Pattern Ghost Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 9 hours ago, Sundog said: It would seem to me that the draft is unconstitutional anyway. The Thirteenth Amendment bans slavery and involuntary servitude. It was already challenged on those grounds. I don't know if it was tried or if it was just rejected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted February 26, 2019 Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 On 2/25/2019 at 5:34 PM, Sundog said: It would seem to me that the draft is unconstitutional anyway. The Thirteenth Amendment bans slavery and involuntary servitude. On 2/26/2019 at 2:41 AM, Pattern Ghost said: It was already challenged on those grounds. I don't know if it was tried or if it was just rejected. The same should apply to any country with a Anti Slavery clause in teh constitution. But germany had the draft way longer then America. Indeed it was only abolished this century. And I had not been level 4 viability, I would have rejected on reasons of conscience. That the state has to have some degree of right to infrige on personal freedom is self explaining. Otherwise every prision would be run by Kidnappers. Usually the infringement is something we accept, so other people do not bash our heads in. If those other people live in our Country (Police is there for this) or another country (Military is there for that) is a trivial detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 22 hours ago, Pattern Ghost said: It was already challenged on those grounds. I don't know if it was tried or if it was just rejected. I'd guess it wouldn't fly. It's a civic duty, like jury duty. IMHO anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Must be a slow news day in Germany, but their firefighers had to help a fat rat that got stuck in a sewer grate hole. No word on whether they considered just painting the backside to resemble a moose. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/fat-rat-stuck-manhole-cover-104934518.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 AZ State Rep claims vaccinations are communist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 Scientists give mice infravision Making them perfect point-rodents for adventuring companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 How a Tick Can Pass You a Horrifying Red Meat Allergy, Explained Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 Uninhabited Irish isle for sale, complete with ruins and 'curse stone' Hermit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 Andre Previn composer and conductor dies at age 89. Perhaps best known to British viewers for what happened on the Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show 1971 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17342940 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 Sad to hear about Andre Previn. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 10 hours ago, Starlord said: AZ State Rep claims vaccinations are communist I don't know about that, but the opposite is stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 Roger Federer wins 100th ATP title https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/47428945 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 Seal rescued after getting stuck on top of Second World War pillbox for more than 24 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 My first thought was, "They didn't have SEALs in WW II," then I realized they were talking about the animal . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 Oh, I thought it was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 8 minutes ago, BoloOfEarth said: Oh, I thought it was... Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray. Ooh, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels, yeah. And now that your rose is in bloom. A light hits the gloom On the gray. Damn it, now that tune is in my head again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 ...and all this time I thought the line was " a kiss from a rose on the grave." Pattern Ghost, Starlord and Hermit 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 1 minute ago, Cygnia said: ...and all this time I thought the line was " a kiss from a rose on the grave." To be honest, so did I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 I'm re-listening to the song now, and it does sound like "gray", but I could have also sworn that it was "grave". Seal didn't include lyrics with his first album releases, so we may be seeing how someone else transcribed it. http://articles.latimes.com/1992-03-22/entertainment/ca-7400_1_pop-music Quote "I feel I am still beginning in many ways," he says with no trace of false modesty when asked why he doesn't put his own lyrics on the album sleeves. "When I think of people like Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan and Stevie Wonder, I realize I haven't mastered the art of lyric writing. In fact, I don't really think lyrically that I can ever get across exactly what I am trying to say. I'm just trying to express my true feelings. "And that's the test of a record for me: whether it conveys the feeling or the emotion I'm feeling. . . . To me, that's the duty of the singer-songwriter . . . to convey that message--to say, 'Hey, I do understand and that you aren't alone and that you'll be OK.' " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 gray makes less sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 Per the lyrics explanation at genius.com, it’s a reference to the first line of the song, in which he depicts his life as a lonely tower under gray skies. Something like that. Anyway the point of the song is that the girl is a spot of light and color in his otherwise dreary and hopeless life. Christopher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 Hmm, I thought he said a green tower alone on the sea. I thought he was referring to Riddler's tower from Batman Forever since the song was from the movie. Obviously that sounds stupid in hindsight. Man, I am never gonna survive unless I get a little crazy, y'know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 There was no movie Batman movie with Jim Carrey as Riddler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 On 3/3/2019 at 7:08 PM, Badger said: There was no movie Batman movie with Jim Carrey as Riddler. I don't remember not seeing that one at the theater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 Keith Flint of the band The Prodigy has died. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47442312 It has also been announced that Katherine Helmond who was in SOAP and the film Brazil has died last week but it was only just announced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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