I was homeschooled for all my years of schooling, up until 17 years old when I joined the military. My parents were constantly brainwashing me to convince me that Satan controls the world governments, Christianity is the only way to go, every other religion is a lie by Satan to deceive people away from salvation, 7-day Creationism is Truth, Evolution is another of Satan's lies, and more. As a result of 17 years of their imprinting their beliefs on my malleable little mind...
I'm a pagan now. Success!
So you can see why I doubt the ability of a mere teacher to permanently f*ck up the mind of anybody capable of independent thought.
The first person convicted under Canadian anti-hate laws was a teacher that brainwashed an entire class that Jews control the world and the Holocaust never happened.
That is a failure of the school that hired him. A teacher could say any crazy thing to pollute the minds of their students, and if the school isn't monitoring the curriculum, they'll get away with it. The guy should have been fired and disbarred from teaching. The guy who hired him should have been fired for not properly pre-screening a teacher. In the age of open communications and the internet, it is impossible to silence any voice. Go to the Timecube website (http://www.timecube.com) if you doubt that. Making it illegal just means that it'll appeal to rebels and the disaffected, and it will give legitimacy to their claims that there is a government conspiracy against them.
One should not be allowed to abuse Freedom of Speech to spread hate literature
Yes, they should. And everyone else is free to spread anti-hate literature that points out the small-minded flaws of the hate literature. It's a good thing for hateful people to make known the extent of their insanity, so that the rest of us can guard against it. Make it illegal, and they go underground, and they feel that their rights are being oppressed, and they are more likely to become violent. Picture a water balloon, with the balloon being the hater and the water being the hate. Leave it alone, and nothing is likely to happen. Squeeze it, and it'll pop.
Let me put it this way, Mr Amer. The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.
However, same "Nubian Goddess" strapping on a rubber penis and moving toward some hapless individual tied, bent-over, to a table....now we have a problem here...don't we?
I'll say we do. That description was so hot that I'm rock hard now! And I have to stand up to leave soon. That's a HUGE problem for me!
Libraries also need to get rid of those racy romance novels. And any art book with nudity in it. That's how I got my jollies as a young misguided youth of 13. First time I choked the bishop, the book "Topping From Below" by Laura Reese was involved. And it was right there in the fiction section. I was able to go right up to it. Book has extreme kinky sex in it. There were also more then a few photography books, and a book from the children's level downstairs on the changes a body goes through during puberty, which had a photo of a nude adult female in it. That's a gold mine for an adolescent boy, no Playboy or Myspace or internet needed.
Toyota was going to open a new plant in the U.S., but the education level was so low that they took it to Canada instead. They said that with Canada's better education system they will spend less to train new workers, as most factory-level workers in the U.S. are barely literate, and with Canada's universal health care Toyota will have to pay less for medical insurance for their workers. As a result, you have a clear case where Republican social policies have resulted in damage to their lovely free market economy.
Also, while that's a nice idea, there is at least one issue whose issue is so black and white, so divided, that there is no 'getting past it', as if it were just a label; it will have to be dealt with head on.
No there's not.
Besides, when it comes to 'reaching across the isle', George Bush has a very good track record of so doing
If by "reaching across the isle" (and it's spelled aisle) you mean telling the Democrats that anybody who doesn't do what he says is supporting terrorism, and telling Republicans that disagree with him that anybody who doesn't do what he says is supporting terrorism, then yes, he has reached across the aisle. But with a billy club. Incidentally, the president doesn't "reach across the aisle" anyway, the aisle referred to is in Congress, and the president only goes to Congress for the State of the Union address. Additionally, it's not spelled Democrates (that's 2), but Democrats, and saying that the only goal of the Democratic Party is to gain control is outright ridiculous, especially given the iron fist that the Republicans have been ruling the country with for the last several years. Yes, when you're the opposition party and the other party has shut you out of the political process entirely, and controls all three branches of government, and seems determined to run the country into the ground, then you might indeed try to take over from them. And the rest of the country agreed with the Democrats, and the Democrats now have 1 of the 3 branches back. But that wasn't to gain Democratic control, it was to break Republican control. The difference is a subtle one, and given the level of intelligence that you've demonstrated so far, I strongly doubt you'll be able to pick up on it. So with that aside, who do you favor in the Daytona 500? You might actually have your own opinion about NASCAR, as opposed to repeating what other people tell you about politics.
No, but it is consistent with Obama's position that red and blue color denotation is a bad idea, and that in order to succeed America needs to get past that and work together.
Especially given that Rumsfeld and Cheney were both saying, before 2000, that they wanted to invade Iraq and replace Saddam, and were saying that after 2000 and before 9/11, and after 9/11 were asking how it could be spun into support for war in Iraq.
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine- the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, thereby those important events of the past usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, a celebration of a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat. There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night I sought to end that silence. Last night I destroyed the Old Bailey, to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you then I would suggest you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot. -V
Remember, remember. Actually, I just hate to pass up a chance to quote V for Vendetta
Way to take a small scale sample and apply it to the whole. William Jefferson is a Democratic Representative from Louisiana who took bribes, obviously all Democratic representatives take bribes.
It's like that time-honored grade school example of a logical fallacy. "Zorba is a Greek. Zorba has a beard. Therefore, all Greeks have beards."
Personal privacy is one of my biggest issues. It would be enough to decide my vote. However, I don't trust Hillary to be telling the truth about this. If Obama were to tell me that every individual has an absolute right to privacy, I'd believe him and believe that he'd back it up. But from Hillary, or Kerry, or Edwards, or McCain, or Guiliani, nope, not buying it.
It's a hot-button issue for me, but so is the trustworthiness of the actual politician.
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So the teacher was threatening to kill his students if they didn't accept his whacky belief that the Jews control the world?
Now I have to go find a credible and legitimate source of information for fictional universes from TV shows, and video game settings!
I was homeschooled for all my years of schooling, up until 17 years old when I joined the military. My parents were constantly brainwashing me to convince me that Satan controls the world governments, Christianity is the only way to go, every other religion is a lie by Satan to deceive people away from salvation, 7-day Creationism is Truth, Evolution is another of Satan's lies, and more. As a result of 17 years of their imprinting their beliefs on my malleable little mind...
I'm a pagan now. Success!
So you can see why I doubt the ability of a mere teacher to permanently f*ck up the mind of anybody capable of independent thought.
True, I don't agree with their lack of free speech.
That is a failure of the school that hired him. A teacher could say any crazy thing to pollute the minds of their students, and if the school isn't monitoring the curriculum, they'll get away with it. The guy should have been fired and disbarred from teaching. The guy who hired him should have been fired for not properly pre-screening a teacher. In the age of open communications and the internet, it is impossible to silence any voice. Go to the Timecube website (http://www.timecube.com) if you doubt that. Making it illegal just means that it'll appeal to rebels and the disaffected, and it will give legitimacy to their claims that there is a government conspiracy against them.
Yes, they should. And everyone else is free to spread anti-hate literature that points out the small-minded flaws of the hate literature. It's a good thing for hateful people to make known the extent of their insanity, so that the rest of us can guard against it. Make it illegal, and they go underground, and they feel that their rights are being oppressed, and they are more likely to become violent. Picture a water balloon, with the balloon being the hater and the water being the hate. Leave it alone, and nothing is likely to happen. Squeeze it, and it'll pop.
That there is still one free country in North America.
Let me put it this way, Mr Amer. The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.
I'll say we do.
That description was so hot that I'm rock hard now! And I have to stand up to leave soon. That's a HUGE problem for me!
...in light of today's VGCats: http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=227
Wish I wasn't out of mod points, that was pretty funny.
It was a great old CRPG. I liked it anyway. The graphics were simplistic, comically so, but it was enjoyable.
C.M. Kornbluth's short story "The Marching Morons" is a good read.
Over $175 million just for the fighter, and [lots] for the pilot and training and ammo and so on.
Disclaimer: I am actually in the Air Force.
That explains all the oil under Oklahoma and Texas.
Hey! You're an adult! Get your own computer!
I take my laptop with wi-fi card that I bought off Ebay for 300 bucks to the library, and plug right in. No waiting.
Libraries also need to get rid of those racy romance novels. And any art book with nudity in it. That's how I got my jollies as a young misguided youth of 13. First time I choked the bishop, the book "Topping From Below" by Laura Reese was involved. And it was right there in the fiction section. I was able to go right up to it. Book has extreme kinky sex in it. There were also more then a few photography books, and a book from the children's level downstairs on the changes a body goes through during puberty, which had a photo of a nude adult female in it. That's a gold mine for an adolescent boy, no Playboy or Myspace or internet needed.
Toyota was going to open a new plant in the U.S., but the education level was so low that they took it to Canada instead. They said that with Canada's better education system they will spend less to train new workers, as most factory-level workers in the U.S. are barely literate, and with Canada's universal health care Toyota will have to pay less for medical insurance for their workers. As a result, you have a clear case where Republican social policies have resulted in damage to their lovely free market economy.
No there's not.
If by "reaching across the isle" (and it's spelled aisle) you mean telling the Democrats that anybody who doesn't do what he says is supporting terrorism, and telling Republicans that disagree with him that anybody who doesn't do what he says is supporting terrorism, then yes, he has reached across the aisle. But with a billy club. Incidentally, the president doesn't "reach across the aisle" anyway, the aisle referred to is in Congress, and the president only goes to Congress for the State of the Union address. Additionally, it's not spelled Democrates (that's 2), but Democrats, and saying that the only goal of the Democratic Party is to gain control is outright ridiculous, especially given the iron fist that the Republicans have been ruling the country with for the last several years. Yes, when you're the opposition party and the other party has shut you out of the political process entirely, and controls all three branches of government, and seems determined to run the country into the ground, then you might indeed try to take over from them. And the rest of the country agreed with the Democrats, and the Democrats now have 1 of the 3 branches back. But that wasn't to gain Democratic control, it was to break Republican control. The difference is a subtle one, and given the level of intelligence that you've demonstrated so far, I strongly doubt you'll be able to pick up on it. So with that aside, who do you favor in the Daytona 500? You might actually have your own opinion about NASCAR, as opposed to repeating what other people tell you about politics.
you understand Southern-brand Christianity. Congratulations!
No, but it is consistent with Obama's position that red and blue color denotation is a bad idea, and that in order to succeed America needs to get past that and work together.
Especially given that Rumsfeld and Cheney were both saying, before 2000, that they wanted to invade Iraq and replace Saddam, and were saying that after 2000 and before 9/11, and after 9/11 were asking how it could be spun into support for war in Iraq.
Remember, remember.
Actually, I just hate to pass up a chance to quote V for Vendetta
Way to take a small scale sample and apply it to the whole. William Jefferson is a Democratic Representative from Louisiana who took bribes, obviously all Democratic representatives take bribes.
It's like that time-honored grade school example of a logical fallacy. "Zorba is a Greek. Zorba has a beard. Therefore, all Greeks have beards."
Personal privacy is one of my biggest issues. It would be enough to decide my vote. However, I don't trust Hillary to be telling the truth about this. If Obama were to tell me that every individual has an absolute right to privacy, I'd believe him and believe that he'd back it up. But from Hillary, or Kerry, or Edwards, or McCain, or Guiliani, nope, not buying it.
It's a hot-button issue for me, but so is the trustworthiness of the actual politician.