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Public assistance programs should be just that -- assistance. They shouldn't subsidize poverty. The biggest issue with Medicare is not that it subsidizes poverty. It's that Medicare is unsustainable in its current state, regardless of how much we raise taxes. It must be reformed.

This. This. This. Education is nice, but you must have a marketable skill. It's highly possible much of our current unemployment is structural in nature -- i.e. there are jobs, but few people have the skills or the willingness to do them. Consequently, an influx of immigrants could provide...

Witten is a hall of famer. I'll give Johnson a pass there.

They allow some vulgarity. But most of the insults are hyperbolic in nature, such as "nazi mod".

Yes, but he's also an Owner. And the Owners have a lower opinion of CZ mods than you do.

Yes. That's the law. In order to prevent acts such as pedophilia and adults taking sexual advantage of minors, there must be a cutoff age. It's not going to be perfect. If you take issue with laws intended to protect minors from sex acts by adults, that's certainly your right. They offered...

What would you have law enforcement and the judge do? This isn't like looking the other way when someone is smoking a joint. This is about an activity between two people, one of whom is not old enough to consent legally to the activity. What sort of punishment should be doled out?

The OED is, in fact, constantly being updated. Dictionaries aren't static. This isn't Latin. Diddle can apply to child molestation...but it doesn't have to. And I'm still waiting for an answer to my question.

Same here. Over recent history, the Cowboys have tried addressing their safety problems via free agency by signing mid-tier players such as Ken Hamlin, Gerald Sensabaugh, Abram Elam, and Brodney Pool. This is the first time in awhile they've had two homegrown talents vying for both starting spots.

I don't necessarily use it in such a way. But, by all means, let's appeal to the urban dictionary. It's a resource for the English language on par with the OED.

diddle verb (used without object) 1.Informal. to toy; fool (usually followed by with ): The kids have been diddling with the controls on the television set again. 2.to waste time; dawdle (often followed by around ): You would be finished by now if you hadn't spent the morning diddling around...

He made a brief appearance yesterday when he talked about an old Drew Henson thread and tacos.

Furthermore, there aren't many states that will just look the other way when an 18 year old is diddling a 14 year old. No one here has offered an alternative punishment. The courts already offered a plea deal, which she rejected. What do people think should happen? That the state should look...

...and then a rooster crowed?

My .02... These laws are intended to prevent underage persons -- people who aren't old enough to give legal consent -- from being taken advantage of sexually. Even the most permissive among us would probably (hopefully) agree that protecting underage children is a worthy goal. Well, there's a...

I feel better about this already.

You can get a balanced budget simply by deferring spending to a later date. A balanced budget doesn't necessarily indicate sustainable spending in the long run. The sustainability of spending is determined by the growth of the private sector relative to the public sector. California is...

Legally, that is the case. There has to be a cutoff age somewhere. I suppose we could create a sliding scale with severity of punishment determined by age gap. Would that make it more fair?

No, Bob. I can't be separated from you again!

Apparently, it was too nice.