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I think we should figure out how to stop a nuclear reaction effectively (if we even can at all, I don't think we can yet) before nuclear power is used as a main power source, or uranium is sold enmass. nuclear powered cars would be kinda cool, unless you had crash. But that is Australias goldmine for sure, we should hold off selling any uranium at least until the Americans try to invade (theyre already here, so maybe further? Smart thinking yanks), cash in on it like the oil tycoon countries and all live in gold palaces.

big day out in 99 i think there were stalls selling "legal highs?" like liquid extacy, kava and stuff of the like, made the papers before hand, and got me interested. Got some friend to buy some kava and some tablets of something, but that sort of bought legal highs to my attention, searched the net for these substances and other legal highs. wondered the net and somehow found this place when salvia d was still legal, never got around to it though. bought a few cactuses and other plants from around the place, they grow still. interests in ethnobotany wanes and pans over times, have no idea of half the stuff that goes on in these forums, or what half the substances are, but its fun and interesting, just gotta get off my arse and meet some of you people.

The ones that will complain and discuss but never do anything about it on a deep and meaningful level for an extended period of time, just like a passing fad, something else will come up instead without the real problem getting solved it'll just be pushed down the list of things to do.

I think the worst thing is that real Aussies won't do anything, because thats just the way we are.

A fair fight is a fair fight, no matter which way you look at it, and fine in my books, but clobbering people on the back of the head without them expecting it, threatening rape, massive weight of numbers, thats just something you don't do. Really, how pathetic are some people? The whole thing really questions the morals of the people involved, besides it being pretty awful.

It'd be a sad day when Australia gets a Human rights bill passed. Not because it would be a required thing, but because those rights are an implied part of being Australian.

Don't get me wrong, what I said was not my personal opinion, but how I was assuming the public view to be formed in regards to whether he should be sentenced to death or not. What makes a person homosexual? who knows, science doesn't even know exactly, but its most likely not a choice the person makes knowing the punishment, likewise with the sex of a child, its not a choice the person makes, so no that view obviously wouldn't extend to those circumstances. If this was such a stupid law, where has the fuss been for the last 20 or so years when the first Australians were convicted to death? Maybe this guy will serve as a martyr to change, sadly that seems to be the only way people respond, is to these sorts of extremes, just human nature I guess. And by the way I almost totally agree with your culturally imperialistic bias: A society that tolerates little is an intolerable society.

Personally I am of the opinion that the general public view is more sympathetic than it seems by saying he deserves death. I think its more the acknowledgement that that is what the law says in Singapore, not whether it is right or wrong. From that perspective he should serve the punishment, and as a foreigner visiting that country you have to accept that and the consequences, after all it is a different country and a different culture.

Some Dandy Warhols: Well my friends do me so right I'm lucky this far maybe it's karma I get over them, but only at times and I thank my lucky stars I wish I may, I wish that I might just keep an open mind all of the time my old man told me one time you never get wise, you only get older and most things, you never know why but that's fine when the future is frightening and I seem to be fighting it well soon as it's brightening then I, I feel fine, and then I I feel fine I want a god who stays dead not plays dead I, even, I, can play dead Again and again I get up and say I only want to get it right. I only want to do the right thing, but are these demons, I ask myself. I wonder today, I'm alone, but then No one can make their own life. No one can say that they're an island When all this freedom that you get is a lie.

I'm pretty sure that you have to accept a job if you're offered it now, or at least turn up to an interview if offered one while on the dole, unless you want to lose your benefits now, so that sounds the same. The thing I most fear about this proposed IR reform is that instead of getting or asking for wage rises, people are looking towards selling back their own entitlements just to get by, which in my opinion should be a last resort rather than what it is being made out to be now: as a legitimate way to get more cash in hand for workers. In turn that is going to increase productivity, efficiency by having the same people in the same jobs instead of temps, results in more of these "assistant" or lower paid roles, execs and bosses reap the rewards, very little if any seeps back to the real workers, the rich get richer, take their holidays which they can afford to because they can afford to not cash them in, while the general population of peasants struggle to live off the land. Sounds Midievil. All hail King Howard or face the consequence: But hopefully society has come far enough to realise that its the peasant roles that actually turn the wheels rather than steer the cart of a society, and they get suitable compensated.

Might seem like 4 years, but its likely to be just over 2.

I think its quite pathetic of someone to seek validation of their actions in this way, regardless of who they are. In a way it could be quite incriminating for a normal person if they were found to be sane, yet "blaming" their actions on a higher entity rather than themselves shows they knew what they were doing was wrong, either morally or legally. In a way its kind of similar to a trait that some serial killers have been known to possess. Still how are you supposed to learn from your mistakes if you're not responsible for your own thoughts and/or actions?

Thats a great point because it can keep the general population educated about the politicians and keep them accountable for all sectors of society, but its also a bad point because how many people before the last election were scared into voting liberal by their "labor raise taxes" advertisement campaign, even though it was a moot arguement due to no labor government in power with a gst? It also raises the point that if voting is voluntary, are their limits on the number of terms, as in the USA, and does Australia have a high enough population for it to work?

This one looks like it belongs in the ocean. But tilt your head to your right shoulder and it looks like a trippy alien humanoid being.

Great sounding guitar and bass tone, awesome drummer.

Yeah thats what I've been thinking, how can you prove that someone is not a potential terror threat? :confused: Far too ambiguous to be of any use.

One thing I never understood after the London bombs was the talk of searching public transport passengers bags (for bombs presumably) which was never logical. Imagine it. You're prepared to die, sitting on a bus with a bag containing a bomb in it, wanting to blow it up when it gets somewhere preplanned. Someone asks to look in your bag. Guess you'd give it to them, just to have it blow up in their face, like some sort of last sick joke. If it has/does/will go ahead that will be another well thought out deterrent.

You're location says Adelaide, so I would take a guess and say the last 3 months have been too cold and not strong enough sunlight around to wake the cacti up. A few of my older pachs just started growing again the other week after being repotted, and they hadn't been moved anywhere over the colder months. But maybe your cacti are just lazy. :D

Wonder if they make them in a penis shape. Make you look twice seeing a chick whip something out her pants to take a leak.

So arthritis(?) medicines will help inhibit the effect of the capsaicin if I understood that article correctly? If so, what will this do for sufferers of arthritis and their medications?

Maybe they are extremists, capable of potential terrorist activities. The governments should take heed and watch them closely. But I've always thought that religion and god was more about hope and strength for something better than what exists now, rather than it being an actual being. In this case, sort of like saying "it was gods will" rather than "shit happens". In my opinion, the looting says a lot about the underlying fabric of a society though, basically that of a mentality to capitalise for oneself under any circumstance

I think humans are a species best observed in their natural habitat.

Heres one I tripped over today. Approximately actual size. (hand is about 8 cm across)

The bus explosion occured after the initial train bombing(s?) and reactions were that it could have been a power surge, maybe they could feel similar, never experienced any of them personally so I have no idea. And maybe to also stop a spread of mass panic by initially talking down the severity of what had happened.I also heard that Israel had warned of attacks that same morning. What I don't get is the timing of it, it is in no way going to detract from the g8 summit thats going on, because there has been too much fuss over that previously with live 8 and other world involved build ups, and far too many nations involved with that for it to be let to be a distraction and for the nations involved to escape the need for African aid as a result of it.

A good call on average minimum to maximum temperatures would be 5-12 degrees, but there hasn't been many cloudy nights. To post a photo you either need to have the photo posted on your own personal image site and link to it from there, or upload it to the link posted up a few posts.