Seems like these days even the government doesn't understand the concept of "law," as in how they're made, changed, and whether or not to enforce them.[DOUBLEPOST=1397588770,1397588460][/DOUBLEPOST]
Compromise sometimes isn't an option, unless you're a fan of chopping babies in half. And even Solomon only used that particular compromise as a ruse to figure out who was actually in the wrong.
That story never made sense to me. Like, "Hmmmm, I know. I'll suggest murdering the child. Only a real mother would prevent that from happening. Everyone else would be all, 'Totally, let's get chopping!'."
The idea of human life being precious is a relatively recent and revolutionary one. It still hasn't caught on in all parts of the world even today.
Ehhhhhhhhhhh but in that culture at that time, human life was precious. One of the defining things about the Jewish peoples were that many semitic cultures around them, like the Canaanites, had religions where child sacrifice was an occasional reality. Many argue that it is even that practice which led to the war and destruction of Canaan.
Perhaps for the false woman, it was less about gaining ownership of the baby than it was seeing the other woman lose her child, one way or another.
Well, yes. I imagine the cause could be more about the woman's enraged spite. I spoke (mostly) tongue-in-cheek
It was probably also the kind of trick that would only work once.
I used to hear stories back in the 80s when my mom was in the JAG office about MPs who had a good thing going with a collander, some jumper cables, a huge xerox machine and a typewritten page that said "LYING" on it on the platen glass. At least until they got in trouble for it.
The truth is always somewhere in the middle.
So if we're locked in a house with no windows, and we can't hear rain, and one person asserts the sky is probably blue, and another calls him an azurist shitlord and the sky is certainly plaid, where is the truth? In the middle?
Careful, saying things like that around extremists is guaranteed to elicit a head-slapping response.
Argumentum ad temperantiam: the fallacy of believing truth is always found in the middle.
Shouldn't we go looking for a compromise between "always compromising" and "extremes"?
Maybe when netflix subscription fees go up enough we might could actually start to get some popular motivation to address... oh who am I kidding.
$1-2 over in Europe to start with, for new customers. Existing customers over there won't see an increase for at least 2 years.Actually that event already happened this week - somewhat out of order. Reed Hastings has gotta be kicking himself.
Of course, I don't recall how much Netflix said they were going to raise fees
That's why I said up enough.Actually that event already happened this week - somewhat out of order. Reed Hastings has gotta be kicking himself.
Of course, I don't recall how much Netflix said they were going to raise fees
Hey, it's not like they'll use that to push their own video streaming software. They're internet providers, not content providers! Oh wait. AT&T partners with an investment firm to buy and launch streaming services. Not to mention Verizons own partnership with Redbox.
If you're wondering how this could happen, the top cable and wireless lobby groups in the US are led by a former FCC chairman and former FCC commissioner, while the FCC itself is led by a man who formerly led both the cable and wireless lobby groups.
I'm sure they're looking out for the good of the consumers.
