1,469 Forum Posts by "EnragedSephiroth"
I just read this interesting story on MSNBC stating the mercury contained in the over 100 million CFC bulbs in homes now is enough to significantly pollute the soil and groundwater when those bulbs are eventually disposed of. The article points out an intereting fact that one threat to the environment was traded out for another one. Although not of a definite political nature and more of a scientific nature, I'm writing about this because mercury is a dangerous health threat, especially if you come into contact with it. The link to the article is below. Please feel free to comment or question. I'm not too sure as to what the purpose of the mercury is in the bulbs, perhaps some sort of cooling agent.
Link to featured article here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23694819
At 10/11/07 06:50 PM, JMHX wrote: What happened to the quality of posts on this forum?
You keep leaving, that's what. Wait... was there ever any quality to begin with?
At 10/10/07 11:50 PM, EnragedSephiroth wrote: It's really a Theory X or Y argument if you look at it that way. Personally I can't speak on behalf of all humanity but I will say this. I'd try my best. Sure I'm a bit old fashioned but, that's me.
Having to rely on other as little as possible I should add.
At 10/10/07 11:36 PM, Kazuhiro wrote: The title of this thread should speak for itself-- What is your opinion of humanity? Are we, as Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote, basically capable of love and altruism, with our evils created mostly by society? Or are we, as John Locke wrote, such selfish assholes that the state of nature will inevitably lead to a war of every man against every man?
It's really a Theory X or Y argument if you look at it that way. Personally I can't speak on behalf of all humanity but I will say this. I'd try my best. Sure I'm a bit old fashioned but, that's me.
In reality I'm starting to wonder...
Al Gore mentioned something in "An Inconvenient Truth" about Global Warming evidence supported by 30 something or so scholarly journals. I went to some scholarly databases which do research on science with emphasis on climate and environment, what I found was chilling.
Nothing.
Where the hell are those journals he spoke of and WHY did he not cite them in the movie? I'm getting awfully skeptical. Supposedly we're fueling this planet to the brink of extinction and that it's not just part of the Earth's normal warming and cooling trend which is decades long. So, I want to know to what point humans affect the warming trend of the Earth and in which shcolarly journal has this been proven with empirical evidence? I wish Al Gore could have given me some more answers to go on than just his damned movie! >:\
Well at least good things have come of alternative fuels: http://www.supercars.net/cars/3756.html Yes it runs only on Ethanol. With premium unleaded it only gets 806HP but with Ethanol it gets 1018, HA! Take that GM and Ford! Sweden rules.
At 10/10/07 10:41 PM, therealsylvos wrote: I missed the gist of your argument, if everyone loses then why would anyone intentionally do it?
Amen to that. And "damned straight " to your sig as well.
At 10/10/07 11:20 PM, Malachy wrote: but to meeeee
coming from you
friend. is. a. four. letter. word.
What? l-o-v-e? *bats eyelashes*
At 10/10/07 11:02 PM, Oblivia wrote: The reason sex offenders have bigger punishments is because of the pyschological impact they can do to their victims
There's also a psychological impact on the victim's famlies if someone is murdered, yet you hear more about convicted sex offenders than convicted killers or any other type of person. That is... unless they're serial.
At 10/10/07 07:43 PM, Imperator wrote: this picture actually highlights the problem, and my point:
What... God cooks and has an extensive line of spices? Lol yes I see your point, although I could swear that's the 2nd or 3rd time I've seen that pic recently...
At 10/10/07 10:45 PM, SevenSeize wrote: I thought he wanted his palm read. I was going to tell him that his head line moving down into his luna mount indicates his career will end up having him move far away from where he lives now or he will travel.
All I understood were the words "mount", "head", "line" and "end", giggidy giggidy giggidy goo.
I just thought he was saying it was illegal for them to wave :/
At 10/10/07 09:22 PM, MortifiedPenguins wrote: Social Security needs to be changed, but it's almost political suicide to even touch it.
Remember what Bush went through when he even suggested privatizing it.
Yes, but as the comptroller said "the worst thing we can do is to do nothing." Politicians, especially the next president should very damn well know people are going to piss and moan about it, but it's like a child who has a thorn in their thumb: it's going to keep hurting you if you don't remove it. In fact if you do nothing about it, it could become infected with tetanus and cause gangrene in the long run which could kill or cripple you. You really want to risk all that shit rather than endure a few moments of painful discomfort?
That's exactly what's going on with the government's budget. It's slowly crippling the country and in the long run it could result in the end of it, yet no one wants you to touch it because they'll have to endure some painful discomfort for a while. They'd rather lose an arm. I say kudos to the politicians people who have the balls to step in, devise a strategy, put it into action, enforce it to the fullest extent, and get the country's budget out of the sinkhole it's in. A gordian knot can only be undone by a bold and calculated stroke of a sword.
At 10/10/07 09:06 PM, animehater wrote: I do come here often but I just come here to be a sort of spectator to the debates really.
A spectator with over 2,000 posts I see...
At 10/10/07 08:59 PM, MortifiedPenguins wrote: But, more then likely, were going to see either two new nations; a Wallon one and whatever the other half is, or were going to see a more Federal or seperated government or confederacy.
So you're saying Flanders and Homer Simpson... I mean Wallon should be segregated into two separate countries? In this scenario, tolerance may not be the best solution because the language barrier generates friction and conflict. I agree with you to a certain extent.
Btw what's going on anime hater, I didn't know you regularly hung out around here.
At 10/10/07 08:52 PM, MortifiedPenguins wrote: I'm more concerned with what happens before prison.
True. I've observed and noticed this pattern in my neighborhood with people who have already messed up a generation before me, people of my generation and people of the next:
1. During the adolescnt years, they pick up a habit with friend such as skateboarding
2. Those same friends seek a novel habit and pick up weed and drinking. Other habits such traits such as mob-mentality exhibited in gangs and lawbreaking (i.e. stealing, robbing, assault, etc...) begin to appear.
3. The little crew of friends evolves in later years into a pseudo gang and they take up harder drugs (i.e. crystal meth, cocaine, heroine). Some of them have been in and out of prison multiple times already.
4. Nothing ever becomes of them except unprepared, uneducated and unwed parents whose kids grow up to repeat the cycle again. The not-so-lucky ones are dead.
At 10/10/07 05:52 PM, Malachy wrote: boner +1
I lol'ed at the dude with the Guitar Hero wireless V.
I'm not sure what to think of this situation; it only brings another question to mind. How come some countries are incapable of governing themselves or enforcing policies?
At 10/10/07 07:49 PM, Athlas wrote: The whole concept of imprisonment is paying your debt to society. What's the point of prison if you've got to keep paying that debt, even once you're free to go? Sure, people aren't exactly capable of blanking certan pieces of their minds, so it's logical that there are "after effects". However, saying "you should have thought about not finding a place to live anymore" before commiting a crime, is a bit harsh don't you think?
Most-definitely. I think the assumption most people whom are not willing to forgive or forget is that the criminal can and will do it again which is why they are apprehensive at the very least. I suppose the degree to which you are willing to forget varies person by person, however, when combined with a mob mentality, as with everything else, this unwillingness to forgive or forget is amplified.
At 10/10/07 06:52 PM, fli wrote: I've sent you my email on NG-mail....
I've replied on hotmail. On an unrelated-yet-somewhat-related-to-you note, I was watching latinTV the other day and they did a segment on these entrepreneurs in Colorado. http://www.suavecito.com/
At 10/10/07 07:07 PM, stafffighter wrote: To state it broadly food, shelter, medical care, saftey. Access to education is good but still not exactly universal so I'll include that.
Shelter becomes a problem when no communities want you though... I guess they should have thought of that before they did the crime.
At 10/10/07 07:05 PM, Imperator wrote: Was God even thinking at all when he created the world?
What are you trying to say... he was high? Hm... well he does live in heaven.
The supreme court anr/or state courts are probably too scared to go near that one with a 50ft pole.
At 10/10/07 05:59 PM, poxpower wrote: or maybe you're dumber than you think... hmmmm
You might be on to something... *wises up* *tries Naruto ninjitsu techniques to kill ppl with his mind* *fails* :(
At 10/10/07 05:59 PM, fli wrote:At 10/10/07 05:41 PM, EnragedSephiroth wrote: Fli, are you still doing image re-touching?Yeah---I'm pretty good too.
Need a pic restored?
I've seen your work, that's why you were the person who came to mind. When can I send you the pic and through what? (NG, AIM, MSN, Email, etc...)
On another note, some people are just plain foolish: http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/7906 96/3 I think this guy's question doesn't so much stem from free will as it stems from wondering why he can't be a real anime character with special ninja techniques.
You are limited by the laws of physics. There is no logical explanation as to why you would be able to erase someone with your mind. However, it is easy to explain how you would be able to murder someone. A knife is a sharp solid object which can cut a softer object such as a tendon or artery. If said soft object is cut, then it cuts off the supply of blood to your body, which your body heavily relies on. Thus, you die. THis has to be some sort of noob trap or something because it's amazing you would ignore physical limitations.
Here's an attempt at you trying to erase someone with your mind: You close your eyes hard, imagine them gone, nothing is leaving your mind, not even a photon, there is no physical change outside of your body, you crap yourself from the effort. This is like arguing why "Kiai master Ryukerin's" techniques don't work on Mixed Martial Arts fighters, BECAUSE HE'S NOT FUCKING TOUCHING THEM!!!
Fli, are you still doing image re-touching?
At 10/4/07 10:31 PM, Proteas wrote: Well if we're going to go that route, why don't we just bump it up to two years after the average life expectency age and be done with it?
So that would be, what, age 87?
Because that's how they determined 65 as the required age to recieve SS benefits originally, two years after the age 63 life expentancy... if you survived long enough to get benefits, you certainly weren't expected to live much longer anyway. It was never designed as a retirement program, it was a Ponze scheme by the government to take in the greatest amount of money while never expecting to have to pay it all back out.
So if we raise the "retirement" age at all, we should modernize it. THEN the problem will solve itself.
That might not be so far from the truth. The comptroller of the U.S. did suggest in a comprehensive list of alternatives to raise the retirement age by two years or so. It might be good for the health of people in the long run. The no.1 killer of the elderly is retirement. Because you're old, retired and inactive, your body becomes weak and you no longer see a purpose in life. However, if you have things to do, your body remains conditioned and probably even healthier. In a sense, the problem does sort of remedy itself although raising the retirment to the age of 87 would certainly be an unpopular decision, especially amongst the lazy.
At 10/9/07 04:49 PM, Mr-Money wrote: What you have to understand about this, is that banks and mortgage companies are not stupid. In fact, they are deviously clever. They would not do something stupid like lend out big loans. They know that the people are never going to give them a profitable return on the loans. This is undebatable. There is nothing you can question up to this point in my argument.
Don't talk about people not being able to question a part of your argument just because you think it is incontrovertible when in reality it has more holes in it than swiss cheeze. Jeez you're even worse than me.
Oh yes banks are deviously clever to the point where their profits have suffered greatly and have immense pressure on them by investors to "bail out" subprime borrowers. FUCK THAT, if you can't pay for something, don't buy it; it's as simple as that. Go on Yahoo! Finance right now, there are always stories of the Federal reserve trying to "ease" the economy by lowering interest rates or considering a drop in interest rates, there are always stories about lending firms struggling and trying to recouperate their losses because of the subprime crunch. How the hell are bankers reaping the benefits of any money when the people they lent money to are defaulting on the payments banks might not get any of it back?
The scenario you present is as if I drove a car and put sugar in my own gas tank just so I could get a kick out of not being able to get anyone anywhere fast because my car is crippled. Where the hell is the logic in that?
The US runs on a Federal Reserve system. The Federal Reserve is a privately owned corporation. It is not federal or a reserve. It is a system whereby money is printed. This money is then loaned to the US government with interest. So the US government must continue to be in debt, whilst the big bankers get richer and richer.
Where the FUCK do you get your facts from? Haven't you ever studied Economics? And your name is Mr_Money, you're an embarassment; you paranoid idiot. The TREASURY is the department responsible for printing currency, and every time they print money, they have to destroy an equal amount of currency in order to avoid inflation. The mint is responsible for creating coins. Both departments are U.S. Govt departments, they are not run by the federal reserve.
http://www.treas.gov/education/faq/treas ury/history.shtml#q1
This debt does not become repaid out of thin air. You are already taxed immensely, most noticeably by the ILLEGAL income tax.
Would you care to cite just exactly how this tax is illegal? Just because you scream in caps "ILLEGAL" does not make it so.
These bankers exist for the sole purpose of enlaving the population and dominating Earth. They gain pleasure from your misery.
Yes you can see the pleasure in their stocks: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=CFC&t=6m &l=on&z=m&q=l&c=
P.S. watch Zeitgeist: The Movie, especially PART 3 about the Federal Reserve, population enlavement, mind control, RFID chips etc.
Yes, also watch Outfoxed like I did and get ridiculed by everyone because of the movie's colossal bias and polarity.
I must say this is the most unanimous topic I've ever seen...
At 10/4/07 11:23 AM, MickTheChampion wrote: They're talking about ending the Korean War, not reunification or anything.
As far as I'm concerned the state of North Korea is a giant concentration camp, I have to say that even an invasion of North Korea under false pretenses wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.
Reunification is probably out of the question for both sides. What N. Korea wants is economic help from it's other asian neighbors as well as the U.S.
