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Does anyone know about the Silver Dollar Group's history and how it affected the civil rights movement? 108.0.244.168 ( talk) 01:36, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
A violent wing of the
Klu Klux Klan thought to be responsible for multiple unsolved racial killings. The identifying marker was a
silver dollar minted in the year of the individual’s birth.
Google is your friend!
[1],
[2],
[3].
DOR (HK) (
talk)
08:57, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
Where can I find an online English translation of Gaspar de Carvajal's Relación? I've found many Spanish documents, but I unfortunately don't know Spanish. -- Bowlhover ( talk) 06:41, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
I had just visited Carnegie-Mellon University for a few days. I found there are seldom any visible surveillance cams though there are notices like "This area may be monitored by closed-circuit camera". I wonder:
Do you need to get any grant before you set a cam?
Is it legal to set up covert surveillance cams? -- Agiongpg ( talk · contribs) 14:20, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
This is a clear legal advice question, and some of the responses here are prime examples of why we have this rule in the first place. Shadowjams ( talk) 05:30, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
I have a question the usage of diapers. I am aware that this is an odd topic but I hope I can find an answer. My question is: Are diaper age people (usually age 0-3) aware when they have soiled/wet their diapers? Can their own nasal capacities detect that their diaper is full? -- I Need Answers Please. ( talk) 17:30, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
Are there Telugu and Kannada-speaking Muslims in India like Malayalam and Tamil-speaking Muslims in India? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.154.246 ( talk • contribs)
Ethics is very wide subject matter, and there are so may ways to discuss it as it encompasses a number of fields like psychology, political philosophy, and cultural studies. But the most interesting topics in ethics are metaethics and prescriptive ethics. Metaethics is heavily focused on semantics, proving whether ethical terms are truth apt or not. Base on my readings, political philosophy tends to discuss ethics in a normative fashion. There is little or no significant connection between semantic metaethics and political philosophy. I mean political philosophy does not care much about the semantic nature and the truth aptness of ethical terms. They are more concerned on the utility and the pragmatic effects of their moral prescriptions. Given that, what are the general comments of some political philosophers, preferably the modern ones, about their lack of interest in semantic metaethics? And, are there any moral or political philosophers who criticize the semantic treatment of metaethics and ethics as a whole? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joshua Atienza ( talk • contribs)
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I was wondering what the psycological effects would be if:
What would be the mental health consequences? -- Ańotede ( talk) 20:28, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
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A friend of mine was wondering what the psychological effects are when:
What would be the mental health consequences? Are there sources about it?
OsmanRF34 ( talk) 23:35, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
Natan Sharansky writes about this. IIRC, he was in solitary for a considerable period. He'd been a chess prodigy as a child and he passed the time playing chess against himself in his head. -- Dweller ( talk) 09:09, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
The discussion up above, "Question about Male Primogeniture and The Act of Settlement 1701", made me wonder — how do the Commonwealth Realms address the matter of posthumous births, and how has it been addressed in the past for England/the UK? Neither Succession to the Crown Act 2013 nor Succession to the British throne mentions it, and while a couple of English kings appear in the list at posthumous birth, both of them obtained the crown by overthrowing their predecessors, rather than by inheriting it from their fathers. What I'm reading in the posthumous birth article is largely aimed at normal inheritance and at crowns that are actually significant (i.e. not figurehead constitutional monarchs), and I don't imagine the pattern of Shapur II being repeated if Prince Charles, Prince William, and Queen Elizabeth were all to die tomorrow. Nyttend ( talk) 23:54, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
In cases of both John I of France and Alphonse XIII of Spain, the throne was left vacant until the kings were born. What little precedence there is indicates that the same would not be done in Commonwealth realms because vacancy is apparently avoided at all costs. When Victoria succeeded William IV of the United Kingdom, she was proclaimed sovereign but "Saving the Rights of any Issue of His late Majesty King William the Fourth which may be born of His late Majesty's Consort". Essentially, that meant that Victoria's reign would have come to an end had her aunt given birth to her dead uncle's child, and as soon as that child was born. Of course, it was not considered likely that such a child would be born, but I still believe that, if such a situation were to take place in the next few days, there would be a Henry IX for a short while, and that his reign would end upon the birth of his niece or nephew. Surtsicna ( talk) 20:55, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
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Does anyone know about the Silver Dollar Group's history and how it affected the civil rights movement? 108.0.244.168 ( talk) 01:36, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
A violent wing of the
Klu Klux Klan thought to be responsible for multiple unsolved racial killings. The identifying marker was a
silver dollar minted in the year of the individual’s birth.
Google is your friend!
[1],
[2],
[3].
DOR (HK) (
talk)
08:57, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
Where can I find an online English translation of Gaspar de Carvajal's Relación? I've found many Spanish documents, but I unfortunately don't know Spanish. -- Bowlhover ( talk) 06:41, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
I had just visited Carnegie-Mellon University for a few days. I found there are seldom any visible surveillance cams though there are notices like "This area may be monitored by closed-circuit camera". I wonder:
Do you need to get any grant before you set a cam?
Is it legal to set up covert surveillance cams? -- Agiongpg ( talk · contribs) 14:20, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
This is a clear legal advice question, and some of the responses here are prime examples of why we have this rule in the first place. Shadowjams ( talk) 05:30, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
I have a question the usage of diapers. I am aware that this is an odd topic but I hope I can find an answer. My question is: Are diaper age people (usually age 0-3) aware when they have soiled/wet their diapers? Can their own nasal capacities detect that their diaper is full? -- I Need Answers Please. ( talk) 17:30, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
Are there Telugu and Kannada-speaking Muslims in India like Malayalam and Tamil-speaking Muslims in India? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.154.246 ( talk • contribs)
Ethics is very wide subject matter, and there are so may ways to discuss it as it encompasses a number of fields like psychology, political philosophy, and cultural studies. But the most interesting topics in ethics are metaethics and prescriptive ethics. Metaethics is heavily focused on semantics, proving whether ethical terms are truth apt or not. Base on my readings, political philosophy tends to discuss ethics in a normative fashion. There is little or no significant connection between semantic metaethics and political philosophy. I mean political philosophy does not care much about the semantic nature and the truth aptness of ethical terms. They are more concerned on the utility and the pragmatic effects of their moral prescriptions. Given that, what are the general comments of some political philosophers, preferably the modern ones, about their lack of interest in semantic metaethics? And, are there any moral or political philosophers who criticize the semantic treatment of metaethics and ethics as a whole? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joshua Atienza ( talk • contribs)
We don't answer requests for opinions, predictions or debate |
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The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it. |
I was wondering what the psycological effects would be if:
What would be the mental health consequences? -- Ańotede ( talk) 20:28, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
|
A friend of mine was wondering what the psychological effects are when:
What would be the mental health consequences? Are there sources about it?
OsmanRF34 ( talk) 23:35, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
Natan Sharansky writes about this. IIRC, he was in solitary for a considerable period. He'd been a chess prodigy as a child and he passed the time playing chess against himself in his head. -- Dweller ( talk) 09:09, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
The discussion up above, "Question about Male Primogeniture and The Act of Settlement 1701", made me wonder — how do the Commonwealth Realms address the matter of posthumous births, and how has it been addressed in the past for England/the UK? Neither Succession to the Crown Act 2013 nor Succession to the British throne mentions it, and while a couple of English kings appear in the list at posthumous birth, both of them obtained the crown by overthrowing their predecessors, rather than by inheriting it from their fathers. What I'm reading in the posthumous birth article is largely aimed at normal inheritance and at crowns that are actually significant (i.e. not figurehead constitutional monarchs), and I don't imagine the pattern of Shapur II being repeated if Prince Charles, Prince William, and Queen Elizabeth were all to die tomorrow. Nyttend ( talk) 23:54, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
In cases of both John I of France and Alphonse XIII of Spain, the throne was left vacant until the kings were born. What little precedence there is indicates that the same would not be done in Commonwealth realms because vacancy is apparently avoided at all costs. When Victoria succeeded William IV of the United Kingdom, she was proclaimed sovereign but "Saving the Rights of any Issue of His late Majesty King William the Fourth which may be born of His late Majesty's Consort". Essentially, that meant that Victoria's reign would have come to an end had her aunt given birth to her dead uncle's child, and as soon as that child was born. Of course, it was not considered likely that such a child would be born, but I still believe that, if such a situation were to take place in the next few days, there would be a Henry IX for a short while, and that his reign would end upon the birth of his niece or nephew. Surtsicna ( talk) 20:55, 9 July 2013 (UTC)