Originally Posted by
nachtnebel
except that he got his privates touched and publically humiliated, no, no need for any such emotions. Except that these are normal reactions to being publically humiliated and fondled by someone in authority.
He said he's shaking like a leaf. And you just brush it off like you don't give a d*mn. Which you don't.
How many times has this happened? thousands and thousands of times. How many times does this have to happen yet? Yet not once has it found real explosives. Not once.
And yet, at least once, they completely missed five pounds of undisguised, unhidden C4 high explosive, still in it's original wrapper clearly marked "C4 HIGH EXPLOSIVE", when an Army non-com somehow forgot that it was in his bag at Fayettville.
Originally Posted by
RatherBeOnATrain
Do you have any pointers about how to explain the concept of scientific controls without using the word "control"?
Though I am not a scientist, I prefer to use the word "baseline" when discussing control tests; it seems to be easier for the average person to understand the concept when I use that word.