Stardock Forums[quote]making someone watch the View [/quote] Dude, have you actually watched the View? *shudder* ~Zoo
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Well, it'll get warmer in the mid to high latitudes. That'll be good for us. Low latitudes and folks at sea level will be in a spot of trouble...with the heat waves, the flooding, and the dying. But who cares? We don't live there. ~Zoo
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JoeUser Forums[quote]If teaching them about God and Jesus is what a parent considers information necessary for survival then that's their decision, that does not constitute brainwashing because brainwashing means to force them into believing it as oppose to teaching them and hoping it sticks. Just because someone says "this is what I was raised to believe" does not mean they were brainwashed, it could also mean they chose to stick to those beliefs.[/quote] I'm pretty sure that's exactly what I said
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[quote]That's funny I've always viewed someone that would take a life without good reason a coward. Amazing how some blame the object and not the mind behind it.[/quote] I never stated otherwise, did I? An object can't kill you by itself, unless it falls on you. I don't blame any object for anything except my fucking weedeater when the son of a bitch doesn't want to start or the stupid wall for hitting my damn toe...but that's another matter. [e digicons]:gri
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I honestly don't feel myself particularly impressionable at this age. Children are easily manipulated, but 20 year olds? Eh...may be stretching that a bit. I think once you get towards the end of your teenage years you should be able to think for yourself. People can push all they want, but I don't see how it would really affect someone unless you happen to agree. Ah, but I'm probably having too much faith in people. I do acknowledge the stupidity of a lo
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[quote]I know some nuts who REFUSE to use credit cards[/quote] I don't have one. I use a debit card...which is really the same thing. :P As for retail stores becoming pointless? You'll have to wait until all the old people die first. A good chunk of them don't know about all these new fangled internet stores and stuff. ~Zoo
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[quote]so you think the color of your skin is the same as having sex with the same gender? You equate the two as equal? [/quote] Well, they're both probably genetic factors...so yeah, that's pretty similar. I was focusing more on the bias that people have against them, though. [quote]Do you have children? If not I don't think you could possibly understand what it is to be a parent. If you do, do you educate your children from books? Or do you teach them what you th
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[quote]as we have all been brought up to believe. [/quote] Brainwashing your children is pretty cool, I guess. A lot of people were (and some still are) brought up to believe that racism is a good thing. Doesn't make'em noble by any means. Funny for a nation whose focus is rights and individual freedoms there are so many still hung up on the idea of gay marriage just because some ol' book says a couple things about it. ~Zoo
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I've always viewed guns as a coward's weapon. Just pressing the button on the boom stick is rather easy and...disconnecting. If you're going to kill someone the least you can do is get up close and personal. ...perhaps I'm just being overly philosophical about it. ~Zoo
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There are computer models that offer projections based on different scenarios. I think they're probably somewhere on the IPCC website. I honestly wish politics would leave science the hell alone, though. ~Zoo
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Bento, eh? Itadakimasu! ~Zoo
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Where do we draw the line? Once you open the floodgates to that kind of treatment...it won't stop. We shouldn't allow the government to torture the shit out of people...even if they're sick fucks. Kill them at least, but torturing using the justification that they're our enemy and not Americans is fucked. I get the rationalization for it...I'd probably torture the hell out of somoene who hurt the people around me...but that's because I'm a cold hearted bastard in circu
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[quote]ok, i'm stumped. what do you mean?[/quote] I'm remarking to a higher power that people are indeed very stupid as to sue for the government for something like this. ~Zoo
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[quote]I do however, agree that a tiny change is a huge thing, only half a degree increase of ocean temp is a LOT of energy and results in stronger storms, but do the amount humanity contributes ACCOUNTS of half a degree change yet? show me the math.[/quote] The math isn't exact on what human emissions do to the environment. In fact, there may be many more factors instead of the basic greenhouse gas effect. There are a lot of things to consider when you talk about atmosphe
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[quote]'Fraid Jesus has nothing to do with it. [/quote] Figure of speech and all that. You know in some respects I'm not surprised that people are trying to do this...if there's a way to make money, people will find it. Hell, they sue other people for their own mistakes...*sigh* ~Zoo
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[quote]but since it seemed to be from a trustworthy source, I readily believed it.[/quote] [quote]The Bible clearly states that God set moral laws for His people[/quote] No one sees the irony here? ~Zoo
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[quote]Man has nothing to do with global climate change[/quote] Global warming is indeed a natural phenomenon but that doesn't mean that anthropogenic warming is impossible. Saying "it happened before, so we're not the cause" is crappy logic and bad science. It could be a natural cycle and it could be man-made. No one knows with 100% certainty. ~Zoo
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Jesus, people are so stupid. ~Zoo
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I am so sick of people doing and saying stupid shit. If I had the capital, I'd start my own island nation. ~Zoo
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*sniff* *sniff* I smell Christian persecution complex... ~Zoo
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[quote]This is taking it literally. And even if there are people that don't believe in anything, they usually believe in themselves. If they had any imagination, they could regard it as a trust in themselves.[/quote] I honestly don't think there's anything metaphorical about it. It was based upon Christian ideals and that's what we're stuck with. I don't see how anyone should have to conjur up some other meaning using their imagination. Dollars are measurem
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[quote]It's torture when you don't get sliced bananas in your cornflakes, right? Being coddled in a tropical paradise is the pits[/quote] I was thinking more like razor blading people's genitals. ~Zoo
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[quote]Not to mention what it would cost to replace every bill out there. The idea alone is ludicris and ignorant.[/quote] Probably about the same as it does when they come up with new artwork for the bills like they've been doing recently. You just print the new ones and dispose of the old ones..you phase in new bills. ~Zoo
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[quote]That being said, I think that "In God We Trust" needs to be left alone. It doesn't say Jesus, it doesn't Mother Nature, it doesn't Allah, or Buddha, or Zeus, or Lamborghini, or any other variation of person, place, or thing, that someone could consider their own personal god. My god may not be your god, and vice-versa.[/quote] What if you don't trust in any god whatsoever? You're implying that everyone believes in something. It's also very clearly Christian.&nbs
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[quote]Say what you will about the "cowboy", he may not be as polished as Obama, but he has way more class in this area[/quote] Classy! [quote]You can't deny Moscow's admition is proof there was positive work during the Bush administration.[/quote] Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile. Let's face it, Bush ain't gonna be a shining star in the
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