I think I speak for everyone when I say this is a very good thing.
Re:I though otherwise, so did my physics teacher.
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I intrepreted the use of martial arts as a necessity because Neo could control inanimate things like bullets, but cannot control people (maybe a comment on free will?), making the martial arts a more viable option for attacking him. He might be able to stop a sword with his hand, but he can't stop the guy from swinging the sword at him.
Learning grammar is great all, but the thing to remember is that when you're caught up in the intricacies of a medium, you fail to express anything through it. Grammar nazis might point out the syntactical flaws of your argument, but they have nothing to contribute to what you're actually saying. The skill of writing must be mastered before anything can be written using those skills, but if your mind is constantly on those skills nothing will be said. F. Scott Fitzgerald had terrible spelling and grammatical accuracy, yet the Great Gatsby is considered the 2nd best novel of the 20th century by the Modern Library. Ever read Joyce? Check out Ulysses, the 1st book on the list, and then tell me how much James Joyce adheres to conventional grammar. Or, to make it easier on you, just flip through the last couple pages.
This is inherit in the consciousness of all cultures. A major part of someone's identity is often the country or culture you are a part of. For example, people in the US are often very proud to be americans. So when a country commits an atrocity, that atrocity is also tied to your personal identity as a citizen of that country. Naturally, people believe that they, themselves are good. No one believes that they are a bad person. So there is a fundamental conflict in the citizens of the country within themselves. It is for this reason that mass denial or rationalization of atrocities will occur in the citizens of a country that commit an atrocity. This has happened everywhere: in Germany, in Japan, and in the US (during the Vietnam war, the US carpeted the rural, civilian country of Laos with land mines. It is the 2nd most densely landmined region in the world. Hundreds of civilian casualties, mostly children, result from the still active landmines every year. To this day the US government refuses to help remove the land mines, provide information on dismantling them, or even acknowledge their continuing threat to the people of Laos. It is as if we deny their existence).
Yes, 3000 people is a big number, but it's all relative. That's about 8 people a day. THOUSANDS of children die from starvation every day. Hell, over 70 people die from choking on pens every year. What's important is the percent of the population that dies from car crashes, not the number.
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I think I speak for everyone when I say this is a very good thing.
I intrepreted the use of martial arts as a necessity because Neo could control inanimate things like bullets, but cannot control people (maybe a comment on free will?), making the martial arts a more viable option for attacking him. He might be able to stop a sword with his hand, but he can't stop the guy from swinging the sword at him.
Learning grammar is great all, but the thing to remember is that when you're caught up in the intricacies of a medium, you fail to express anything through it. Grammar nazis might point out the syntactical flaws of your argument, but they have nothing to contribute to what you're actually saying. The skill of writing must be mastered before anything can be written using those skills, but if your mind is constantly on those skills nothing will be said. F. Scott Fitzgerald had terrible spelling and grammatical accuracy, yet the Great Gatsby is considered the 2nd best novel of the 20th century by the Modern Library. Ever read Joyce? Check out Ulysses, the 1st book on the list, and then tell me how much James Joyce adheres to conventional grammar. Or, to make it easier on you, just flip through the last couple pages.
This is inherit in the consciousness of all cultures. A major part of someone's identity is often the country or culture you are a part of. For example, people in the US are often very proud to be americans. So when a country commits an atrocity, that atrocity is also tied to your personal identity as a citizen of that country. Naturally, people believe that they, themselves are good. No one believes that they are a bad person. So there is a fundamental conflict in the citizens of the country within themselves. It is for this reason that mass denial or rationalization of atrocities will occur in the citizens of a country that commit an atrocity. This has happened everywhere: in Germany, in Japan, and in the US (during the Vietnam war, the US carpeted the rural, civilian country of Laos with land mines. It is the 2nd most densely landmined region in the world. Hundreds of civilian casualties, mostly children, result from the still active landmines every year. To this day the US government refuses to help remove the land mines, provide information on dismantling them, or even acknowledge their continuing threat to the people of Laos. It is as if we deny their existence).
Yes, 3000 people is a big number, but it's all relative. That's about 8 people a day. THOUSANDS of children die from starvation every day. Hell, over 70 people die from choking on pens every year. What's important is the percent of the population that dies from car crashes, not the number.
And how much of the general population uses Linux? What? Less? There you go.
Does anyone else feel like they're reading a 6th grade essay while reading this post?