James Riley

How would string theory play in to that, or would it, or could it?

:100: Not that I live up to that (far from it), but :100:

Well, you are not only fundamentally wrong on the law, but you are wrong on the facts. The law will not find a crime, or even civil liability, under a...

Ain't nuthin worse than 30 pounds of testosterone in a 20 pound sack.

Y has made not smoking weed a condition of employment, the verification of which is the test. They have a preexisting agreement. Do you not see the di...

I remember watching him (probably in re-runs) but I suspect you are a hair older than me. I grew up on the 50s, 60s and 70s TV Westerns, but I found m...

Toxic Masculinity is derivative of Fragile Masculinity. I used to monitor an internet Conservative safe space; a place where “men” could go to whine, ...

Having practiced law for over a decade, I have an idea. Those subjective concepts you address apply to any case, not just the one I propose. I've alre...

There are none. X has to do something to cause Y to believe that X will not smoke weed. If X has not done anything to cause Y to believe that X will n...

The thing is, I'm not looking to vindicate the dead. The dead are dead, and the state will be very happy to make that argument when asked to aid in pr...

By using the word "cheating" you imply an agreement. There is no agreement, implied or otherwise, that X not smoke weed.

I agree on the cult thing. I was just using the personal experiences of the mind to show not what it is capable of, but what it may be perceived as be...

I have heard the ocean example before, but I keep getting bogged down in molecules and whatnot. So I found attraction in the hologram example, thinkin...

I can see how that would be the case, especially if we anthropomorphize. But I'm willing to think that these "others" would not perceive our treatment...

I don't know how that follows? Upon my first reading, I was going to object to your first sentence, but your second sentence brought me home. My mothe...

On the range, an un-branded calf is called slick. The mother could be slick too. Kind of like humans: We don't belong to a rancher. But to answer your...

Sounds good to me. My point was simply that, where people might perceive All's perception of itself as having come about as a result of the the parts ...

I have a vague understanding of the holograph, but it's a lay-understanding for sure. I've no doubt, though, that All would be fine with it's percepti...

I don't think it is arbitrary at all. The "before" involves the integrity of the mother's body and decisions related thereto. The "after" has removed ...

Thanks you for your thoughts, all. I was trying to set up a dilemma with parameters which would have folks address a single point: Notwithstanding the...

I don't, really, but I do like to think out loud. Most of this thread is over my head. However, when I read it, I get hints of "the whole is greater t...

I'm not convinced.

The meaningful difference is this: He who spits at you is doing something to you. He who smokes weed is not. In the former case, he is doing it to you...

Some folks victimize themselves if they are offended by the mere existence of another. It's not the other that is victimizing them.

Maybe nothing, but we're about to find out.

Well, everyone on the planet is a victim then, because everyone gets upset about something. I just don't think the rest of the world has to walk aroun...

Some things we want to forget, but those who forget the past . . .

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Yes. The question is, what is the right thing? Sometimes that is living to fight another day. Sometimes that is staying out of jail to take care of lo...

How so?

I think the analysis should include consideration of a reasonableness standard + a community standard + the rights the individual. If a reasonable per...

Who's the gatekeeper on that? I am a man of newsworthy importance, but no one gives a shit. What do I have to do to get the gatekeepers to let me in? ...

The server works for the restaurant. If it's veggie, then there is no beef to hide. If he doesn't like it, he can go work somewhere else. This brings ...

It's kind of like the "War on Christmas." There isn't one. Nor is anyone prosecuting you. Having drifted off course, you might want to invoke hyperbol...

You just said I may be right. I am. You only grabbed that one sentence of mine out of context and you haven't read most of the thread. So, to satisfy ...

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She cannot. Those acting at her direction cannot. As to those not acting at her direction, that decision would be up to the state. If the state deems ...

He does. That may be. Maybe we should reinstate the Fairness Doctrine? Or, if you don't like it, buy them out. You know, capitalism and all that. Or w...

On the range, we'd say when she drops. Once the kid is out of the women's body. I don't recall ever reading Roe v. Wade or Blackmun's reasoning. I've ...

I always like to take things to the extreme and stipulate to the other side's argument as far as I can. Thus, I can say life begins at conception, or ...

I like that, for some reason. Can't quite put my finger on it, but it's good. The only question in my mind, is how to parse out guys like Trump. Is he...

I like the old saw: "A town too small to support a lawyer can always support two."

First, where did you get the word "rule"? We were talking about media and the news and whether they should provide equal time to 1. anti-intellectuals...

No. No. No. The only assertion I'm making is that Y cannot complain about X without being X. No. No. No. No. Yes. I ask myself, are they complaining? ...

Well, we still have the rub, but there's no sense beating on that poor horse. Best to you, counselor.

I would not only agree, but I would say that rests in competition for understatement of the millennium. :grin: I thought they were negating an assumed...

Z = X. I think that what's important is identifying our own Z (X) feelings that we invoke in ourselves when dealing with Z (X). I think that would be ...

Yes. Z=X. I think where you may be missing my point is that human beings are sometimes X and sometimes Y. When we see ourselves in this humble light, ...

It's oft been said that ideals and aspirations are futile. This is where man's hopes and dreams run into "might makes right" in the mind of might. Tha...

Hence, Z=X. Indeed. Z=X regardless. Hence silence. Any perceived difference would make me X, which I am. No. To make that assumption infers condemnati...