Deftera Mirage Posts
Ambivalent Ecstasy wrote...
I would solve it by eradicating nationalism, and breaking down the boundaries between countries once and for all.(simple huh? :? )Slight problem champ.
First you advocate one of two routes. No government (True communism) or single world government (One world order). Either way is all fine and dandy but, each has their own problems which I won't address but, a little critical thinking and they will reveal themselves to you.
If order to remove nationalism you would have to remove individuality and replace the "thoughts" of being an individual instead of a "global citizen". This presents a problem, counting people only as a member of a larger group restricts rights and individual liberty and freedom. The next problem is human nature. People will associate with people who are like them. Aryans will associate with Aryans, blacks with blacks,etc. So the world isn't broken up by "countries" anymore it would be broken up by race, religion, politics, region, etc. In the end, you essentially accomplished...nothing.
On topic: The "Nation" of Israel was created by the U.N. the government of the planet in a sense. They granted Israel statehood in approximately the same area they had (A.k.a theLand of Israel) . Also "Jews" are also a race of people which have strong ties "Judaism". Look at Einstein, he was a Jew and an agnostic at the same time. Kind of pokes a hole in your "Jews are only a religion" theory.
I skimmed the thread and I have to say we need to "feed" a good topic like this. The poor thing is starving.
Simple rule of thumb for me on the freedom of speech.
"Anything goes unless it infringes on the constitutional rights of another person"
Note: by Constitutional rights I mean the rights given to us by the founding fathers with the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence.
The problem with "restricting" rights is who gets to decide? You? Me? Obama? Bush? Palin? Beginning to see my point? Currently, the freedom of speech is already under assault. From bills like the "fairness doctrine" that in the past restricted the freedom of conservatives and Liberal radio personnel to express their opinions (You can claim Obama doesn't suppose the fairness doctrine but, he'll just Cloak & Dagger it in under a different name, mark my words). To the general attitudes in the political world. I'm all for people burning the Israeli flag on college campuses in California but, they shouldn't scream bloody murder when the Palestinian flag is also burned by counter-protesters.
As for art; if a painting of the virgin mary smeared in elephant dung can be called "art" and is protected, then my drawings of loli should be as well.
About the prostitute; Dude, I don't see anything anywhere that says that you have a right to keep people from knowing that your Johnson was in a hookers mouth. That would be censorship and what do we say to censorship?
I'll just close with this which really contributes nothing to the argument but, highlights my views very well.
Simple rule of thumb for me on the freedom of speech.
"Anything goes unless it infringes on the constitutional rights of another person"
Note: by Constitutional rights I mean the rights given to us by the founding fathers with the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence.
The problem with "restricting" rights is who gets to decide? You? Me? Obama? Bush? Palin? Beginning to see my point? Currently, the freedom of speech is already under assault. From bills like the "fairness doctrine" that in the past restricted the freedom of conservatives and Liberal radio personnel to express their opinions (You can claim Obama doesn't suppose the fairness doctrine but, he'll just Cloak & Dagger it in under a different name, mark my words). To the general attitudes in the political world. I'm all for people burning the Israeli flag on college campuses in California but, they shouldn't scream bloody murder when the Palestinian flag is also burned by counter-protesters.
As for art; if a painting of the virgin mary smeared in elephant dung can be called "art" and is protected, then my drawings of loli should be as well.
About the prostitute; Dude, I don't see anything anywhere that says that you have a right to keep people from knowing that your Johnson was in a hookers mouth. That would be censorship and what do we say to censorship?
I'll just close with this which really contributes nothing to the argument but, highlights my views very well.
Noam Chompsky wrote...
If you believe in freedom of speech, you believe in freedom of speech for views you don't like. Goebbels was in favor of freedom of speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you're in favor of freedom of speech, that means you're in favor of freedom of speech precisely for views you despise.ShaggyJebus wrote...
Spoiler:
Get out of my head!
York wrote...
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I'm willing to run with this idea. Remember: Fuck it up and I'll kill you :twisted:
Eranox wrote...
nekoxxx wrote...
Eranox wrote...
I don´t see the problem I think he was arrested for possesing real child pornographie in the first place.In germany .....noone give a flying shit about underaged H-manga
if i am informed well enough they don't give a damn about h at all
then.....move over here dude, a neighbor just moved so there is a free flat near by
Don't be alarmed if you see a penguin in the neighborhood.
thekorolev wrote...
According to what? What Law states that there is an end. The concept of infinity is that there is no end, it just continues on forever. Sorry if I sounded derogatory, I was just trying to provide a counter-thought.First you have to remember that infinity is a concept. Also infinity cannot either exist in all circumstances, or not exist in all circumstances.
Anyways, logic dictates that for there to be a beginning, there has to be an end. The universe can't be infinite because the universe had to begin somewhere (big bang, big crunch). A theory of infinite universes exist when you put the big bang and big crunch theories together to get an oscillatory universe. Since technically all matter is drawn back to a single point to undergo a big bang.
Klorofolun wrote...
I mean really, what's left? :?Probably isn't anything. Everything has to have an end somewhere.
Klorofolun wrote...
Fiery_penguin_of_doom wrote...
Lamz0r wrote...
so someone in that 10th dimension could be counted as an ultimate god?and those below as some inferior gods?
If I understood that right. If you control the 10th Dimension you control time and all possibilities of possibilities.
i.e. You are God.
Which makes me wonder. If you control everything and you neglected to control all possibilities of everything. Would the world end?
Lamz0r wrote...
so someone in that 10th dimension could be counted as an ultimate god?and those below as some inferior gods?
If I understood that right. If you control the 10th Dimension you control time and all possibilities of possibilities.
I do not hate anybody for their location or race. I usually hate people for being stupid or ignorant.
Edit: Though I am not above using a "racist" point or fact to make a point.
Edit: Though I am not above using a "racist" point or fact to make a point.
ZiggyOtaku wrote...
Actually wasn't Australia said to be the fattest country?But people, the socks. Srsly.
America has 74.1 of its population over the age of 15 being considered Overweight or Obese.
http://www.forbes.com/2007/02/07/worlds-fattest-countries-forbeslife-cx_ls_0208worldfat_2.html
WhiteLion wrote...
From a probability standpoint, eventually, cell break down and genetic replication errors occur.WhiteLion wrote...
I think one of the most promising technologies against cancer would be programmable nanobots, but we aren't there yet.I say "boo" to that idea as I kinda fear the "gray goo" scenario. Almost as the sentient machine turn on humanity in an act of self preservation scenario.
Mr. Bushido wrote...
This is why I support cloning. A possible solution to cancer.The same genetics would result in the same physical problems. All you are doing is hitting the reset button. Genetic manipulation would be the best solution to the problem that I can currently think of but, it's messing with your genetics.
Soul_Slayer wrote...
has anyone else seen these by zone-archive:Raven fucked by Slade
Tentacles 1 (Raven)
Tentacles 2 (Starfire)
They do great work!
I kind of want a d/l link for the raven ones... my childhood..she is ruined!
Edit: Argent looks hot in the comic. May give raven a run for her money.
MidgarKonotsu wrote...
*Edits image*Spoiler:
Lol awesome. Thanks midgar, that definitely started my day on a positive foot.
animeholic1 wrote...
I take offense to that! *holds his iPhone* Don't listen to him, I still think you're awesome.You bought an iPhone. I have no sympathy for you.
I don't smoke but, I say:
Legalize.
Make it a taxed, regulated and licensed industry like alcohol & tobacco. Treat it like a mixture of cigarettes and alcohol. Make it available like cigarettes such as having them at the local grocery store or gas station. Then putting an age restriction on them (18-21) for purchasing. Then place restrictions on operating machinery like alcohol with D.U.I.'s and such.
With companies in charge of the product it'll be consistently strong. The product will be safe since the dealer can't lace your stuff due to the industry being regulated by the F.D.A. The gang related crime that is part of the drug dealer culture will decline since companies can produce more and better product for less. Less people will be put in jail for possession which will lighten the burden on the prison and legal systems. Save people tax money, increase tax revenue for states/counties that allow the sale of marijuana.
Downside: When gangs realize that they are being killed on their weed business they may retaliate by attacking the businesses that sell better weed for less than they do which will kill their bankrolls. So the violence would target the growers and the store that sell it in attempts to intimidate people from buying weed from anywhere else but, the dealers.
Legalize.
Make it a taxed, regulated and licensed industry like alcohol & tobacco. Treat it like a mixture of cigarettes and alcohol. Make it available like cigarettes such as having them at the local grocery store or gas station. Then putting an age restriction on them (18-21) for purchasing. Then place restrictions on operating machinery like alcohol with D.U.I.'s and such.
With companies in charge of the product it'll be consistently strong. The product will be safe since the dealer can't lace your stuff due to the industry being regulated by the F.D.A. The gang related crime that is part of the drug dealer culture will decline since companies can produce more and better product for less. Less people will be put in jail for possession which will lighten the burden on the prison and legal systems. Save people tax money, increase tax revenue for states/counties that allow the sale of marijuana.
Downside: When gangs realize that they are being killed on their weed business they may retaliate by attacking the businesses that sell better weed for less than they do which will kill their bankrolls. So the violence would target the growers and the store that sell it in attempts to intimidate people from buying weed from anywhere else but, the dealers.
Ambivalent Ecstasy wrote...
As you're asking for opinion, I'll get right on that. Che Guevara by my reckoning was a terrible person. A murderer, a butcher, a totalitarian autocrat who was just as bad (perhaps worse)as the people he helped depose. It is laughable that he has become such a brand. Partly because of the irony, that he would have hated his image being used for such capitalist purposes. But also because people wear Che Guevara merchandise because they believe he stands for freedom. He does not, if you spoke against him, you were killed. He was a power-hungry revolutionary, and it seems everyone has fallen under the sway of the propaganda campaign that has virtually deified him.Tom Morello is evidently; either ignorant or a bastard.Just a little example of what Che Guevara really stood for:
"Youth," wrote Guevara, "should learn to think and act as a mass." "Those who chose their own path" [as in growing long hair and listening to Yankee-imperialist Rock & Roll] were denounced as worthless "lumpen" and "delinquents." In his famous speech Che Guevara even vowed, "to make individualism disappear from Cuba! It is criminal to think of individuals!"
Tens of thousands of Cuban youths learned that Che Guevara's admonitions were more than idle bombast. In Che Guevara the hundreds of Soviet KGB and East German STASI "consultants" who flooded Cuba in the early '60s, found an extremely eager acolyte. By the mid '60s the crime of a "rocker" lifestyle or effeminate behavior got thousands of youths yanked off Cuba's streets and parks by secret police and dumped in prison camps with "Work Will Make Men Out of You" in bold letters above the gate (the one at Auchwitz read "Work Will Set You Free")and with machine gunners posted on the watchtowers.
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1535 - a good read for anyone who thinks Che Guevara was a hero.
I'll admit I was a little ignorant about Che. In light of this my opinion of him has dropped significantly. Without individualism we become sheep for a single shepherd to herd. We become mental slaves to the will of a single person. I have a short time on this rock and I'll be damned if I'll live under the heel of some guys boot!
Also religious groups tend to detest "free thinkers" which is why I detest religious groups.
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zero7525 wrote...
Because we have already turned to democracy, it's pretty much permanent, people would not like the idea of just a couple of rulers making the shots.The chosen government (democracy); it's idea is to make every civilian feel special, like they have an opinion that counts, and taking that away from them will cause quite a scene. Democracy is as good as it get now.America was originally a Republic (still technically is but, in name only). I believe the founding fathers of America knew the problem with letting everybody vote. Make every man free but, don't let everybody vote. If you allow the uneducated to vote then you don't have a broken system since as NOFX puts it
there's no point for democracy when ignorance is celebrated
political scientists get the same one vote as some Arkansas inbred
political scientists get the same one vote as some Arkansas inbred
Note: When they (The colonies) declared independence a small group of overeager militia attacked a British fort and that caused England to send troops. Pressed for time the founding fathers just left out abolishing slavery since the southern colonies were so dead set on keeping their "property" and moved on to more pressing matters).
Yushi wrote...
T DO you know how many jobs will be lost by the end of 2009? 500 million jobs.Nacy Pelosi said that in a news conference about two/three weeks ago but, she said we'd lose 500 million jobs a month. The problem with this little bit. That 200 million more jobs than people within the country (305,825,000).
Link
Note* I don't actually read this site. I just googled it and couldn't find an article on CNN.
Anyways, there are a few of us who search for the grain of truth in a desert of lies (propaganda). This world is populated by idiots who can't think for themselves. Can't or won't formulate their own opinions based on facts and back them up with a solid point driven argument.
I never looked around, never second-guessed
Then I read some Howard Zinn now I'm always depressed
And now I can't sleep from years of apathy
All because I read a little Noam Chomsky
Then I read some Howard Zinn now I'm always depressed
And now I can't sleep from years of apathy
All because I read a little Noam Chomsky
Also, I'm seriously thinking about picking up a Noam Chomsky book.
