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  1. tango

    Mind power

    The placebo effect is well known, and it's remarkable how much effect it can have. More recently the so-called "nocebo effect", the evil twin of the placebo effect, has been identified. A lot of what's called faith healing is snake oil, but every once in a while you come across something that...
  2. tango

    USA Trumps Invites Russia to War Against Our Allies

    It's bizarre, given the whole point of NATO is the thing about "an attack on one is an attack on all". So unless he actually wants to initiate World War III it's hard to see what he's hoping to gain from this. The wider context was, if I recall, an invitation to attack members who weren't...
  3. tango

    Morality

    The thing with stealing and killing and the like is that there is a clearly identifiable victim. With something like prostitution there is no victim, assuming all parties are freely consenting (obviously someone who is trafficked and forced into prostitution is a very different situation from...
  4. tango

    Morality

    I don't see why morality can't exist without religion. We can all adopt our own moral standards, and accept a legal framework that imposes a minimum standard upon everyone in that society. We can accept that killing other people is generally wrong (with arguable exceptions for self-defence etc)...
  5. tango

    Duo euthanasia

    Isn't this the same question you asked a couple of days ago but with a specific example? Why is this one sin any different to any other sin? Jesus said the only unforgivable sin was blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, so unless someone wants to claim that suicide represents such blasphemy it's...
  6. tango

    Who will win the Super Bowl?

    I don't care.
  7. tango

    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    I tried running at the track. It was tedious. I don't think I'll be doing that any more, running minor variations of the same routes every time gets dull but not as dull as doing the same laps over and over.
  8. tango

    Take A Nap

    I nap during the day if I get tired. A nap can be anything from 15 minutes to a chunk of the afternoon. It's rarely more than 15-30 minutes.
  9. tango

    Camilla

    Since she's Queen Consort rather than Queen Regnant she will cease to be Queen and Prince William will become King William, with his wife becoming Queen Catherine. That said after the death of King George VI his wife Elizabeth was known as "Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother". She was also Queen...
  10. tango

    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    My suggested workout today is 45 minutes of base effort. I'm happy with that. I'm meeting some friends at my favorite brewpub this afternoon so don't need to be eating and drinking heartily soon after heavy exercise. I'm debating whether to run my usual shorter circuit or do some laps of the...
  11. tango

    Small fee or freewill offering?

    It would depend on the event. The trouble with the small fee is that there's always someone who genuinely can't afford it, and then there's the issue of giving change and counting cash and all that. A freewill offering basket usually seems to result in more money coming in.
  12. tango

    Suicide is a sin

    The same way you'd be repenting of any other sin if you died in the process of committing it, I guess. Unless you spend your waking moments endlessly repenting of every little thing you do wrong the minute you do it, the chances are you'll die without repenting of something. I'm not sure that a...
  13. tango

    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    Yesterday I did a gentle-ish 5 mile run. Today I wanted to tick off a challenge to run a 15k this month and also a challenge to run a 5k this weekend. So I did a gentle-ish 10 mile run and ticked off both challenges with one workout. Surprisingly my legs don't hate me right now, but I don't know...
  14. tango

    Suicide is a sin

    I think the best you'd find is the line of "thou shalt not kill" although given how often God sent the Israelites into battle with instructions to kill it's clearly not as simple an outright prohibition as some might like to think. According to Jesus the only unforgiveable sin is blasphemy...
  15. tango

    A groundbreaking verdict

    It's alarming if poor judgment becomes tantamount to involuntary manslaughter. Certainly a spectacularly poor judgment that leads to murder shouldn't necessarily be immune from that possibility. Naturally as third party observers who have little more than what the media cares to report it's hard...
  16. tango

    A groundbreaking verdict

    I'd certainly agree with being wary of psychological counselling. It can be beneficial as long as it's done properly, with a view to a goal other than figuring out what cocktail of mind altering drugs to use. That said it does seem a bit of an odd combination to specifically decline...
  17. tango

    Social Media

    Most people I have much interest in following don't post personal stuff on social media, so it's not really much use for that. Then you get the over-sharers who might as well just tell their doctor to post their entire medical records on farcebook. It's more about trading jokes and one-liners.
  18. tango

    A groundbreaking verdict

    From what I saw it looked like the issue was parental negligence rather than "your kids did something bad, it must be your fault". One flip side of the whole issue of parental responsibility is the way schools are increasingly taking it upon themselves to not inform parents. The whole...
  19. tango

    Daily Medication

    I don't take any daily medication. I find it terrifying how many people take so many pills every day.
  20. tango

    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    My legs still don't like me after Monday's workout. The last couple of days have been walks rather than runs. I'm hoping to run again tomorrow, although speed repeats might wait until next week.
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