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All I have to say when I see stuff like this is that people are not desensitized by violence and blood. I can say that from firsthand experience. For starters, when I fell through a window and was severely lacerated at my apartment complex, everyone who saw me was horrified. I know some of them are gamers, and yet, when confronted with actual blood, they were as pale as ghosts. These reactions have been well in keeping with times I, or people I've seen, have been injured. People are afraid of violence, not desensitized.

But with all the violent video games, why would this be?

The violence in video games is nothing like real violence. Only someone who has never seen actual blood and viscera would make such an asinine claim.

Which is entirely the point. Nobody is exposed to actual violence in their daily life. When's the last time you've had to kill and skin an animal for food? Hell, when's the last time you've even been in a fight? Let's face it, modern society is soft when it comes to violence; the majority of us go long periods of time without seeing so much as a moderate cut.

At 7/31/08 06:53 AM, ZpLiNtEh wrote: That's what christians want everyone to think
(No I am not bashing anyones religion, I'm just stating my opinon...)
I just think that the Devil didn't agree with Gods methods of allowing peole into heaven, as long as they have no fun in life, and if they so much have sex before marriage, will be sent straight to the "fires of hell". Is that a bad thing?

I don't think hell is a place for people to burn for their horrible sins, although some should, I think that the Devil just sits in hell watching and loathing God for all etirenity, and anyone who joins him is welcomed.

yea..

Or, you could actually read the part of the Bible that talks about it, seeing as how that's where all of this comes from. Before you claim that it's a biased source, please note that it is the only source.

Now, the whole story goes that Lucifer thought himself to be on par with God, God doesn't take kindly to any affront to His authority, so He creates Hell as a punishment for (now) Satan and the 1/3 of the angels who joined in the rebellion.

Enter man, who God gave dominion of the earth. Satan's pissed because he originally ruled the earth. So, in a fit of sour grapes, he tempts man to sin and, lo and behold, mankind entered into Satan's rebellion and so God had to send people to hell. God makes a bargain and allows animal sacrifices instead (for some reason, although I don't quite get the leap in logic that would allow such a loophole). Then Jesus comes as a sort of one-time ever-applicable sacrifice, so everything's gravy for people who believe in that.

So, basically, the synopsis is that Satan got cocky, God got pissy, and man got tricked, so God got pissy again. That's why people go to hell, just seems kind of silly.

It's all well and good to come up with your own ideas of the afterlife, but if you're referencing stuff, it's good to get it right. It would be silly to say I think Zeus drives a Camaro and lives in Malibu. You have to be true to the source material. If you're going to make up your own take on it, at least be original.

I suppose your feeling towards cops varies upon where you are. In Austin, the cops are pretty cool. I've gotten off with a warning for going 20 over and another time for blatantly going through a red light. Both instances were at 4am with no other cars on the road.

I can appreciate cops who know when someone's not endangering anybody else and they know it, and they just want to get home. I explained that I had just gotten off of work and I'd slow it down. Of course, in the county just to the north of here, I'd get my ass handed to me for both of those infractions and I'd probably be bitter about it.

It's really all about what kind of daily interaction you have with the police, I suppose, but even still, I like to keep a healthy skepticism about the people in authority. The only real oversight they have is from us, the citizenry, so it's important to not put too much faith in people, as they have a habit of disappointing you.

This discussion is pointless. Anyone who's not a gullible tool who believes every word from Alex Jones' garbage hole knows that a subscription-based internet is a farce.

I hear the kids like their face books and their you tubes.

At 7/25/08 05:53 PM, Ship wrote: I knew I smelled anthrax last time I walked in there.

I think you're mistaken with Chlorox. Cleaning the bathroom is an inside job.

Bubble is the worst movie of all time.

There is no more discussion on the matter.

Something tells me that girls would generally see you as a moron.

At 7/25/08 05:33 PM, RadioactiveRabbit wrote: Yes, and every single employee throughout the world has just been silenced by the dark and mysterious hobos out back.

Dude, free slurpees will make anyone want to keep quiet. The hobos are just for the few who have hearts of stone who need to be dealt with quietly.

At 7/25/08 05:32 PM, MojoFilter wrote: Congratulations, Gunter

It's Gunter45, dick.

At 7/25/08 05:15 PM, Fragment wrote: The funniest thing is that nobody has mentioned the ethnicity of the staff yet...

Isn't the stereotype that they're Indian? I fail to see how that's funny.

At 7/25/08 04:59 PM, ad-tame-kemestrees wrote: bombs were inside the building

I suppose putting bombs in a building is an inside job, but if you blow the building up, it's not an inside job anymore, is it? Then there is no inside.

At 7/25/08 04:51 PM, ad-tame-kemestrees wrote: demolition

But then it'd be an outside job.

At 7/25/08 04:42 PM, dercheezle wrote: How in the world could it even possibly be an "inside job."

Because all the work is done inside? You know, as opposed to an outside job like road work.

There's no reason why the Government would want to kill so many innocent people.

No blood for Slurpies.

Something tells me you're just paranoid.

Something tells me you need to fucking read what you're quoting.

All the stocking, the inventory work, manning the register, it's all done inside the store.

I've seen the employees outside, but I was pretty sure that's because they were taking a smoke break and that totally doesn't count.

My eyes are open, fuck you.

At 7/25/08 04:15 PM, Masculine wrote: Here's what the thing looks like.

I'm so very sorry.

At 7/25/08 04:12 PM, sumidiotdude wrote: I only play saxophone, do you consider it rock?

I've seen some pretty rockin bands with saxophonists. I'd love to see a rock band with both a violin and a saxophone. Two of the most underused instruments in rock and roll.

Personally, I also play guitar. As someone was good to mention, I don't mean that in the douchey "I can play Stairway to Heaven" nonsense. I write my own music. It is a lot of fun.

But God, I cannot stand the people who play the same shitty stuff on their shitty fucking guitars on campus.

To quote a response from the FIRST FUCKING TIME you posted this thread:

At 7/25/08 12:37 PM, Earfetish wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Mitch ell#Other_interests

Mitchell's interests include consciousness and paranormal phenomena. During the Apollo 14 flight he conducted private ESP experiments with his friends on Earth. In early 1973, he founded the nonprofit Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) to conduct and sponsor research into areas that mainstream science has found unproductive, including consciousness research and psychic events.

Mitchell says that a teenage remote healer who lives in Vancouver and uses the pseudonym Adam Dreamhealer, helped heal him of kidney cancer at a distance. Adam worked (distantly) on Mitchell from December of 2003 until June of 2004, when the "irregularity was gone and we haven't seen it since."

... nutjob

it would be nice if aliens were visiting us but this guy seems a bit crazy

The person making the claim is a fucking lunatic. He is not a reliable source of information on the matter, so stop fucking posting this thread.

Afterwards, did you hail a taxi home and when you saw it approach, did you notice if it said FRESH on the license plate and have dice in the rearview mirror?

The concept intrigues me, but I am wary. I'll hold off until I have some more disposable income to throw away on a whim.

At 7/25/08 03:42 PM, poxpower wrote: I wondered: how hard can it be to make new ice cream? Just take vanilla/chocolate and put candy in it or a dough of some kind.

God Intelligent Designs them and then Satan hides employees in ice cream company payrolls in order to fool people.

At 7/25/08 02:40 PM, EKublai wrote: I'm really surprised people are trying to interpret this as something that's it's not. It's a campaign move, it should not subject to interpretation other than that. It's a good move because he wants to showcase to the voters here that has received international applause.

Exactly. It's amazing how many people on here will flat out read responses, pick on some tidbit some jackass said and just roll with it as if nobody's already countered their argument.

Obama is running for President with a strong platform of international relations.

Get this: showing that people in other countries likes you is a good way to show to people in YOUR country that you'll be taken seriously on a global level.

Going further around the circle, Obama is trying to get people to vote for him by saying people in other countries will like him and, thus, like America again.

Lots and lots of people think America has lost its standing in the international community for the past 8 years and want a leader who can fix that.

OH SHIT! GUESS WHAT, THAT MAKES THE WHOLE THING MAKE SENSE FROM A POLITICAL STANDPOINT!!

It only takes 5 seconds of politically minded thinking in order to figure out that this is a smart move on Obama's part. This is a political forum. It should already be taken, as a given, that you would think this through before posting some stupid ass opinion about how Germans can't vote for President. No shit, instead of stopping there, think of what other reasons someone could possibly have for making a speech on the international stage.

It blows my mind how retarded almost all of you are. Absolutely staggering.

At 7/25/08 11:44 AM, Elfer wrote: Americone Dream is called "Freedom fries" in Quebec.

Sounds like a sick joke. Everyone knows they don't have freedom in Canada.

To be fair, foreign policy is a huge part of the presidency. It's basically him showing the world and the American people that he's globally minded.

At 7/24/08 05:50 AM, JackPhantasm wrote: Not every police officer is fucking captain america.

Of course not, I don't think even Captain America is that virile.

Someone has already taken the liberty of naming that idea "artificial selection."

Am I mistaken or is the war horribly unpopular?

Didn't someone almost win in 2004 solely based on bashing the war? I mean, I swear to God, if someone as unelectable as Kerry can make it a close race, then obviously people aren't buying into the war.

At 7/23/08 12:22 AM, MultiCanimefan wrote: I'm glad to know now that a distiction can indeed be made between one who contradicts himself and one who only appears to contradict himself but in fact sides with the facts.

You're completely missing the distinction. A hypocrite will continue to talk one way while doing another and a pragmatist will say that he has changed his mind based on the facts and now supports something else.

There's a world of difference.

The real comparison that needs to be made is between someone who is pragmatic and someone who is spineless. Where do you feel the line is drawn?

At 7/21/08 06:36 AM, Pontificate wrote: What do you expect? It is obvious that the prohibition is a waste of money so instead adherents must argue from an emotional level.

Again, it's the standpoint that they're bad, so legalizing them means we endorse bad things. That's not the case at all. Legalization simply means that, even though we know they're bad, having the government regulate its use is much better than letting criminals do so. At least the government can be held accountable to some extent.

The government's job isn't to save us from ourselves, it's to protect us from violence and crime. Making drugs illegal creates an enormous amount of both.

At 7/18/08 04:38 PM, Memorize wrote: If they want to stop it, then they sure do have a funny way of doing it. They'll allow Muslim law to be integrated into their country (causing strain), so their solution is to prevent citizenship?

Fascinating.

Just because it's an imperfect solution, that means it's no good? You realize they're straining the cultural divide no matter what they do. By allowing wholesale integration of everyone, regardless of whether or not they'll integrate, the problem gets worse and continues to do so. While stemming immigration may make things worse, it doesn't exponentially do so. Not only that, but it dilutes the other culture by allowing more people in who are willing to adapt to the French culture.

At least, that's the plan. Whether or not you think it's a good one doesn't mean France has any less right to implement it.