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- Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:41 am
- Forum: Authors: Tell us about your NON-FICTION book!
- Topic: Memoir
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6673
Hi Marilyn, I read A Long Way Gone and really enjoyed it. While I was reading it I was considering the fate of several child soldiers who are currently being held in Guatanamo Bay. Just a few weeks ago I read some controversy about Ishmael Beah's recollection of his life as recorded in his memoir. Y...
- Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:23 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Concerning Chris O'Connor...
- Replies: 113
- Views: 32887
- Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:06 pm
- Forum: Current Events & History
- Topic: Totally Spent - (This recession will be for real!)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7919
Hi Mr. P. I believe most Canadians are very similar to their American counterparts - but our banks have more rules. The sub-prime mortgage problem would not happen here - not because of Canadians self control, but because of these rules. My brother wanted a mortgage, and was declined by the bank. On...
- Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:55 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Confessions Of An Obsessive Reader
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9334
Abegail, Does the bible say that some sins are worse than others? (I know the Catholic church has venial and carnal sins - but don't know if this is biblical). If a sin is a sin, wouldn't gluttony and homosexuality have the same consequences? But no church seems to condemn overweight people. Some ch...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:09 pm
- Forum: Authors: Tell us about your FICTION book!
- Topic: A Russian Classic
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2346
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:07 pm
- Forum: Current Events & History
- Topic: Totally Spent - (This recession will be for real!)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7919
Hi Mr. P. You are correct - the high cost of medical insurance does balance the tax difference out. So I'm wondering then, why do most blue collar workers in the US seem so much better off than blue collar workers in other nations? About the medical coverage - is there a low-income threshold where t...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:03 pm
- Forum: Current Events & History
- Topic: Sarkozy makes Holocaust personal to French students
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1860
Hi Ophelia, I know next to nothing about French politics. Do I understand you correctly that France has both a President and a Prime Minister? If so, are they both elected? Generally, what are the roles of each? I agree with you on his holocaust idea - I can see no benefits and some harms from it. D...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:13 am
- Forum: Heart of Darkness - by Joseph Conrad
- Topic: HD- Ophelia's introduction.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6378
I have finally started it - and was pleasantly suprised at how interesting it is - from the first page. I find my mind wandering through some of the scenic descriptions, and have to go back and reread them to see if I've missed an important bit of the plot. When I purchased Heart of Darkness I also ...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:43 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Confessions Of An Obsessive Reader
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9334
That is the tennet that sticks in my throat and I can't swallow. That some are chosen.......means that others are rejected..... There is a futility to that, isn't there? It is a fine thing to believe if you believe you are someone who God has chosen. But if God has chosen that you are going to be h...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:34 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Confessions Of An Obsessive Reader
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9334