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Archive through February 16, 2006

The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2005 Dec. ~ 2006 Feb.: Free Expression: Fact or Crap?? (ARCHIVES): Archive through February 16, 2006 users admin

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Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 11:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
No clue so I'll say fact.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

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Thank you so much for the award...I would like to thank my mother and my piano teacher, blah blah...

Hmmm, I'm going to say CRAP on this one, because I would much prefer a good crap two days in a row to not...sorry to anyone who might be offended by my crap

Baby
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01-08-2006

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Huk, if you gotta..then you gotta!

Crap! (is the answer to the question?)

Laralyn
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08-04-2005

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 4:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Laralyn a private message Print Post    
crap, because:

I think the dingo got your baby.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

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Fact.

Laralyn
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08-04-2005

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change that to ate your baby

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

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This is a tough one for the reasons Konamouse enumerated.

I think I will go with Fact because of the advances in medicine, increase in birth rates, and increase in the number of infants who live to adulthood.

Aborigine basically means the native people of a country, so the North American natives are the aborigines of the United States and Canada.

Like the native Americans of North America, the story of the interaction between the white Europeans and the Australian aborigines is often not a pretty one.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 6:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Crap

(change that to a dingo 8 your baby)

Laralyn
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08-04-2005

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okey dokey 8

Max
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08-12-2000

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Happy Hump Day, FoCers! We are battening down the hatches here in the Northwest in expectation of some arctic cold air that's headed our direction. Supposed to get in the 20s (Farenheit, that is) and maybe snow on Friday. I know that's not cold to some of you, but for us. . BRRR!! My poor daffodils are trying to come up after last week's 57-degree temps and will probably all be frozen solid. :-(

Anyway. . . Yesterday's question was:

Are there more Aborigines now than in the late 18th century, when Europeans first colonized Australia?

Assuming the dingos didn't eat ALL the babies, that is! You said:
Fact 9
Crap 8
Hmmmm. Another almost even split!
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Here's what the Calendar Cavemen have to say:

It's FACT! "As of 2002, there were 460,000 Aborigines -- 2% of Australia's entire population. In the late 18th century, the estimated Australian Aboriginal population was 350,000, made up of 500-600 distinct groups speaking 200 different languages or dialects -- 50 of which are now extinct. The population had been decimated by British disease and programs designed to assimilate and missionize Aborigines. In 1996, the Australian government issued an offical expression of regret for mistreatment of Aborigines that stopped short of a formal apology, fearing it might encourage compensation claims."

Yes, the Aborigines were treated terribly right up into the 1970s. An excellent movie about some of it is "Rabbit Proof Fence" and I'd highly encourage you to rent it if you haven't seen it before. Of course, we in America haven't exactly had a great track record with our native people, either, but that's another story!

So, onward we go, jumping continents and switching species to the question for Thursday, February 16, 2006:

The American Board of Forensic Entomology, which studies insects and other arthropods to solve crimes, boasts over 1,000 members.

FACT or CRAP? You decide!


(I doubt they are counting the insects in the membership, just the humans!


Lancecrossfire
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07-13-2000

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fact

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 9:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
Fact

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 9:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I watched my kidlets follow a spider for a good 20 minutes today. I've seen my youngest nephew turn bettles into pets and kids raise ant farms, based on how interested kids are in them I'm betting more than a few of them grow up to study bugs for one reason or another, so:

Fact

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 9:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
"The itsy bitsy spider crawled up the water spout and over the dead body!!!"
Crap---there are 10 members, two in New York, one in Memphis, one in San Francisco, one in Miami, one is Seattle, and four in Spiderville.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 10:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
If it's true I bet Gil Grissom would be a member. I say fact.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

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I thought there was at least one in Hawaii.. lots of critters there..

Crap. That's the stuff dung-beetles get off on.

Tess
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04-13-2001

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fact

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

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Fact.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

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i love gil grissom! that's a fact. oh, and the answer to today's FoC is a fact, too.

Jagger
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08-07-2002

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Fact, look at how many people get into the CSI type shows, my guess is they have a lot more than a thousand members.

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 6:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
Crap.

Konamouse
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07-16-2001

Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 6:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
Regarding the Aboriginal population of Australia - I still say Crap.

"The Indigenous population at the time of European settlement in the late 18th century is unknown but estimates range from 300 000 to more than a million. Many scholars now accept a figure of around 750 000. This population declined dramatically during the nineteenth and early twentieth century under the impact of new diseases, dispossession and cultural disruption and disintegration.

In the last 20 years, changing social attitudes, political developments, improved statistical coverage and a broader definition of Indigenous origin have all contributed to the increased number of people identifying as being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin. During the last census (2001), some 410 000 people did so. After adjusting for undercounting and unknown Indigenous status, the estimated resident population was 458 500, representing about 2.4 per cent of the population. The Australian Bureau of Statistics projects that this figure will increase to approximately 470 000 in 2006, based on current birth and mortality rates."


Now, on to the bug people. This is such a niche profession, getting popularized by CSI, but still would require years of education (how long has CSI been on the air???). I'll add a CRAP to the list.

'squeek'

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 7:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Fact

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 7:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Crap. I have no clue, but can you really imagine there are more than 1000 people who are certified in bugs! Nope, unh unh, not me! :-)

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 8:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Fact ... sounds good to me!!!