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misthios (ancient greek): salaried, hired, hired labourer

krátos (ancient greek): power, strength

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Andrew

Tuck: Let's be reactionary about it.  Let's go back to the not-so-distant past (150, 200 years ago?) when most folks lived in one-room houses, often with parents reproducing in the same bed that their children slept in.  Or back a little farther, before there were one-room houses, and parents just did it out in the open, as did the neighbors.  We build modern civilization on this foundation. 

Therefore, I'm not too worried about kids finding out about sex at an early age, as this has been the norm for most of history.

"In the past, women were mostly objectified. Now, they are denigrated, humiliated and abused. "

You're kidding, right?  Women, and men, have been ill-treated for all of recorded history.  Rape of the Sabine Woman, anyone, for starters?  That founded Rome...

But, they weren't photographed and put on the web for little kids all over the world to see. 

No, but Roman dramatic recreations could get plenty racy.

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Rob Long:

The real problem is, what happens when all of those six year-olds grow up to be blasé and bored by what used to be deep and mysterious urges? WillSeen thatever replaceDone thatas key human driver?

Hey, in the long run we're all dead, so don't worry about it.

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Taxman - The Beatles

Get Over It - The Eagles

The Trees - RUSH

Dirty Laundry - Don Henley

Government Cheque - Furnaceface (not CofC compliant)

Let's Get The Baby High - Dead Milkmen

Holiday In Cambodia - Dead Kennedys

Subdivisions - RUSH

Why Don't You Get A Job - The Offspring (not CofC compliant)

Bodies - Sex Pistols (not CofC compliant)

I'll Sue Ya - "Weird Al" Yankovic

The State - Porter Robinson

Don't Call Me White - NOFX (not CofC compliant)

I'm A Boy - The Who

911 Is A Joke - Public Enemy

Red Barchetta - RUSH

If You Love Her Buy Her A Gun - Furnaceface

I'm An Adult Now - The Pursuit of Happiness

We Love You Tipper Gore - Furnaceface (not CofC compliant)

It's A Long Way To The Top If You Wanna Rock 'n Roll - AC/DC

Working Man - RUSH

Living In The Woods - Ted Nugent

Canadian Bush Party - Kinnie Starr 

I'm Free - The Soup Dragons

The Angry Mob - Kaiser Chiefs

Something Good - Utah Saints (A celebration of unbridled optimism!)

Edited on May 19, 2013 at 10:36pm
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Thomas Jackson: Prime Suspect. Wallander. The Last Detective. ... But where's Garrow's Law? C'mon, streamer content provider guys! · 3 hours ago

Look, I cannot be expected to remember the names of EVERY tv show I like!

Also, Goodnight Sweetheart, Jeeves and Wooster, Life on Mars, Being Human, Misfits, and Dead Set.

Also Michael, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Also, Boss, Carnivale, The Borgias, The Killing, and the remake/sequel of Upstairs Downstairs (my girlfriend liked it even better than Downton Abbey).

Edited on May 19, 2013 at 8:33pm
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The Newsroom

That's the hilarious Canadian series about local news, NOT the dreadful Aaron Sorkin show.

Episode 2 is even funnier...

Edited on May 19, 2013 at 8:06pm
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Pony Convertible: I recommend you turn your tv off for the summer. I do it every summer. It's a great way to refocus on what is important in your life. You will find you do more things, and enjoy life more. · 14 hours ago

This is madness!

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Douglas Adams fans are hereby ordered to watch Dirk Gently.

Here's the pilot episode.

Edited on May 19, 2013 at 8:20pm
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You can never go wrong with booze.

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I also love love love Bob's Burgers.

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Bob Laing

Amy Schley: And I know this is probably heresy, but I *love* Basil Pouledoris' "Hymn to Red October" from "The Hunt for Red October."  · 2 hours ago

I'm not embarrassed to admit that the score from Conan the Barbarian (1982) is one of my favorites. 

We put it on repeat during our all-night Dungeons and Dragons sessions.

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Ross Conatser

Wine making seems peculiarly Luddite to me, but not always.  Wine is now fermented in stainless tanks with refrigerated jackets to remove excess heat from the process.  It was in the past made in cellars where it was cooler.  No one complains about the newer technology because it means a lot less ruined wine. 

At school I made "wine" out of fruit punch and bread yeast.

I forgot to let the pressure off one batch while it was fermenting, and the resulting explosion put a hole in the wall.

My roommates forbade me from conducting any experimental fermentation from that point forward.

Even the batches that didn't explode caused one HELL of a hangover, but at least I didn't go blind.

During fermentation, the artificial colours in the "fruit punch" would separate from the liquid, leaving a half-inch layer of purpley sludge at the bottom.

Good times.

Edited on May 17, 2013 at 8:32pm
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Pablo: 

Another Lecturer (same University) told me months after the war in Iraq started that she felt quite relieved, since she thought the invasion was going to degenerate into a full World War that was going to destroy the planet... 

My sister made us stock up on bottled water and canned goods during the first Gulf War.

Eyeroll.

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Obama responsible?  That unpossible!

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I most recently marathoned Red Dwarf X and Hyperdrive.

I'm halfway through the first season of The Wire.

I'm absolutely addicted to Hannibal, but it is not for everybody. It's the closest you can get to a true horror on network tv without getting threats from the FCC.

For political hijinx, you can't go wrong with Veep.

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