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Perhaps the modern Olympics should just be held in Greece every four years. This would be a nod to the original Olympics and would remove a lot of the political garbage that happens as this floating drug fest resurfaces every four years in yet another lucky country.  ::)  Personally, I'm sick to...

Very nicely done! Better to deal with the drugs on the Indian Ocean than here on the streets of Toronto!

Pretty fast, MCG!  :)   Lebedenko (or Tsar) Tank The history of the Lebedenko starts in 1914 with the engineer N. Lebedenko, who was at that point employed in a private firm, that worked for the Russian War Department, designing artillery devices. Lebedenko himself, with the aid of N...

Okay, here's an oddball:

Heavy tank Charron 2C (France) Armament: 75 mm Gun, 4 x MG Crew: ??? Armor (max.): 60 mm Speed (max.): 8 km/hr Dimensions: ??? Weight: 68 ton

Very sad news. My thoughts are with his family and friends. RIP Terry John Street, you gave your life to protect Canadians and to help Afghans. You made a difference. Thank you.  :cdn:

In the time that you folks have spent bandying this back and forth, we atheists have moved from number 3 to number 2 in the world rankings!  8)

I agree that children should obey their parents' wishes in regard to such matters as when to be home at night, finishing high school, cleaning their room, etc.  However, some children start to think about the meaning of life at a much earlier age than eighteen and if a fifteen year old child can...

Yrys, Dans le francais: "...un education religieux est un education faux dans lequel il ne proscrit pas a la libre volonte." Mon francais est pauvre, mais j'espere que cela vous aide. Richie

Bingo! A one year old child obviously cannot weigh the pros and cons of religion, they're still figuring out how to walk. The parents need to provide some sort of moral/philosophical framework within which they can bring up their kids. Once the kids start thinking for themselves, it's the...

Agreed. There are a lot of people who should not be parents in the first place, I see them everyday. Yes, there was an implied assumption in my previous post, perhaps I just extrapolated from my own upbringing. My parents were strict but not to the point that I felt in any way restricted in my...

Obviously parents have an obligation to raise their child in a moral environment; to produce at the end of those first eighteen years a Human Being with a strong sense of right and wrong. If the parents believe that this can be done by a religious upbringing including baptism it's the parents'...

If you're referring to my last post, it was just a joke on my part; sometimes my jokes don't always work out. I apologise if I offended your faith. I have already stated on this forum that we all need something to get through life and if religion gives you strength, then who am I to argue. Look...

True, Reccesoldier, we do have a ways to go, but in the long run I know that Humanity will mature and religion will be left behind as a fond childhood memory (not in our lifetime, though). Besides, we still have Plan Alpha-Omega as discussed at our last meeting (you remember that meeting, the...

Yes! Go team, go! Go team, go!  ;D Damn, I promised myself I'd stop posting on religious threads. Must...not...press...post button...

Good to hear that his condition is stable, if serious. I wish him all the best!  :cdn:

You got it. "The ZTZ99 (also known as Type 99, industrial designation WZ123) manufactured by China Northern Industries Group Corporation (CNGC) is the most advanced main battle tank (MBT) fielded by the PLA. First entering the PLA service in late 2001, the ZTZ99 provides a significant...

Yes, you could have just told me what was in the report, but then I wouldn't have learned nearly as much as I did. If I'm trying to understand something, I prefer to have people do just what you did, i.e. point me in the right direction and let me read and learn for myself.  :) Richie

I agree that taking a crewman suffering from jet lag and just slotting him back in the flying schedule is not a good idea. I would have thought that the military would give you a day off to lose the jet lag before putting you back in the schedule. One thing that surprised me about all of this...

Okay, how about this one: