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Reply to Rap "Music" in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

I used to think a lot of these things of rap. About a year ago, Rolling Stone did a feature on the greatest artists of all time, including Little Richard. Little Richard was describing all the discrimination his music came up against in his time, and then added that these were all the same things that are being said about hip hop and r 'n' b today. I went back and listened with renewed appreciation to rap/hip hop. "It's not even mus

Reply to Free Sir Peter Maxwell in Blog Communities JoeUser Forums

If Sir Peter will excuse me for attempting to speak for His Eloquentness, I think Sir Peter doesn't want to come back to write his own blog, but occasionally enjoys bestowing a few of his precious moments to comment on our drivel. That's why he's here. Don't expect you to get it drmiler.

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

LW, thankyou for sharing your insightful and personal reflections. Quite a good description of depression I think. I guess depression is different for different people. I remember Neil Finn, Hesto's bandmate, saying how he writes his best stuff when he's just coming out of a big depression patch but not yet in a manic phase. I agree that for many depressives, even telling them they are loved won't help, but for many it does too. Better yet is letting t

Reply to Free Sir Peter Maxwell in Blog Communities JoeUser Forums

Sorry, but this site is not a democracy but a dictatorship. There is no need to have the fairness you say should be allowed. This is Brad's site and what he says goes! Period! So do not expect it to happen. Flip. Flop. Yeah it is, but then, popular posts where everyone fawns over a banned blogger seem t

Reply to Being Taught Evolution??? Sue!!! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I haven't read all the comments here, but I get really annoyed how JUsers can turn ANYTHING into a Left Vs Right battle. I'm clearly of the loony left, and a future teacher, but I don't intend to mock creationist beliefs. In fact I recently had a big fight with a prac teacher because she wanted me to tell the kids that an aboriginal creation story had "been made up". That is terrible, and I wouldn't say it about an aboriginal creation story or a Christ

Reply to Common Sense in Misc JoeUser Forums

I hate to say it but "the system" somewhat encourages it because it encourages selfishness.

Reply to He did it again in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

I love it!!! Last year I tried buying a whole lot of post-easter choccy and melting it in the microwave in the hope of getting thicker chocolate that I could shape into the shape of a block. Really really didn't work. Made the chocoalte taste bad and the shaping went reall bizarre. I just got a large deformed lump, like a lung cancer.

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

Thanks treens. I personally don't think he decided he would do it before he headed out. These sorts of thoughts can spiral out of control on a walk through a city in the night. can you please direct me to the other forum you mention?

Reply to Rest in Peace Paul Hester in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Oh wow. I can't stop crying. I've been reading the frenz.com forum. Crowdies have been a huge part of my life. It's strange to be crying over someone I never knew or was even in the same room as, but Hesto was such a likeable person. Not arrogant, yet so silly. Hesto was a wacky performer. Full of camp energy and silly humour, he livened up the stage and was like everyone’s silly older brother. As someone who completely obsessed over his music for many

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

“ It's all sweetness and lightness that you bring and a room full of people fall to your infinite charm but when darkness should quickly descend you go quietly, my miserable friend to the depths of despair you will crawl black and white boy ” The drummer out of my favourite band, Crowded House has committed suicide. The Crowdies were res

Reply to The Sydney Riots are part of the Class War in Current Events JoeUser Forums

PB, firstly, I'm glad you see no problem with the idea that we are able to disagree on some things on agree on others. I expect my readers to consider every issue on its merits. However, I remember once that an ex of mine spread all sorts of rumours about me that were rather disparaging, based on half truths and which fitted with certain actions of mine at the time. These actions made perfect sense to people who knew the full story of what was going on

Reply to The Sydney Riots are part of the Class War in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I never said Munro didn't have bad things in his life. We've all had our trials and tribulations and I had heard about Munro's family. This to me does not equate with the culture of MF.

Reply to Time to set LW free! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Yes it's benign, that's why I like it. I and LW weren't actually saying that it being a dictatorship was a bad thing. Brad has a right to do what he wants with his possession. After all, it's free. "since there are more assenting voices than dissenting ones" This is not a democracy therefore majority or minority is irrelevant.

Reply to Time to set LW free! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

"She gave you exactly what you gave her!" Actually I don't think she's ever expressly directed her hatred at me personally because I mainly steer clear of her. It's too negative an experience for me when I talk to her. "Okay, I will think about it." Well look I'm glad Draginol is thinking about it and reviewing the situation and I don't want to tell him what to do, but I personally would like to see Sir Peter Maxwell back to

Reply to The Sydney Riots are part of the Class War in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Now here's a sentence I never thought I'd say: Thanks piers for agreeing with me. I presume you didn't name yourself after Piers Akermann.

Reply to Spreading Democracy is a bad thing....how, exactly? in Politics JoeUser Forums

You are right that tribalism is often portrayed idealistically, when it was certainly not that. However the subsequent colonialism was also anything but idealistic, and it did cause many of the problems in those places. It has worked better in some places than others. In New Caledonia, it was a lot less obtrusive and so has caused fewer problems. For the same reasons independence would be an easier step for them than African nations. In Australia, some

Reply to Why Homo's Will Never Be Right in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

"What CS fails to point out is that he's just repeating the same thing I said, only with more insults Reiki." I read Reiki's blog, then I posted, then I read the forum and saw we were on the same wavelength. Congratulations on having such a thought. "So tell me grade 3 mentality person: how does the developing fetus know what the earth's population number is in order to know whether to turn homo?" No one ever suggested

Reply to Here is your chance, fire away in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I just think you're a major hypocrite. You accuse "The Left" of arrogance, inability to change their mind etc. but you go and do all the same things yourself. You seem unable to tell that you are just as bad as the people you criticise. I have seen many people on the Left do all the things you say they do. But I've seen no fewer people on the Right do it, yourself included. (Again I point out that this label "moderate" you have applied to yourself is a

The Sydney Riots are part of the Class War in Current Events JoeUser Forums

A little over a week ago, 60 Minutes featured a story about recent riots in some of the working class suburbs of Sydney. Ever-insightful reporter, Mike Munro stayed 3 nights in the area to do the report and his crew was attacked during that time. He showed some aspects of life in these suburbs and talked to some of the kids who have been involved in violence there. Wh

Reply to How fast are You? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

64 words a minute. Two finger typing.

Reply to Heterosexuality: a cancer. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I love it PB. An excellent article. I hope you pissed a few people off and perhaps made a few more rational people realise the folly of their thinking.

Reply to Time to set LW free! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

As LW herself has said, this is not a democracy, it is a dictatorship. She broke the rules and now she has to take what the "dictator", who she says she likes, decrees. She knew the rules, and she gave us nothing but hate and disrespect. She has the option of logging on as an anonymous user a la Peter maxwell if she is keen.

Reply to Should the USA invade Sudan? in Politics JoeUser Forums

"Saddam killed his own people also. I love the leftist thought. We shouldn't invade Iraq, but lets invade Sudan." Can I suggest that for once you stop thinking about scoring points against "the Left" and start considering the genocide of a few million people. I have explained my position on Iraq. There are people who were more opposed to it than I was, and you may well be able to accuse them of hypocrisy. I opposed the Iraq War because I

Reply to QUESTIONS CERTAIN JUSERS COULDNT ANSWER in Misc JoeUser Forums

Hang on, but you believe God can come from nothing so obviously you do believe something can come from nothing.

Reply to Should the USA invade Sudan? in Politics JoeUser Forums

This, by the way is what I sent Mr Bush. It is not the original words of the petition, but my own words. Dear President Bush: You have recently demonstrated your intense desire to bring peace and freedom to the world through your intervention in Iraq. Although this was met with controversy, there can be no doubting that similar intervention is required immediately in Darfur. I urge you as President of the United States of Ame