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Vegetarian or No?
58 Posts • 13734 Views Talk Talk |
Revisiting this thread to see how things were left and I see you all carried on without me! (as you should!)
Leftwood: I, like Decius, appreciate your insightful observation that a some people don... |
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Life & DeathWhere did 'mid-life crisis' come from?
7 Posts • 4059 Views Philosophy Forum |
Marshall McLuhan 'The High Priest of Pop-Culture' in the mid twentieth century was the first to announce the existence of the 'global village' and to express that 'we become what we behold'. McLuhan s... |
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Taste in Movies
14 Posts • 3572 Views Talk Talk |
"Along with judging people on what kind of film they like to watch is also absurd, like it was stated above everything that is presented in modern main stream culture is a rehash of some older ge... |
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GovernmentJohn kerry out of touch with UN
59 Posts • 13972 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
IU, at 55 you are too young to remember the propaganda during and at the end of WWII ("dirty Japs" from my history book in the 3rd grade), but you are old enough to know better than to try t... |
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so where's the girl stuff?
66 Posts • 12633 Views Talk Talk |
I agree with allot of what's being said.
I think that CWs mentality reflects the change in allot of men's attitudes in recent years that show we are also realising that men and women nee... |
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Science vs ReligionScience: The One True Religion
27 Posts • 7207 Views Religion Forum |
Some may even be so bold as to claim that propaganda is our new religion. I think more importantly you need to look at the purpose of what science and religion serves. Science is used as another tool... |
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what do you do?
8 Posts • 3315 Views Talk Talk |
I'm rarely bored, though I do enjoy a good bout of boredom now and again. If I am not online, I have a couple of civic and heritage organization I am involved in. If I'm not working, I like camping, a... |
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Emotions & FeelingsEmotional Spreading
98 Posts • 20314 Views Psychology Forum |
One is not allowed to influence another's belief system. Because your idea suggests changing a person's way of life and this is unacceptable in a political correct world
that is extremely... |
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Religion & HumanityWhy can we do wrong
23 Posts • 6458 Views Religion Forum |
nomeaning,
What is "wrong"? What is "right"? What religion is right and which is wrong? According to most religions every other religion is wrong. So, which is right if there is b... |
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SocietyUS
27 Posts • 8963 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Why do people hate the US?
Try to imagine yourself not an American but belonging to a different country. You hear about the US deciding who is bad and who to go after. The US always seems to be invol... |
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Can you see the blinders?
2 Posts • 2171 Views Philosophy Forum |
Can you see the blinders?
Quickie from wiki: 'Blinders, also known as blinkers or winkers, are a piece of horse tack that restricts the horse's vision to the rear and, in some cases, to the si... |
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HomosexualityWhy Condone Fruitless Deviant Behavior?
94 Posts • 27060 Views Sexuality & Intimacy Forum |
sure homosexuality is deviant behavior relative to contemporary mainstreem culture. but deviations from the norm are the essence of biological evolution. traits benificial to the survival of the speci... |
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GovernmentIdea of the "perfect" government?
42 Posts • 30181 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Based on yoru premise, then there is no right answer. If your premise is "imagine a horrible situation exists a priori" then nothing really works. And I wasn't postulating a world gover... |
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Life & DeathVoluntary Human Extinction Movement
233 Posts • 131502 Views Philosophy Forum |
I'm all for population reduction. We should have stopped at no more than 2 billion people on the planet -- which means that we're at least 200% over-populated.
But extinction? Sheesh. Tha... |
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War & TerrorismExcerp: Truth of War
124 Posts • 30442 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Patriot Act not catching terrorists
New York, June 13. (Guardian News Service): Fewer than 10% of the people prosecuted for terrorism in the United States since the September 11 attacks were convict... |
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War & Terrorism900 years of the West against Islam
24 Posts • 6647 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
The cost is not monitary, but our ideals. Our live and let live democratic ideals. We will have sacrificed our system to impose our system on another culture. Democracy doesn't work for everyone... |
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Science vs ReligionScience gives proof of God.
19 Posts • 6768 Views Religion Forum |
People who believe in the BIBLE and other religions to me are no more correct then those believing the Lord of the Rings tail to be a legitimate part of history. And that somehow the world changed sha... |
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ChristianityA few questions for Christians.
13 Posts • 3203 Views Religion Forum |
Well, the way I see it the biggest problem with beliefs is when those beliefs become a need. My beliefs are not a need. To provide an example of what they are: would you say that you need to believe i... |
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Alternative Beliefsreal or just a myth?
57 Posts • 18515 Views Religion Forum |
they probably have some generation in truth-maybe someone from an ancient village came running in at night claiming to have seen a man change into a wolf, when in actuality he had only seen a wolf, bu... |
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SocietyThe Capitalism Debate!!!!
95 Posts • 29029 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Teen I noted that you precieve that post WWII as the point where people turned to (democracy) capitalism. But France & England revolted against the lords of their respective governments (monarchie... |
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Sexual Psychologypremarital sex
6 Posts • 3697 Views Sexuality & Intimacy Forum |
My vote really depends on when you ask me.
Such a question has the ability to be completely situational, depending on things such as how old the participants are, how long they've been dating,... |
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Consciousnesswhat is free will?
20 Posts • 32129 Views Philosophy Forum |
The question of free will is relative easy to answer and very difficult to accept. The most obvious answer is that it is the easiest explanation for beginning and ending, for right and wrong, for good... |
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RelationshipsI have nothing but contempt for the western woman
35 Posts • 19108 Views Sexuality & Intimacy Forum |
I have read a lot of articles in which many European men seem to have a similar view. For instance, a large number of Western women are totally unfamiliar with, and even afraid of, men who are uncircu... |
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Religion & HumanityThe True Religion?
96 Posts • 29064 Views Religion Forum |
Decius--"Hinduism and Budhism do not preach that their religion is the one true religion. Christianity and Islam proclaim that there is only one true god and that is their God. Hence the fact tha... |
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Government5th Century BC Mohism defining the US today
0 Posts • 308 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
The greatest myth about the USA is that the president rules it. It's a great illusion that sells newspapers, books and commercials.
What rules a society is the people and the enforcement of la... |
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