Bettina

I thought you were theistic. Have you changed your views since you joined, or is my memory going?

Your memory isn't going. Its confusing because I sing in church every Sunday and as a member I'm very involved in church activities along with my dad. The priest has been a grandfather to me and I like him a lot. Although I'm very much a christian like girl and intend to stay that way, I just don't believe in the god of the bible, the trinity, or any of it. So I'm an atheist.

The problem is that its my problem, not theirs. If I told the truth I would hurt my dad, the priest and the little kids who look up to me and I can't do that. My dad is very much a believer and it would kill him. So... thats it.

Bee

Not my personal oppinions, just reporting. dont shoot the messenger

HOW DARE YOU!!!!!. Your a SICKO. I am not FAT.

Seriously DAK, I echo some of those statements and I wonder what the world would be like if the USA stopped being the policeman. Just bring home every soldier and piece of equipment and scrap everything except what we need to defend our homeland, stop giving billions of dollars to countries that hate us, and just mind our own business.

I think China and Russia are like that and I wondered what kind of world it would be. Let the UN handle Al-Quida like its supposed to and we will just contribute an equal amount of whatever is needed.

Bee

Shrek

I've read your entire post and I just want you to know that I am 18, an atheist, and moral. I don't drink, smoke, do drugs, or any other bad thing. Being a theist or an atheist doesn't determine what kind of person you are. Being a fanatic does. There are religious fanatics as well as genocidal fanatics. Either way it doesn't work.

I'm sorry, but I don't believe what you say in your post. For example, if I was a tiny alien that landed here, I would find a snowflake to be something that an intellegent being designed. Look at the link below. Those are real.

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/photos/photos.htm

When I look up at the universe, I feel like the tiny alien but I know better.

However, I found your post to be sincere so if there is a god that I don't know about I know he will bless you. Either way my opinion is that universes are a dime a dozen and you will be back...

God bless you....

Bettina

Externet..... I only use batch files to backup my personal files or run some personal tasks.

If all you want to do is remove temporary internet files, and other stray junk, just download "ccleaner" from here. Its freeware (you don't have to pay for it)

I have this program and use it often and it deletes cookies, temp files, history, etc. The program may load yahoo toolbar which you can uninstall later if you wish. Ccleaner is a great tool and also emptys the "index.dat" file that you can't delete.

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,24149,RSS,RSS,00.asp

Another great program I use is "Spybot" which is also freeware. It finds spyware/adware on your computer and blocks it from working. So far, it has isolated 2200 spyware files on my computer and has them locked. I love this program.

http://www.spybot.info/en/mirrors/index.html

Bettina

One time my dad and I drove to a town that I instantly recognized as someplace I've visited but in reality it was the first time for both of us. I remembered the church steeple, the street, and the statue at the rotary.

Some time later, walking thru the mall in my town, I came upon a postcard of the town we visited and it had the exact same image on it. I've gone into that store many times and thats where I got the mental image from.

Bee

A batch file is the easiest way and can also be placed in the Windows XP environment variable so it runs automatically at boot up.

I have a batch file I made called "backme" that when I type it in a dos window it backs up all my personal files to a zip file and burns it to a dvd disk and verifys the burn.

And yes, its created in notepad or any other wp. Its really easy and kind of fun.

Bee

Maybe we need to kill the infant children of dictators more often.

I don't think that sort of comment is going to help matters.

Bee

I didn't finish it, but from what I read I thought it was very nice and I will finish reading it later.

A problem I see though, is that it doesn't flow well. You use too many periods resulting in choppy sentences and way too many "Jasons" and "Rebeccas".

You can fix this easily by joining some together and use some commas to make compound and complex sentences.

Bettina

Mike90, you can always PM me by clicking on my photo and selecting "send a private message to bettina". Although very few here have implied I'm a nut case, I still rather come here and be called a "nut" than go to a physco/psychic place and be accepted. Those places always lead you down the mystic path and thats not for me.

A few months ago I told my dad I wanted to stop seeing the doctor because he does nothing for me. In short, the doctor told me that I needed to stay. Why? because some people like me kill themselves. Geez, I've been down the dark path many times and sick over the sink many times but never did I ever think that. My dad has a lot of money and I think he just wants it. Although, I will admit, his medication does help me from getting sick. I will give him that.

Sabbath......The sensitivity, feelings and vibes are still there and I forgot to mention animals. I get it from them too. The anger you get is something I have yet to experience. I get angry when reading about pedophiles but its more a normal reaction that everyone gets and I haven't attached that to any of my triggers. As far as friends are concerned, I love mine. They know me very well and are always willing to talk with me and I need that. My dad is my best friend.

WillTheNewf.... I don't think being female is the lone marker and having no mother led one doctor to claim that was my problem. Out of the three doctors I've been with not one believes what I'm telling them. Anyway, I do jog, eat chocolate, eat good meals, try not to view bad things, and do admit that my doctor doesn't want me to discuss any of this here which is something I have yet to obey.

I know I'm stuck with this, I can't suppress it fully, and I know it will be with me the rest of my life. So.... if a mental case knows she's a mental case, is she a mental case? Being inside that bee still haunts me today.

Bettina

Afganistan is much better now than it was before Nato invaded it. It was the most supressive human rights regime ever seen in modern times. I won't go into specifics here, but I'm glad we invaded it and set the women and girls free.

Iran was on the march toward a bomb even before the middle east turmoil. Maybe we just sped it up a bit but the bomb was always being sought. Allah wants the bomb, and Israel is the reason.

Yes, everything is messier, but change never occurs without a mess or a cost and change had to be done. For the middle east to continue on building terror camps, tyrants, and dictators, would eventually destroy the modern marvels that civilized countries have built.

What is sad, is that many countrys just sit still and wait till someone else does the dirty work.

Anyway, I liked that article.

Bettina

I always get: "The owner of this content has chosen to hide this clip."

Try here...

http://politicalhumor.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=politicalhumor&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwms.stream.aol.com%2Faol%2Fus%2Fhighspeed%2Fabcnews%2F060503colbert_460.wmv

Bee

I voted for other. If the universe should reverse itself and crunch then its an oscillating universe and life will begin all over again.

If it does not reverse and simply uses up all its fuel, burns out, keeps expanding until all the known and unknown particles decay, we will end up with a huge, dark, cold, void.

Then, after an unimaginable amount of time, and for yet another unknown reason...******BANG!!!!!!!!!

IMHO Universes are born and die all the time and life is endless. I just don't believe ours is the only one.

Bettina

Wise up' date=' kid. You generally have to take a girl for her looks because you won't be able to find one with a decent personality.

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Tsk Tsk Tsk...

 

Bee

I have a feeling the vast majority of people would want some punishment for many crimes even if it did not serve a rehabilitation or deterrence interest.

Me for one. I want a child killer put to death. They can call it whatever they want. Revenge sounds nice to me so I'll use that.

Bee

Also I couldn't find anywhere saying that LHC has been postponed till 2008. Also not sure where you got the 1 million GeV from either' date=' according to the official site it will have 7 TeV or 7000 GeV.[/quote']

 

I got it on page 6 of Martins link. I think I misunderstood the GEV but here is the quote.

 

 

"Many physicists are now preparing for the next energy frontier at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Starting in 2008, experiments there will observe collisions of lead nuclei at combined energies exceeding one million GeV."

 

Bee

I have a question.

Why are they bothering with the RHIC accelerator with its 100 GeV when the LHC will be one million GeV when completed in 2008. (Was supposed to be 2007 )

Isn't this a lot of money for something thats going to be obsolete? Or is there more to this.

Bee

It was a response only in the sense of finding someone to blaim. The Talaban were a horrible regime but they did not perform the WTC bombing. Al'qeada did, and the terrorists were not Afghan citizens. You may as well suggest that the UK should have fired nukes at the US after the IRA atrocities in the 80s. It was not a proportionate response, but most people (me included) are inclined to look past that because the US did remove a terrible regime.

Al-Qaeda was responsible for the 9-11 attacks. The leader is Bin-Laden and they were based in Afganistan. When NATO requested the Taliban to turn over Bin-Laden and his group, they refused to do it and also said they would protect him because the Taliban hated us too. This is the reason we invaded them and this is the short of it. I have no idea where you are getting your heavily biased incorrect information from.

Do you think that? I don't and I hope you do not.

Are you so naive as to think there is only one reason? Politics is a lot more complicated than that.

I know that' date=' but its true of any government. There may be many reasons that I don't know about.

Wow. It must be much worse where you live. I have never seen anyone beheaded, or even stoned. I have never seen any schools blown up.... Wait, do you mean on TV?

 

If so, you have probably seen the genocide in Darfur on TV too. Are you going to invade there next, or does that just not make good TV? Can you provide some sources of all this info please?

We are not the worlds policeman. We are damned if we go into a country and damned if we do not. And yes, I see it on TV obviously. Reporters using cameras can't lie and I have seen the beheadings. You imply those are made up?

As far as you requesting me to back up my statements, I will. Just list what you are confused about and I will supply you with the latest reports. I don't mind doing your homework for you even though you won't believe them.

Lastly, I think you are more naive in world affairs than you make yourself out to be. Maybe some night school work would help.

Bettina

Bettina (one more for you)

INFJ

Bee

This post is also dedicated to Martin. For being nice to me each time I got emotional and vented my anger at people. I like everyone (even Severian ) but Martin is at the top.

Bee

Huh? Are you asking for evidence that we invaded Iraq and Afghanistan, or are you asking for evidence for why we invaded? The former seems rather easy, but short of paying a trip to the pentagon in my ninja pyjamas, the latter may be a little difficult.

Its surpising to me that you don't tie in the invasion of Afganistan as a response to the world trade center destruction (Bin Laden, the Taliban, etc) since most people do and this response included all NATO countries. You should read more about that. Do you think that the WTC was a Bush plot too?

To me, it seems pretty obvious why we invaded Iraq. Iraq didn't do anything more hostile or unpleasant than many African countries have done recently, but we are not invading Africa because they have no oil. We invaded Iraq for what is sometimes refered to as 'oil security' - not just for the oil in Iraq itself, but to try and keep the oil producing areas (ie. the middle east) stable to allow US firms to operate there. I actually think this is a fairly valid reason to invade too.

I agree with you here.

For Afghanistan' date=' I don't think there is much (any?) oil there at all, but it is a little bit coincidental that they are right on the route of the proposed oil pipeline from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan. At the moment, all the oil from there goes through Russia, which is obviously not good for the US. Have a look at the date of this article - they didn't waste much time.

This was not the reason for the invasion as stated above.

You didn't believe all that 'war on terror' crap did you?

Yes, I do because I see it every day. The beheadings, the suicide bombings, the targeted killing of little kids and women. The stoning, the blowing up of schools, killing teachers, etc etc. All this is terror.

Anyway' date=' it doesn't really matter what the causes of the wars were. The important thing (with regard to my comments earlier) is what Iran thinks were the causes of the war, and whether that makes them feel more or less threatened by the US. What do you think - does Iran feel feel more or less threatened by the US then before?[/quote']

 

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has repeatedly called for the destruction of Israel and for it to be removed from the map. He condones suicide bombings and has called for the worldwide advancement of Islamic teachings and lifestyles. He is sending millions of dollars to palestine to be used in operations against Israel, and now, wants to build a nuclear weapon.

 

Yes, Iran feels threatened and rightfully so, because I would never let the religious mullahs get their hands on a nuke no matter what the cost.

 

Bee

On the other hand, the US (and the west generally) has recently aggressively invaded their two closest neighbours (on either side) in order to get at their oil.

Do you have any valid links that would support that remark? Its not what I've learned in class, not in any news bulletins, any magazines I've read, or anywhere that says we went into afganistan, for example, to "get their oil".

Also, I don't think you know anything about the reasons we went into afghanistan. Somehow, I believe that star under your name does not apply here.

Bettina

Better still, buy yourself a new USB optical mouse. They have small ones for laptop users or you can use the full size. Your computer will seem like new.

Bee

Why a child killer? What is more precious about a child's life? Is it the innocence thing?

"A number of things: Innocence. Potential. A life not yet lived. Fragility. Trust. Dependence. Embodiment of our future."

I know your trying to nettle me but I'm ready for anything you can throw. My answer couldn't have been said better than Jim. Think of each of those words. They carry their own deep meaning.

I can't get inside the mind of the child murderer, but I certainly have the ability to act out what that little girl went through. Its my all time number one problem and its sickening sometimes and hard to forget. I take each death personally.

Something else struck me too. My dad, our neighbors, and my friends at school all think like me when it concerns a little girl. Not one of them wants to spare the murderer. I want to know why the science forum members are of a different mindset. Is it because you are smarter, or is it because you all have less empathy? What is the difference that separates us? I'm not being sarcastic, I just want to know.

I hope that I never change the feelings I have for a child murderer because if I do, I will hate myself.

Bee

The child killers that I want to see put to death have already admitted guilt. They have been convicted based on their admission, DNA testing, security cameras, Semen stain testing, and a host of other tests that prove guilt beyond a shadow.

They have admitted kidnapping, raping, torturing, beating and killing an innocent little girl purely for self gratification, and in one case, burying the little girl alive while she was still in shock. Some seek big thrills in life.

These people are without feelings or remorse and to them a childs life is meaningless. Just a piece of flesh they can have a good time with and cast it away when done. One person called having sex with a little girl the "ultimate sexual experience". Then, when caught, have three meals a day delivered to your cell, free medical care, TV, etc etc.

Well, I want them to pay the ultimate price for destroying that life. I want them to feel what the victim felt, to show them that their life means nothing to me either and I won't shed a tear.

I can respect those of you who are against capital punishment for the variety of reasons you've stated because I am like that too. But not a child killer. I will never understand and never respect that at all.

Bee

If he is the one who did it then I want him to die as soon as possible. I wouldn't care if he had a tough life or was beaten himself. I just want him to die and I want the people who loved her to help in his execution.

Then I want him cremated, his ashes placed in a one foot diameter lead ball and dropped into the Marianas trench.

Bee