They claim they are entertainment, but do a pretty good job at educating their viewers.

Mass Media however, claims they have the news, but only focus on easily digestible stuff and talking points.

No wonder, a lot of people are ignorant - staying informed is hard work! You have to look at different sources and you can't even trust the candidate you favor - they are all lying :(

Even if they find him innocent, Hamdan may not be released. The military retains the right to hold "enemy combatants" considered a threat to the United States — even those cleared of charges by the tribunals.

So yes, if the outcome doesn't matter, this trial is a joke.

So unless Microsoft no longer bundles IE with Windows and Windows with hardware, IE is here to stay and in the lead no less.

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If it was, everybody could see that is is less dangerous than alcohol for sure.

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Locking a child in a room alone does not encourage a kid to think at all. They will sit lonely in a corner.

You have to tell your kid, what it did wrong and why you didn't want this to be done.

A short spank on the bottom is surely no more cruel then locking a kid in their room for who knows how long.

If spanking encourages violence, what does locking into a room encourage?

But on the other hand, I know how aggravating kids can be (from when I was a kid) and would not judge parents that do smack their kids too hard, if I don't know the full story.

It should be a last resort, but reasoning will sometimes only get you so far. By the way, verbal abuse can be at least as damaging to a child's ego as an occasional slap on the bottom.

What gives us the right to tell a person, what to do with their live? (I'm talking about a sane and mature person here)

If we had suicide facilities, paired with counseling, I doubt that suicide rates would go up.

I'm an immigrant as well, albeit a legal one, and I pay a shitload of taxes in the US (most of which are not used the way I like).

Also, make gas really expensive and invest the money into research.

Also, why do you have to be married to have sex? I say: Find out if your compatible in bed first!

The only thing you can do is to encourage critical thinking, teach logical reasoning and healthy distrust of authority and in the end your "kid" will be able to shed the parts of the unwanted parts of the indoctrination.

The only problem is when you don't do the critical thinking part, which doesn't seem to be high on the list of values for the ultra-religious types. So they are stuck with the ideology and have no way out.