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You haven't understood what I've said at all. I'll repeat. The commitment to this nurturing is the key. This commitment can be made with or without the use of a nursery. This part is explained in the section that you failed to quote. My supposition was an assessment of the parent's callous...

To those who blame the nursery route for the ills of society, I ask this: What is the role of the stay-at-home parent when the child ventures out into society and steps on to the school bus? For me, it is clear. The responsible ones quickly switch to the same role as the nursery users. That is...

I disagree. Scott has thoughtfully explained several proposals to resolve the issue but with the greatest respect to him, they all lend themselves to 'passing the buck'. Why should we pass the responsibility of upholding civil behavior within OUR society to institutions that have little...

Just attempting to answer your question. What is actually required to eradicate bullying? I believe most and I include myself in this are not prepared to take the necessary steps.

I wasn't trying to dwell on your failings Brian, forgive me if it came across that way :) I was just illustrating how Colin's anti-social posts continue to be tolerated and attempting to use that fact in coming up with some sort of answer to Scott's question.

You've come neatly to my point. Allegiance improves the survivability of bullying. I posted a link earlier clearly showing Colin implying a similar trait to another member as to what Fifty2One did to Colin. No response. No outrage. You presume that a lack of sympathy equates to carte blanche...

I don't think anyone missed the implication of the term "lure". Just that there were two easily defined camps of those concerned and those who were not so much.

The implication was clear as was the line drawn between the outraged and the less sympathetic.

You posted an extremely informative, balanced piece and then followed it up with this exasperated outburst. I'm left somewhat confused. :confused:

People tend not to become 'outraged' when they are in someway amicable with the perpetrator which adds to it's survivability. Colin has crossed similar lines but is met at best with an euphemistic 'let the team down' response and at worse, with regards to my earlier post, passive acceptance...

I wouldn't get too offended, unsurprisingly this isn't new ground for Colin... Link

I get what you're saying but isn't that what life is about? To try and fix stuff that isn't "right"? A couple of things here: I think a lot of communication is lost on the internets. For example most of your humor Col, is lost on people here because we can't see your face when you're talking...

Perhaps if you'd elucidate on what these 'weak adults' are succumbing to then we could make a fairer assessment as to whether it is bullying or not.

Here is a question that scrambles my noodle. In order for there to be previous "failed universes" there must be some form of recursive process or at the very least a concept of incrementation. How can these concepts simultaneously a) Exist outside of the group of universes that can be either...

Did you get the time to listen to the podcast I posted? It addresses the complexity issue quite well. :)

Nothing from me personally. Your mind has come across a gap in knowledge and you demand it to be filled with an answer. So you fill it with something that has yet to be proved or disproved. That is what faith requires. The acceptance of a proposition that is unproven. You imply that because the...

You've lost me. How does tally with the accuracy of radiometric dating? The truth does not require our explanation of it. It does not become something else because it remains beyond our capacity to demonstrate. That is what the theist does. The theist demands answers now and fills the gaps...

So you believe that radiometric dating is unreliable?

What is more likely to you? A being that has been around for 0.0044% of Earth's existence has either a) Managed to grasp the fundamental mechanics of how the cosmos has come to be or b) Created a comforting belief system that defines that being as the focal point of the cosmos.

The discovery that beliefs you hold are only mechanisms to help you survive. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. :p