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    Does anybody know why Jimmy Lee Dykes had never been committed for psychiatric evaluation?

    It was obvious that he had been dangerous and threatening, and irrational for quite a while. He should have been taken to a psychiatric hospital long before he murdered a school bus driver and kidnapped a 5-year-old boy.. You make some excellent points. But in most places it would be illegal...
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    Do most Egyptians value their native wildlife?

    The ibis is something I always associate with Egypt; also the crocodile, the vulture and eagle; water birds like flamingos and herons; gazelles, gerbils [?] and the wild cat that may be the ancestor of Egypt's famous domestic cats. Can a visitor see any of these animals in the wild?
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    What is a word that means "a worshiper of Nature" or "a worshiper of the Wild"?

    LOL Something more intellectual and taxonomical than "hippie" or "tree hugger." I might have said "Naturist," but that has a different meaning, as you will find if you look it up. King -- better; and Pagan might work, but Paganism tends to be associated also with magical charms rather than a...
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    Why do the media keep calling the ouster of Honduran President Zelaya a

    "MILITARY COUP?"? Zelaya was removed in accordance with the Honduran Constitution and by order of the Supreme Court, because he persisted in violating the law. The military are not in charge. The new President is head of state, as he should be. The normal order of succession to the Presidency...
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    Why do news media keep calling the event in Honduras a military Coup?

    The government hasn't changed. The military is not running the country. The Congress and Supreme Court determined that Pres. Zelaya was in violation of the law and ordered him to step down. He refused, so the Supreme Court ordered the Military to do their duty. They did. The next in...
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