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Reply to Medicare in Politics JoeUser Forums

Hopefully most of them voted Liberal anyway. After all, who didn't? Apart from me of course.

Reply to You stupid vegans! in Health & Medicine JoeUser Forums

"Cut off the tail, cut off the Nose, and slap it on a bun." OK Look, I haven't, and no other vegetarians on this post have preached to you about why you shouldn't eat meat, so I find it really offensive when you start delighting in the killing of animals. I know it's a public forum but it seems to me that you are not being any better than the vegetarians who get up on their soapbox. "Many vegans use it as a soapbox issue." S

Reply to Ok, So You're a Satanist? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I scored as Hinduism (75%), which didn't surprise me, though like Toblerone, I make up my own rules as I go along and actuially know very little about Hinduism. But what did interest me was I'm 71% Islamic, and I'm equally a Pagan. I'm also surprised that I'm only 58% Buddhist. Quite frankly I don't much like the idea of Hinduism's hierarchical structure, but I haven't heard a thing yet about Buddhism that I don't like. But tests that try to q

Reply to You stupid vegans! in Health & Medicine JoeUser Forums

When I first turned lacto-ovo vegetarian, I was very annoying, constantly trying to force my opinions on everyone else and it just made people want to eat meat even more because I was being rude. For some reason though, ever since I stopped, I have found no shortage of meat eaters who, the moment you tell them "I'm a vegetarian", want to launch into a list of reasons I shouldn't be. I don't do this every time someone tells me "I'm a Christian". It is e

Reply to "I started a blog, and got the whole world talking" in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I'm not sure that this is really a gender bias issue so much as just a general problem with our justice system, one that I'm not sure we can rectify. The courts have to make a decision about these things based on what you say in court, rather than seeing how you actually parent your children. "have you ever written a dialogue that states both sides?)" Sorry to nitpick, but I think you mean monologue <img src="http://images.stardock.c

Reply to Glad I'm Not a Rich Girl in Misc JoeUser Forums

A great pooint made very humorously

Reply to Tiger Wins Masters, Rebuke from CAGW in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Hang on, this is an education centre we're talking about. Why does Tiger Woods have to start paying the nation's education bills other than through increased taxes for the rich maybe? If Tiger decides to put his name to a cause to help promote it, that doesn't mean he has to fund it too. It'd be nice, but you'll never get any celebs helping out in any way if you do that. No, I think this is a Government responsibility, to fund education.

Reply to A Plan to Put More Americans to Work in Current Events JoeUser Forums

As long as the people are capable of doing the work (skill wise and disbality wise), it sounds like an excellent idea.

Reply to My kingdom for a camera? in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

teehee

Reply to There be ye treasure, me hearties! in Dating JoeUser Forums

Wow you're back. Who is this she? Is that link to a blog you've been maintaining for a while elsewhere? Shall I change the link in my sidebar?

Reply to Which is the Better Gender? in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

Well Toblerone, you are on crazy pills, but if I disagreed with you in the past, I have obviously changed my mind (possibly after having seen footage of the old era). Either that or you said it when Rafter was Number 1 and I consider him the one exception.

Reply to What would your pope name be? in Misc JoeUser Forums

Pope Ular Guy

Reply to The Selfishness of Suicide & Why Creativity Kills in Health & Medicine JoeUser Forums

Thanks Theo and rhys. Yes I didn't see Rockwiz, but I tried to describe the moment where he turns around and says "Don't look back" at the end to my Mum the other night and I started breaking up again.

Reply to It's not the thought that counts... in Humor JoeUser Forums

"and I agree...less gay looking, hehe)." That's just the photo I assure you. "I am surprised the girl didn't go for you too. " Of course this could have something to do with Toblerone's taste for drugged up sluts. Alright, well just that girl but anyway. "complement from her." That's compliment with an I. Please don't undo all the literacy work I will be doing when I send them onto you, you ingoramus science

Reply to US and France's part in Poverty & War in International JoeUser Forums

Dr Guy, I suppose that's a possibility and I don't think either of us can really know which is the truth. Probably a bit of both in there, (a chicken and the egg question?) but I have to say that I think that the fact this guy lived there gives him some authority. Either way it's a sad situation and I don't think the fact that someone else would have provided the weapons gives the US an excuse to do it. Sometimes you have to take a stand (like how I do

Reply to Afghan Refugee Queue-Jumper in Politics JoeUser Forums

Thakyou Dr Guy, Xiozan and Tobler for the positive feedback. FishHead, welcome back. "If you boot his butt back home, you are heartless and cruel. If you let him stay, then you have to open the floodgates." Well I wouldn't exactly see it that way. The floodgates are still open. Around 98% of people detained in Australia's refugee camps are eventually released into the community with refugee status of some nature (like Chaman and Ghoe

US and France's part in Poverty & War in International JoeUser Forums

The other night I spent several hours chatting with 4 refugees. 3 are Afghanistani, 1 is from Eritrea. I would like to tell you about some of the interesting things I remember that these 4 very nice, gentle men told me about their life experiences. US and France’s part in poverty and war Ghoebre came from Eritrea which is in Africa. An Aust

Reply to The Pursuit of Happiness Isn't Just A Canadian Band in Misc JoeUser Forums

Dynamaso, pursuing happiness in the way you do is as valid an idea as any, and we all make our own choices in life. But I can understand why the priest would say this. The purpose of a Christian life is to live for God, not for oneself. You must be prepared to do whatever it is that God wants you to do if you are a Christian. This means surrendering yourself to your spiritual side and placing all your trust in a being you've never met. Fortun

Reply to This is a test some Joe Users really need to take! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Apparently I'm an English genius!!! Woohoo!!! I M so smart, s-m-r-t. You scored 92% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 100% Expert!

Reply to Multiple Personalities at JU in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Personally I've always found the anonymity of blogging one of the most fascinating things about blogging. Rather than being constricted by the things you have to pretend to be in real life, you can be honest about what you really think about an issue. That's why I don't allow my friends to use my real name on my blog. That and I don't want people to know anything about me, lest they start assuming that I have a particular opinion only because of who I

Reply to My view on blogging in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Make no mistake, blogging is evil and addictive. It will take time away from many more worthwhile pursuits and will launch you into a thousand pointless and extremely heated arguments with people who are never going to see your point of view. You will be attacked viciously for almost anything you say. Get out while you can! On the bright side it's a revolution for participaory democracy. Welcome and have fun!

Reply to Music Review: Crowded House "Don't Dream It's Over" in Music JoeUser Forums

Firstly, RIP Paul Hester, I can't say it enough. There are often conflicting stories about the Crowdies, as I have realised from my formerly obsessive reading about them. The story I read was that Neil and Sharon had a fight, the family was getting involved, he shut himself away with the keyboards and wrote DDIO in about half an hour. I'ts an interesting reading Dusk. I always saw the 2nd verse as disconnected from the est of the stor

Reply to Afghan Refugee Queue-Jumper in Politics JoeUser Forums

Thanks scatter. If I get any email contact I'll see what I can do. Dr Guy, thanks for the clarification. Ghoebre did take us through that little historical point, but I was trying to put it in a way that wasn't going to get bogged down in a lengthy political explanation of the constant moving of borders and the relations between "countries".

Afghan Refugee Queue-Jumper in Politics JoeUser Forums

The other night I spent several hours chatting with 4 refugees. 3 are Afghanistani, 1 is from Eritrea (sort of part of Sudan but not). I would like to tell you about some of the interesting things I remember that these 4 very nice, gentle men told me about their life experiences. Chaman had spent 3 years in a refugee detention centre, enduring 45 degree Cels

Reply to Are You Obese? Then you can't teach!!! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

As a future teacher I must say I disagree with Sugar High and Para. I think teachers should remain underpaid. Believe it or not this is not me being ironic as usual. I have seen a lot of older women teachers who have no enthusiasm for their jobs. They got into the job back when teaching was a well-paid job for women, one of the best. Keeping low pay means you get people who want to do the job for the sake of the job. Phil, in Australia, we hav