It is early in the morning where I live, I stayed up later yet I got up early and I feel fine. I am lucky my parents are not total overlords, as much as other parent might be. I do not think they would limit my lunch, unless I became obese. My mother is obese, but I hardly ever see her eat, and I myself LOVE video games. I play video games all the time, in fact I sit at the computer for very long periods of time, yet I do not gain weight! A typical lunch day for me involves me sitting in the office (they let me stay in there because I don't like how crowded the cafeteria is) and asking an attendant to fetch my lunch for me. I usually have Pizza and chocolate milk, this fills me up. Every day there is pizza, they change around the other food choices but there will always be pizza. I remember one pizza that I ate was so greasy, it was literally a piece of bread with tomato and a carpet of sausasge. That is not typical but the pizza's are greasy. I am not fat nor am I muscular. I also have aspergers, a social/mental disorder, which is the reason I sit in the office for lunch. Every day there are fast food choices for lunch, the food usually involves cheese meat and bread. I do not remember there being any vegetables in the cafeteria there are shelves with candy and assorted fruit sodas and drinks. There are posts with candy hanging from them (costs you extra), with snickers bars, reeses pieces, etc. The lunch is most definitely unhealthy, some students leave campus for lunch and go to mc donalds, or dairy queen, however recent events have caused the staff to threaten to close campus (littering, people complaining that high school students walk on their lawns). There are some rumors about the school and what may happen, each year the agenda/rumors change. Last year they threatened to close campus because of the littering, this year I heard none of it. It seems like these 'topics' are part of one large agenda, and some goal I cannot fathom. This year we had a very stupid "chat" session every wednesday, where students from different grades sat in a classroom for 20 minutes to talk and do activities. Whether this will occur again next year I do not know, the teacher who asked for this session said at the end of this year this: "It's the end of the year, why bother doing this anymore?". This is what I call politics, it is confusing and stupid. Nothing ever really gets done. Every year we discuss how to help freshman become good at passing classes and be aware of the challenges they face, but nothing helpful ever gets done. The jr. high alone is another issue, and I believe the staff there, and even our own government has some secret plot to control minors. I have a theory that all of the events recently are connected, in a way to prevent minors from having any power, influence, or fun. What do I mean you ask? Well I am talking about the law that bans 'social sites' such as myspace, I see this as a way to prevent minors from having an influence (the butterfly effect, similar to starting a rumor). Already we cannot vote, no one listens to us, and no one takes us seriously. At the old jr.high, the principal was a WITCH, she was a obese, and stupid BITCH. The teachers would have none of it, I was in 'special ed' (And have been since as far back as I can remember, for reasons that still escape me). I got in trouble with the law again (misdemeanor), and ended up at a JDF (juvenile detention facility) I had been there before, I met a 12 year old who had been sent there by the notorious principal from my jr.high. My years at that jr.high were a living HELL.
Sometimes I feel like I am the only one who sees these things.
I just struck across an interesting thought, that politicians such as congressmen act the way they do, because they are like companies. Not in a bad sense, but they are. You see folks, each of these congressmen probably wants to help the nation but, they cannot do that if they do not get reelected! It's just like a company to target a specific demographic because that demographic will produces a profit that is important to the company (quantity). The same goes for congressmen in that they must appeal to their constituents or else those constituents may not vote for that person. I just wish everything in our government wasn't 'bundled up'. What I mean is for example when a bill goes to the president to be signed, he can choose to sign and support the bill or vetoes it and not supports it. But there is that issue (I forget what it is called BTW) about the president vetoing certain parts of the bill, and signing others (or so I have interpreted I have not read deep enough to know if this is true or not). The same goes for congressmen in that they may do something you like, but then do something that you don't like. If they continue to do something you like but also something you do not like (in essence: 50/50), how will you decide to vote on this person?
Back on topic, in my opinion the government should not stop the advancement of science, merely to maintain a morally correct agenda. The reasons these people act the way they do (ban this embryonic stem cell research) is because of those reasons I listed above. What is so wrong if they experiment on stem cells? Oh that's right, it could be an alternative to abortion. People would have sex (and not particularly safe sex) because they wanted to, and could get away with it by going to an embryonic cell donation clinic or something. I do not know which way to turn when it comes to issues concerning sacrificing a minority to save a majority. I do have something to add though we have a military to protect us, they willingly go into perilous situations and in some cases give themselves up for the good of our nation. Isn't this in the aspect of the debate over sacrifice a minority to save a majority? In economics, in order to gain some money, you must pay some money. Could this work out with this debate?
Also, what is the difference between one celled bacteria that we kill every day regularly, and an 8 cell embryo? A simple number is what; do we not transplant skin tissue from other areas of our bodies to fix disfiguring areas? What is the difference then? The difference is that this cell may become a human, was there not a Slashdot article on here a week or so back that brain cells had been discovered in a fetus, earlier than previously thought possible? The difference between a one celled organism and a multicelled organism is an integer, the differentiating number. This is a case of sacrificing a minority to save a majority, if we consider a simple one celled bacteria unimportant, then what is 7 cells? The difference is that these cells are human and will become a human being. It is a tough choice. I hope someone can use an analogy here because I cannot think of a good one other than something having to do with the manufacture of a product (the process between simple materials and a full product).
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It is early in the morning where I live, I stayed up later yet I got up early and I feel fine. I am lucky my parents are not total overlords, as much as other parent might be. I do not think they would limit my lunch, unless I became obese. My mother is obese, but I hardly ever see her eat, and I myself LOVE video games. I play video games all the time, in fact I sit at the computer for very long periods of time, yet I do not gain weight! A typical lunch day for me involves me sitting in the office (they let me stay in there because I don't like how crowded the cafeteria is) and asking an attendant to fetch my lunch for me. I usually have Pizza and chocolate milk, this fills me up. Every day there is pizza, they change around the other food choices but there will always be pizza. I remember one pizza that I ate was so greasy, it was literally a piece of bread with tomato and a carpet of sausasge. That is not typical but the pizza's are greasy. I am not fat nor am I muscular. I also have aspergers, a social/mental disorder, which is the reason I sit in the office for lunch. Every day there are fast food choices for lunch, the food usually involves cheese meat and bread. I do not remember there being any vegetables in the cafeteria there are shelves with candy and assorted fruit sodas and drinks. There are posts with candy hanging from them (costs you extra), with snickers bars, reeses pieces, etc. The lunch is most definitely unhealthy, some students leave campus for lunch and go to mc donalds, or dairy queen, however recent events have caused the staff to threaten to close campus (littering, people complaining that high school students walk on their lawns). There are some rumors about the school and what may happen, each year the agenda/rumors change. Last year they threatened to close campus because of the littering, this year I heard none of it. It seems like these 'topics' are part of one large agenda, and some goal I cannot fathom. This year we had a very stupid "chat" session every wednesday, where students from different grades sat in a classroom for 20 minutes to talk and do activities. Whether this will occur again next year I do not know, the teacher who asked for this session said at the end of this year this: "It's the end of the year, why bother doing this anymore?". This is what I call politics, it is confusing and stupid. Nothing ever really gets done. Every year we discuss how to help freshman become good at passing classes and be aware of the challenges they face, but nothing helpful ever gets done. The jr. high alone is another issue, and I believe the staff there, and even our own government has some secret plot to control minors. I have a theory that all of the events recently are connected, in a way to prevent minors from having any power, influence, or fun. What do I mean you ask? Well I am talking about the law that bans 'social sites' such as myspace, I see this as a way to prevent minors from having an influence (the butterfly effect, similar to starting a rumor). Already we cannot vote, no one listens to us, and no one takes us seriously. At the old jr.high, the principal was a WITCH, she was a obese, and stupid BITCH. The teachers would have none of it, I was in 'special ed' (And have been since as far back as I can remember, for reasons that still escape me). I got in trouble with the law again (misdemeanor), and ended up at a JDF (juvenile detention facility) I had been there before, I met a 12 year old who had been sent there by the notorious principal from my jr.high. My years at that jr.high were a living HELL. Sometimes I feel like I am the only one who sees these things.
I just struck across an interesting thought, that politicians such as congressmen act the way they do, because they are like companies. Not in a bad sense, but they are. You see folks, each of these congressmen probably wants to help the nation but, they cannot do that if they do not get reelected! It's just like a company to target a specific demographic because that demographic will produces a profit that is important to the company (quantity). The same goes for congressmen in that they must appeal to their constituents or else those constituents may not vote for that person. I just wish everything in our government wasn't 'bundled up'. What I mean is for example when a bill goes to the president to be signed, he can choose to sign and support the bill or vetoes it and not supports it. But there is that issue (I forget what it is called BTW) about the president vetoing certain parts of the bill, and signing others (or so I have interpreted I have not read deep enough to know if this is true or not). The same goes for congressmen in that they may do something you like, but then do something that you don't like. If they continue to do something you like but also something you do not like (in essence: 50/50), how will you decide to vote on this person?
Back on topic, in my opinion the government should not stop the advancement of science, merely to maintain a morally correct agenda. The reasons these people act the way they do (ban this embryonic stem cell research) is because of those reasons I listed above. What is so wrong if they experiment on stem cells? Oh that's right, it could be an alternative to abortion. People would have sex (and not particularly safe sex) because they wanted to, and could get away with it by going to an embryonic cell donation clinic or something. I do not know which way to turn when it comes to issues concerning sacrificing a minority to save a majority. I do have something to add though we have a military to protect us, they willingly go into perilous situations and in some cases give themselves up for the good of our nation. Isn't this in the aspect of the debate over sacrifice a minority to save a majority? In economics, in order to gain some money, you must pay some money. Could this work out with this debate?
Also, what is the difference between one celled bacteria that we kill every day regularly, and an 8 cell embryo? A simple number is what; do we not transplant skin tissue from other areas of our bodies to fix disfiguring areas? What is the difference then? The difference is that this cell may become a human, was there not a Slashdot article on here a week or so back that brain cells had been discovered in a fetus, earlier than previously thought possible? The difference between a one celled organism and a multicelled organism is an integer, the differentiating number. This is a case of sacrificing a minority to save a majority, if we consider a simple one celled bacteria unimportant, then what is 7 cells? The difference is that these cells are human and will become a human being. It is a tough choice. I hope someone can use an analogy here because I cannot think of a good one other than something having to do with the manufacture of a product (the process between simple materials and a full product).
Bungie announced the Halo movie almsost a month ago! What makes you cover a story on it NOW?
And no, bungie told us who the producer was, and made sure everything was in check themselves on their website.
Suppose a corporation discovered a way to get into space cheaply. What might happen?