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Re: Lost - Discuss Future Episodes Here! Actually I think the scientists (the de Groot couple who founded the Dharma Initiative) were from the University of Michigan. Having said that, I believe Henry is one of the others- I found Jack quite annoying in the last episode, being such a hard-nut...

Hypocrisy, don't you think?

Re: Jihad Against Danish Newspaper Does the publishing of cartoons caricaturing Mohammed compare to the 9/11 tragedy? Go back and read all the occurrences on that blog entry and compare it to the Danish drawings. As revered as the prophet is, the loss of innocent life - as well as the demand...

Re: Jihad Against Danish Newspaper Yes, but you have to admit that the sense of outrage following 9/11 was nowhere near as dramatic as this. Moreover, the sense of outrage was left to Muslim leaders in televised statements, not from public protests. In fact, I distinctly remember how...

Re: Jihad Against Danish Newspaper Interesting thing about the New Zealand papers that published the cartoons is that they are owned by Fairfax - which also owns the Sydney Morning Herald, as well as The Age in Melbourne. But yeah, little chance it will get published here as well, considering...

Re: Jihad Against Danish Newspaper I'll let some blogger do the talking here Taken from here

Re: Jihad Against Danish Newspaper "Masked Palestinian gunmen fired shots into the air and forced the closure of the EU office in Gaza, saying it would stay shut until Western governments apologised." "Western diplomats from Denmark and Norway began pulling out of their missions in Gaza...

Re: Jihad Against Danish Newspaper The reaction to the publishing of the cartoons is ridiculous. As offending as they may be, not publishing them would compromise free speech and the right to criticise and satirise. Someone said earlier that an apology was all that was asked for. That has...

Re: Jihad Against Danish Newspaper Article page A good article that summarises the situation. Important points in bold.

^ which is what happens in Middle Eastern countries. No marriage rate/birth rate problem there...

Wow episode 11 was amazing. The Others, apparently led by that bearded old guy, reveal themselves! It's rather frightening how they seem to know all about the survivors, their whereabouts and their actions, while managing to keep under the radar the whole time. Was the Walt appearance to...

B Com (Liberal Studies), I

Australia in the modern age has had less Judeo-Christian connotations because it has been open to multiculturalism. This in turn has increased numbers of members of other religions, notably Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism. However, this does not mean that the Judeo-Christian foundations on which...

NSW UAI: 98.45

Don't worry blackfriday..... Sydney Tech went down more...