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Reply to say 'no' to beefcake ! in Humor JoeUser Forums

So what happens when you are both physically "normal" and absolutely devoid of any character whatsoever. Ahhhh, that's right...PITY!!!! I tend to think that there are some "beautiful" people who possess that attribute both within and without. Then there are people who are just plain ugly, whichever way you look at them. Run a line between these two poles and you have it pretty much covered (and if you speak into one end, you have a ma

Reply to Compulsory Voting: A Forum Discussion in Politics JoeUser Forums

It should be a privelege that must be earned. Heinlien had it right that citizenship is a responsibility and a duty that should be earned The ancient Greek and Roman republics had the same idea. Cause of their greatness or ultimate cause of their demise? We are either all of us citizens or some

Reply to Where are the Hot Chicks? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Men and women become objects of sexual desire instead of people. It will be a sad day indeed when we can't be both people and objects of sexual desire. I find nothing wrong with sexual desire and when it does find an object (or subject) i would damn well hope that it's a person. We have la

Reply to Where are the Hot Chicks? in Politics JoeUser Forums

[ Frankly, I believe that "making out" belongs IN THE BEDROOM, regardless of one's sexuality. Sexuality isn't something that people with class display wantonly on the public streets. Most peoples inherent sense of decorum is enough to keep sex acts in the bedroom. But if you think that sexuality <

Reply to Where are the Hot Chicks? in Politics JoeUser Forums

I think it was a well written article. I needed to clarify a couple of points, that's all. I agreed with all of it except for the second last paragraph (not including the qualifier). This is only because i'm quite liberal in my attitudes towards what they should and should not be allowed to show on television. This could have a lot to do with my not having a family of my own, but i am a great believer in television as a medium well suited to e

Reply to Where are the Hot Chicks? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Of course, everyone is all up in arms about and groups are demanding he pull the ad. Aren't regular tv shows restricted in what they can show when it comes to men kissing? Why should a political candidate get special allowances? Here's what I say: The opponent should run an ad of his own showing two (or more) super hot

Reply to Grimm's Fairy Tales in Humor JoeUser Forums

Exactly! And she's four years older than he is. Mostly, I'm regretting all the times I said things to embarass her (talking about our sex life) over the years, cuz now I'm having to hear about theirs! Let's just hope that she didn't learn how to calculate and think-steps-ahead from you. It would be more

American Election Requires Baby Sitter in Politics JoeUser Forums

Jesus H Christ. And I thought I was joking about an international organisation monitoring the American presidential elections , but obviously not. Link It seems that after 12 Democratic House members wrote to Kofi Annan, to ask the UN to monitor the 2004 election after what they deemed

Reply to Compulsory Voting: A Forum Discussion in Politics JoeUser Forums

This is one Australian's view: We are basically forced to inform ourselves, at least in some cursory way. We know we have to vote, and in some small way it gives us an incentive to at least pay attention to the process and its outcome. I will be the first to say that this is not the inevitable result of compulsory voting. I imagine there are a lot of void votes that do not count because some idiot has written "fuck politics" o

It's funny cause it's true in Humor JoeUser Forums

This is an article which i found at Link I think it's an interesting piece of satire and like all satire its effectiveness is directly related to its proximity to the truth. Even though the situation it depicts might not be veracious, it could be. That's the point. It's sad to think that th

Reply to A Noble Suicide in International JoeUser Forums

As for the push for bikes, it sounds nice, but in the American Southwest, as well as many other places, it is highly impractical. I live in an area where a trip to WalMart is a 15 mile round trip, and, without the capacity to carry several gallons of water, could well be a fatal one as well, in 115 degree summer heat.We try to mi

Reply to Revelations of the NYC protesters...... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

first off we went to counter-protest nearly everything they "stand" for....they assembled to show their opinions...we showed ours...sorry but not liking anothers opinions and then assaulting them because of it is something the right is always accused of but never proven.....the left on the otherhand is always said to assemble "pe

Reply to A Noble Suicide in International JoeUser Forums

but it would be most responsible of society to fully know of the properties of certain drugs before legalizing their use. It seems that we're both trying to cross the same river but starting from different shores. I have seen you commenting in little-whips current thread in politics (the monste

Reply to A Noble Suicide in International JoeUser Forums

In response to your answer, Marco, on ecstacy use, I'm right there with you in jest, but in truth, at least someone is gaining something much more tangible from a job, such small things as sustenance, a roof over your head, etc. . Ecstacy, on the other hand can only be used in moderate dosages with little frequency, it is abused

Reply to Revelations of the NYC protesters...... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

what were you protesting again? Were you protesting the protesters? about their right to protest? what exactly? More than anything else i think this fits into that class of acts known as provocation. of course you're allowed to do it, but why would you want to? I'm guessing to prove to yourself something you have long suspected. That large crowds will often turn to violence when encountered with something they don't like, regardless of their p

Reply to When did I stop being a freak? in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Personally, I stopped being a freak the day i realised i never was one. Synonymous with growing up - perhaps. I also quickly realised that in this day and age, when all want their God given right to air time on the Fox network and column space in the New York Times, or at the very least the ear of many friends, the only way to have a voice that is distinct and clear is to remain silent in the moments when verbosity is expected and to

Reply to That'll teach 'em in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Ah, the way it is and the way it used to be. Too many think that growing up should be easy. A life of simple leisure - mobile phones, designer drugs, free music and porn off the net, A.D.D etc. Who the hell do these kids think they are? I remember back in my day....hold on...no i don't Marco XX

Reply to A Noble Suicide in International JoeUser Forums

I believe they should decriminalize all drugs worldwide... that would be better for society While i agree with this statement with qualifications, i cannot agree with the following: <TD class="mb-Body-

Reply to the psychology of terrorism in Current Events JoeUser Forums

as a note: as well as political ideology showing no hesitation in targeting children and the impressionable as recruits for a war of hatred, neither do bombs, missiles, gunships, wayward gunfire, poverty and the political machinations of men (mostly) who are so far removed as to be spared the need for remorse or true understanding. If anything makes recruitment possible, it is this indiscriminate distribution of suffering. Marco

Reply to the psychology of terrorism in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I think sometimes the answer is easy but unknowable, at least to us that grapple with the problem from a distance. I was watching Four Corners and an Iraqi man was telling the reporter how he had lost three sons during the regime of Saddam Hussein. All three had been missing for 18 years and it was only after Iraq's "liberation" that this man found neat records of how all three had been executed along with other members of his family.

A Noble Suicide in International JoeUser Forums

The Greens today announced that their policies would include the decriminalisation of drugs (not all, mostly that happy pill we call “e” and cannabis), an obscure push to get us out of cars and onto bikes, another hazy initiative to get us eating the Green’s beloved vegetables rather than meat, covering gender reassignment under Medicare, and, perhaps most outrageousl

Reply to mother-in-law = pins. in. eyes. in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

and by the way... hi

Reply to mother-in-law = pins. in. eyes. in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Having been a guest in your home, i can safely say that your "habitation adjustments" have not only benefited yourself and your husband, but also anyone who has had the good opportunity of spending anytime within its walls or rambuctious garden. And "home" is its rightful title. Seldom have i been as comfortable (taking in all the multifariousness of that words meaning) and welcomed as the time i spent in your haven. If it is at all possible to

Reply to Flame Wars in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Hey Sally. Like the comet in the article i have been uselessly drifting, study mostly, but usually not even that. Just like some of these...erm..."debates" eh? Nice to hear from you Sal. Marco XX

Reply to "friday five" ... island of lost souls in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

An etcha-sketch - so i could write a novel, erasing each page (and disappointment) as i go. A Latin dictionary that includes grammar instruction - how long could it take to master Latin on a deserted island...i mean...really? A binded folder containing transcripts of each and every Simpsons episode in lieu of a funny person - laughter as a talisman against eventual psychosis Is a dog allowed? If so, a dog - do i really