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And how does the SCOTUS decision RE: the use of adult models who appear to be children fit into this. IIRC it is OK to simulate child pornography as long as the portrayer is an adult. Is it then OK to communicate with a "minor" if that minor is in fact a thirty year old PO? GinSlinger

As to the last two posts. My Military History professor (Dr Pohl) has been contacted on the question of the draft. He said that his immediate feelings were that the draft was a dead institution because of the level of training required in todays army. The watering down effect he calls it...

I am writing a term paper for my military history class (Napoleonic Wars) on the British use of rifles. I am using as much source material as possible, and as such I am looking for some first-hand observations from anyone who may have fired both a India Pattern Brown Bess replica and a Baker...

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the Public Treasury. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the Public Treasury with a...

The well-read/well-to-do have historically had fewer children than the masses. Why worry now? GinSlinger

Still up @ 11:55 Central. GinSlinger

IIRC, Serpentine (sp?) was mixed with urine. Specifically human urine, and sources indicate that urine collected at "taverns" was the best. Wonder if those scientists will be following the recipe that close? "Okay, mates, join around the Watley's--it't time to make some urine." GinSlinger

Jim March: Just so you know, you MAY be violating a WOsD statute. Most of the prescription statutes that I am familuar with are state/local, but most frown upon keping a prescription for a "controlled substance" longer than the normal dosage would allow. This is where we have come to...

CR Sam, In all cases does taxation equal death. To wit: If I refuse to pay my taxes I will be imprisoned. If I attempt to maintain my freedom (resist arrest) or regain my freedom (escape) I will be shot. As PJ O'Rourke said, "When looking at the budget always ask yourself 'Would I kill...

Could it be civil disobedience? I have often wondered what would happen to the war on drugs if pot smokers took all thier seed and scattered them everywhere. Think of the logistical nightmare of removing marijuana plants from city gardens, parks, fence rows, etc. Maybe someone has started...

Soory if I am wrong here, but wasn't there already a SCOTUS case that has dealt with something almost identical? "Clear and present danger" or some such? Where the defendent was acused of planning a bombing but since he didn't actually posses any bomb making materials his conviction was...

Why doesn't anyone stop it? Easy. Who would mow your grass (esp. in Beverly Hills), clean your hotel room, pick your apples, grapes, etc, work grunt day labor on job sites? This is not meant to sound prejudicee. It's economic. Would you think that the best job your son/daughter could...

I like to make the distintion between government, and bureaucracy. Government, to me, is the system set out in the Constitution and its amendements. The governemnt consists of The office of the president, the HOR and the Sentate, and the Supreme court. Bureaucracy is that dark fog set up to...

Uhh, hmm. I disremember the Dallas Morning News reporter who did a lot of digging into Waco during the subsequent trials. Anyone help? Art? Anyway, I remember these reports were quite well written, and raised quite a few questions. For example, why was the Fed Attorney out of San Antonio...

What if.... ...You had asked the shop to cosign it for you? After they took thier 15-20% cosign what would you have gotten? Just a thought. I spent almost 30 minutes with a customer at my last job showing the false economy of buying somethings off the internet. The customer was going to...

Mine is an Iver Johnson .410. Still shoots well enough for trap. The gun has always been curious to me because it was manufactured by "Iver Johnson Cyle Works and Guns". My great grandfathers gun. This thread wants me to research the date of production, etc. GinSlinger

According to the CIA, in 2002 Palestine (Gaza Strip and the West Bank) had a population of a little over 2 million. In that same year, the "government" of Palestine had $930 mil in revenues, and $2 BILLION in foriegn aid. Seems to me that keeping ones population in poverty IS a good way to...

Cottontail at dusk during deer season. .270 in hand, think, why not? Range, 50 yds. Hit bunny on the hop, perfectly tucking shot right behind shoulder. My buddy hears the shot and walks towards my stand from the truck. He and I get to the rabbit at about the same time. He can't see the...

OMG! :eek: He had a bottle, a rag and gasoline? That is a crime? Who here may be guilty of that? :uhoh: GinSlinger

I agree that more primary sources are needed. My last substantial history paper before my (nearly ended) four year hiatus was a statistical history of Comal county TX for the years 1840-1880. Diaries and meeting minutes helped explain why Comal (a German settlement) voted for seccession, and...