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In short, yes. The easy thing to do is shoot. Just like the easy thing to do when someone less physically able than you threatens you is to knock them...

Agreed.

Why should science stop us cooing over the beauty of the universe? As far as I'm concerned, spirituality is a term that refers to a state that is as o...

@"shmik" I agree there is some tension in the notion of empathy as a ground for morality as empathy tends to dissipate in proportion to the distance o...

OK, so it's important why? What's the goal? Catharsis? Intellectual distraction? Or are you engaging in a kind of dark evangelism? Saving our souls by...

@"Mongrel" Damn. You've been philosophizing like a boss from the beginning. The door is always open...

@"The Great Whatever" You've made 15 posts on this thread in the space of a day or so. This is clearly an issue you care about? Why?

Yes, at the moment the advantage of relative search engine invisibility is that we hover under the radar of most spammers, trolls and other undesirabl...

Cheers @"taomath" . And welcome. :-)

@"Shmik" I wonder about this proposed equivalence of fictional characters and future humans. Though I may care in some sense about fictional character...

The government's credibility and hold on power is inextricably linked to GDP growth, and not just the central government's but regional governments' a...

There is a sense in which the search for moral certainty through theory is as much an abdication of moral responsibility as an attempt to to fulfil it...

We're not in a competition with old PF over how many new members we each attract. That's a competition we can't, as of now, win. They have over 13 yea...

@"darthbarracuda" While it's true that at the moment things may be a little more informal here, we don't want to make things less convenient just to f...

Got the vintage avatar up too. I remember that one. Welcome. :)

8-)

Second that.

Hey un, that's bad news for the owners. But as I said before, they don't deserve your help. Your years of work will always stand to you anyway, mate. ...

Welcome @"Harry Hindu", @"darthbarracuda" and @"Arkady". Fantastic crowd we're getting here.

It's already being done in Europe. For example. Anyway, the answer is of course they should. If the only penalty for a particular infraction is a fine...

Good to see you here, Ying. :)

@"Agustino" 8-)

I think you're reading too much into Benkei's comment. Everyone is welcome here regardless of where else they post. What we care about here is the qua...

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I have just now resigned my admin/mod post at old PF and will be concentrating 100% of my efforts on making this site work.

I think if we grow, it needs to be a slow and sustainable growth. There's no point us paying for space if that's being filled up with low quality post...

Nobody who has criticized Porat has done anything wrong @"Paul". And I'll say it again here: He is a potential criminal and the warnings about passwor...

Anyway, when we do decide on something, I'll be happy to Photoshop it a bit before sticking it up (at least partly because we don't want to get sued f...

He's not being slandered. He already admitted in the ShoutBox he was the same Eric Porat as the one in the Digital River incident. He then deleted tha...

Serves me right for trying. Philistines...

/uploads/files/d4/p5kbrccdr44ncv6m.jpg Maybe along these lines. I'd go for something simple and modern anyway. No Greeks.

Yeah, you can do it using quotes, but it's easier to use the button. Let's not confuse @"Wosret" with too many options. :)

The eye is an interesting one. You can hide stuff and reveal it later. I see opportunities for mischief... (It's on the menu, Wos, the one there right...

By the way if you want to do the @ thing, you have to use the special one next to the eye @"Wosret" otherwise no link.

Saphsin is Saphsin.

Not to worry, we know you're on side. :)

I never thought I'd say this, but go @"Hanover " ! 8-)

No, the chloroform hankie seems to have done the trick.

Welcome @"180" and @"Banno" !

We're here to stay, Saphsin.

Yes, I'm making a distinction now though because Nik seems to be saying and doing all the right things over there (not that I trust him at all) while ...

I saw that. But it wasn't Porat who replied to you. It was the other guy, Nik. He seems to be more savvy in general.

Cheers.

We need to fix that default. It is naff.

He's just deleting whatever he feels like, Sap, and tagging on whatever stated reason he feels like. So, yes, it does set a precedent. We used to need...

Thanks, @"Tiff" !

A clear case of why it's more advisable to judge people by their actions rather than their words.

I can see them. I don't know of any restrictions about looking in there.

I second the motion. This is home now.

Brilliant. :)