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I figured the US system was more varied than is shown over here. Ove her, the Dems would be red, and cosnervatives blue, can add to the confusion a little. lol Well at one time Republicans were the liberal party and the Democrates were the conservetives over here so maybe they just kept the old colors. The Democrates can trace their party history back without hitch to Jefferson's Anti-Federalist party (the folk who wanted the states to be more

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Chad, Cobra... i can't remember who was questioning how evolution can explain more than the emergence or supression of traits. I agree with evolution for the most part. All I do is question "science" belief that it so much diffrent then what came before. For when it comes to words like: as far as contribution to history, i do think it's unique because it's cumulative in ways other disciplines are not. <br/

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i'd credit science as the set of tools that empower people to rid themselves of superstition. that doesn't make scientists "better" people in any sense, but they do contribute to history in a qualitatively unique way. But Science started in the realm of religion and also other religions have said this before. The problem is what is a superstition? I have heard that believing that its bad luck to walk under a ladder is a su

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I agree, we don't need food, were all ethereal beings, leaves what are they, i know animal food. I'm an animal too. I will live on bollox like you, please teach me. before I starve, i need cows cut into chunks and cooked with plants and gravy to live. don't forget onions and cow slices. with chips. Ooookay. I asked you how you live with out taking life. I didn t say you should not. So why isnt it right to kill someone in

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Ok lest think we need to live. food chain and life. do plants have feelings, eeeeeeern, NO. are you mental? We don t need to live we want to. Eating and breathing are only needed if you want to live. I don t know if plants have feelings. But they are alive. But what gives you the RIGHT to take their life? Have you even asked yourself this?<br

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i don't want anyone to misunderstand my point. i'm definately not saying that the theory of general relativity is wrong - but its apperant incompatibility with quantum theory should suggest that our understanding of something is incomplete. science involves a good deal of imagination. at one point all the subatomic particles we now take for granted as certain were merely theory, and even remaining within the standard

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I don't I pity people that think they need to take life. I especially pity people that expect others to give or take life at the point of a gun I hate war and anyone who want's it My response was ironic. KILL KILL KILL, MORON MORON MORON Marcus So how do you live if you don t take life? Even plants are alive they have life. Are you some kind of god who doesn t need to

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they can. they can also come again if we DO preserve this culture. pagans and christians were living in europe side-by-side for quite some time for the burning times; jews and christians and pagans long before the Inquisition; christians and muslims and jews before the crusades. yeah but I also know that the Jihad's was before the Crusades. Also that right now the christians are more willing to say its a crime to kill other peoples wi

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I think you misunderstand the nature of megalomania. it doesn't have to be despotic. ahh but you have said he is despotic which is it? Now is this in the constitution, that it can be debated. i think not Have you ever read the constitution? The amendments are NEW laws put into it. These laws are debated tested and retested we have even repealed an amendment with another. ah

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Bush is a megalomaniac that has totally lost touch with his power and his accountability. He is by his actions a truly scary man. I d say that Bush is just a dreamer who believes in a democracy that has no problems. Also Megalomaniacs when in power tend to have their pictures EVERYWHERE, and those who appose them disappear. MM your still here, you can talk all you want about him and he will even defend your right to do so. So no h

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hmm... off the bat, i never meant to suggest that you shouldn't speak your mind. i'm not sure what i did to give that impression; maybe the word 'digression.' all i meant to say with that was that our discussions had gone off the original topics; i don't consider that a bad thing at all. sorry the word disgression makes it to me sounds like its something that should not be said. I am sorry I took it diffrently than you. <div class="Article_

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it's actually a fairly recent movie, and yes it's a like Brave New World, but with really good gun fights. intresting I may try to see it. i think you're also in error about the need to breed (not the sex drive, but needing to ensure survival of a society or species). i mean, obviously people still need to breed or we'll go extinct, and i don't want that. in 12th grade i spent a lot of time study

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I have to say that even having someone bring up sexual practices in an internet forum is depressing, to me. I'm sure it's all for the benefit of discussion (cough) but my personal experiences with any discussions about sexual practices is -> it's sometimes just a come-on ... a form of phishing, and IMHO it has no place in any serious discussion. I'm sure the "crocidile tears" will flow freely if I refuse to jump in the water, but I'm not impressed.

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Are you really busy at work dystopic? You OK man? I have never seen you not post on a week day.

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no, you're not the only one around here. there's a disgression on gay adoption going in the most dangerous people alive . I like debate dystopic if I see how it will be "better" I am willing to change my mind. But there doesn t seem to be considerations to the future generations in your arguments. If I am wrong I am willing to change. Is that really a disgression? I a

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and if so, even if you've said already, can you explain for me again why? i'm not trying to be argumentative; i'm genuinely curious and want to understand. Most of my liberal friends who support your view tell me (I paraphrase here), "I would rather live in tolerant world and let us die out the live in a brutal one." I would rather live in a somewhat brutal world than one which could be dying out. The Industrialized world is alre

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i don't think it's totally a myth. i don't think there's anything genetic about gays that makes us better with emotional stuff. and most gay men i know are horrible at deal with their own emotions. i think the myth really means that gays are "better" (more comfortable) at communicating emotionally. i think there are plenty of straight men who are too, but i think in general the cultural construction of masculinity discourages men from "getting all gushy." <br

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I believe the current game I am playing is the second to last patch. I am sure I started it right before I patched last time. I do use the CPU at full for all opponents. The AI is really good it just will smash itself on well defended starbases and heavy fleets when it could move onto softer targets and hasn t tried invading en masse just attacks several worlds at once. If I still have a saved game that shows this should I send it in? sorry to not get back to you as s

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point taken; but if a phenomenon violates a law of nature/physics, the same might hold true in this parallel metaphor: we'll only change our laws of nature if we actually notice the violations. it's still a simplification, but i think the point is clear enough. my point is that human law is not really diffrent than the so call laws of physics. Humans have a tendency to believe that they are above the natural order, we are not. Even most scientists sho

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the only difference between poltical laws and natural/physical laws is in what happens is the law is broken - in the former, jail; in the latter, development of a new law. I don t think thats quite true. Human history is full of law breakers who become kings or maybe we should call them "a new law".

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okay, first, biological kids. gay couples have biological children. only about 15% of gay men, uh, sire their own kids, but over 85% of lesbian couples have at least one parent with a genetic connection to their child. I didnt say take away kids or make laws that they can t sire kids. But I don t think they should get as you say EQUAL say in which kids they adopt. Right now they foster kids and thats great but there is a waiting list for certain kids,

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I am not against gun ownership btw. You kind of assumed that, opps I was just making the point that it does not protect us from the government. But they would HAVE to attack the rebels. It is much easier to take away rights from an unarmed population since you don t have to worry about them fighting back. You are right but it is society who pays for the children in

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While I see your point and even agree with it somewhat you don't really think we could effectively fight our government with guns do you? The National Guard can easily supress and entire state in one day if it decided to raise an armed rebellion. That is not even counting the other branches of military and I would say it would take less than a day if they decided carpet bombing was necessary. I think in light of all the child fire-arm deaths in the US people with guns

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i don't think her article proves that there is a consensus, only that there aren't many scientists actively arguing against the view that global warming is being caused by humans. the concluding point, that perhaps researchers have "gone underground" for fear of job security, is a lot more valid. but that still means such researchers perceive themselves in the minority, and if they're that fearful they probably are in a the minority. o

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i don't think her article proves that there is a consensus, only that there aren't many scientists actively arguing against the view that global warming is being caused by humans. the concluding point, that perhaps researchers have "gone underground" for fear of job security, is a lot more valid. but that still means such researchers perceive themselves in the minority, and if they're that fearful they probably are in a the minority. of course, without actuall