OK Ian:

As you discussed in your initial post, the potential for deterring other like crimes by other individuals is frequently mentioned in arguments supporting the death penalty. Although prison should likewise serve as a deterrent to crime, I think the assumption is that a looming death penalty ...

The above is probably a very lucid and insightful treatise on the classical and modern roots of libertarianism, but I'm at work and don't have time to read it thoroughly.

I did pick up a couple things:
Re: hospitals turning away patients:
1986's COBRA contained the EMTALA law (Emergency Medical ...

The don't-ask, don't tell policy is unacceptable.

The policy really is self-contradictory; "don't-ask" asserts that the military has no interest in knowing the sexual orientation of its servicepeople. It is an acknowlegment that this particular aspect of a person, immutable or not, has no bearing ...

That's easy:

an over-zealous prosecutor would fight to charge the NY gang with committing a hate crime against the woman's gender! See?: if you think about it the right way, everything can qualify under hate-crimes legislation.

I will be moving to the Summit County area of Colorado (about 90 minutes west of Denver on I-70) in mid-june, and would like to continue to study/train.

Does anyone know of any Uechi practicioners in that area?

Thanks for the help,
Lee Herndon