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kdogg36
Posted on: The Wives of Gay Men
January 23, 2013 at 1:19 PM老年人，没有生育能力的人呢？如果这些人能“结婚”然后你的原则不行。
美国最高法院早就已经判定了，连无期徒刑下的犯人（虽然没有生育的权利）都有结婚的权利，因为结婚是“基础权利”。
其实我不同意，我觉得政府不应该和结婚有关。我支持结婚人，单身人之间的平等。结婚人不应该受到特别的权利。然后问题不太thorny。
Posted on: The Wives of Gay Men
January 23, 2013 at 12:52 PM看第一个句子以后，我以为你会这么说：如果中国社会重视生育，为什么有计划生育政策？
其实“文化”，“社会”不用鼓励生育，大多数的人是异性恋者，自然的活动引起生育。
对了，在美国有些反对结婚平等的人说，同志已经持有平等的权利，男的同性恋者还有和女人结婚的权利。当然这种意见很笨，无论在美国还是中国。
Posted on: 美国校园枪击案
January 11, 2013 at 5:57 PM我有一个小问题，关于下面的扩充句子：
我们公司才刚站稳脚跟，上市对于我们来说还为时过早。
CPod提供的翻译就是：
Until our company establishes a foothold in the market, it's still too early to talk about going public.
我认为这个翻译更好：
Our company only now has just established a foothold; it's still too early to talk about going public.
大家觉得怎么样？
Posted on: 美国校园枪击案
January 10, 2013 at 8:50 PM其实我受到了一件email，从1月1号起有这个新的功能:
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Starting January 1st, we are introducing a new feedback feature on our website, and would love to have all of our poddies come test this out! For the month of January, all newly published academic lessons will have a new tab on the lesson page, labeled “task”.
What is the “Task” feature?
-The task tab allows Premium users to upload a Word, MP3, or MP4 assignment based on the instructions given.
- Once uploaded, this assignment will be reviewed by our ChinesePod teachers, who will then give corrections and feedback to the user.
- Users also have the ability to “share” their work with other users for peer review.
During the testing phase of this feature, free feedback will be given to Premium users during the month of January. We are eager for you to try out this new exciting learning tool and we hope that the new "Task" tab can improve your poddie experience!
Posted on: 美国校园枪击案
January 10, 2013 at 12:06 PMfloalvarez, this is something I want to get into as well. But I've actually never tried to transcribe an advanced/media lesson, so I think I should do a trial run on my own before taking the plunge. To be honest, I've relied on your transcription on one or two occasions myself. :)
Posted on: 美国校园枪击案
January 9, 2013 at 5:17 PMWell, I certainly don't appeal to old documents as the source of rights. You're correct in surmising that I think of "rights" as an expansive concept independent of what governments have to say about it. Other than that, I'm happy to let you have the last word on the matter. :)
Posted on: 美国校园枪击案
January 9, 2013 at 4:15 PMI think you're probably right about the Chinese grammar points, but maybe an expert will chime in!
It seems like the focus has shifted between guns in the hands of citizens and guns in the hands of the government. You know my thoughts on the latter; as to the former, I'm a libertarian (to put it mildly), so it won't surprise you to learn that I don't support any laws against guns short of using them to harm innocent people or steal their property. People who manufacture, sell, and possess guns are not harming you or me, and so it is not our right to use government force to harm them. I do not regard as valid arguments to the effect that the behavior of the very worst people should be used as a basis for curtailing the rights of other people.
Posted on: 美国校园枪击案
January 9, 2013 at 3:40 PMThanks for setting the English precedent - it's a lot quicker for me too!
I'll try not to belabor anything, but here are 3 quick responses:
(1) Of course I wouldn't go out shooting prostitutes, and for exactly the reason you give: I don't want to cause harm for others. I agree that, for the vast majority of people, the threat of government force is not needed to keep us from killing and stealing.
(2) That leaves my data point about paying taxes to fund the murder of children with assassination drones (and other atrocities). I wouldn't pay those taxes unless I knew someone would eventually point a gun at me if I refused. Adding (1) and (2) together, we can conclude that, while government guns are not so crucial in preventing crime, they are absolutely crucial in enabling the State to commit its own crimes.
(3) I think 折射 is basically a physics term meaning "to refract," but can (perversely!) also mean "to reflect" in the figurative sense ("to reflect one's views").
Posted on: 美国校园枪击案
January 9, 2013 at 2:19 PMGrambers, 枪支就是政府权力的基础。没有枪支，政府一点儿都没有控制我们的办法。每一条法律都包括要命的威胁：“你不这样做的话，我们就用枪支杀你了”。这是字面上的实话。譬如：美国政府把我赚的钱来进行“抗毒品战争”，拷问在关塔纳摩的囚徒，用无人的飞机来杀害小孩子*. 政府没任何枪，我就不愿意付钱为了进行这些暴行。
*这篇文章很折射自己的看法：
www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bs-ed-drones-children-20121227,0,6344388.story
Posted on: The Wives of Gay Men
January 25, 2013 at 1:29 PMfloalvarez: "Why so much fuss about being called a marriage like the heterosexual?"
I would turn that question back to you. What does it matter to you or anyone else? Why bother creating a new legal framework to accommodate same-sex couples when one already exists?