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"The general consensus to this is obvious: No. Buuuuut (yes, that word again), what if this child had murdered, raped, and tortured another child? Is it then still not justified?" This claim is completely contradictory. The main assumption of the primary claim was that the child was innocent. By saying that the child should be punished (by death posssibly in some cultures) is the same as saying that the child should not have murdered, raped, and tortured another child. Which then means that murdering, raping and torturing another child, who was innocent, is wrong. You prove the point that it is not morally justifiable in any culture, even the age-old Hammurabi's Code, to commit murder, rape and torture of another child. The discussion of punishment for ones actions is something of different matter. Whether capital punishment should be implied, etc. I won't go so far off topic as that though. Why is it so difficult to believe that there is a God that has created these absolute morals though? It is logical to assume that since we all have the exact same reasoning (that in no culture is it alright to murder, rape and torture an innocent child) that there was something before us to implant this into our brains when we were created. This makes sense. (If there is a culture that is out in the world that states that the murder, torture and rape of an innocent child is alright, please let me know because this would disprove my whole point of the existence of a God.) -reply by cequalsme

I'm an 18 year old girl, and about 5 months ago I met this guy on a free dating site. I'd never been on one of these before, and I just went on for fun, and didn't really expect something to come out of it. We've been talking pretty steadily over msn, about a huge variety of things, about our lives and some deep things. Then we were planning to meet during Thanksgiving (Canadian), but it didn't happen because of complications. Before this, I also sent him a letter (real mail) because I love writing letters and I think it's a dying art. So after the failed meeting, we just stopped talking for like a month. Then one day I was thinking about how much I missed talking to him, so I wrote him another letter, just telling him that. Then a little while later we started talking on msn again and he sent me a letter saying how impressed and surprised he was to hear from me again. He sent me his grad ring too, so I'd look forward to seeing him more. Now we plan to meet right after Christmas. He lives in Quebec and I'm in Ontario, so we're about 7 or so hours by car away. He's coming here for a few days, and if it goes well, I'm going back with him to spend New Years there. I'm very excited. Oh, and a couple of days ago we talked on the phone for the first time, for 2 hours. It wasn't awkward, and we got along just as well as on msn. I'm really excited to meet him. So far we're just friends, but that's okay because I know you cannot be more than friends with people until you've been in their presence and had physical interaction. I hope it grows into more, but I'm not going to think too far ahead. We'll see what happens and take it moment by moment. -reply by Moose

I gett he following error with this script...Import From Excel File Into Mysql DatabaseFatal error: Call to a member function getelementsbytagname() on a non-object I get the above error with this script. I have not changed anything in the script and my excel file has four columns with no headers in the first row. Can anyone help?!? -reply by Nicholas

Web Design CSSHow To Create A "user Profile" Page.I am in a software program design class at Springfield Clark CTC in Ohio and am currently learning about css. I know how to link all thepages together, change padding, bordercolor and width and alot of other things but would this code be set up in a css stylesheet, embedded? How should I put the code in. /txtmngr/images/smileys/smiley13.Gif -reply by Nicole Stephson

Import PSD file into FlashExporting Transparent Images In Photoshop To FlashI found a better way of importing Photoshop files into Flash. Must read, this is a very nice trick http://www.flashsourcecodes.com/ -reply by Christian Pop

I experienced almost the exact same problem with this (tsstcorp cddvdw ts-h653z) cd/dvd player working for about four months and then suddenly not recognizing the cds or dvds and making noises. I believe it is just poorly made and designed to break down in a short period of time, I base this on the fact that many people are reporting the exact same problems and scenarios and that the manufacturer continues to sell them and HP continues to install them in their refurbished computers. It is a product that should be recalled in my opinion.

..A lil' make-up is good...Preferably for the lips, just enough to give color and luster..The rest, I really don't feel like using 'em. /txtmngr/images/smileys/smiley4.Gif ..Nothng beats the natural look, you know.Confdence based on make-up isn't confdence at all..It's just a way to cover up for the lack of it.Heh...I don't appreciate too much make-up.Not that I mind other girls using 'em.But I think wearing make-up to the point of putting mask over your real features is more of deceiving others to earn good impressions to feel good about urself..

MS 7 Media Centre Windows 7 Media Center IssuesHiI've been using MS7 for some time and find it great. I have a problem with Media Centre in that the time is an hour ahead of what it should be and I'm not able to record the programs I want.How do I change the time in Media Centre so that it is accurate? I'm finding it frustratingRegardsLee-question by Alan

These posts always make me laugh, You wont bypass websense if it has been installed properly, And if you do manage to get out by using a proxy it will then ban them. Half of everything you read on these posts are plain ****, whether its http or https websense will ban it, it uses several techniques each one can be bypassed but the more you do it the quicker it will be taken away. You used to be able to bypass websense by adding a // at the end of each domain or another . At the end but that has been fixed. the ip address worked for about 2 weeks but then got fixed, the way it works with this is the browser takes the domain name and resolves to the IP for it, so, if you ban the IP on websense for facebook your not going to be able to get on there. Where I work we can only access the company intranet which means there is no way out, at least with access to google I can get out by exploiting php boxs or running javascript in the address bar to connect to my home pc -reply by S-Mug

Shadr 3.0 on 2.1 boardShader 3.0 On Shader 2.1 Board?Friends, I've found a good thing. I also encountered such problems but now all fixed. Just google search for "Shader Mark 2.1" (FREE) It emulates your Pixel as well as Vertex shader to the next level. I,e. If you have PS 2 then it makes it PS 3 and so on. Enjoy -reply by Shikhar

conversion of rgb to hsiFinding The Rgb Color Of An ImageReplying to (G)SrinivasanI am doing this project actually showing a movie in opengl but I am using the green screen where I need to convert the rgb of the pictures to hsi in c++ and reverse. Can you help me? -reply by pugsy

for yuhNeed Some Lyrics For My Girl About Hermarmar wat m I gon' to do without yuh, I wish I never met yuh, coz this felin of pain will never fade away wen I ain't near yuh, picture this, your kiss sends chills down my spine, and I admit yuhr the one tht I miss, Is! this ain't never gona end co wat we now is why too strong, we can never go wrong, we still can go on, way better than wat was goin on, all said and done, I will never let yuh down, don't frown, I will b' yuhr clown, to make yuhr pretty face glow with a smile... we keep on rolling mamar, yuh and me.. Stve.. me and my girfreind... yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. -reply by jungleolha

You might like Eye of OdinSome Good Metal Bands I just saw them play on Halloween. They ripped it up. https://myspace.com/browser they're awesome! -reply by folkmetalfan

I'm running window 7 ultimate. I have several iso trainning videos that I watch in media player 12 using daemon. For some reason when you get towards the end of a chapter it stops playing and you get an error. I tried burning to a DVD but it still does the same. It does not do this in Real Player nor does it stop in Windows media player 11. In short, the error states a corrupt library of which I deleted but when compiling again, results are the same. I tried repairing from DVD win7 OS but it does not seem to find the problem. Short of reinstalling the entire OS, I have exhausted a search on helps. MS does not have a download for WMP12 nor can I delete it. Only posible solution apart from reinstalling the os is to delete every file and folder associated with WMP12 as well as in the registry and let the repair hopefully do its thing. Any suggetions would greatly be appreciated. -question by butchmach

Sensible things to talk about..Help On Talking About Good TopicsReplying to ghettohabboSomething I always do when there is a loss for words is ask random questions. It could be anything from whats your favorite color, whos your favorite author, to if you could be anywhere and do anything right now what would you do?It could be looking back in time to something the person has done and ask how exactly they felt about it. Mention times together before if they havent been brought up in a while, just for a laugh. Laughter is a good ice breaker.But like I said ask anything. Favorite smell. Favorite class and why. Most embarrassing moment. Favorite food. Things they enjoy and hobbies -be interested and maybe you'll find out you have more little things in common to enjoy together than you thought. It's these kinda things that make people really want to be around each other more.Find out what kinda movies she likes. If shed rather sit and watch a movie or play a game outdoors. Find out what her life dream and goals are. Make sure shes ok and if shes not don't force yourself on her.. Just let her talk to you if she wants. Let her know you care.It can be things of absolutly no consequence. The fact that your interested and its random can lead to a whole conversation.Above all be honest with her. I mean ..There are limits. But everyone appreciates honesty and people form trust which also leads them to be closer.Have A Great Day. =]-reply by MistyDreams

Help me pls..Emulator To Play Gameboy Advance Games On Symbian Mobile PhoneHi! ive recently g0t my vbag 1.20 and my first played game is harvest moon,and I loved it so much! I alm0st played 20 hrs per day! Its so addicting,.All is good when suddenly when I'm in the middle of the game it g0t stuck and hang! What I do is I remove my battery then play it again,3x it happens to me,then the 4th time I played it I cant load my save game,the load and save key is gone,when I press it I'm getting back on the vbag application then askd again if I whant to play,then when I whant to switch application using my menu button the game is being closed then ill start again and again,the bottom line is the I cant access load save key,theres no load save key in the game anymore,what should I do?Pls help me..-reply by Stupida

gay,bisexualIs Homosexuality Right Or Wrong?I'm not saying I know everything about this subject but I expect that no one Will take offense to this that believes different then what I have to sayEveryone has there own beliefs,everyone see's things differentlyBut if your really sit down and think about no matter what people sayOr try in do it isn't going to change how a gay person feel's on the insideLook at things that have happened to some of the kids who decide to come Out they get picked on or worse but did people stop coming out andTrying to get acceptance no they didn't.I think what people need to realizeJust because some people think its wrong doesn't mean that its going to Stop it even if everyone besides gays and bisexuals thought it was wrongIts not going to stop the gays and bisexuals from being gay and bisexual justLike if things were changed and gay and bisexual was normal and straight wasn'tWe can make you like something you clearly don't and your certainly notGoing to hide who you are because then your nobody at all. And I think that's How people expect us to feel or want us to feel. -reply by Brandystewart

I still playDoes Anyone Every Play Pen & Paper Rpg Anymore ?I play a mix of pDnd v.Adnd, 3.5, and 4.0. And I Dm for a group of 6! Love pDnd! -reply by Master, Dungeon

Skeptial?Paranormal Activity I wish I could simply attribute the banging noises, footsteps and shadows in our house to "leaky roofs" lol, but I'm afraid with us its not that simple...Our house is haunted and has been for a long time. When you go to walk up the stairs to bed and see a shadow of human fform go across the walls or sometimes hear foot steps on the stairs-loud foot steps-then a sudden bang, every other night its not easy to simply say "its just the wind, etc. (especially as it goes on for hours then stops when you go to investigate, only to carry on again later). Over the years many people have witnissed these thiings, including skepticle people (who had to admit they could find no rational reason) but its never hurt anyone. We're used to it now and used to say "It's only Fred." Until one time when we said it, a very clear and loud voice came out of nowhere to say "My name's William." That, was spooky. So my point is, not everything is paranormal but sometimes...Just sometimes...Its more than just a leaky roof or dripping pipes:) Peace. -reply by smokey

No option to disable hardware acceleration!!?Online Films Freeze In Full Screen ModeMy God, I just wrote a huge paragraph only to have it not upload and be deleted! AnywaysReal quick: My problem is nearly the same, except instead of freezingThe video just goes out of sync when I fullscreen it. This happens with.Divx files the worst, as well as youtube and flash files; But it neverHappens with Megavideo. If I window-mode it it is okay, but if IStretch the window more than 2/3 of my screen size the video freezesWhile the audio continues. I have no option to disable hardwareAcceleration anywhere for some reason... And when I try and troubleShoot my display, the 'Change Settings' button is greyed out. This never used to happen, and nothing major has changed on myComputer. I removed and re-installed; DirectX, ActiveX, Divx(all ofIt), Nvidia Drivers, Monitor drivers, sound card drivers, and updatedWindows 7 Ultimate. This is my machine: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ 2.20 GHz 32-bit operating system, 2g RAM IRun Modern Warfare 2 without any lag at near max graphics. I've onlyHad this problem in the past two weeks, and it persists even if I letThe video fully buffer. It's ultimately irritating and I'd appreciateAny help anyone has!-reply by Corrupteor

Animal testing is wrongA Debate On Animal Testing For one thing, it's outdated. Animals do not have the same body systems as we do. For another, they have computer models and cell structures that are much more complex than animals, and more accurate. It's simply stupid to use animals. Not to mention they suffer a great deal of pain through testing. So why do it?????? -reply by Chloe Anna

Use a mask to remove the black background!How To Make Realistic Fire!Have you tried doing a reverse mask? Create a mask for your flames-on-black layer, select all and copy the flame layer, then switch over to the mask (hold down alt and click on the mask thumbnail) paste to the mask and then switch back. Sometimes you have to invert the mask to get it to hide the right areas, and you may need to play with the levels or contrast in the mask a bit, but it should work to mask out the black background and make the flames a bit translucent too. Not a member, so you can get back to me at deviantArt; just do a search for avmorgan... -reply by avmorgan

The boys weightMy Riddles! - See If You Can Answer ThemThe man never says he will guess the weight. He just says he will write it down. So he guesses then the boy tells him his weight and the man writes it down on the paper and wins $50 -reply by kevin

PLEEEAAASSEEE HELP!!!!Make Your Own GameOkay, I am not interested in making a rpg or shooter game whatsoever, I want to make a drag and drop game for girls who want a horse but can't really get one in real life. I am determined to create a game where kids twelve to fourteen can learn about the body of a horse and how all the body parts are used and how to go about in horse farm life. Similar to Horsez and the Lets ride games but without any storyline or anything, a game where the first person player chooses one horse from many and chooses breed, gender, etc. And gets to name their horse, train and breed it, then takes care of the foals they raise to make champion horses. Anyone got any ideas? -reply by Techno2121

status of acctDish Network ScamAlthough through working for dish I do see a lot of problems, this is not a scam. What it sounds like to me is your account may have been in suspension for non payment? Yes, indeed you MUST call to cancel Dish for YOUR safety. Otherwise, anyone can send an email or letter asking to cancel or change your service. If your account is already in a non pay status with a set complete disconnect date when you call to cancel, they will let it ride out until the disconnect date. I assume yours was already in nonpay because the date they gave you was so soon and the boxes needed to be sent back. The boxes are sent automatically upon disconnect and are sent with prepaid labels. Unless you request UPS to come pick them up from you, there is no charge in sending the equipment back. The equipment must be sent back within 10 days IF the account was disconnected for the nonpay status before any equipment fees are applied. In turn, the fees are removed once the equipment is received. If the account is current when a person calls to cancel (yes, the loyalty agent is required to probe as to why the customer is wanting to cancel, make offers, and try to save the customer- part of their job.) the account will be disconnected on that same day and the customer will have 30 days to get equipment back before fees are applied and 39 days from disconnect before the account would become eligible for collections. If I am correct and your account was in a nonpay suspended status, you received another bill between the time you called and the time it disconnected because we bill a month in advance and when in nonpay, the billing does not stop until it enters a complete disconnect at which time the balance is prorated to the date when it was suspended. Although I know it can all be confusing to someone on the outside, there is no "Scam" involved. If this is a freak case in which your account wasn't disconnected upon your request, then I apologize, but it all seems standard to me. -reply by lynie