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I'm pretty sure that you can change it once you've received a uai though.

Why put down Medicine as top 2 when it's got nothing to do with law???

"bshoc" as I understand you're not religious in the lay-person's sense of the term... but you consider birth a "miracle"? That's a bit inconsistent don't you think?

The "land" requirement that you are referring to means common land of origin rather than current land. That is, if you are of Icelandic descent and actively identify yourself as "icelandic" for the purpose of ethnicity, for example, the "nation" to which you belong is Iceland rather than...

That would be a "nation-state" rather than a "nation" and would depend on an additional criteria in relation to governance. I don't see how that definition applies given the experience of Nationalism leading up to the First World War. Even still one could argue that the "common economy" criteria...

I don't think the existance of "Jewish nation" per se can be disputed. Of course Jews are not only a religious group but also an ethnic one with common values and identity. What's in dispute is whether that nation has a conspiracy to control the world. I'm inclined to believe that they do not...

Obviously it refers to the nation of Israel (i.e. Jews) rather than the state of Israel. The idea that a tiny country controls the world is simply absurd, though the idea that a group of people (identifying with the Israeli "nation") which exist all around the world is less so.

I don't find that Anti-Semitic. Even if it is true there has to be a further assumption that controlling the whole world is inherently evil. Anti-semitism manifests when one believes that typical Jewish characteristics and realities (e.g. good with money, control of financial institutions...

Everyone is irrational to a degree in each decision and attitude that they adopt. I reckon deep down, every human being is racist to a degree. Some are better at hiding their attitude than others.

That is fair enough in an ideal world but in reality I think it works like this. Are you a proud enough Jew to risk discrimination by identifying yourself as Jewish? There has got to be some sort of trade off with any symbol identifying a person with a particular group - for example if you dress...

I don't think the idea of lawyers as therapists is meant to be literal. It's just the notion that lawyers should engage with clients on a more personal and empathetic basis - which ideally should apply for any profession that involves dealing with people. No-one advocates that lawyers should...

Very true. Events like Cronulla Riots are actually few of the highlights of Australia's very boring history.

That's because the Daily Telegraph is firstly a tabloid (not to be entirely trusted), and secondly owned by Rupert Murdoch, who is Jewish through maternal ancestry. The article is obviously biased.

That depends on the historical context. Nowadays we see religion and ethnicity as distinct and relatively independant things but I'd imagine that people are more assumed to be "born" into a religion in ancient times.

Communist revolutions tend to be more sporadic rather than systematic in their persecution of the bourgeois and aristocratic classes, if you're looking at the examples of CCCP and PRC, and there are no real "exterminations" going on either simply persecutions. Genocide doesn't simply mean that...

I think it's pretty disgusting and typical of the tabloid to use the suicide of an 11year old in a sensationalist manner and/or as advertisment for Big Brother. If you think about it the headline is subconsciously saying "Big Brother, the show you'd die for". It also suggests that the readers of...

USyd of course... :cool:

You mean we should take away incentive to purchase fuel efficient vehicles in times of high petrol prices? :confused:

Nah they just want to deny Wenger transfer money.

In reality people don't have black and white attitudes on these issues. There are grey areas between a totally inanimate object and a child. Of course when it comes up to lawmakers it has to be decided in black and white. There has to be an exact time when an embryo or fetus is legally deemed as...