Posts Made By: James Brown

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

So, according to you,  both Powell and Sweet are "lying to your face". How about Yellen, is she lying too? Seems like anyone who disagrees with what you think is lying about it. Must be some sort of conspiracy, huh?  Or, maybe, just maybe, you're totally full of it...

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

On certain issues YES, I am an absolutist guy, when it comes to FACTS.

LIFE is LIFE.  Human LIFE is Human LIFE.  Do you disagree?  That's a pretty straightforward question, not a moral question, but a scientifically Factual FACT.  

If you want to play around with semantic word games and say "well, its life, but its not really life", then I'm not interested in having a discussion with someone who plays semantic word games.  

Is that how you're playing it?  

There are certain things I am absolutist on and one of them is whether or not a baby is a baby.  If you and others want to play semantic word games by calling a baby a "fetus", then I'll reiterate, I'm not interested in having any discussions with frauds.  

I've never said here that a fertilized egg is a baby.  If that's your contention, prove it.   I will say that a fertilized egg in a woman's womb is LIFE, pure and simple and it is Human life.  

Now is my explanation there, straightforward enough for you?  

Why don't we start there and you can tell me, or point out where I am WRONG Above.  

Rather than making your silly accusations, the bullshit implication that you are making that I'm an absolutist on ALL issues, which IS in fact Bullshit, why don't you address my posting above and critique it, if you're able.

In other words, here's your chance to show everyone here where I am wrong.  

Oh, and YES, I did notice that you put a qualifier on your assertion when you stated that I'm an absolutist. 

You put the words "in general". 

Well I guess that explains that, eh? 

But I will still challenge you.  Show me what I printed above that you take issue with or that with which you disagree.    

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

No, there are certain things that are facts. Because those like you deny those facts, doesn't negate the truth.

A baby is a baby, it isn't a bowling alley.  Because you choose euphamisms in order to hide the truth, doesn't change the truth.

Some facts cannot be "nuanced".  Get a new word, you've worn that one out already.

A human life is a human life.  That's a provable fact.

Men don't give birth, and if a person is capable of giving birth then that person is not a man as defined by the most basic biology.

Because psychotic, deranged leftists with mental problems want to assert differently doesn't negate that simple truth.  Just as so many of the Biden nominees appear to be mentally lost, and tell committees that Men CAN give birth doesn't make it so.  

The sun comes up in the East because the Earth rotates on its axis not because the Sun decides to do so.  That's a provable truth.

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

How in the world is the fact that the sun rises in the east a social construct? I gotta hear this one

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

No, YOU are mischaracterizing what I said.

When did I claim that James said a Fertilized egg is not alive.  Show me where i said that?

Quit putting words into my mouth counselor.  

That  may fly among the left.  

You made up assertions don't fly with me.  

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

LOL....so this is a battle of semantics in an attempt to avoid dealing with facts.....got it 

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

No actually the pathetic thing is that you were reading into what you assumed the statement was, to which I was applying the boldface statement above.

I wasn't.  

I mean you're becoming an absolute jackass at this point. 

Just because you make assumptions and you apply my statements to whatever the immediately preceding words were, that doesn't translate to me calling anyone anything.

This must be your idea of a "gotcha' moment" on your part.  

Here, let me hold your hand and school you, that certain things are facts like umm... men can't give birth, umm... the sun rises in the East (oh and we've already gone through the tedious nonsense that James posted, so no need for you to rehash that, ok?), etc...

You kind of killed your own evidence by indicating that my statement applied to much more than just "fertilized eggs" DS.  

From now on I'll just put you in the category of Brian's level of intellect.

All I can say is since you made an incorrect inference regarding my words, and you applied them to "fertilized eggs", I'd say that's on you.  

I apologize to rest of the forum that they have to read such drivel from you.  LOL 

Next.  

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

The sun coming up over the horizon is NOT a social construct.....its just a fact.

Originally Posted by James Brown

"I would answer that a (human) life does indeed begin at conception.  So I would check the "yes" box too.  Anything that grows and develops organically is obviously alive.

I would say however, that life alone is not dispositive of the abortion question.  In my opinion, the more relevant question is a moral/legal/ethical question: "When along the timeline from conception to birth, and under what circumstances of conception, does the new (human) life acquire a right to continued existence that supersedes a woman's right to control what is going on within her own body?" 

Jim
 

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Well, today is a good day. My hand is getting better, slowly, but I still can't stretch my ring and little finger due to the nerve damage that is healing very slowly. It's been five months and a week and I've been putting off my monthly attempt to play as it was so bad in the previous months that I didn't want to be disappointed.

Anyways, I am going to list a couple of extra pedals I don't need on craigslist to build up the gear funds. I have a Boss TU-2 tuner that is redundant so I took it downstairs to test it to make sure it still works correctly before I listed it. On my way down I had an idea, a real light bulb moment. I have a brace the OT made me that really didn't work and they made me a second one. I didn't like the way the first one felt due to a strap across the last knuckle of my fingers. I put it on for the first time since then and didn't us the finger straps. The seemingly fruitless effort so far that I've been putting in with my therapy strengthening them paid off and I could now move all of my fingers freely and the brace held them at a downward angle so I could extend the ring finger making it possible to play chords. The little finger is still basically useless, but I was able to play a lot more than I could without the brace. This should be good, fun, and I emphasize fun way of doing some different exercise for it, too. I'm pretty happy right now.

And on a different subject I got out observing last night for the first time since last fall. I washed my mirror and everything. telescope and all electronics worked flawlessly. All I needed to do was know the M or NGC numbers and the scope drove right to them. Saw the comet above Scorpius, too.