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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Should churches be tax exempt? |
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Posted: 03 May 2013, 9:36 pm
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Replies: 39
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| The thing is, though, that many for-profit corporations do not pay dividends. Granted, that's by their own choice, but as such, the line between them and charities is pretty blurred. Yes, a church cannot accumulate money without spending it, but that's not much of a distinction. I don't know the pa... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: The Deep Web: Is it really that deep? |
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Posted: 03 May 2013, 9:26 pm
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Replies: 16
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| The deep web is everything not easily searchable. A website like this is fully indexed by Google, but many similar forums are not. Or if you were to save an archive of this forum and put it on a file sharing site, that wouldn't be searchable. Or say you have a private Facebook page, or keep your fam... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Should churches be tax exempt? |
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Posted: 03 May 2013, 7:55 pm
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| Let's remember, folks, businesses aren't taxed on their revenues, their taxed on their profits. Churches, like many other not-for-profit corporations and organizations aren't created for the purpose of earning profits and are permitted to retain their surplusses without tax, provided that: 1) the s... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Actors/actresses you like, but no one really sees much of. |
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Posted: 03 May 2013, 2:04 am
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Replies: 15
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| Was watching the new TV show Hannibal, and the character Miriam looked familiar to me. Wasn't until about 40 minutes in when I realized it was Anna Chlumsky a.k.a. Veda Sultenfuss from the My Girl movies. Made me smile. http://cdn-premiere.ladmedia.fr/var/premiere/storage/images/series/news-series/h... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Post a Picture of the Real You. |
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Posted: 03 May 2013, 1:22 am
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Uprising wrote: Wtf is up with people here posting pics of celebrities and acting like they're them?
No reason celebrities can't post here too  |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Taboo Subjects |
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Posted: 02 May 2013, 11:40 pm
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Replies: 104
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| Legalize public intoxication, getting high in public and having sex in public? Hehe I favor legalization of drug possession, but we don't really want people intoxicated or hallucinating in public places, might lead to some unfortunate accidents. But possession doesn't hurt anyone, and the drug war ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: "trial by jury" vs "trail by Judge" |
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Posted: 01 May 2013, 1:15 am
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| No, that's a very low bar to pass. Getting twelve people to agree on something is not that difficult - it happens all the time - else jury trials would be ending in hung juries instead of verdicts most of the time. The notion that twelve people should be able to override a law passed democratically... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Post a Picture of the Real You. |
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Posted: 01 May 2013, 12:28 am
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| Very pretty young lady. I don't mean this in a bad way but you almost doen't look real. Like a porcelain doll or an anime character. Good call. This seems to be a photo of Korean actress/model Jee-Inn Kim, though I don't speak the language. [img][300:389]http://pic.prepics-cdn.com/ulzzanglover3/196... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Taboo Subjects |
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Posted: 30 Apr 2013, 10:51 pm
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| If you have friends who are pedophiles, then you might want to reconsider who you associate yourself with. I'm a pedophile. I didn't ask to be one, it's just my sexual orientation. It's not something I would choose or think of acting upon. If you think you know me because of that then I feel sorry ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: "trial by jury" vs "trail by Judge" |
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Posted: 26 Apr 2013, 6:39 pm
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| If I ever went to trial I believe I would opt for a judge ruling rather than a jury. I don't think my "peers" can relate to me very well, and at least a judge might try to see things objectively. Regular people are dangerous to someone as strange as myself. The problem in the United States, in my op... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Ohio Catholic schoolteacher fired for being gay |
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Posted: 26 Apr 2013, 6:18 pm
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Replies: 132
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| Government gets to decide what's in the nation's best interests. People getting injured on the job is a significant drain on economic productivity, and incurs significant cost and pressure on health care services. Addressing preventable injuries is a significant way in which government can address ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Taboo Subjects |
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Posted: 26 Apr 2013, 4:20 pm
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| All convicted paedophiles should be forced to donate both corneas, a kidney and a lung to those in need. Those convicted of possessing child pornography should donate six square inches of skin (for each image found) to burns victims. Possessing child pornography doesn't hurt anyone, it should be le... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Five dead in Illinois shooting, but it's not front page news |
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Posted: 26 Apr 2013, 4:05 pm
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| Two people die every second. They can't all make the news. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Ohio Catholic schoolteacher fired for being gay |
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Posted: 26 Apr 2013, 3:53 pm
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| Look at your first statement, and in particular, "protect the careless." Everyone , regardless of skill and experience, is careless from time to time. Laws that mitigate risk in the event of carelessness are potentially valuable, and their value should be weighed against the likelihood of risk, and... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Ohio Catholic schoolteacher fired for being gay |
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Posted: 26 Apr 2013, 11:25 am
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| Sorry, I'm not discussing this saw thing. Either you get it or you don't. If you don't get it, I'm not going to bother. Not understanding your point and disagreeing with your point are two different things. You brought it up but now you can't defend it. Don't make it seem like I am the reason your ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Ohio Catholic schoolteacher fired for being gay |
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Posted: 26 Apr 2013, 9:09 am
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| Oh I almost forgot the misinterpretation combined with lack of brightness! 3000 amputations a year is indeed a low number compared to the american population, but it's certainly not an insignificant number compared to the number of people who work with these saws. Say you've been doing this work fo... |
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