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Congratulations Maciamo, you're quoted quite prominently! :) I'm not an ardent advocat of cloning, but also not opposed. There's always the danger of abuse, that's why I'd opt for sound legal fundaments. Hm, some of the religious arguments against cloning found on BBC's Talking Point are quite...

Ugh, the smartypants that I am I mixed up endorphins and serotonine! While endorphins are stress- and pain-relieving, it is serotonine that's contained in the food I mentioned above. Serotonine has a similar effect though, making us feel well. I couldn't live without coffee. :)

I've read that endorphins are released after consumption of - certain fruits (in particular bananas) - any kind of roasted food: french fries, deep-fried stuff, coffee - food that contains large amounts of sugar (chocolate) Simply put: it's the endorphins that make us feel well by enhancing...

I have to agree with Twisted. Most critics of the U.S. are able to differentiate between government and population. What the U.S. administration calls "anti-americanism" is actually deep concern of their arrogant gung-ho policies. Global Survey Shows Growing Anti-Americanism Although a...

Big, bigger, biggest. And a new provocation.

Reported by Kyodo News, Dec. 3, 2002: Austria awards Seiji Ozawa Cross of Honor The Austrian government on Monday awarded Seiji Ozawa, the musical director of the Vienna State Opera, with the Cross of Honor for Science and Art First Class, the highest Austrian honor to individuals who made...

Blast, reminds me that I still have to install my sound card! :)

Maciamo, I understand your point very well, and I subscribe to what you have said about imposing ideas onto others. I really couldn't agree more. :) I have lived more than one third of my life in Islamic countries where I've learned, better yet, internalized two things: it's no use arguing...

Uhm, I didn't intend to unleash a debate about whether god exists or not, I just wondered how far ostensibly religious people go in order to "protect" religion, assuming that their true motivation lies in fact somewhere else. The Nike and Cola cases are just two examples for such paranoia...

Just found the image below. Very convincing, isn't it? :D

Just a brief question in regard to Singapore: isn't their rigidity a product of confucian thought? I'm not sure if they are trying hard to please the West.

I've heard about the Akuma case. Would it be possible in the States to call your child "Satan"? Do authorities have the right to interfere? Btw, just let me post an article related to the original topic: Restoring hemp to natural place in Japan's culture =>...

Changing your name in Germany and Austria (and probably in other European countries) requires you to go through courts as well. Welp, it wouldn't take 5 years, but it's pretty expensive, considering the fact that you have to change all personal documents from birth certificate to passports. And...

I've never heard about these deed polls, very interesting. Central European law practice does not know unilateral contracts that are binding to third parties, at least I am not aware of such a construction. At first glance it's obvious why most governments are not in favor of such deed polls...

> And cannabis itself might not be that bad, but i think there's a > very thin line between trying soft-drugs and trying hard-drugs. That's a very good point! @ fast food Probably food chains will soon be forced to add labels to each burger warning of potential health risks (I think we had...

> I don't see why the authorities try so hard to care > about people's health. With all due respect to liberal political views, I think that there are public functions that should remain under governmental control by all means: water supply, electricity, postal services and in particular...

It seems to be a common trend nowadays to decriminalize/legalize so-called soft drugs (such as cannabis). It's certainly a step in the right direction. In most European countries drug offences involving cannabis are no longer prosecuted, as long as the amount in question can still be justified...

I'm also using a jumble of BE and AmE and try to read as much as possible in order to iron out netphrases/netspeech/neticisms. Reading offline, that is. :)

Highly interesting, thanks for the links, I'll have a closer look at them. Isn't that simply "lingua vulgaris" aka slang? I doubt that any ivy league prof orders a "caacktail". :)

Being a non-native English speaker, I found the following article quite interesting (taken from another board): = = = = = = = = There are different stories for different groups of words. The standardization of English spelling was a long, slow process, extending over centuries and full of...