The Bible is QUITE positive on rape. The only thing the Bible frowns upon is raping a married woman, and raping men. It's perfectly acceptable to rape an unmarried woman, and in fact, it's perfectly kosher to buy the chick from her father after the deed is done. What about the story of... I believe it was Lot? He's hiding some angels in his house, and a rape gang comes through with the intent of raping and killing the angels. In order to protect the servants of his deity, Lot offers up his wife and daughter to the mob instead, and they are summarily raped.
I'd have to agree. Nintendo pretty much just keeps the same characters we know and love, tosses in some totally new aspect to it and comes up with a new story. It's a great way of keeping things fresh while still appealing to our nostalgia. Mario isn't the only property that's done it. When I first heard about Metroid Prime and the fact it would be a first person shooter, I was appalled, but it was a fantastic game.
The Zelda series hasn't really innovated as well as Mario or Metroid, though. Twilight Princess introduced new characters, but the game play didn't add anything really innovative. At least Wind Waker had the cel-shaded graphics to set it apart as something new, and Majora's Mask might not have done much with gameplay, I'd still say that with the dark tone of the story, it's probably my favorite Zelda of all time.
I'd say that Sony won the last two generations, and the original PlayStation was the most powerful console of its generation. It had the best graphics, and it sold the best. The PS2 was either on par, or slightly inferior to the original Xbox, I don't know their stats offhand, but it was certainly superior to Sega's DC, and Nintendo's GC.
Is it fair to blame a prostitute for being the victim of a rape?
What about a scantily clad woman?
Sure, that sounds like an unfair comparison, however, the people who dupe others into these schemes are VERY VERY good at convincing people to buy into their bullshit. People can be stupid, but they may also be pot committed. When you've invested several thousands of dollars into a con artist like L. Ron Hubbard, or Ponzi, or even somebody like Peter Popoff, even though part of your brain screams at you to walk away while you still have a home, you're totally committed to the idea. You KNOW the other poker player can beat your three jacks, but you've just gotta see what he's holding.
I'm in favor of people believing whatever they wish, with one caveat. I think we should all have the same right to mercilessly mock each others beliefs. So long as you don't hide behind you religion when something illegal happens and you want to avoid the law, and you can take a little criticism, then we'll get along splendidly. The problem is that Scientology doesn't like criticism, and many other religious institutions like to protect their members from law enforcement when they're accused of breaking the law.
Last I checked the Catholic church got as many pedophile priests out of hot water by moving them to other jurisdictions as soon as possible. Many of the priests also paid hush money to their victims to keep them quiet, and where do you think the priests got that money to begin with? The church didn't have to feed these guys to the mob, but they could have at least made them stand trial and let the facts seep out, instead of whisking them away and protecting them.
I wouldn't make the claim that Christianity has been nothing but helpful to society, but I wouldn't claim that they're responsible for more death and destruction than ANY other group in history. The Christians certainly have a fair share.
And by the way, when somebody is a Muslim, they practice Islam, and when somebody is a Jew, they practice Judaism. Judaism is a religion, and Muslim is a person. If you're going to mock these moron religions, at least show that you understand what kind of bullshit they're peddling.
Acceptance of Christ doesn't absolve future sins. Blasphemy of the holy spirit is unforgivable, and an instant ticket to Satan's backyard barbecue, without exception.
Mormons haven't been around for thousands of years, and Christianity itself barely qualifies. In fact, the Christianity of today is quite different from the Christianity of even a thousand years ago. A thousand years ago there were only the two main branches of Orthodoxy and Roman Catholic. Now, there are more branches which call themselves "Protestant" than there are countries on Earth.
And as far as grabbing for money goes, when was the last time a priest said inside of a church "We won't be having a collection today, because we've still got plenty of money left over from last week. Go buy yourself something nice, like a new TV."
It shouldn't be that much of a surprise. Last year was the first time that the video game industry actually made more money than the movie industry. I would bet you'll see more and more movie-based games coming out before the actual movie.
EA at least has Ghostbusters, Brutal Legend, Dead Space, Mirrors edge, and a few other new ip's (along with all the other dead horses they keep beating).
Yes... a game based on an 80s movie series, plus cartoon series, isn't beating a dead horse at all...
You heard of the experiment, perhaps you should have DONE it to confirm the results you were told. The teeth won't be pretty, but they won't disappear.
Nutrasweet can actually be broken down by the body, and a teaspoon of it actually has one calorie more than a teaspoon of sugar.
Artificial sweeteners aren't used because they aren't absorbed, they're used because they're so much sweeter than regular sugar, that you can use far less of them, and thus end up with far less calories.
As far as car parts and VINs go, it's possible they might ask for the VIN if you need specific information about the car's motor that you don't happen to know. VINs encode information about the car's engine, as well as offer a unique serial number.
WTF is it with people here that they can't think about anything -- software, laptops, relationships -- unless they can put it "in the automotive world"?
Pot's safety is not my motivation for calling for it to be legalized. If evidence were shown that made pot more addictive than heroin, and more dangerous than meth and cocaine combined, I'd probably call for its legality more strongly. It's similar to freedom of speech. We don't recognize freedom of speech to protect Disney or Looney Toons. We protect speech that's offensive, and vile. Rights are just the ability to make stupid decisions, because we learn from our mistakes... usually.
This issue isn't about safety, because as you mentioned, alcohol and tobacco are quite dangerous. No, this issue is about the freedom to self-medicate, which is what keeps quackery like herbal supplement stores in business. It's also about a larger right that you control your body, because you aren't a slave, and if you control your body it means you can run it on whatever you want.
It's about motivation. If drugs were legal, there wouldn't be vast amounts of profits for the drug dealers, because American corporations have made profiting from anything an art form. You get the beer companies and the cigarette companies fighting over legalized pot, and you stop the real assholes from murdering over it.
Burger King doesn't get into block wars with McDonald's just because they opened up a new restaurant right across the street.
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The Bible is QUITE positive on rape. The only thing the Bible frowns upon is raping a married woman, and raping men. It's perfectly acceptable to rape an unmarried woman, and in fact, it's perfectly kosher to buy the chick from her father after the deed is done. What about the story of... I believe it was Lot? He's hiding some angels in his house, and a rape gang comes through with the intent of raping and killing the angels. In order to protect the servants of his deity, Lot offers up his wife and daughter to the mob instead, and they are summarily raped.
I'd have to agree. Nintendo pretty much just keeps the same characters we know and love, tosses in some totally new aspect to it and comes up with a new story. It's a great way of keeping things fresh while still appealing to our nostalgia. Mario isn't the only property that's done it. When I first heard about Metroid Prime and the fact it would be a first person shooter, I was appalled, but it was a fantastic game.
The Zelda series hasn't really innovated as well as Mario or Metroid, though. Twilight Princess introduced new characters, but the game play didn't add anything really innovative. At least Wind Waker had the cel-shaded graphics to set it apart as something new, and Majora's Mask might not have done much with gameplay, I'd still say that with the dark tone of the story, it's probably my favorite Zelda of all time.
I'd say that Sony won the last two generations, and the original PlayStation was the most powerful console of its generation. It had the best graphics, and it sold the best. The PS2 was either on par, or slightly inferior to the original Xbox, I don't know their stats offhand, but it was certainly superior to Sega's DC, and Nintendo's GC.
Plus, I don't know of any brand of monitor that comes with a HDMI input.
Here's one. And that's just a single HDMI input, according to the search box for HDMI, they sell 7 monitors with DUAL HDMI input.
How about the guy who cuts spending AND cuts taxes?
Is it fair to blame a prostitute for being the victim of a rape?
What about a scantily clad woman?
Sure, that sounds like an unfair comparison, however, the people who dupe others into these schemes are VERY VERY good at convincing people to buy into their bullshit. People can be stupid, but they may also be pot committed. When you've invested several thousands of dollars into a con artist like L. Ron Hubbard, or Ponzi, or even somebody like Peter Popoff, even though part of your brain screams at you to walk away while you still have a home, you're totally committed to the idea. You KNOW the other poker player can beat your three jacks, but you've just gotta see what he's holding.
I'm in favor of people believing whatever they wish, with one caveat. I think we should all have the same right to mercilessly mock each others beliefs. So long as you don't hide behind you religion when something illegal happens and you want to avoid the law, and you can take a little criticism, then we'll get along splendidly. The problem is that Scientology doesn't like criticism, and many other religious institutions like to protect their members from law enforcement when they're accused of breaking the law.
Last I checked the Catholic church got as many pedophile priests out of hot water by moving them to other jurisdictions as soon as possible. Many of the priests also paid hush money to their victims to keep them quiet, and where do you think the priests got that money to begin with? The church didn't have to feed these guys to the mob, but they could have at least made them stand trial and let the facts seep out, instead of whisking them away and protecting them.
They also helped us wacky Americans with this little fight we had with the British in the second half of the 18th century... hmmm.
I wouldn't make the claim that Christianity has been nothing but helpful to society, but I wouldn't claim that they're responsible for more death and destruction than ANY other group in history. The Christians certainly have a fair share.
And by the way, when somebody is a Muslim, they practice Islam, and when somebody is a Jew, they practice Judaism. Judaism is a religion, and Muslim is a person. If you're going to mock these moron religions, at least show that you understand what kind of bullshit they're peddling.
Acceptance of Christ doesn't absolve future sins. Blasphemy of the holy spirit is unforgivable, and an instant ticket to Satan's backyard barbecue, without exception.
Mormons haven't been around for thousands of years, and Christianity itself barely qualifies. In fact, the Christianity of today is quite different from the Christianity of even a thousand years ago. A thousand years ago there were only the two main branches of Orthodoxy and Roman Catholic. Now, there are more branches which call themselves "Protestant" than there are countries on Earth.
And as far as grabbing for money goes, when was the last time a priest said inside of a church "We won't be having a collection today, because we've still got plenty of money left over from last week. Go buy yourself something nice, like a new TV."
Yes, little baby poop can look a lot like mustard in both color and consistency!
But I assume the taste was a bit off...
It shouldn't be that much of a surprise. Last year was the first time that the video game industry actually made more money than the movie industry. I would bet you'll see more and more movie-based games coming out before the actual movie.
EA at least has Ghostbusters, Brutal Legend, Dead Space, Mirrors edge, and a few other new ip's (along with all the other dead horses they keep beating).
Yes... a game based on an 80s movie series, plus cartoon series, isn't beating a dead horse at all...
The Mythbusters debunked that myth.
You heard of the experiment, perhaps you should have DONE it to confirm the results you were told. The teeth won't be pretty, but they won't disappear.
Yes, but how much sodium is lost from 12 ounces of water? If it's less than 38 mg, then they would actually build up more sodium than they lost.
Nutrasweet can actually be broken down by the body, and a teaspoon of it actually has one calorie more than a teaspoon of sugar.
Artificial sweeteners aren't used because they aren't absorbed, they're used because they're so much sweeter than regular sugar, that you can use far less of them, and thus end up with far less calories.
As far as car parts and VINs go, it's possible they might ask for the VIN if you need specific information about the car's motor that you don't happen to know. VINs encode information about the car's engine, as well as offer a unique serial number.
WTF is it with people here that they can't think about anything -- software, laptops, relationships -- unless they can put it "in the automotive world"?
Well, analogies are like cars...
Here's where I disagree.
Pot's safety is not my motivation for calling for it to be legalized. If evidence were shown that made pot more addictive than heroin, and more dangerous than meth and cocaine combined, I'd probably call for its legality more strongly. It's similar to freedom of speech. We don't recognize freedom of speech to protect Disney or Looney Toons. We protect speech that's offensive, and vile. Rights are just the ability to make stupid decisions, because we learn from our mistakes... usually.
This issue isn't about safety, because as you mentioned, alcohol and tobacco are quite dangerous. No, this issue is about the freedom to self-medicate, which is what keeps quackery like herbal supplement stores in business. It's also about a larger right that you control your body, because you aren't a slave, and if you control your body it means you can run it on whatever you want.
I'd rather have drug dealers and McDonald's using the courts to make their battles than firearms.
When they use firearms, reactionary people try to take the guns away from everybody.
Guns? Cars? Hookers? Cigarretes? Diseases? Stupidity?
First they came for the paintballers, and I did not speak up, for I did not play paintball.
Then they came for the hookers, and I was unable to get a date...
It's about motivation. If drugs were legal, there wouldn't be vast amounts of profits for the drug dealers, because American corporations have made profiting from anything an art form. You get the beer companies and the cigarette companies fighting over legalized pot, and you stop the real assholes from murdering over it.
Burger King doesn't get into block wars with McDonald's just because they opened up a new restaurant right across the street.