believe it is required of the believers.

     

    I also believe that one of our major failures as a society is the top-down approach we take in addressing social ills, We create government agencies that superimpose programs on the relevant population. Real, lasting change needs to begin with individuals. When the institutions (families, neighborhood communities, churches, schools) that make strong individuals erode you are going to have problems.

     

    While we talk about world conflict; the truth is the US is one of the most violent countries in the world. I think we are fettered from solving many of our problems because we are fragmented into too many special interest groups - and each group opposes anything (even the truth) that doesn't meet its political agenda. Example, enviornmental issues often come to a nature vs. jobs impasse. Yet some groups can go beyond that - such as developers that incorporate eco-friendly zones into their communities. I think this ability to negotiate win-win relationships is what will propel us to a better age.

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    In most places I've lived it has been the local (non-chain) pizza places that have the best pizzas. There was a place in Virginia that had the best deep-dish, extra-cheese, canadian bacon and pineapple pizza. OMG - I haven't found anyplace in Florida that comes close :laugh:

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    According to the American Heritage Dictionary:

     

    Unitarian Universalism  - a Christian sect with no specific creed.   Believes God is uni-personal, salvation is universal and conscience and reason are the criteria for belief and practice.

    Thanks Yillara and UnicornHunter. That helps, but UnicornHunter what does "God is uni-personal" mean?

    That's a good question - the best I can tell it means that God is sort of an omni present force in the universe.

     

    Here's their website for a better explanation.

     

    Unitarian Universalist - FAQ

  13. Posted

    TheUnicornHunter Posted: May 9 2003, 05:09 PM

     

    (cptwright @ May 9 2003, 03:47 PM)
    (MoulinRouge @ May 8 2003, 05:40 PM)

    The Vissians were awful. Just because they have pretty, sparkling technology as opposed to the Tandarans doesn't make what they did any less reprehensible.      That episode still resonates emotionally for me.

     

    As for Trip, we shall see what happens, won't we?  I doubt he'll go quite so far as to bomb the Xindi homeworld without Starfleet permission.  That would be a line he couldn't cross back over. He's Trip, not George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld's evil spawn.          Gack.

     

    the vissians werent awful people, the third person is how they procreate, not a sex slave or anythnig like that. it was society that made the very, very minority cogenitor the way it was. they werent being cruel or anything like that. its not something we as humans would do, but this was a different species, and different ways. going off into space meeting new aliens, we need to keep an open mind with others traditions, and ways, or at the very least just keep the negatives to ourselves. im sure we do many things that other races would find apalling as well. as for bush and rumsfeld, they arent bad people, and the war with iraq was necessary.

     

    I'm afraid this is exactly something humans would do. I've seen two different takes on Cogenitor - some have drawn parrallels to slavery - some to women's rights. Personally I think the analogy to either could be made. The cogenitor may not have suffered brutality but not all practices of slavery in human history involved brutality; nevertheless, a gilded cage is still a cage. As for the women't rights issue - well the cogenitor's status wasn't so different than that of women in much of human history; at times forbidden to own property, obtain an education; seek gainful employment, vote etc. In fact their sole purpose for existence was pretty much to bear children for their husbands; and they didn't always have a choice who they were going to end up procreating with. So I don't see how the Vissians were that different from humans except our social awareness developed along with our technology.

     

    In response to the many posts on the cogenitor thread - I have a hard time understanding why it is okay to judge another human culture and even impose our values on them but we shouldn't do that with aliens. Everyone has made a big deal about how beneficial a relationship with the Vissians could be. We could have similar opportunities today if we didn't worry about political prisoners performing slave labor, sweat shops, child labor etc. The way I see it there is either a universal right and wrong or there's not. If there is we should apply the same ethical standards to all beings; if there isn't then give your officers some leeway for not knowing what the moral code of the moment is.

     

    edited for grammar

     

    This post has been edited by TheUnicornHunter on May 9 2003, 05:18 PM

     

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    TheUnicornHunter

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    My grandmother told me never to judge a species by their eating habits -

     

     

    I copied the post from another thread that prompted this poll. Another poster actually suggested the poll.

     

    I realize after reading some of the posts that people are choosing right or wrong based on security - fear of reprisals to the Enterprise crew and I have to agree Archer's first duty is the safety of his crew - however I'm not sure that would have been an issue here.

  18. Posted · Edited by TheUnicornHunter

    The Vissians were awful.   Just because they have pretty, sparkling technology as opposed to the Tandarans doesn't make what they did any less reprehensible.   :D   That episode still resonates emotionally for me.

     

    As for Trip, we shall see what happens, won't we?  :D   I doubt he'll go quite so far as to bomb the Xindi homeworld without Starfleet permission.  That would be a line he couldn't cross back over.   He's Trip, not George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld's evil spawn.   :laugh:   :wow:  :bow:  :wow:   Gack.

    the vissians werent awful people, the third person is how they procreate, not a sex slave or anythnig like that. it was society that made the very, very minority cogenitor the way it was. they werent being cruel or anything like that. its not something we as humans would do, but this was a different species, and different ways. going off into space meeting new aliens, we need to keep an open mind with others traditions, and ways, or at the very least just keep the negatives to ourselves. im sure we do many things that other races would find apalling as well. as for bush and rumsfeld, they arent bad people, and the war with iraq was necessary.

    I'm afraid this is exactly something humans would do. I've seen two different takes on Cogenitor - some have drawn parrallels to slavery - some to women's rights. Personally I think the analogy to either could be made. The cogenitor may not have suffered brutality but not all practices of slavery in human history involved brutality; nevertheless, a gilded cage is still a cage. As for the women't rights issue - well the cogenitor's status wasn't so different than that of women in much of human history; at times forbidden to own property, obtain an education; seek gainful employment, vote etc. In fact their sole purpose for existence was pretty much to bear children for their husbands; and they didn't always have a choice who they were going to end up procreating with. So I don't see how the Vissians were that different from humans except our social awareness developed along with our technology.

     

    In response to the many posts on the cogenitor thread - I have a hard time understanding why it is okay to judge another human culture and even impose our values on them but we shouldn't do that with aliens. Everyone has made a big deal about how beneficial a relationship with the Vissians could be. We could have similar opportunities today if we didn't worry about political prisoners performing slave labor, sweat shops, child labor etc. The way I see it there is either a universal right and wrong or there's not. If there is we should apply the same ethical standards to all beings; if there isn't then give your officers some leeway for not knowing what the moral code of the moment is.

     

    edited for grammar

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    According to the American Heritage Dictionary:

     

    Unitarian Universalism - a Christian sect with no specific creed. Believes God is uni-personal, salvation is universal and conscience and reason are the criteria for belief and practice.

  22. Posted

    Wow, this is an interesting topic but way out of my league. However I have had a couple of questions if anyone cares to respond. (the math part eludes me)

     

    1. Wormholes - at least in the SciFi world generally connect distances - you can go from point A to point B without passage of time. Does this mean if a person from a distant galaxy took a wormhole to Earth and looked back at their galaxy they would be looking at their own history ie the light from their galaxy? If I understand the previous posts then - points A and B could be points in time rather points in space. So in other words they transverse time rather than space and stay in the original location?

     

    2. The passage of time slows the faster you approach the speed of light. If it were possible to travel the speed of light does the mean time would "stand still". I understand it is theoretically impossible to travel faster than the speed of light but in theory would doing so take you forward in time or backward in time.

     

    3. Does time exist independent of an observer?

     

    4. I've heard that space was curved - is this a function of velocity or just a characteristic of space. If it were possible to continue in the same direction for a sufficient length of time would you end up back where you started. If this is so does that still mean space is infinite?

     

    5. I'm curious about the backgrounds represented here. Are you physicists or mathematicians; academia or private industry. Just general info if you want to share.

     

    6. When Mr. Paris achieved Warp 10 in an episode of VOY did that mean he had achieved the speed of light?

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    <span style="display:none" style=&{head};>Yet, if these were unmodified weapons the Borg should have adapted immediately like the assimilated Tarkaleans</span>

    I'll try a different theory:

     

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    Since the Borg in the episode had been assimilated at different times maybe the more recently assimilated drones weren't able to process the adaption as quickly as the Borg who had been assimilated longer. Do I get points for effort?

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    Did anybody notice the weapons they took out of the case to modify were phase rifles and the weapons they were using against the borg were phase pistols?

  24. Posted

    I guess it had to happen to somebody:

     

    chicagofall_navarro.jpg

     

    description

     

    Explanation: If you wait long enough, a piece of outer space itself will come right to you. As Colby Navarro worked innocently on the computer, a rock from space crashed through the roof, struck the printer, banged off the wall, and came to rest near the filing cabinet. This occurred around midnight on March 26 in Park Forest, Illinois, USA, near Chicago. The meteorite, measuring about 10 cm across, was one of several that fell near Chicago that day as part of a tremendous fireball. Pictured above is the resulting hole in the ceiling, while the inset image shows the wall dent and the meteorite itself. Although the vast majority of meteors is much smaller and burn up in the Earth's atmosphere, the average homeowner should expect to repair direct meteor damage every hundred million years

     

    Astronomy Picture of the Day