Recent content by Den Valdron

I suppose it depends on where you are in another country. If you stick to the tourist areas and stay out of trouble, then usually the staff will know english, or some of the staff will know enough english. It's their job after all. If you're dealing with the business community, or...

I think both questions derive from fundamentally false premises. 1) I don't think that scientists are misled about creation at all. 2) I don't believe that the materialist/literal interpretation of genesis is the dominant interpretation, except for a minority of religious flakes. I...

It strikes me that you are arguing that Democrats are deliberately plotting to facilitate terrorist attacks on American citizens. I find that argument offensive, illogical and utterly despicable.

The notion that there is a universal flood myth is fundamentally wrong. There are a variety of flood myths, as there are fire myths, war myths, supernatural myths of all sorts, and creation myths. The similarity of flood myths to the biblical flood diminishes considerably the further you get...

Why should we accept any interpretation of Genesis as any version of a rendition of truth? What separates Genesis from any of the hundreds of creation myths out there?

If its not illegal, then why ask for retroactive immunity? Seems to me that we shouldn't be issuing a blank cheque.

I think that the more interesting issue is what are the telecom companies really doing? Let's face it, if their actions were justifiable, no court would convict them. I don't think that we should assume that they were colouring inside any lines.

The Giant Squid was a feature of legend going back to ancient times. Giant Squids verifiably washed up on beaches in Newfoundland and elsewhere starting in the 19th century. So the status of Giant Squids as cryptids in the modern era is pretty iffy. Not out of the question, since there were...

http://www.lorencoleman.com/cryptozoology_faq.html http://www.babylon.com/definition/cryptid/English By the very definition, unknown animals are unknown animals. It's like an invisible ghost. If its unknown, then you don't know about it, you never hear about it. To be a valid...

Nah, it's just that we are notorious deadbeats. The UN does or says things we don't like, we withhold money. Nothing new about that. If it makes you feel any better, we're not the only deadbeat. Places like Cameroon or Zaire or Myanmar often skip their UN dues.

The League of Nations, despite the exclusion of the US and USSR actually lasted about twenty years. That's pretty good, considering that it excluded the two biggest rising powers of the time, and wrestled with both a collapsed world economy and a trio of psychopathic states. So, one might...

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It strikes me that disbanding the UN is beyond the Authority of the United States. America can leave. America can withdraw its funding. America can terminate its seat in the General Assembly, withdraw from the Security Council, and abandon its veto power over the UN. America could shut...

On the other hand, the US is pretty darned selective about the resolutions it enforces. And its also pretty stern about the resolutions it will not allow enforced. Maybe the US should just withdraw from the United Nations. Have them move to Geneva or something. It's not like America...

New species of worms and beatles, sure. But I think we can definitively say that all land dwelling megafauna are thoroughly accounted for.