Bill, you never fail to get the debate moving forward, and I mean that sincerely and in a positive way. So to respond,... Why? Because you said it's so? I don't think I'd ever say something would happen in the world simply because I said so. My opinion is just that. I believe what I say and I'm will...

An interesting article based on a new book by an industry insider.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/062705N.shtml

Mark

It's a gem, ain't it? In my view, it should be a blackbelt kata. Couldn't agree more, Bill. Sensei David Mott has often expressed the same, that Seichin is definitely an advanced form. The fishtail blocks/strikes are truly gems, and I think it's ingenious how they work so well as simultaneously blo...

Hi Panther and thanks for your reply. I did understand in your first post on this topic that you're opposed to torture. As for Dershowitz, he's gone off the deep end. Yes, hes a Harvard prof, at least last time I checked, and he's regarded as a scholar on matters of international law. That being sai...

Hello everyone, I haven't posted in a while as I've been very busy and I don't think I've posted on one of Panther's threads before. As we've all read many times before, torture is a very poor tool to extract information as people will tell you anything you want to hear to get the torture to stop. I...

Dana, it may also be that doing the stepping allowed you to burn some adrenaline off from "nerves" while at the same time providing all the physically and psychological grounding you describe. I find I can get the relaxation response from the postural and breathing that Sanchin teaches, wh...

There is much written on the benefits of the Sanchin stance and the stepping in terms of centering, sinking the breath, moving with one's centre, the tan tien, rooting, etc. "What does the crescent motion accomplish?" The crescent movement has a lot of application and is worthy of intense ...

Now that's a toy

The question now is, who would win, Darth Tater or Mr. Potato Head, or Mrs. Potato Head?

The circular movements are a gold mine of technique and have very practical applications for blocking, re-directing, striking, kyusho, chi-na, including chokes. Yes, the Wa-uke can and is performed as a continuous motion/movement but consider also all the movements, whether seen as re-directing or b...

Terri is not on life support. She is living, breathing, digesting on her own. Her "life" functions are intact. She only requires feeding. Her family has pledged to attend to this. There is testimony that as recently as 8 days ago she was attempting cognitive communication. Yes, she is bio...

Sometimes the only way the law gets written or changed is by moving it outside of the arena of the individual and the family or friends..... Yes, but that is unavoidable. I suppose it's an inherent irony that lawmakers create statutes that enshrine in law the rights of individuals and/or families a...

Dana said, Unfortunatley the answer will almost always come back "it depends." Yes, it does. I'm comfortable with these decisions being made by the individual/family level and we're all familiar with how treatment decisions/wishes can be expressed in advance. It's imperative that state law...

You protest the absoluteness of her vegetative state and yet you also say that she is completely aware of, cognitive, of all the changes/horrors/pain/suffering she is going through without ability to decide or communicate. You have an emotional plea but it seems unsubstantive with exception your in...

Mary said, [quote]This tears at me on a few levels - I can't imagine the pain that all parties involved in this are going through....to be the person in that position, to be the person responsible to make the decision that enough is enough....to be the person who fights that decision./quote] It is i...

I'm scarfing down lunch before going to my next client so I don't have the time to give a lengthier response (probably a good thing :lol: ). Bill, fine words, well thought out, speaks much to my own thinking and points us in the direction of what our priorities should be. Mary, I have a living will,...