Humanity: Good News, Bad News

[Radical_Dreamer]

First link didn't work, but good for Carter.

[Romana]

SPAAAAAAAACE Neeeewwws: Jupiter hit by comet

http://news.uk.msn.com/science/article.aspx?cp-documentid=148688058

[IAmSerge]

SPAAAAAAAACE Neeeewwws: Jupiter hit by comet

http://news.uk.msn.com/science/article.aspx?cp-documentid=148688058

AAWWWESOME! =D

[Romana]

I feel horrible for laughing news: Girl hospitalised by falling tortoise

http://news.uk.msn.com/odd-news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=148730145&ocid=today

[FaustWolf]

Good News: Neanderthals may not have been subject to (as much) sexism in their societies as our ancestors may have been.

Bad News: ...and contrary to what that article suggests about evolutionary advantages to a division of labor among the sexes, the Neanderthals may have survived just fine if our ancestors didn't kill them with projectile weapons.

[Romana]

SPAAAAAAAACE Neeeewwws: Jupiter hit by comet

http://news.uk.msn.com/science/article.aspx?cp-documentid=148688058

Follow-up on this News: Hubble Telescope captures Jupiter damage
http://news.uk.msn.com/world/article.aspx?cp-documentid=148794545&ocid=today

[Romana]

Funky Science News: Dye Used In Blue M&Ms Can Lessen Spinal Injury

http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/07/28/1727250/Dye-Used-In-Blue-MampMs-Can-Lessen-Spinal-Injury

[Romana]

How Could You Let This Happen News: US father guilty of prayer death

http://news.uk.msn.com/world/article.aspx?cp-documentid=148950290&ocid=today

[IAmSerge]

WTF, man... wtf..

"If I go to the doctor, I am putting the doctor before God," Neumann testified. "I am not believing what he said he would do."

God works through people.  This guy obviously forgot that.

It reminds me of a story...
"A man sat on the roof of his house as floodwaters surrounded him and were rising quickly.  He prayed to God for help, and then he sat on the roof, waiting.  A raft came by and the people in it invited the man in, but he turned it down, saying God would help him.  Then, 10 minutes later, a helicopter came by, and invited him in, but he refused again.  No one else came by, and he died.  He got to heaven, and asked God why he didn't save him.  He replied, 'Well, I sent a boat and a helicopter, what happened?'"

[Lord J Esq]

Yeah, except this time it was an innocent kid who died for the idiocy of others. In our society, no one is more responsible for a child's wellbeing than their parent(s) or guardian(s), making the crime of these two people all the more loathsome. "Culture of life," right. People have asked me sometimes why I'm against the unfettered authority of parents to raise their kids however they wish. This is a good example.

As was said in this case: The freedoms on religious belief may be absolute, but the freedoms on religious conduct are not.

[Truthordeal]

As was said in this case: The freedoms on religious belief may be absolute, but the freedoms on religious conduct are not.

Well said.

The same applies to these people with their "hugging" therapy, and several other...for lack of a better word, "new age, treatments.

But here's a question for you: If parents decide to try using homeopathic remedies rather than medicine, should they be locked up if their children still die?

[Lord J Esq]

But here's a question for you: If parents decide to try using homeopathic remedies rather than medicine, should they be locked up if their children still die?

It seems morose to be arguing about who to "lock up" based on the assumption that parents' stupid decisions are going to get their kids killed. It'd be better to focus on not getting to the point of having to lock anybody up.

But, yeah, there will always be some of this, so...

"Alternative" medicine is fraught with superstition and illegitimacy. It's not the total bunk that prayer is, but it's only one degree less bad. The trouble is that there's the occasional remedy or therapy that actually makes a difference, and that's medically important. But does that justify the decision of parents to shun proper medicine in favor of alternative methods? Thankfully, the question rarely comes up, because rarely are these types of people so nutso that they'll forsake real medicine even when their feel-good stuff has failed. But when it does happen, I guess the key question would be whether or not the judgment of the accused was to merely give priority to alternative medicine, or to refuse anything but alternative medicine. Only the latter, in my mind, would warrant the more serious charges--although lesser charges may apply to the former.

[IAmSerge]

Yeah, except this time it was an innocent kid who died for the idiocy of others.

Aye, and tis sad... 

As was said in this case: The freedoms on religious belief may be absolute, but the freedoms on religious conduct are not.

Quoted for truth.

But here's a question for you: If parents decide to try using homeopathic remedies rather than medicine, should they be locked up if their children still die?

And the answer is based upon the severity of the symptoms the parents were attempting to cure.

Say, it was a sunburn, and your parents rub some homemade burn ointment.  If it fails, it shouldnt be a problem.

Kid with cancer would be a different story.  A homemade remedy for cancer (not just being illogical), if it fails, then you SHOULD have a problem.

Which is why that there is a line that shouldn't be crossed in home-remedies and treatments.  A line that, is acceptable below and punishable above.

If you know what I mean?  Knowing you guys you probably have a better solution than I do, this is just my 10 cents.

[Truthordeal]

Bank teller that chased down a would-be robber is fired for his heroics: http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?cl=14879620

Good news or bad news? Its debatable. I think its bad news, because even though he violated the bank's policy, he still did something heroic and just. A reprimand or suspension would have been more than enough for violating policy, IMHO.

[Boo the Gentleman Caller]

My bank has a strong policy against heroism (I work for the bank).  Pretty much it's because the loss the bank takes for the robbery (usually less than $3000.00) is not that much when you're looking at the bank's assets as a whole.