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<r><QUOTE author="Bookworm"><s>[quote=Bookworm]</s> <br/> There are many reasons for asking questions that have nothing to do with trying to exert authority over someone.<br/> <br/> I still need to know why you think that asking a question would be the same as having authority to stop someone from p...

<r><QUOTE author="Bookworm"><s>[quote=Bookworm]</s> <br/> Are you insinuating that asking a person a question is the same as having the authority to stop someone from procreating? How would that question give me such authority? It wouldn't.<br/> <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> If that is true, why ask...

<r><QUOTE author="Bookworm"><s>[quote=Bookworm]</s> <br/> In what way?<br/> <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s> I would have to ask what they have been doing<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> That is the way<br/> <br/> <br/> <COLOR color="#888888"><s>[color=#888888]</s><SIZE size="85"><s>[size=85]</s...

<r><QUOTE author="Bookworm"><s>[quote=Bookworm]</s> Then I would have to ask what they have been doing with their whole lives<br/> <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <QUOTE author="Bookworm"><s>[quote=Bookworm]</s> Who would have the authority to stop them? <br/> <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> Well it would seem you ...

<r><QUOTE author="Bookworm"><s>[quote=Bookworm]</s> <br/> <br/> I am talking about <B><s>[b]</s>anyone<e>[/b]</e></B> who is biologically capable of having children.<br/> <br/> their decisions about children need to reflect the reality that they live in.<br/> <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> And if the reali...

<r><QUOTE author="Bookworm"><s>[quote=Bookworm]</s> then their decisions about children need to reflect the reality that they live in.<br/> <br/> <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> I believe this is where we disagree about the discussion. It sounds like you are talking about children having children?<br/...

<r><QUOTE author="Bookworm"><s>[quote=Bookworm]</s> <QUOTE author="scherzo"><s>[quote=scherzo]</s> So you know I'm not avoiding the question, Yes, I would say they are prepared as soon as they are biologically ready. It is not their fault they cannot provide the economics, but they are ready to give...

<r><QUOTE author="Bookworm"><s>[quote=Bookworm]</s> So are you saying that everyone is absolutely prepared as soon as they are biologically ready? Is that the FACT that you are refering to? If you are saying that there really is no standard, then I would agree. I would still assert, however, that ev...

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<r><QUOTE author="Bookworm"><s>[quote=Bookworm]</s> <br/> This paragraph here comes pretty close to what I have been getting at all along. Your first comment in this thread was a response to flowergirl when she said her "consideration" was that she would not be prepared for a child until she was mar...

<r><QUOTE author="Bookworm"><s>[quote=Bookworm]</s> <QUOTE author="scherzo"><s>[quote=scherzo]</s> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s> However, notes and photographs taken by Schultz (of Jones the morning following her rape) were missing, undermining any chances of bringing the case through the criminal courts.<e...

<r>There is too much hype to the point that it almost a joke. Dr's remind us however this hasn't passed and there is no way to tell if this is the one.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <COLOR color="#888888"><s>[color=#888888]</s><SIZE size="85"><s>[size=85]</s>Archived topic from Anythingforums, old to...

<r><QUOTE author="Bookworm"><s>[quote=Bookworm]</s> <QUOTE author="scherzo"><s>[quote=scherzo]</s> I am unaware of any traditions associated to Columbus day that could make that holiday stand out more than Thanksgiving or Christmas and the holiday suffers for it.<br/> <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> I agree...

<r><QUOTE author="Bookworm"><s>[quote=Bookworm]</s> My test? I never said I had a test for having a child. I have been saying that there are certain conditions that make one MORE prepared for having children. Having a job definitely makes one more prepared for children than not having a job. Of cour...

<r><QUOTE author="Bookworm"><s>[quote=Bookworm]</s> <QUOTE author="scherzo"><s>[quote=scherzo]</s> Trying to paint the victim as a greedy, money grubbing, looking for a quick buck and she deserves what she gets, or at least understood what she was giving up in return of the quick buck, really doesn'...

<r><QUOTE author="Bookworm"><s>[quote=Bookworm]</s> <br/> But the contract said NO SUCH THING as you are trying to make it seem about rape and unlawful detention. The contract in no way allows for rape and unlawful detention. A stupid company TRIED to use the contract provision in such a way and FAI...

<r><QUOTE author="Chyse"><s>[quote=Chyse]</s> <br/> With the current economy, it's not that easy for somebody to just say "My job sucks. I need to get a new one." and expect to find a job at all. Having a job is a very valuable thing right now.<br/> <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> the article says this happ...

<r><QUOTE author="FloodG8-9595"><s>[quote=FloodG8-9595]</s> <br/> I mean really it's kind of a "manifest destiny" idea of moving west... we would have come here soon with or without columbus. the world has inevitably gotten smaller and smaller (figuritivly) as our civilization grows. <br/> <br/> So ...

<r><QUOTE author="Bookworm"><s>[quote=Bookworm]</s> And I have never once claimed that there would be any guarantee, so saying that there is not a guarantee is NOT disproving my point.<br/> <br/> They are certainly more satisfied by a married couple than by a single person who wants to have a child ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[quote]</s> I'm not sure how your link regarding the top tenth of one percent relates to our discussion. Are you saying that someone makes "a lot of dough" only if they are making millions of dollars? I found a webpage stating that the average halliburton salary is 73,000 dollars.<br/> ...

<r><QUOTE author="manadren"><s>[quote=manadren]</s> I would like to make one comment, or rather quote, in response to a few of scherzo's arguments, however.<br/> <br/> <br/> <URL url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma"><s>[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma]</s>False dilemma (wi...

<r><QUOTE author="Bookworm"><s>[quote=Bookworm]</s> The benefits or other reasons FOR having children cannot outweigh the considerations of provision for the children.<br/> <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> Considerations are okay, but not guaranteed. Today you may have a full time job, and today you may be a...

<r><QUOTE author="scherzo"><s>[quote=scherzo]</s> <QUOTE author="Stasi"><s>[quote=Stasi]</s> yet you seem to think that's what this whole issue has been about.<br/> <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> I am clear on what this issue is about, are you? let me put it to you simply, You have a vote in the Senate on ...

<r><QUOTE author="Stasi"><s>[quote=Stasi]</s> yet you seem to think that's what this whole issue has been about.<br/> <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> I am clear on what this issue is about, are you? let me put it to you simply, You have a vote in the Senate on the bill, do you say 'yes' or 'no'<br/> <br/> I...