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Reply to The New Korea in Misc Stardock Forums

Haha have you watched your government at all? How are you expecting any good from either side? Also my government is awful too.

Reply to Wisdom of the Past in Misc Stardock Forums

Yeah but spanking your kids didn't equate to an eternity of punishment. As far as jealousy goes I can honestly say there's been only a few circumstances where I have been so jealous as to be wrathful. -A companion student complaining about their life "sucking a big one" because they didn't get the car they wanted for their birthday when they were already 100% supported by their parents and didn't have to work anyway. -When my then-fiance cheated on me. -A time when someone t

Reply to The New Korea in Misc Stardock Forums

Let 'em hit the table. Isolating them obviously didn't work; let them see first hand that North Korea has little real strength in the face of any country with political relevancy. Besides, with the successor to KJI announced, now's the time to (be faking) listening to them. Also, must-watch here. http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/guide-to-north-korea-1-of-3 <

On Death in Misc Stardock Forums

Note: This is a republication of an older writing of mine, from April 30th, 2007. Hasn't been on this site before. This isn't an article for religious debates; please leave that out of this and stay focused on the actual point. Enjoy. When I am dead and gone, those who mourn (under the assumption that there are those who would mourn such a passing at that time) will not mourn the ceasation of my heart beat. Nor the crackling electrical current of neural pathways. N

Reply to Wisdom of the Past in Misc Stardock Forums

So why should god be bothered at all by any of this? So what if people insult him? He's an omnipotent deity; are his feelings that easily hurt? As far as the Assyrians atrocities go, so what? The Israelites commit a boatload of atrocities themselves in the Old Testament. Furthermore, if you bring translation issues into this, just how much of this does boil down to translation issues? If you want to split hairs due to translation issues, then hell is also an odd concept brought in later, as i

Reply to Secular Totalitarianism in Misc Stardock Forums

Did you seriously just compare a sense of loss over the death of Hypatia at the hands of a christian mob to approving of Hitler? Seriously I'm not quite getting you here. you're aware that hypatia was a pagan philosopher, and a woman at that, right? and that she was brutally murdered in the name of christianity, right? and that unlike Hitler she- oh, forget it. I have no idea how "hey, it's ok for a woman and/or a non-christian to speak up and they shouldn't be punished

Reply to Wisdom of the Past in Misc Stardock Forums

Again, apologies for the delay in my response. Well, why does god go from sending bears to, if not kill, then beat the bejesus out of children who made fun of his prophet being bald, to "turn the other cheek"? Exodus 15:3 and Psalms 18:34 and 144:1 proclaim god to be a lord of war (and there are many instances in the OT of him ordering Israel to war), while Romans 15:33, 1 Corinthians 14:33, 2 Thesselians 3:16 and Hebrews 13:20 say he is a god of peace. He can't very we

Reply to Secular Totalitarianism in Misc Stardock Forums

You're aware Einstein was a deist at most, and that even then, saying "well, Einstein said THIS" is still an appeal to authority fallacy, right? As far as superiority over earlier man goes, while I cannot speak for everyone, my colleagues in the medical education field and I (students and professors) are aware that earlier man was not some sort of stupid beast and that our technology is indeed one we obtained by standing on the shoulders of giants. If there is an argument of superiori

Reply to Wisdom of the Past in Misc Stardock Forums

Haven't we already heard all of this before, except last time it was Communism under Soviet rule? And then the UN? Our mixed-market of Socialism and Capitalism here in Canada is doing pretty well for itself; and while I can't speak for everyone in the nation, when I had to have a surgical procedure... well. Let me lay out the situation. At the time I was 23; was still paying off student loans from a year ago; lived entirely on my own doing freelance work. I also lived in a major city,

Reply to Memorial Day...Again in Misc Stardock Forums

what does it say about the state of your nation that a "hey you should actually remember the troops on the day meant for troops" blog actually had to be made? That you'd all let commercialism corrupt it, or willingly let troops do awful things and just call them meanies who you still want to honour? Or holy shit actually justifying it by saying the kids are the same ethnicity/religion as the 9/11 hijackers. Cruelty's ok if it's racially motivated apparently! (Also lollin' at the dude who went

Reply to Memorial Day...Again in Misc Stardock Forums

no see im questioning the necessity of such a holiday period when not only are there obvious cases of cruelty ranging from taunting children with clean water to outright rape and murder, but actual veteran care upon returning home is terrible in essence memorial day is all flash, no substance. why is it a weekend for celebration over the dead? canada has remembrance day and it's a day of mourning more than anything else; you will not see HOT HOT REMEMBRANCE DAY

Reply to Wisdom of the Past in Misc Stardock Forums

I disagree regarding New World Order; there have been several times throughout history that the End Times have been declared, to no result. We here in Canada can barely even keep Quebec as a part of the nation; the US has been divided sharply by politics with "real americans" defined by whatever they see themselves as. Africa is utterly ravaged by war; Israel is pretty much never going to get along with the rest of the middle east for a huge variety of reasons; China and the Koreas are not te

Reply to Memorial Day...Again in Misc Stardock Forums

it's almost as if i brought focus to those others in an attempt to raise discussion about the morality of a holiday covering all who have joined the military as opposed to acknowledging the honourable specifically or making it a day of mourning rather than celebration

Reply to Memorial Day...Again in Misc Stardock Forums

Which part of my earlier statement about some troops being very good people while some do not deserve to be honoured isn't getting through to you? There are most certainly irresponsible or immoral people in every profession, and what I'm advocating is recognition of these faults rather than turning a blind eye to them. The problem is that blanket statements are what happens on holidays such as Memorial Day. For what it's worth I am excellent friends with some US soldiers;

Reply to Wisdom of the Past in Misc Stardock Forums

You were actually polite and I get the impression that you would actually acknowledge the need for practical solutions before spiritual ones can take root, particularly in a continent as large, diverse and turbulent as Africa, so wording changed. And again, I apologize for the delay in getting to you, KFC. Just as I've said, priorities have to be in place, and right now that's focusing on my education. I just read your two entries right now, and while I understand the perspective

Reply to Memorial Day...Again in Misc Stardock Forums

Mmm yes differentiating between scumbags and decent people is a horrible, horrible thing. don't worry guys people just get like this in war http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/08/kentucky.iraq.soldier.rape/ Only took three years for a verdict! What a shining squad of America's finest! Don't worry lads, if anybody cites you as an example of awful people who don't

Reply to Wisdom of the Past in Misc Stardock Forums

"No way, this woman would rather see aids flourish than people use condoms... I feel sick..." "HE SWORE AT ME!"

Reply to Memorial Day...Again in Misc Stardock Forums

It's almost as if the potential for cruelty and sadism is amplified upon being given a gun and a position of power over civilians in a war-torn country! Those meanies! Laughing as children beg for clean water, but it's ok, OORAH it's for our national defense! Throwing dogs off cliffs! OORAH! Raping 14 year olds and killing her family! OORAH! Just a dumb stunt, man, I still salute those meanies for being there! Not a mormon; atheist. Currently a nursing student b

Reply to Wisdom of the Past in Misc Stardock Forums

Lula. The point was that even when abstinent you could still catch aids. And 85% protection is a damn sight better than 0%, and you both know just as well as I that up and expecting everyone to just stop having sex is about as likely as me not being repulsed by everything you've just said, particularly given the socioeconomic troubles of Africa. Of course rapists aren't going to use condoms, but if they were permitted to use condoms in the first place, it's more likely they wouldn't b

Reply to Memorial Day...Again in Misc Stardock Forums

[quote who="taltamir" reply="16" id="2221763"]what i want to know is... why do I keep on getting "memorial day mega sale" ads... I mean, this is not very respectful of the dead. [/quote] Because under the right guise and to the right person it can be seen as a patriotic salute in the form of savings for the consumer when in reality it's another excuse to suck the dollars out of each warm body that comes into the store. I used to be in advertising and stuff like thi

Reply to Wisdom of the Past in Misc Stardock Forums

I'll be writing a full response later but if you genuinely think all the cases of AIDS in Africa are because of sexual choices made willingly then ffffffffffffffff I mean, it's just astoundingly ignorant not only of how the real world works, but how the disease itself can be transmitted You're aware that babies are raped in South Africa because of the belief that sex with a virgin will cure it, right? Or that you can get it from a blood transfusion? Or from breast-feeding from

Reply to Memorial Day...Again in Misc Stardock Forums

...Why would I put my hand over my heart in the presence of your flag? And yes, I am saying you shouldn't apply a blanket honour to anyone who happens to die during military service. You know nothing of their conduct or motives. Honour decent people, sure. But don't worry, I'm sure those iraqi kids did some amazing terrorist attacks when I wasn't looking. To segregate opinions and wrap yourself in the comfort of the like-minded breeds cognitive dissonance and creates the atmos

Reply to Wisdom of the Past in Misc Stardock Forums

Of course I'm going to judge god by "what little" I can see, given that "what little" we can see in the Old Testament is wholesale slaughter of nations for his "plan", rules which have no place in a modern, and/or moral society, and his New Testament appearance is suddenly so much gentler (until of course you hit Revelations, along with many other passages prior). Add on to that that apparently he'll gladly damn us simply for using logic based on "what little" we've seen, instead of gently ex

Reply to Memorial Day...Again in Misc Stardock Forums

Mmm yes everyone who comments on American soldiers conduct must be an American *smokes a pipe sagely* Are you seriously not clueing in to the fact that I just said a soldier who conducts himself honourably is fine; that it's the scum-sucking beasts who mock others suffering, or support "enhanced interrogation" techniques I'm angry with? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUkj9pjx3H0 Not all who serve are heroes; not

Reply to Wisdom of the Past in Misc Stardock Forums

Are you actually reading my posts? I posted first the "yeah its fine to be with an unbeliever" scripture, alongside the one saying it wasn't. The point was to illustrate how radically different both are. Are you just skimming through or what? In regards to the cross, differing accounts are still contradictions, but as I said, ultimately minor and irrelevant ones. And where are you getting the idea that I haven't read the bible since I was 14? Wouldn't the whole "god sending bears to m