Pluto's only a planet because it was found too soon. Today it would probably be classified as a Kupier Belt object.
I don't care. Possession is nine-tenths of the law. (Hmph.)
I agree, Katie. It beat them out, fair and square. It should get to be the exception that proves the rule, or something.
Also? The Brontosaurus clearly won the popularity/P.R. sweeps. They made burgers out of them on the Flintstones. If we don't give them up, they don't go away. Just ask the English system of weights and measures.
I don't think it will be a new planet. Sounds like it's destined to be classified as a large Kupier belt object.
Damn. If you can't depend on a Tyrannosaurus Rex to stand in a consistent manner, what
can
you depend on?
eta: inconsistent Tyrannosaurus Rex posture angst x-post.
An argument against poor treatment of prisoners of war:
My father-in-law used to tell the story of his capture by Germans in 1944. He was wounded in the leg, and found by a German officer. The officer had a son who was a POW in the U.S., who wrote of his good treatment by his U.S. captors. When the officer saw my father-in-law's dogtags identifying him as a Jew, the German pocketed them and did not reveal them to his authorities, probably saving my father-in-law's life. Our reputation for the humane treatment of POWs does matter - my children are living proof of that.
Pluto's only a planet because it was found too soon. Today it would probably be classified as a Kupier Belt object.
I don't care. I used to play checkers with Clyde Tombaugh, and he discovered it, damnit.
He also told really bad puns.
Our reputation for the humane treatment of POWs does matter
I
reel
that people may need actual "but what about it happening to us?" examples to understand that. How is it not obvious?
I reel that people may need actual "but what about it happening to us?" examples to understand that. How is it not obvious?
Yes, but not only that. I want to be humane regardless of whether or not the other guy is. Not a big fan of the become-a-monster so the-monster-doesn't-eat-me strategy.
I mean...look what it did to Cordy.
