Well I was home sick with the flu in fourth grade so I watched as WTC was bombed from its basement floors (this is the one where only like 2 people died) and the TV was staticy and even the phones weren't working right.
Some years later, my the insurance company my mother worked for announced it was moving into WTC, and I had some eerie feeling and hoped somethinb bad might not happen to her.. well, she made it out of the tower 15 minutes before the first collapse. She didnt even seem to be scared, it was just another story to tell (everyone) at the time.
Granted this isn't as incredible as your story because anyone who know anyone who was moving into WTC after it had already been bombed would have concern for them... but maybe there's a little something to it. Or maybe not. I don't think we'll know anytime soon.
BTW, your post makes me think. What are we to do when we have advance notice of something happening? I mean there's no kind of universal alert that you could announce everyone to "Stay indoors. Keep all windows and doors closed and locked, and go into your basement or lowest floor and hold onto something stable," because you couldnt tell if it was a falling meteor, a murderer, a snowstorm, floods, or a bombing. Each situation would call for different preventative and safety measures. Blizzard, you want to stay indoors, flooding, you want to move to higher grounds, tornadoes, asteroids, anthrax, chemical or nuclear weapons are all possibilities. You just can't get enough information to prepare for what's about to happen. All you know is something is about to go horribly wrong and your adrenaline levels are up and you've got to sit tight until the events unfold. Suckitude.
As an atheist I believe that religion is based on no factual basis whatsoever and exists purely as a fantasy in which religious people choose to believe.
Ever consider that maybe this belief is based less on fact than some of those who apprehend or believe spiritual or religious truths?
this part is done already:by the time the Universe ends, perhaps we'll have transcended to some higher level and exist as purely mental beings beyond it or any other universe or material plane of existence for that matter?
the things you mentioned are already being done...
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Hey, I use twm, you insensitive clod.
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>"I Kinda care when people start trying to make our
>country use thier system (socialized everything).
>I'd like to point out everything is a trade off."
>As opposed to what? Socialized some things? Which
>politician is advocating getting rid of social
>security, medicare, medicaid, public schools,
>state universities, farm subsidies etc? That's
>right NONE OF THEM.
Try the Libertarian Party's Michael Badnarik. http://www.badnarik.org/
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>"I Kinda care when people start trying to make our
>country use thier system (socialized everything).
>I'd like to point out everything is a trade off."
>As opposed to what? Socialized some things? Which
>politician is advocating getting rid of social
>security, medicare, medicaid, public schools, state
>universities, farm subsidies etc? That's right NONE
>OF THEM.
Try the Libertarian Party's Michael Badnarik. Truly a free market.:)
I feel I have a responsibility to tell my story since people like you spread misinformation that cause people to underestimate the psychoactive effects of marijuana. At the age of 17 I smoked weed, I began to hallucinate excessively and became depersonalized from my normal perception of reality. To this day I have HPPD and have flashbacks continually. It was the most destructive thing I have ever done to my body and it destroyed my life.
Welcome to life 101. Did it kill you? No. You just learned a lesson. I did pot for four years and my life is down the tubes and then some, I could blame it on pot but I'm not. Pot had its effects on me though, I'd say I developed a substance abuse disorder from it, which is a disorder of the brain. Highly psychologically addicting. But it won't kill you;) (Whence misinformation?)
You cannot simply equate pot to violent video games. People are harmed and killed under the influence of pot, or by someone else who is under the influence.
Actually there is at least one study that shows drivers under the influence of pot drive MORE safely than those not; thought to be due to slower driving perhaps due to paranoia.. heh;)
Oh, and there is not a single death attributable to marijuana in all of recorded history. Yet the stuff is not something to mess around with, I'll say.
Drugs like heroin can kill. It's a good thing that heroin is illegal.
Actually you're missing the principle, which is that prohibition doesn't work, and in fact it's counterproductive. I don't want people shooting up H on the streets but in the 1920s Bayer manufactured Heroin and sold it in the drug stores like aspirin and there was no problem.
And BTW, pot doesn't kill but it's some killer s**t.
This is bang on the money. Violent Video games give people stress relif; they are good for society. Would you rather someone take their frustrations out on other people, instead of fake people?
Is there any evidence of this, or is it speculation? Personally I'm a fence-sitter on the issue. I don't think some mortal combat is going to make anyone a serial killer but then again we are what we consume, not just through food but through mind as well.
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i 'locked on' and i usually have a shaking mind, so, it is possible.
Didn't you read, it mentioned the tsunamis. Or are you just trolling.
Some years later, my the insurance company my mother worked for announced it was moving into WTC, and I had some eerie feeling and hoped somethinb bad might not happen to her.. well, she made it out of the tower 15 minutes before the first collapse. She didnt even seem to be scared, it was just another story to tell (everyone) at the time.
Granted this isn't as incredible as your story because anyone who know anyone who was moving into WTC after it had already been bombed would have concern for them... but maybe there's a little something to it. Or maybe not. I don't think we'll know anytime soon.
BTW, your post makes me think. What are we to do when we have advance notice of something happening? I mean there's no kind of universal alert that you could announce everyone to "Stay indoors. Keep all windows and doors closed and locked, and go into your basement or lowest floor and hold onto something stable," because you couldnt tell if it was a falling meteor, a murderer, a snowstorm, floods, or a bombing. Each situation would call for different preventative and safety measures. Blizzard, you want to stay indoors, flooding, you want to move to higher grounds, tornadoes, asteroids, anthrax, chemical or nuclear weapons are all possibilities. You just can't get enough information to prepare for what's about to happen. All you know is something is about to go horribly wrong and your adrenaline levels are up and you've got to sit tight until the events unfold. Suckitude.
Boo.
Ever consider that maybe this belief is based less on fact than some of those who apprehend or believe spiritual or religious truths?
is still being done, too
/me is off to AOL IM and bed
this part is done already:by the time the Universe ends, perhaps we'll have transcended to some higher level and exist as purely mental beings beyond it or any other universe or material plane of existence for that matter?
the things you mentioned are already being done...
Hey, I use twm, you insensitive clod.
>"I Kinda care when people start trying to make our
>country use thier system (socialized everything).
>I'd like to point out everything is a trade off."
>As opposed to what? Socialized some things? Which
>politician is advocating getting rid of social
>security, medicare, medicaid, public schools,
>state universities, farm subsidies etc? That's
>right NONE OF THEM.
Try the Libertarian Party's Michael Badnarik. http://www.badnarik.org/
:O
>"I Kinda care when people start trying to make our >country use thier system (socialized everything). >I'd like to point out everything is a trade off." >As opposed to what? Socialized some things? Which >politician is advocating getting rid of social >security, medicare, medicaid, public schools, state >universities, farm subsidies etc? That's right NONE >OF THEM. Try the Libertarian Party's Michael Badnarik. Truly a free market. :)
imchk, check Gaim IMs from your WAP phone.
I feel I have a responsibility to tell my story since people like you spread misinformation that cause people to underestimate the psychoactive effects of marijuana. At the age of 17 I smoked weed, I began to hallucinate excessively and became depersonalized from my normal perception of reality. To this day I have HPPD and have flashbacks continually. It was the most destructive thing I have ever done to my body and it destroyed my life.
Welcome to life 101. Did it kill you? No. You just learned a lesson. I did pot for four years and my life is down the tubes and then some, I could blame it on pot but I'm not. Pot had its effects on me though, I'd say I developed a substance abuse disorder from it, which is a disorder of the brain. Highly psychologically addicting. But it won't kill you ;) (Whence misinformation?)
Yeah I guess it's possible even if those do have a DAREish ring to them. Sorry to second guess you. Oh well.
Can you tell us what happened? I'm kinda pretty sure pot's never killed anyone ever.
Actually there is at least one study that shows drivers under the influence of pot drive MORE safely than those not; thought to be due to slower driving perhaps due to paranoia.. heh ;)
Oh, and there is not a single death attributable to marijuana in all of recorded history. Yet the stuff is not something to mess around with, I'll say.
Actually you're missing the principle, which is that prohibition doesn't work, and in fact it's counterproductive. I don't want people shooting up H on the streets but in the 1920s Bayer manufactured Heroin and sold it in the drug stores like aspirin and there was no problem.
And BTW, pot doesn't kill but it's some killer s**t.
This is bang on the money. Violent Video games give people stress relif; they are good for society. Would you rather someone take their frustrations out on other people, instead of fake people? Is there any evidence of this, or is it speculation? Personally I'm a fence-sitter on the issue. I don't think some mortal combat is going to make anyone a serial killer but then again we are what we consume, not just through food but through mind as well.
Please mod parent up +1, insightful.
Now if only we could get everyone to do that with the comments and articles.
And if your dad murdered your neighbor's son, would it then be just for your neighbor to murder you?