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  • in reply to: Is pronounciation important? #32511

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    Just as every place on Earth has its own accent or dialect of a particular language, words are pronounced differently in different places. Just because Texans pronounces street names with Spanish origins in an un-Spanish way doesn't make it wrong. In New Orleans, local pronunciation has no resemblence to French roots. And in New York, local neighborhood and street names sound nothing like the original Dutch.

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    in reply to: Point it out #30552

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    The pituitary gland regulates aspects of growth. It's inside the skull, and thus would be quite difficult to finger.

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    in reply to: Interracial adoption #43711

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    Is there a problem with that? I have several friends with adopted kids of different races than themselves. Everyone seems happy and functional to me.

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    in reply to: Having hard time with gay co-workers #35380

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    I'm sure the upset gay man realizes all too well that he's in a minority. But that is no reason for him to quietly submit to being put down and labeled as abnormal. Should blacks and Jews stop seeking equal rights in this country simply because they're minorities? Should women everywhere just 'accept their position' as second-class citizens? I don't think so, and the same applies in this case.

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    in reply to: Why do you guys still wear underwear? #35300

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    There's an excellent argument for underwear in that movie. It involves zippers.

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    in reply to: Approaching a straight male #35414

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    Why would a gay man want to have sex with a straight man? Wouldn't there be less aggravation involved for everyone in approaching another gay man for sex? As a straight man, there's no way for a gay man to approach me for sex if he's serious about getting it. Sorry.

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    in reply to: Why don’t foreigners follow our customs? #35904

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    There's a difference between maintaining a semblance of one's own culture, as almost all immigrants do, and following the customs of the place you visit or now live. To the extent that a nation of immigrants can have a 'common' culture, newer immigrants follow it. They vote. They send their kids to school. They work in mainstream jobs. They learn English. They pay taxes. They drive on the right side of the road, and drive a lot. If you're expecting all new immigrants or foreign tourists to act like straight, male, middle-class network engineers, I think that's unrealistic.

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    in reply to: Join in or keep quiet? #37511

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    No matter who's making the racial jokes, I don't see anything to gain by joining in. The potential for misstepping is great as it's virtually impossible to know with different people what's acceptable and what's not. Laugh at their jokes if you feel comfortable and if they're funny. I wouldn't go any further.

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    in reply to: Penis sensitivity #18236

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    The penis is not the most sensitive part of a man's body, believe it or not. There are more nerve endings on the palms of the hand, the soles of the feet, the lips, the nipples. That said, however, it's certainly more sensitive than an elbow or a nose. He should be able to feel whatever is happening to it in a pretty detailed way, and if he's not, he may want to see a urologist.

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    in reply to: Should a former prisoner become a lawyer? #33500

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    Quite apart from the racial issues, most states don't allow people with felony convictions to be licensed as attorneys. Because most states view attorneys as part of the justice system, they don't trust ex-cons to be part of it. But if the rules in Ohio allow it, it seems wrong to change the rules just to keep him out.

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    in reply to: Making sport of drugs #46453

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    I think the main result would be fewer people getting arrested for having, doing and selling drugs. People have shown pretty clearly that they'll get addicted to drugs whether they're legal or not. So if drugs were legal, the criminal justice system would spend less time worrying about it. I'm not sure how sports would be affected any more or less than the rest of society.

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    in reply to: In the pink #18837

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    A 'pink-collar' job is one that has usually been held by women in this country - teaching, secretarial work and things like that. Pink-collar jobs are usually remarkable for their low pay-to-responsibility ratio.

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    in reply to: Reply To: Murder of 13-year-old in Arkansas #31901

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    For sure the media (to the extent such a disparate group of newspapers, magazines, radio and television shows all miraculously think alike) desire viewers and readers. Why, then, would the media consider what gay rights activists want as the safe choice? Gay rights activists have no influence in mainstream America whatsoever - or certainly no more than the religious right and other conservative groups. It makes no sense that the media would risk offending conservative action groups just to appease gay rights groups. That's not logical.

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    in reply to: Reply To: Atheists’ hostility #26660

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    Atheists aren't 'forgetting' whatever beneficial aspects there are too religion; they just don't see them or understand them or believe in them. Second, in my experience, relatively few atheists grew up in restrictive homes. My family was nominally Jewish, but it was the most casual kind of Judaism you could imagine. I don't believe in God (and, perhaps interestingly, my brother, with whom I'm quite close, is an ultra-Orthodox Jew). And third, I have no idea where the thought that atheists are well-to-do, white elitists comes from. I'm surely white, but I'm well-to-do only in my dreams. Atheists -- like those of all religions -- are in every social class.

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    in reply to: Atheists’ hostility #39743

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    I'd consider myself an atheistic Jew. I don't have a problem with evangelical Christians, but I know other people like me who resent being preached to by evangelicals. For sure, it is offensive for someone to try to convert you from a belief you're quite comfortable with. Anyway, atheists may be taking out their bad experience with missionary evangelicals on you, which is not a good idea.

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