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Richard J.
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My stance on animal research is if it saves human lives, I'm willing to have it. Much like you, I just want the scientists and doctors to be able to justify what they did. (Although peer reviewing is problematic with some things due to political issues. Certain subjects can not be peer reviewed without risking your job.) There was clearly something wrong with the people on that thread though. Someone literally suggested that it was okay to murder people, murder real live human people, but it wasn't okay to kick a puppy. (It's NOT okay to kick a puppy, but isn't it just a tad more ethical than murder?) Also, I'd like to add that the legal system of this country has been giving out some very disturbing sentences to people who harm children lately. A man was convicted of raping children and he got probation because the judge was afraid he'd get abused in prison because he was short. Here's the proof: http://www.wsbtv.com/news/9713304/detail.html Man, off-topic. |
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daxomni
 Posts: 2650 Location: Somewhere else. |
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Yes, that's certainly disturbing. We all know that prisoners in America are routinely abused, beaten, raped and even murdered in jail and that this goes well beyond their actual sentence, but the way to handle it is to clean up the prison system and not to be extra lenient to offenders. Why nobody is willing to straiten out our prison system and why this judge saw fit to apparently let a rapist avoid jail is beyond me. I was also rather disturbed by the case of a group of teenagers who broke into a stray and abused animal shelter at night and attacked dozens of helpless cats with baseball bats, in many cases to death and on video, with the worst offenders getting a single night in jail while the others got off with probation. However, the child abuse case you listed is clearly the exception while the animal abuse case is much more of the rule. Some states in the US don't even have any specific laws against torturing animals, which means that even killing your cherished pets is only considered destruction of private property. Your pets may be near and dear companions to you, but in the eyes of the American legal system most pets are only worth a few dollars per head tops and thus bring only the most minor of misdemeanor charges when they're harmed or killed. |
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britannicamoore
 Posts: 2618 Location: Out. |
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did anyone here get a wii?
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Zalis116
Moderator
 Posts: 6872 Location: Kazune City |
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LydiaDianne
 Posts: 5633 Location: Southern California |
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Could it also possibly be that we are lemmings? And we have to plunge over the Answerman cliff whether we need to or not? |
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luffypirate
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i got two. i camped outside best buy in a line of 70 people for almost 30 hours and it was well worth it. we brought out a barbeque and a couple tvs. it was pretty tight to say the least. i wish console launches like this happened more often 
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Nerv1
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NO!!! Why? Why!?
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Keonyn
 Subscriber Posts: 5567 Location: Coon Rapids, MN |
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Looks like there's no shelf life either.
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
 Posts: 7912 Location: Anime News Network Technodrome |
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Sorry, folks. Shelf Life is currently undergoing an overhaul; some major changes are happening there. It will return next time it's scheduled to be published, which is in 2 weeks. This week is also Thanksgiving and much of our staff is traveling, so the columns schedule is going to be a little wacky right now. We do, however, have a new review going up every day and an interview going up later today. Answerman will return on Friday as scheduled as well. Thank you for your patience, and sorry for the inconvenience. |
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LydiaDianne
Posts: 5633 Location: Southern California |
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Don't worry! We understand, the Holiday Time is insane for most of us too! Hope that you feel better and have a good Thanksgiving Zac! |
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Ataru
 Posts: 2306 Location: Missouri (Strikeman) |
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Wii Number: 8861-9884-7083-8346 Last edited by Ataru on Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:22 am; edited 1 time in total |
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FlamingPinecone
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okay okay since no one has said it yet:
Zac is currently busy playing with his wii and thus is unable to frighten us with vaguely disarming kittens listening to what looks like daft punk's discovery album. there, i made a wii joke. HAPPY NOW? fawhooosh! |
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
Posts: 7912 Location: Anime News Network Technodrome |
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Actually, my fiancee is totally hogging the Wii. I should've bought Trauma Center AFTER I finished Zelda. 
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fighterholic
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Were you caught in the "other" storm at all? 
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britannicamoore
Posts: 2618 Location: Out. |
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I camped out to. it was cold, and my dad showed up at 3a.m. and told me to go home. Which was nice. No Shelf life either! Tis the season. I can't wai to see the new/overhauled stuff Zac spoke of. |
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