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I lean more towards the 'shifting standards' side. I don't think an objective right and wrong really exists, it is pretty much all subjective in my view. As to changing said standards, I suppose pragmatism accounts for a lot of it, as responses to changes in the conditions of the environment...

Laws, perceptions, values, customs, and all such things have changed and will continue to change. Applying the standards of today to things in the past when standards were different is perhaps not very useful. One needs to make at least some allowance for how things were back then before making...

From a legal perspective, it is actually a pretty good argument. For the record, I also feel that the US cancelling their part of Haiti's debt is a good and right thing to do in the wake of January's earthquake, though the issue of third world debt relief in general is not entirely without...

But one does need to keep in mind that although Haiti had declared it's independence, it had not been recognised by that time by US, France, or any european power as far as I know. The french, therefore, had every justification in considering Haiti a rebellious colony where a slave insurrection...

Yeah, in the wake of the January earthquake, I guess the funds otherwise going into servicing Haiti's foreign debt are better spent rebuilding, at least from a humanitarian point of view. But if I may, I'd like to enquire further into your views about the unjust-ness of the reparations Haiti...

Plus, I guess most nations that have foreign debts will seek to pay them back if at all possible. If a creditor has to forgive a debt, then the borrower nation will see it's credit rating plummet through the basement floor, and it becomes very difficult and very expensive for them to secure...

My stormtroopers disengage from Tekeo's red shirts, and form up by Godzilla/Gojira to provide him/her/it with infantry support.

My stormtroopers charge into your red shirts. Furious hand-to-hand fighting erupts... :unibrow:

Oh. Well, I heard Chaz's call for freedom from tyranny, so I immediately knew he was a dangerous subversive in need of 'correcting', before his pernicious seeds of rebellion could trouble the minds of others into wrongful thinking. But hey, Winter War works just as well. I even have the camo...

For the Empire! For Emperor Dave!

Please do not insert objects into the anuses of your test subjects. Because that would just be wrong. There are things Man was not meant to know.

Actually, no. I'm rather unfamiliar with the world of online gaming, as a whole.Posted via Mobile Device

Is there time enough to negotiate an appropriate fee for my services? If not, then no. Saving the galaxy takes second place to my earning potential.

Hmm... high reward, medium risk, small hazard... this could be worth a shot or three. Thank you for the advice, the pessimist that is me sometimes has difficulties in seeing the opportunities inherent in any disadvantage. And thank you, Dave. Doing what comes naturally is perhaps indeed the...

Dear Dave, when I go out for a beer, either on my own or with a group of friends, I usually order the belgian wheat beer Hoegaarden. This is both due to the fact that I am a fan of wheat beers, and the relatively good availability and quite decent taste of this specific brand. The correct...

Congratulations, Canada! Well done! And congratulations to the USA as well, for an excellent game both now and throughout the olympics, and for winning the silver medal.

Bronze medal for Finland, score 5-3. Me is content. For a little while there, I was worried if the team could pull itself together after the disaster of the USA game.

Damn. In the Finland-Slovakia ice hockey bronze medal game, Slovakia just equalized 1-1. Half-way in the second period.

TommiR, logging off and hitting the bottle.

Vitulla päähän... Icehockey USA-FIN. Less than 10 minutes into the game. Score: 3-0 Ei tätä selvinpäin voi kattoo...