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  1. Tarvos

    Euthanasia

    I would like to note that in the Netherlands, no one bothers wearing a helmet when cycling. The reason is probably that due to the seriously insane amount of cyclists (we are a bicycle country), we have created a whole cyclist INFRASTRUCTURE (usually bike lanes are separate), and adding that to...
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    Yourself on the internet, eight or so years ago.

    I was raised non-religiously too, and fairly liberally. Often I have found that I came to the conclusion that for <insert topic> I would develop < x opinion> and then it would turn out my parents think approximately the same thing (might be a different nuance). Most of the time I discover that...
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    The "Fwee" Thread

    Re: The "Fwee" Thread, Mk. IV I now feel comfortably able when reading a French novel or newspaper. Not that I get everything, but I always understand the gist and the main point and 80-90% of the text. If one speaks clearly then I understand spoken French at about the same rate. :) And...
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    What are you reading? II

    I've been reading a lot of Amélie Nothomb lately. In the original French, of course. Currently, I am working my way through Stupeur et Tremblements, in addition to which I have finished Antéchrista and Hygiène de l'Assassin.
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    GM Foods

    This is an argument against Monsanto being dicks, not GMO being inherently bad (Also, there being restrictions by the governments in no way justifies GMO being slagged)
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    Euthanasia

    It's plenty relevant. It shows that the countries applying euthanasia can do so on good moral grounds and it's an addition to a highly valued life that can be put into practice reasonably using the proper legislation. May I note that the Dutch are absurdly cautious about euthanasia (to a fault I...
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    Euthanasia

    My point was that the countries that have it are all better off economically and socially than the USA. So apparently we're doing something right. (Yes, even Belgium. Fuck Belgium).
  8. Tarvos

    Euthanasia

    It's legal where I live and we're still, you know, functioning? Then again I guess in the eyes of the American religious right we are SODOM AND GOMORRAH.
  9. Tarvos

    Rate the song above you

    Alcest is all right, been a while since I've listened to it. I have not found a lot of good French music, but what I do know (Demians, Gojira, Manau) I really like. 6/10 Orphaned Land is amazing live, by the way - one of my things to do is to go to Israel and watch them. It would be amazing...
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    Rate the song above you

    Finnish pride, I see? 8/10 (it is Nightwish, after all) Orphaned Land - Norra El Norra Takes some getting used to.
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    GM Foods

    Hey Harlequin, do you know Graham Hughes? He's a seasoned traveller and backpacker who's also a committed atheist with some particularly good opinions on quasi-everything (and he's allowed to discuss it - he's been to 197 countries, including every mainland African country with the exception of...
  12. Tarvos

    GM Foods

    The thing is, they don't have cause to complain about them, for the same reason they don't have cause to complain about the internet, mobile phones, or the fact we've been GMing for ages and they are probably eating broccoli (mutated cabbage) right now.
  13. Tarvos

    GM Foods

    'I have the same problem with anti-GM'ers as I have with anti-climate change people, anti-abortionists, anti-nuclear people, etc. I understand the need for caution - I should say that everyone does - but that's not a reason to be overly rigid and silly about it. Caution and prohibition are not...
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    Rate the song above you

    Went into it with high hopes, then found out the song is so repetitive (and the stupid video keeps glitching up, argh) that I couldn't really make heads nor tails of it except to say that I know exactly who would like this song. I also know that even though I probably should like it, I really...
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    Yourself on the internet, eight or so years ago.

    I was a dick a few times. Then I chilled out.
  16. Tarvos

    Where do you get your spiritual fulfillment?

    I do what I think is right.
  17. Tarvos

    Voting USA 2012?

    I'm neither right nor left-wing. Anyone who thinks the presidency is given by God probably should not be a president. In that sense, yes, he is insane.
  18. Tarvos

    Voting USA 2012?

    Bush *is* mad, and if we can get it into people's heads that he is, we should be able to grotesquely ignore anything he does and never vote for the cunt again. The GOP is full of blithering senile ancient conservative dummies. That should be understood.
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    Voting USA 2012?

    Obama is the best president the US have had in a long time. I think the only one that was equally good that I can remember (and even he did some stupid things) was Bill Clinton. But that said, if Obama was a candidate in my country, I still wouldn't vote for him. Anything overly right-leaning...
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    Fave bands/artists?

    The English translations I don't like, that's true. But I do like the French versions of her songs. And really, when it comes down to it - yeah it is pretty cheesy. But sometimes you need cheesy music, and it sounds more genuine (to these ears in French). But I like Kate Nash too for example...
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