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A cash shakedown for a bored tunnel seems a bit ridiculous. I mean, technically I do own the mineral rights beneath me... but if they build a railroad tunnel underneath my property, I have a difficult time seeing how I'm being harmed. As far as exhaust goes, it can't be much different than the exhau...

Is there a name for governments that require leaders to have a certain level of moral character such as is listed for elders and deacons in the Bible? :lol: In practical terms, most democratic governments don't put requirements on their highest offices of the land due to the problem that... someone...

When talking with people who use the English word 'Dutch' to refer to what in the language itself they call 'Datsch', I say 'Holland Dutch, not PA Dutch'. But THEY are the ones who are using the 'wrong' word - that's not my fault, and I don't mind 'educating people', if they want to listen. As an A...

This thread is meant for discussion as detailed in my original post about parents who choose to conceive a child. Anything else is off-topic. You claimed that people who choose to conceive a child out of wedlock are criminally negligent due to the harm that befalls children who are raised in single...

There isn't an equivalence between "Israel" and "Hamas". But there certainly is an equivalence between "Hamas" and the current coalition party, which includes political parties that call for the extermination of Arabs and have anti-Arabism as one of their founding polit...

It is a driven tunnel,using a boring machine. It is the ventilation structures as well the “we were not consulted “ line, in spite of meetings that have gone on for a five year period. I heard Al Sharpton is involved, so it is almost certainly a shakedown for cash. And then we see the real reasons ...

Assumes facts not in evidence. Many people seek to adopt for the same selfish reasons as those who seek to have biological children. In addition, many single parent households are loving and safe homes. And many adoptive parents are cruel and abusive. Those are the facts. As I keep repeating over a...

Further discussion of adoptive parents is off-topic in this thread.

If you want to talk about adoptive parents, go start a new thread.

This thread is meant for discussion as detailed in my original post about parents who choose to conceive a child. Anything else is off-topic.

Yes, what specific act are you proposing to make criminal. How would your new law actually read? What is your definition of "choose" Are you going to prosecute any single person who becomes pregnant? Re-read what I said. The question was "should negligent parents be punished by the l...

So even if the fine is technically voluntary does the ticket go on your driving record or become any kind of public record? No. The only thing it could ever affect is if you want enter into a contract to do work for the city. They could use the fact you didn't pay it during contract negotiations. (...