I'm not quite getting what you're at. Scientific deterministic explanation wouldn't suit an act presupposing indeterministic world. Forgiveness isn't like: "it has to happen, because <insert scientific="" explanation="" here="">, lets not hold a grudge", it's like "he did, it was wrong, he is responsible, but he regrets it and we don't want to live withe the grudge, we believe that, although he did this wrong thing of his free will, he isn't such a bad person and despite being guilty he doesn't deserve to have his whole life under the shadow of what he did". Nobody from people depicted in this article needed any scientific explanation for the murder, in fact including scientific explanation may have obscured what happened between those people and significance of freely given forgiveness. So it's only natural that the article didn't include it. Analyzing the case on field of neural science is just topic for different article.</insert>
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An article about how cells are shared between human beings, and a surprising correlation with Alzheimer's.
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I'll forgive you once I put you six feet under.
See, I'm so full of kindness.Of course, in case of the above article, the young man turned himself in in full guilt.
Those things are already considered in court, in most cases a clear sign of regret and guilt does lead to more sympathetic outcome. Besides, it's a classic case of crime of passion, not premeditated or planned. -
I'll forgive you once I put you six feet under.
See, I'm so full of kindness.Of course, in case of the above article, the young man turned himself in in full guilt.
Those things are already considered in court, in most cases a clear sign of regret and guilt does lead to more sympathetic outcome. Besides, it's a classic case of crime of passion, not premeditated or planned.I don't get why crime of passions are less than a pre-planned murder.
I would never feel safe being around anyone who killed someone in a crime of "passion" I mean any time you get into a heated argument with them there is a chance that he could snap and kill you. They will say they just "snapped" and didn't mean to kill them and feel super guilty, ect. What's to stop them from "snapping" again. These are people that killed people they usually LOVE, whereas a pre-planned murder is killing someone that a person HATES.
I mean sure a pre-meditative murderer will most likely kill again compared to a crime of passion. But I bet if you asked the person who killes say their "wife" the day before he did it. They would laugh in your face or swear at you for even considering that they would kill their own wife, ect. Yet they did. So how can we or anyone argue that this person would never kill again?
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Another school shooting has been reported in California, details soon
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I don't get why crime of passions are less than a pre-planned murder.
I would never feel safe being around anyone who killed someone in a crime of "passion" I mean any time you get into a heated argument with them there is a chance that he could snap and kill you. They will say they just "snapped" and didn't mean to kill them and feel super guilty, ect. What's to stop them from "snapping" again. These are people that killed people they usually LOVE, whereas a pre-planned murder is killing someone that a person HATES.
I mean sure a pre-meditative murderer will most likely kill again compared to a crime of passion. But I bet if you asked the person who killes say their "wife" the day before he did it. They would laugh in your face or swear at you for even considering that they would kill their own wife, ect. Yet they did. So how can we or anyone argue that this person would never kill again?
I'm not a psychologist and I don't know how to explain it to someone who hasn't witnessed one person "snapping" at the other or haven't lived it. But there is not much danger that person, who committed crime in "passion" will snap and hurt or kill you in heated argument - that would be somebody with serious disorders, while when we talk about crimes committed in passion, they are done by people who are relatively healthy or the issues they have don't affect them enough to cause them act aggressive.
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China Warns Citizens To 'Prepare For The Worst' As It Sends Fighters To East China Sea
http://www.businessinsider.com/china-fighter-jet-flights-diaoyu-senkaku-islands-2013-1
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China Warns Citizens To 'Prepare For The Worst' As It Sends Fighters To East China Sea
http://www.businessinsider.com/china-fighter-jet-flights-diaoyu-senkaku-islands-2013-1
So.. we have another growing conflict over land. I don't know much about who is entitled to those Islands so I won't take sides; however, should not China focus more on BUILDING global relations rather than causing relationships to split?
War is also costly. I could have sworn that China was trying to empower their economy.
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War does empower the economy in some ways
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War does empower the economy in some ways
Not in the way people commonly think, and definitely not in the way China would be going at it with Japan.
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@Monkey:
Not in the way people commonly think, and definitely not in the way China would be going at it with Japan.
Bit of a question: how much do you think modernisation of weapons technology has decreased the overal "beneficial" economic effect on the general working population since the days of Alfted Krupp ? Also isn't the process of producing metal casting alot more automated since WW II.
Because on the one hand you have large amounts of armoured vehicles but on the other rather expensive and novel technologies that probably means not as many people can take part in making it due to speciafications and all that.
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War would be very bad.
It could even affect our beloved manga.
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Hey guys, want to colonize Mars, and be on TV while doing it? http://mashable.com/2013/01/09/mars-one-astronaut-application/
_"_There are no plans to return the pioneers to Earth." uh….
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War would be very bad.
It could even affect our beloved manga.
Even if Japan does go to war, I don't think that the manga production would be put on hold. Comics were still published (even given to the U.S. troops) during WWII.
Manga aside… war sucks. Mankind must Evolve!
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_"_There are no plans to return the pioneers to Earth." uh….
Well that's one way to avoid paying your bills I suppose.
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@No:
Bit of a question: how much do you think modernisation of weapons technology has decreased the overal "beneficial" economic effect on the general working population since the days of Alfted Krupp ? Also isn't the process of producing metal casting alot more automated since WW II.
Because on the one hand you have large amounts of armoured vehicles but on the other rather expensive and novel technologies that probably means not as many people can take part in making it due to speciafications and all that.
I dunno, but it seems like your under the impression that all those jobs fixed America's economy in the 40's, there was more I think that fixed us in the Marshall Plan and subsequent GI Bill. After all those jobs making war things go away after the war.
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War would be very bad.
It could even affect our beloved manga.
Manga was–basically--spawned out of WWII. It will be fine! (Because war probably won't happen anyway).
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China is not going to war lol. They're using sabre rattling to rally their population behind a foreign threat, as opposed to having that population get angry at domestic corruption and so forth. And it will probably work.
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@Monkey:
I dunno, but it seems like your under the impression that all those jobs fixed America's economy in the 40's, there was more I think that fixed us in the Marshall Plan and subsequent GI Bill. After all those jobs making war things go away after the war.
Actualy not thinking about the US's economy, more along the lines of Germany. Then again I take it it was also helped greatly by mass hysteria, illegal and careless assets acquisition and quite the decree of populism on Hitler's part but still.
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http://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/Republican-Akin-partly-right-on-rape-comment-4186630.php
''Hey, wasn't it fun talking about rape last year? Let's do it some more!''
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@No:
Actualy not thinking about the US's economy, more along the lines of Germany. Then again I take it it was also helped greatly by mass hysteria, illegal and careless assets acquisition and quite the decree of populism on Hitler's part but still.
Yeah pretty sure the German model was based not so much on war as imperialism. Which of course literally destroyed them long term.
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http://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/Republican-Akin-partly-right-on-rape-comment-4186630.php
''Hey, wasn't it fun talking about rape last year? Let's do it some more!''
Why ? Why intentionaly piss people off now that everyone's forgotten about it ?
Seriously it totaly slipped my mind until this guy thought it'd be a good idea to remind us.
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Hey guys, want to colonize Mars, and be on TV while doing it? http://mashable.com/2013/01/09/mars-one-astronaut-application/
_"_There are no plans to return the pioneers to Earth." uh….
Might as well do what the British did to populate Australia: just launch off a bunch of prisoners. Why not?
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Who, in turn, goes to slaughther the native tribes to settle.
Gee that sounds familiar.Martian Independance!
http://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/Republican-Akin-partly-right-on-rape-comment-4186630.php
''Hey, wasn't it fun talking about rape last year? Let's do it some more!''
I saw a post on huff from a guy defending this man and Akin's stance, trying to draw parallels to heath care being "forced down our throats" like rape.
Yes, he compared health care to rape crimes.These people. I swear.
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I saw a post on huff from a guy defending this man and Akin's stance, trying to draw parallels to heath care being "forced down our throats" like rape.
Yes, he compared health care to rape crimes.These people. I swear.
They don't even need to be argued to make themselves look completely insane.It's finally ok to just laugh at them though now that it's become apparent that the country is politically rejecting them and thus depowering them.
God it's nice to be able to say that about the US now, been feelin' pretty swag about America since the election for this reason. -
Quite surprisingly, Karel Schwarzenberg managed to secure 2nd place in today's presidential election, with barely a percent lead by Miloš Zeman. Quite happy about this, will provide links when I can.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20997144
What…..is this ?
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20997144
What…..is this ?
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@No:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20997144
What…..is this ?
The White House has a website where people can submit petitions. If a given petition gets 25,000 signatures, then the White House will respond to it.
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Algebra! A sinister arab scheme in the first place!
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@Monkey:
China is not going to war lol. They're using sabre rattling to rally their population behind a foreign threat, as opposed to having that population get angry at domestic corruption and so forth. And it will probably work.
Pretty sure they're busy getting angry at both.
I wouldn;t be at all surprised at skirmishes between China and Japan, but a full-blown war? Neither of them REALLY want that.
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China Warns Citizens To 'Prepare For The Worst' As It Sends Fighters To East China Sea
http://www.businessinsider.com/china-fighter-jet-flights-diaoyu-senkaku-islands-2013-1
Doesn't China remember what happened the last time they fought Japan?
I know China is much stronger, but their Navy couldn't even conceive an invasion of any Japanese Islands, especially with the news of the U.S. wanting to build a stronger presence in the Pacific.
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@Foxy:
Doesn't China remember what happened the last time they fought Japan?
China didn't fight Japan, Japan invaded a chaotic, un-modernized, and helpless China.
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The Chinese top brass might as well distract people for a few weeks while the government decays.
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I wouldn;t be at all surprised at skirmishes between China and Japan, but a full-blown war? Neither of them REALLY want that.
Keep in mind that it'd actually between war between China and Japan/United States since the US is obligated by treaty to defend Japan in the event of hostilities with any foreign pwoer.
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Keep in mind that it'd actually between war between China and Japan/United States since the US is obligated by treaty to defend Japan in the event of hostilities with any foreign pwoer.
Let's just hope that such an event won't cause a chain reaction:
China strikes at Japan. US steps in and attacks China. Russia steps in and aids China in attacking US. Iran, seeing that the US's hands are occupied, deems it wise to now attack Israel.
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@Monkey:
China didn't fight Japan, Japan invaded a chaotic, un-modernized, and helpless China.
In some respects I sorta wish that was the China we still had, instead of the missile loaded Succubus and dependable killjoy of international politics.
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@No:
In some respects I sorta wish that was the China we still had, instead of the missile loaded Succubus and dependable killjoy of international politics.
B-But who would make our Mcdonald's toys and other little knick-nacks?
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@No:
Taiwan .
They're too expensive. They employees will actually ask for a salary while the Chinese factory workers are essentially indentured servants.
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China strikes at Japan. US steps in and attacks China. Russia steps in and aids China in attacking US. Iran, seeing that the US's hands are occupied, deems it wise to now attack Israel.
I doubt Israel needs US personnel to defend itself. The arsenal of American weapons it already has is more than sufficient to keep Iran at bay. Also, amidst the huge brouhaha Iran's nuclear weapons program is creating, no one actually knows the capabilities of Israel's own nuclear arsenal.
The mentality of that nation is crazy. I've been there, and it's like they're perpetually preparing for war. They're so paranoid that they automatically have a head-start over anyone crazy enough to attack them. -
@No:
In some respects I sorta wish that was the China we still had, instead of the missile loaded Succubus and dependable killjoy of international politics.
You never ever want failed states, especially a failed state of that size.
That China lead directly into dangerous radicals gaining power.
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@No:
Taiwan .
Taiwan makes computers and shit now lol, their economy is high income, higher probably than the Czech Republic in any case.
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@No:
Taiwan .
Taiwan makes computers and shit now lol, their economy is high income, higher probably than the Czech Republic in any case.
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@Monkey:
You never ever want failed states, especially a failed state of that size.
That China lead directly into dangerous radicals gaining power.
Everything about today's China is a relaxing walk in the park compared to the Mao years.–- Update From New Post Merge ---
Taiwan makes computers and shit now lol, their economy is high income, higher probably than the Czech Republic in any case.
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Taiwan makes computers and shit now lol, their economy is high income, higher probably than the Czech Republic in any case.
I was mostly joking, it'd probably have to be a bigger country. And yes that's right I called Taiwan a "country", deal with it.
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I know I shouldn't be for a whole variety of reasons, but I'm kind of amused by the huge pushback possible gay marriage is getting in France.
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@Monkey:
I know I shouldn't be for a whole variety of reasons, but I'm kind of amused by the huge pushback possible gay marriage is getting in France.
The faces in the background still amuse me.
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It's just during the Bush years for some reason France became this symbol of "PROGRESSIVE EUROTOPIA" that still lingers at the back of my mind even though I know it's way wrong.
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China strikes at Japan. US steps in and attacks China. Russia steps in and aids China in attacking US.
Putin may be getting into Ernst Stavro Blofield territory these days, but he's not stupid enough to pick a fight with NATO.
Iran, seeing that the US's hands are occupied, deems it wise to now attack Israel.
That seems far less likely to me than Israel deciding to go ahead and bomb Iran's nuclear facilities since everybody else is sorta busy.
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Apparently in China there are 37 Million more Males then Females - India has around 7 Million more males then females.
With the numbers there to get excessivly worse - While in India there are still people practising the Dowry system where the father of a Female has to pay a male to wed her - I have a feeling that soon that will change and males will have to make offerings to have an Indian wife.
I feel sorry for the women in China and India as things will probably be getting worse for them - especially in China with that much of a gender imbalance. I can see China going to war just to cut numbers.
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I can see China going to war just to cut numbers.
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I won't even bother to explain or scold you because I really, really hope that in retrospect and with that reaction picture there you realize how incredibly stupid that statement is. And trust me, it really is. China might be bad as far as human rights are concerned, but it's not that bad.
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I won't even bother to explain or scold you because I really, really hope that in retrospect and with that reaction picture there you realize how incredibly stupid that statement is. And trust me, it really is. China might be bad as far as human rights are concerned, but it's not that bad.
China's "Black Jails" "Government officials, security forces, and their agents routinely abduct people off the streets of Beijing and other Chinese cities, strip them of their possessions, and imprison them. These black jails are often located in state-owned hotels, nursing homes, and psychiatric hospitals."
http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/11/12/alleyway-hell-0China's Death Vans
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/28/akmal-shaikh-china-execution-backgroundChina's enormous Gobi Desert is the size of Peru and expanding 1,400 Square miles per year due to water source depletion, over-foresting and over grazing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobi_Desert China's 1 child policy will mean 1 child will have to support 2 parents finacially and will likely cause a strain on their economy.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/oct/01/china-elderly-population-pensions-rethinkCoupled with countless stories of people letting others die in the street.
It's not a nice thought that a government would do something like this, but I couldn't put it past them based on some of the information coming out of China.
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What they do inside their borders is one thing (and even that has never been about "cutting numbers" - one child policy was always about preventing that), but going to war is completely different and would hurt the entire country both economically and politically, neither of which China can really afford. You cannot base your "assumptions" on quasi-sensational Western media like Guardian, and you definitely cannot cite wikipedia articles as evidence if you don't also spare some time for thinking about why those things happen in the first place - something that most wiki-entries do not always mention.
And to China, every "patriotic" worker counts. Their entire economy is based on continuous growth and increasing prosperity that comes about as a result of their hard-working, huge populace. Why on earth would they want to get rid of them just because their crazy policies together with cultural values and traditions have led to a situation where there will be a few thousand bachelors more than there usually would? They have already corrected their one child policy precisely because they realized its unfavourable consequences…
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What they do inside their borders is one thing (and even that has never been about "cutting numbers" - one child policy was always about preventing that), but going to war is completely different and would hurt the entire country both economically and politically, neither of which China can really afford. You cannot base your "assumptions" on quasi-sensational Western media like Guardian, and you definitely cannot cite wikipedia articles as evidence if you don't also spare some time for thinking about why those things happen in the first place - something that most wiki-entries do not always mention.
And to China, every "patriotic" worker counts. Their entire economy is based on continuous growth and increasing prosperity that comes about as a result of their hard-working, huge populace. Why on earth would they want to get rid of them just because their crazy policies together with cultural values and traditions have led to a situation where there will be a few thousand bachelors more than there usually would? They have already corrected their one child policy precisely because they realized its unfavourable consequences…
Wasn't it more like "a couple million" ?