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Recent content by tocis

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    Should having sex in public be a criminal offence?

    Tough one. No one and easy answer, as is so often the case in real life. But I'll try. I'm not sure whether it should be considered an offence in all cases... but surely so in those where minors may witness the act. Why? Depending on the kids' ages, that may well place them or their parents in...
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    What do you do with this baby killer?

    She killed another human being for very very selfish reasons. Maximum punishment (whatever this will be in the respective legislation), in my opinion. Can we do anything? Good question. Why is (seemingly) for more and more mothers the relationship to their partners so much more important than...
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    If humanity had some few months left...

    Thanks for your replies so far... to further specify the imagined situation: Let us assume that the means of a quick painless death are provided by whomever... let's say by the government. (This is in fact what most deeply shook me about the mentioned movie... the sight of long queues of...
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    Is Torture Ever Morally Justified?

    Assuming torture would work... it would be a very very nasty decision to make. I wouldn't want to ever have to decide whether to torture someone, that much is sure. No quick and easy answer possible in that case. If many many lives depended, in all likelihood, on applying it... if all other...
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    Is Torture Ever Morally Justified?

    (coming late to the thread... oh well) Torture does not work. We know that since the burning times. Nothing in the world can justify inflicting pain on a fellow human without even the slightest chance of any benefit to others. Enough said.
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    If humanity had some few months left...

    (Inspired by http://german.imdb.com/title/tt0219224/ - I hope the link will work for everyone, somehow it seems suspect... if it doesn't work, look up the movie "On the beach" on www.imdb.com - specifically the 2000 version that I recently caught on German TV) So... regardless of what you...
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    How old is the Earth

    What, not a single proponent of option #1 so far? :cool: Oh well, anyway. #2 here.
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    What is your favorite music...:)

    Well, I have (maybe) shocked some people here with that Manowar video... time to show the other side of my taste for music :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9flGqz3Jgw More than once people have called me nuts for recording audio tapes with Manowar on side A and this on side B. Go figure :P
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    How does your religion deal with mental illnesses?

    Hail sister :D However long I may stay, for now I'm back (I guess) ;)
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    *opens door, takes a peek inside...*

    Well we'll see Vajra. Maybe it's better, maybe it's worse... and if it's worse I can always drop back into the shadows :P
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    Should We Condemn Inciters Of Rape?

    No one easy answer possible I'm afraid. It depends on the specific crime. While I think encouraging crime is never a good thing, not everyone should be harshly punished, as there's more than just one (category of) crime. If I recommended that someone parks her car where she isn't allowed to...
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    How does your religion deal with mental illnesses?

    Asatru does not have any official canon or other agreed-upon doctrine, but most Asatruar I know (I trust) will chose your above-quoted option. Whether the individual person affected might want to try and seek spiritual help is another question, but that too (as I see it) depends on the person...
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    What is your favorite music...:)

    I find something nice in pretty much every style of music except for German "Volksmusik", with some favorites nonetheless. Here's one of them. Warning: Heavy Metal content. If you don't like that, don't click on it. :D (EDIT: There's one line of text in the lyrics that might possibly offend...
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    *opens door, takes a peek inside...*

    Thanks for the warm welcomes everyone ;) Yes I've been fine all the time... just suffering from an increasing workload centered around unusual times of day. That's what happens when you live in Germany and administer servers for the Chinese and Mexicans... workday starts around 15:00 and ends...
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    *opens door, takes a peek inside...*

    *...wonders whether he should enter or leave again* *decides to just watch (mostly) for a while before making a decision* *but nonetheless waves hello to those who might still know him :D *