News flash: we don't have an underpopulation problem, we have an overpopulation problem. So if the sole function of civil marriage is to increase the population, then it should be abolished--for everybody.
You speak the words of an egalitarian. We do in fact have an underpopulation problem for my specific race. White people in 1900 were 50% of the world's population. In 2000 they were 6%. In 2100 they will be.5% Out of the nearly 7 billion people on this planet, only 600 million are white.
The survival of the white race depends upon government persuading the people to reproduce. Ideally eugenics programs should be implemented so that the best characteristics are furthered and the inferior characteristics are suppressed.
Non-white races should be deported to their respective countries of origin, as they deserve the right to find their own destiny without outside interference. Otherwise, their reproduction should be repressed if they refuse to leave.
In the modern world, our culture propagates not by out-reproducing our neighbors but by teaching our culture to our neighbors.
In the modern world, culture is disappearing everywhere at a rapid rate. Your egalitarian leanings also lead you to a very incorrect conclusion: that culture is learned. Ethnicity is a major component of culture, and certain ethnic groups have very different tastes regarding everything, most especially aesthetics. Just look at the tremendous variance of the concept of feminine beauty.
While it would be nice to be to simply divise the perfect propaganda to spread your culture everywhere... evidence indicates it doesn't work that way. You have but to look at Haiti. There is a reason the Dominicans have divided that island. They both are catholic countries, they both speak a european language.. yet one is civilized and one is barbaric.
If inability to reproduce were grounds for refusal of the right to marry, then women past childbearing age would not be allowed to get married. To impose a fertility requirement upon one group of people but not upon another is an obvious violation of Equal Protection Under the Law.
Well, I believe our entire system of government as it stands should be abolished... The reason people are pursuing a constitutional amendment here is to avoid dealing with arguments like the one you present.
Besides, there are plenty of ways for homosexual couples to have kids. Adoption, artificial insemination. And studies consistently show that those kids turn out just fine.
For most people, homosexuality is de facto not fine. It really depends on the standard of value applied to the study now doesn't it? Modern homosexuals clearly have a different conception of what it means to live in a society than do most citizens. What they consider fine is going to be vastly different from others.
The state exists to perpetuate a culture and a people. Culture is the shared beliefs, values, tastes, and aesthetics of a given group of people.
If that people does not reproduce in an efficient and prosperous manner, their culture will cease to exist.
Homosexuality, as a sexual act is not the issue here, marriage is. Marriage, in the legal sense, is a state sanctioned license that exists to designate a man and a woman as constituting a family unit for the purpose of reproduction. Since the state exists to foster this reproduction, the state clearly has a vested interest in promoting healthy marriage.
Since homosexuals are de fact unable to reproduce in the context of their same sex relationships, they are of no specific use to the state as reproductive entities nor does state sponsored marriage apply to them.
They aren't treated as second class citizens, they are simply asking for something which does not apply to them.
What homosexuals want, and what they will never receive, is the absolute acceptence of their behavior by the state, and thus the people. This will never happen, and even if they could get married it won't change a thing.
Unfortunately, what differentiates humans from beasts is that we live by a set of values which varies from culture to culture. Homosexuals wish there were no values, but rather than separate themselves from our culture they seek to change it. This is of course necessary, since homosexuals are a parasitic class. They cannot exist WITHOUT heterosexuals for any length of time as they will eventually die.
My best advice to homosexuals is follow the path of the ancient greeks. That was the only time in history homosexuality was widely accepted and practiced, but it never involved men or women getting married to people of the same gender. Have your family, and have fun with the prostitutes on the side.
And let me guess, you are a recent college graduate who likely lives on the west coast, and your concept of Europe is Amsterdam. Such simplistic minds, the youth of our nation.
The truth is you don't know anything about Europe. You have a fantasy that conforms to your twisted ideals of freedom, democracy, and egalitarianism which doesn't exist anywhere in the world but your head.
Run a hosting service in Germany? one of your users wants to post the original words to "Deutschland Uber Alles"?
You both will go to jail. Nevermind if there is a swastika in there, then you will go to jail for a very long time. Confiscation of your equipment will be the least of your concerns.
Further, do you think the 35% of the French citizens who supported Jean-Marie Le Pen would hold your view? Do you really think the French government doesn't thoroughly investigate the millions of muslims in that country? Do you even know what Front National is?
This really has nothing to do with the topic at hand... you are discussing the ultimate conclusion to what is called postmodernism.
In time, human work as a productive enterprise will become irrelavent for the vast majority of things we associate with human civilization, including waging war.
Maybe this won't happen in our lifetime, but unless there is world wide nuclear war that sets us back to the iron age... the relentless march towards total human obsolesence will continue unhindered.
How we organize our society when no one really has to work is going to be one of the major questions for future generations.
The fragility of these helicopters makes them completely useless. This is why the commanche is being cancelled, and the incident the parent poster mentions is a primary example WHY they are useless.
The parent poster isn't saying they could be improved, they can't. End of story.
There is a very big difference between declaring war and going to war as any knowledge of the phony war would attest.
There were no significant battles until AFTER Churchill became prime minister. After a year of trying to find a compromise for the French And English declaration of war, something had to be done and France was conquered. Historically this made sense. France had invaded Germany constantly for hundreds of years, it was wise to assume it would happen again.
I love the speech you just quoted as well, what was that about that filthy traitor Benjamin Disraeli?
You mean the man who dragged Europe into a war to save Poland? But then surrendered them to the communists? The same Churchill who agreed to surrender half of Europe to soviet occupation? who agreed to long term leases that bankrupted the UK well into the 60's and ultimately caused the collapse of the Empire?
As Jean-Marie Le Pen said "crime and immigration are one".
The reason for the rise of nationalist movements in Europe is related purely to this issue and for the most part they are correct. Violent crime was once relatively unknown in much of Europe. Violence was once associated with war, not daily life.
These nationalist parties do not advocate reforming the non-european immigrants, they advocate outright expulsion from the continent. Most of these parties, including Front National advocate to more or less deport all Non-European people to their place of origin.
Now, it is entirely possible you agree that deportation is far preferable to any attempt to reform barbarian peoples, but I think that is unlikely.
And you clearly aren't an EUian citizen, otherwise you would recognize that law an order politicians are far mor popular there than in the US.
The Netherlands has just announced they are going to deport 26,000 foreigners. We have nothing like Jean-Pierre Le Pen in the US, despite his receiving 25% of the vote in the last election. Then there is Alessandra Mussolini who recently resigned from the Alleanza Nazionale party because the party leader and deputy prime minister described fascism as "evil". There are NO serious Nationalist parties in the United States, and certainly none that proclaim their affinity for fascism. There are serious anti-democratic authoritarian political parties in every country in europe, and they are receive sizable support of the population. Many of these parties even have paramilitary organizations (such as Le Pen's Front National).
I think that your familiarity with Europe is in fact quite limited, and you exhibit the fantastic ignorance typical of modern liberalism. You were indoctrinated by your insane professors and taught to believe the United States is evil and Europe is a paradise of progressive thought.
The reality is far different. Democracy, egalitarianism, and everything Enlightenment liberalism stands for is being challenged all over Europe, often with rising success. This isn't true in countries like Germany where questioning any of the aforementioned law is a serious crime.
Also, only self loathing Americans use the term "USian".
The need for faster graphics cards will continue until a 3D game is indistinguishable from a video recording of reality.
Right now, no graphics card can do that even at 1 FPS.
Once graphics cards can produce full motion video quality graphics, I imagine development of graphics cards will somewhat slow until The Next Big Thing becomes known, like virtual reality or something.
There is a definite goal for graphics card makers. They also know that the future of their respective companies is in fact quite limited. In 10-20 years, I imagine the upgrade cycle for video cards will be effectively over.
I mean, 10 years ago X-Wing was still one of the best 3D games out there. Have you sat down and tried to play it since then? We've come pretty, thats for sure.
I 100% guarantee they will be 7.4GB DVD's... won't be able to do a straight copy of those. Of course you can pirate it, but it still won't be perfect. not until larger DVD-R's come out.
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News flash: we don't have an underpopulation problem, we have an overpopulation problem. So if the sole function of civil marriage is to increase the population, then it should be abolished--for everybody.
.5% Out of the nearly 7 billion people on this planet, only 600 million are white.
You speak the words of an egalitarian. We do in fact have an underpopulation problem for my specific race. White people in 1900 were 50% of the world's population. In 2000 they were 6%. In 2100 they will be
The survival of the white race depends upon government persuading the people to reproduce. Ideally eugenics programs should be implemented so that the best characteristics are furthered and the inferior characteristics are suppressed.
Non-white races should be deported to their respective countries of origin, as they deserve the right to find their own destiny without outside interference. Otherwise, their reproduction should be repressed if they refuse to leave.
In the modern world, our culture propagates not by out-reproducing our neighbors but by teaching our culture to our neighbors.
In the modern world, culture is disappearing everywhere at a rapid rate. Your egalitarian leanings also lead you to a very incorrect conclusion: that culture is learned. Ethnicity is a major component of culture, and certain ethnic groups have very different tastes regarding everything, most especially aesthetics. Just look at the tremendous variance of the concept of feminine beauty.
While it would be nice to be to simply divise the perfect propaganda to spread your culture everywhere... evidence indicates it doesn't work that way. You have but to look at Haiti. There is a reason the Dominicans have divided that island. They both are catholic countries, they both speak a european language.. yet one is civilized and one is barbaric.
If inability to reproduce were grounds for refusal of the right to marry, then women past childbearing age would not be allowed to get married. To impose a fertility requirement upon one group of people but not upon another is an obvious violation of Equal Protection Under the Law.
Well, I believe our entire system of government as it stands should be abolished... The reason people are pursuing a constitutional amendment here is to avoid dealing with arguments like the one you present.
Besides, there are plenty of ways for homosexual couples to have kids. Adoption, artificial insemination. And studies consistently show that those kids turn out just fine.
For most people, homosexuality is de facto not fine. It really depends on the standard of value applied to the study now doesn't it? Modern homosexuals clearly have a different conception of what it means to live in a society than do most citizens. What they consider fine is going to be vastly different from others.
I don't think outlook had a spam filter until outlook 2003.
It actually works pretty well too.
What then is the valid argument?
The valid argument is simple.
The state exists to perpetuate a culture and a people. Culture is the shared beliefs, values, tastes, and aesthetics of a given group of people.
If that people does not reproduce in an efficient and prosperous manner, their culture will cease to exist.
Homosexuality, as a sexual act is not the issue here, marriage is. Marriage, in the legal sense, is a state sanctioned license that exists to designate a man and a woman as constituting a family unit for the purpose of reproduction. Since the state exists to foster this reproduction, the state clearly has a vested interest in promoting healthy marriage.
Since homosexuals are de fact unable to reproduce in the context of their same sex relationships, they are of no specific use to the state as reproductive entities nor does state sponsored marriage apply to them.
They aren't treated as second class citizens, they are simply asking for something which does not apply to them.
What homosexuals want, and what they will never receive, is the absolute acceptence of their behavior by the state, and thus the people. This will never happen, and even if they could get married it won't change a thing.
Unfortunately, what differentiates humans from beasts is that we live by a set of values which varies from culture to culture. Homosexuals wish there were no values, but rather than separate themselves from our culture they seek to change it. This is of course necessary, since homosexuals are a parasitic class. They cannot exist WITHOUT heterosexuals for any length of time as they will eventually die.
My best advice to homosexuals is follow the path of the ancient greeks. That was the only time in history homosexuality was widely accepted and practiced, but it never involved men or women getting married to people of the same gender. Have your family, and have fun with the prostitutes on the side.
I love F-Zero GX, but I would be much happier if it had multiplayer support... then it would be a blast.
And let me guess, you are a recent college graduate who likely lives on the west coast, and your concept of Europe is Amsterdam. Such simplistic minds, the youth of our nation.
The truth is you don't know anything about Europe. You have a fantasy that conforms to your twisted ideals of freedom, democracy, and egalitarianism which doesn't exist anywhere in the world but your head.
Run a hosting service in Germany? one of your users wants to post the original words to "Deutschland Uber Alles"?
You both will go to jail. Nevermind if there is a swastika in there, then you will go to jail for a very long time. Confiscation of your equipment will be the least of your concerns.
Further, do you think the 35% of the French citizens who supported Jean-Marie Le Pen would hold your view? Do you really think the French government doesn't thoroughly investigate the millions of muslims in that country? Do you even know what Front National is?
Fighters against what?
Certainly not the random arab with a 25 year old RPG.
Helicopters are basically ineffective as weapons.
The only reason we lost a few Apaches during Gulf War II is because they were all in the first few days and we stopped using them.
There will always be a need to use helicopters as transportation, but that is not what the Commanche was.
This really has nothing to do with the topic at hand... you are discussing the ultimate conclusion to what is called postmodernism.
In time, human work as a productive enterprise will become irrelavent for the vast majority of things we associate with human civilization, including waging war.
Maybe this won't happen in our lifetime, but unless there is world wide nuclear war that sets us back to the iron age... the relentless march towards total human obsolesence will continue unhindered.
How we organize our society when no one really has to work is going to be one of the major questions for future generations.
You're a fucking idiot.
The fragility of these helicopters makes them completely useless. This is why the commanche is being cancelled, and the incident the parent poster mentions is a primary example WHY they are useless.
The parent poster isn't saying they could be improved, they can't. End of story.
There is a very big difference between declaring war and going to war as any knowledge of the phony war would attest.
There were no significant battles until AFTER Churchill became prime minister. After a year of trying to find a compromise for the French And English declaration of war, something had to be done and France was conquered. Historically this made sense. France had invaded Germany constantly for hundreds of years, it was wise to assume it would happen again.
I love the speech you just quoted as well, what was that about that filthy traitor Benjamin Disraeli?
You mean the man who dragged Europe into a war to save Poland? But then surrendered them to the communists? The same Churchill who agreed to surrender half of Europe to soviet occupation? who agreed to long term leases that bankrupted the UK well into the 60's and ultimately caused the collapse of the Empire?
Ford does this as well.
Five years? Has it really been that long???
1999 seems like only yesterday
Ahh... the results of egalitarianism are starting to become all so clear.
The days of enlightenment liberalism are quickly coming to an end.
I guess I didn't make myself completely clear...
As Jean-Marie Le Pen said "crime and immigration are one".
The reason for the rise of nationalist movements in Europe is related purely to this issue and for the most part they are correct. Violent crime was once relatively unknown in much of Europe. Violence was once associated with war, not daily life.
These nationalist parties do not advocate reforming the non-european immigrants, they advocate outright expulsion from the continent. Most of these parties, including Front National advocate to more or less deport all Non-European people to their place of origin.
Now, it is entirely possible you agree that deportation is far preferable to any attempt to reform barbarian peoples, but I think that is unlikely.
And you clearly aren't an EUian citizen, otherwise you would recognize that law an order politicians are far mor popular there than in the US.
The Netherlands has just announced they are going to deport 26,000 foreigners. We have nothing like Jean-Pierre Le Pen in the US, despite his receiving 25% of the vote in the last election. Then there is Alessandra Mussolini who recently resigned from the Alleanza Nazionale party because the party leader and deputy prime minister described fascism as "evil". There are NO serious Nationalist parties in the United States, and certainly none that proclaim their affinity for fascism. There are serious anti-democratic authoritarian political parties in every country in europe, and they are receive sizable support of the population. Many of these parties even have paramilitary organizations (such as Le Pen's Front National).
I think that your familiarity with Europe is in fact quite limited, and you exhibit the fantastic ignorance typical of modern liberalism. You were indoctrinated by your insane professors and taught to believe the United States is evil and Europe is a paradise of progressive thought.
The reality is far different. Democracy, egalitarianism, and everything Enlightenment liberalism stands for is being challenged all over Europe, often with rising success. This isn't true in countries like Germany where questioning any of the aforementioned law is a serious crime.
Also, only self loathing Americans use the term "USian".
Is Photon still around?
I used to go to one as a kid, but it closed won in like 1988 or 1989. Haven't seen one since anywhere in the country.
SCSI is dead, and has been for years.
It isn't coming back, no hard drive manufacturer will ever bother making it for the average consumer.
If Serial ATA continues to get better, they will probably drop it entirely.
The need for faster graphics cards will continue until a 3D game is indistinguishable from a video recording of reality.
Right now, no graphics card can do that even at 1 FPS.
Once graphics cards can produce full motion video quality graphics, I imagine development of graphics cards will somewhat slow until The Next Big Thing becomes known, like virtual reality or something.
There is a definite goal for graphics card makers. They also know that the future of their respective companies is in fact quite limited. In 10-20 years, I imagine the upgrade cycle for video cards will be effectively over.
I mean, 10 years ago X-Wing was still one of the best 3D games out there. Have you sat down and tried to play it since then? We've come pretty, thats for sure.
anyone know why the page text is not aligned with Mozilla 1.6?
Real pain in the ass reading that article.
Not to mention he put the dreamcast under Nintendo, and listed Sega as having produced only 3 consoles when it was 4
Kind of an unusual screen resolution. What unit are we talking about, btw?
didn't you have to use one with modens that slow?
Yeah, I realize thats an option...
but I would rather NOT have to put in another DVD halfway through the movie.
Yeah, but despite all that... after you turn 21, what chance do you have to see an under-18 pussy legally?
I am sure to some, the pain would be worth that forbidden pleasure.
Not me though, I appreciate your point.
I 100% guarantee they will be 7.4GB DVD's... won't be able to do a straight copy of those. Of course you can pirate it, but it still won't be perfect. not until larger DVD-R's come out.