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  1. #1 bro

    Black & White

    HEY GUYS, just beat the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So after trying to be spoiler free for ages I'm now chilling out a bit on that regard. Just checked out the new legendaries on bulbapedia and I think they're super lame but every pokemon I actually encountered in...
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    Theism, Religion and Lack thereof

    Re: Christianity huh? what I was trying to say was that maybe even if everyone is technically born atheist, i don't think atheism is necessarily the "default" in the sense that "everyone would be atheist if it weren't for societal pressures and the fact that they are exposed to religion at a...
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    Theism, Religion and Lack thereof

    Re: Christianity hmmm I don't know, if atheism is the default position then why did early civilizations start worshiping the sun when they had nothing else to worship? people really like the idea of looking to a higher power and I might take a shot in the dark and guess that you had a fairly...
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    Nuclear Weapons

    I'm a bit confused on this issue. Even if every country did get rid of their nukes, it's not like people would just forget how to make them. I don't see why some crazy dictator in the future couldn't just create a stockpile in secret, assuming their country was developed enough scientifically ...
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    Homosexuality

    you are too good at this game... I guess you are all right and there isn't really anything wrong with showing this book in the classroom. Although I still wouldn't do it myself.
  6. #1 bro

    Homosexuality

    Yeah, that makes sense. However, I feel like there is a difference between the "in theory" reason to incorporate this book into the curriculum and the "in actuality" reason. (or the idealistic reason and the cynical reason if those terms work better for you) In theory: Like you said, the...
  7. #1 bro

    Homosexuality

    No, I'm just trying to find out why one is okay but the other isn't. Tell me why.
  8. #1 bro

    Homosexuality

    Okay, so are you going to show the kids in your class a children's book on why there probably is no god, because until now, little kids have been indoctrinated with the idea, perpetuated by countless childrens' books, that god is real? Are you going to show the kids in your class a children's...
  9. #1 bro

    Communism?

    yeah, this is basically just what I was saying but on a massive scale, don't you think?
  10. #1 bro

    Homosexuality

    The issue I think people have with books like this, King and King, and Heather Has Two Mommies are that they exist solely to indoctrinate little kids with certain political ideas, namely "gay marriage is a-ok, vote no on prop 8". I can't imagine what is going through the heads of a teacher who...
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    What does it mean to be open minded?

    A lot of people seem to have the mentality of "this is what I think, and I don't want to change what I think because I already decided that this is what I think", and then go "la la la I can't hear you" when they hear evidence that refutes their worldview. Which is why you rarely hear people...
  12. #1 bro

    Homosexuality

    holy fucking shit guys. it's like you spend all your time feverishly combing all of pwnemon's posts for the tiniest things which you can pick out and use to call him names. obviously there was nothing homophobic in his statement...........
  13. #1 bro

    Communism?

    I think the majority of "humans are bastards" ness comes from "oh, I hate it when people take other people's Coke from the fridge, but I am just SO thirsty today, and the only reason I don't have Coke of my own is because someone stole mine, and the guy whose Cokes these are almost never drinks...
  14. #1 bro

    Homosexuality

    Look let's not be ridiculous here. I can honestly say that I am 100% non-homophobic, but even I would not find a guy crushing on me to be desirable, in a similar way to how I would not want a really ugly girl crushing on me either. The guy crush is a bit of a stickier situation though - it's...
  15. #1 bro

    Homosexuality

    I mean for most straight men yeah. You have to admit it would make things pretty awkward if you knew one of your army buddies was gay and you thought he might have a crush on you. This I think is the rationale behind the law.
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    I LOVE ULTRAVIOLET

    This is really bizarre. Cool though if it's real
  17. #1 bro

    Conservatism

    If you think that the reason some people don't like Obama is because he is black, then you need to seriously examine your ideology. Also people need to stop being so ridiculously oversensitive towards racism. It's bad, but it's going away, and to be honest I think 50 years from now racism in...
  18. #1 bro

    Communism?

    Well you have to realize that anyone in such a society would have thoughts like "I wish I could just _______" where either the rules or social norms dictate that they can't. In the world of the Giver these thoughts would presumably become far more common than they are with us (and they are...
  19. #1 bro

    Communism?

    They would definitely know 1 and 2.
  20. #1 bro

    Communism?

    Yeah, except 1) they had no freedom 2) they had to repress pretty much everything about themselves 3) they were living a total lie which probably resulted in depression which they then had to repress 4) they weren't allowed to experience fun things (sex) 5) their lives were meaningless
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