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12 Jan 2015

Maybe only when I discover there was an easier way the entire time. Especially when it was so obvious I couldn't see it.

Do you have any regrets?

I give. I'll make a better signature when I finally categorized those billion thoughts.

12 Jan 2015

A number of them. Usually involving loved ones who have passed on.

Do you ever want to get a tattoo? If so, what and why?

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As always, kindness is free, so please consider that when replying to someone rather than the alternatives. You never know what's going on in their life that you may not see. Love, Light & Blessed Be, friends.

13 Jan 2015

Yes on both shoulders for expression of self.

When has it ever been right to call someone else childish nieve and gutless because they disagree with you?

13 Jan 2015

Quote by Rebellious_Soul

When has it ever been right to call someone else childish nieve and gutless because they disagree with you?

When they are? Sometimes they are childish, naive, and gutless when they disagree. Sometimes not. This is impossible to answer without knowing the exact situation.

What is your favorite breakfast meal?

13 Jan 2015

thick sliced bacon.. 4 strips.. 2 eggs over easy.. home fries with onions and peppers.. bagel.. large orange juice.. black coffee..

same question.. sorta.. what is favorite dinner meal?

13 Jan 2015

Thick cut ribeye steak grilled medium-rare, skin on mashed potatoes with sour cream, sauteed summer squash, home made bread, and a couple beers or red wine. Followed up with chocolate covered strawberries.

If someone was to give you an all expense paid vacation (and that includes any money you may have "lost" from not working), where would it be and why?

13 Jan 2015

wherever we go Dusty we're dang sure gonna eat good! but.. Scotland.. so many legends and myths and traditions..

If you could age slower and better.. how long would you really want to live?

13 Jan 2015

For as long as I enjoyed life, which is hard to predict. I guess for as long as there are people to love and be friends with.

Which event would you want to witness, anywhere in time and space, if you could watch it in safety?

If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"

13 Jan 2015

Quote by paulus
For as long as I enjoyed life, which is hard to predict. I guess for as long as there are people to love and be friends with.

Which event would you want to witness, anywhere in time and space, if you could watch it in safety?

Although I 'remember' the moon landing in 1969 I was far too young (eight years old) to realise the importance of the event. I would love to watch the event as an awe-struck adult and be amazed all over again...

If you could be born again, what era from hsitory would you choose if you were given the choice?

14 Jan 2015

Native America before the settlers. Then i would want to be back here since i would miss technology.

Can you live without technology?

14 Jan 2015

Not anymore.. I think we are all co-dependent..

Do you believe that all things in nature have a relevant spirit?

14 Jan 2015

I believe everything in nature, in the broadest sense of that word, is relevant. There is nothing, that does not influence something else in some way. One single cell dying or living could in the long run determine the fate of this entire planet. Somewhere in the distant past, when earth still was a boiling hot place, life may have started with one single complex group of molecules, evolving into a single living cell. What if that cell had died before it could reproduce?. Maybe that amazing process would have repeated itself, but would we have come out in the end then?

What extinct species would you see recreated, if "Jurassic Park" technologies were possible in a safe way?

If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"

14 Jan 2015

The ones we as humans wiped out for our own selfish needs.

Which color rose is your favorite?

14 Jan 2015

white verigated..

Should prostitution be legalized?

14 Jan 2015

Yes, it should, for those people who consciously decide to choose it as a profession. I don't think it should matter which bodyparts you use to deliver a service. What does matter though, is that there should be safeguards against slavery, forced prostitution, juveniles getting into that business. But it's in essence the choice of any individual, how he or she wants to utilize his body, to earn an honest living.

Would you visit a protitute if it wee legal and generally accepted?

If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"

14 Jan 2015

Sure.. and I don't care if they paid me or not...

Should there be "Road Marshals" just like there are "Air Marshals?"

15 Jan 2015

Yes... it might push morons off the road and leave them safe for sensible and considerate drivers.

Should premeditated murderers pay for their crime by execution?

15 Jan 2015

No. I believe the best punishment is solitary confinement for life. Once they go insane, then you can execute them if you see fit.

Are you for capital punishment?

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15 Jan 2015

Nope, first if all, the judicial system has proven to be faulty. Innocent people have been and will be executed. There is no justification for that. And execution is premeditated nurder too. How can we condem one murder and justify the second.

It is my conviction that those who support capital punishment shpuld be prepared to execute it themselves, and with it, knowingly accept the risk, they might be killing an innocent human being. Would you do that?

If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"

15 Jan 2015

Quote by paulus
Nope, first if all, the judicial system has proven to be faulty. Innocent people have been and will be executed. There is no justification for that. And execution is premeditated nurder too. How can we condem one murder and justify the second.

It is my conviction that those who support capital punishment shpuld be prepared to execute it themselves, and with it, knowingly accept the risk, they might be killing an innocent human being. Would you do that?

I have given this a loot of thought over the eyars and my answer is an unequivocal YES.

If there incontrovertible PROOF that the killer was absolutley the person who committed the crime then that person deserves to be put to death. IF THERE IS THE REMOTEST DOUBT then, no, a full life sentence should be levied instead to allow the case to be later re-examined... I have always maintained that in cases where there is no doubt whatsoever of the guilt of the killer that that person should be executed.

The US appeals system that allows death-row inmates to prolong their lives by constantly delaying their execution ought to be swept away IF there is no doubt that the killer is guilty. It is a crazy system that condemns a killer to death than allows him/her to spend the next 10/12/15/20 years trying to overturn the decision! I am not a harsh person, but I strongly believe that where there is not a shodaow of a doubt about a person's guilt that that person should feel the full weight of the law upon them.

Forgive or Forget?

15 Jan 2015

Quote by authorised1960
Quote by paulus
Nope, first if all, the judicial system has proven to be faulty. Innocent people have been and will be executed. There is no justification for that. And execution is premeditated nurder too. How can we condem one murder and justify the second.

It is my conviction that those who support capital punishment shpuld be prepared to execute it themselves, and with it, knowingly accept the risk, they might be killing an innocent human being. Would you do that?

I have given this a loot of thought over the eyars and my answer is an unequivocal YES.

If there incontrovertible PROOF that the killer was absolutley the person who committed the crime then that person deserves to be put to death. IF THERE IS THE REMOTEST DOUBT then, no, a full life sentence should be levied instead to allow the case to be later re-examined... I have always maintained that in cases where there is no doubt whatsoever of the guilt of the killer that that person should be executed.

The US appeals system that allows death-row inmates to prolong their lives by constantly delaying their execution ought to be swept away IF there is no doubt that the killer is guilty. It is a crazy system that condemns a killer to death than allows him/her to spend the next 10/12/15/20 years trying to overturn the decision! I am not a harsh person, but I strongly believe that where there is not a shodaow of a doubt about a person's guilt that that person should feel the full weight of the law upon them.

Forgive or Forget?

Forgive.

Let's complicate things. First of all, the system, as it functions now, doesn't require that absolute watertight proof of guilt. It only requires a group of citizens to believe in the guilt. Citizens, that often believe in a higher being without any admissable evidence. What they do or not believe depends as much on evidence as on the skills of prosecutors and lawyers. As long as a system functions like that, death as a sentence is too final and any mistake is murder too, legal or not.

A hypothetical case: a man kills another man, and he is guilty, beyond any doubt. hhe even admits that. The reason for that murder however is, that the other man in turn committed murder, proven to the first man beyond the shadow of doubt. Your view would make that a justified act. How should this be judged in the system?

If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"

15 Jan 2015

Paul and Andy.. I have a lot to say about this topic and I would think others do to.. can one of you start a separate thread and let's move it to there? It's a heavy subject and probably a little more detailed than the meatballs or cocktail sausages we are used to.. lol..

soooo..

meatballs or cocktail sausages?

15 Jan 2015

Quote by Dreamcatcher
Paul and Andy.. I have a lot to say about this topic and I would think others do to.. can one of you start a separate thread and let's move it to there? It's a heavy subject and probably a little more detailed than the meatballs or cocktail sausages we are used to.. lol..

soooo..

meatballs or cocktail sausages?

Well said

I like 'em both. For a snack, cocktail sausages. As part of a meal, like spaghetti and meatballs, well... Meatballs.

Do you like energy saving light bulbs?

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15 Jan 2015

Quote by Dreamcatcher
Paul and Andy.. I have a lot to say about this topic and I would think others do to.. can one of you start a separate thread and let's move it to there? It's a heavy subject and probably a little more detailed than the meatballs or cocktail sausages we are used to.. lol..

soooo..

meatballs or cocktail sausages?

I agree Larry. This is becoming to heavy for this thread. I've had my say about it however, and I think I'll leave it at that, for now at least.

Now that question about food was already answered, so I'll answer Andrew's "Do you like energy saving light bulbs?"

Yes and no. I like it, that they promise to reduce my energyconsumption. I don't like, that I don't really see the cost of lighting my house go down. Those bulbs cost five or six times as much as the old filament bulbs and sofar they haven't proven that they last much longer. But I'm sure they will improve, so overall I'm positive about them.

Wienerschnitzel or jeagerschnitzel?

If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing

from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"

15 Jan 2015

Neither...

Clam chowder or a delicious tomato soup

15 Jan 2015

Quote by paulus

Wienerschnitzel or jeagerschnitzel?

Either, as long as someone else makes it for me!

But preferably wienerschnitzel, OMG YES!!!!

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A brisk walk or reading a good book beside the fire with a cup of tea and cake?

15 Jan 2015

Book, fire, tea, and cake yes PLEASE!

Ever regret saying something because it unintentionally sparked a discussion you didn't anticipate to happen?

15 Jan 2015

Yes.. remember the time I said.......

Would you ride a flying horse no matter how high?

15 Jan 2015

Quote by Dreamcatcher
Yes.. remember the time I said.......

Would you ride a flying horse no matter how high?

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Would you take on the world just to see how well you got on?

15 Jan 2015

Been there.. done that.. each time I learn a little more.. one of these days I'm going to whup its ass..

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