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SamuraiX Broom Hatter                  Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5909 days |
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| You can stop terrorism as much as you can stop of all the drug trade, human trafficking, et al. And what excactly do you call terrorism? By definition, terrorism is violence--or the threat of--on the citizens to achieve political, ideological, or religious goals. How is the US not a terrorist country, despite tortorous imprisonment of citizens and non-citizens, without charge or trial? I will tell you. It is because the US is the strongest nation militarily and economically speaking. And by making a war on "terror", the government can extend it to just about anything they want. | |||
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SamuraiX Broom Hatter Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5909 days |
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Communism doesn't work, get over it; communism just kills the economy of a country since there is no personal incentive to work harder. Capitalism, on the other hand, works but does create inequalities. The existance of a deity or lack of one is of no importance. People are inherently good, but selfish motives and ignorance often cloud this goodness. A complex problem often needs a complex solution; conversely, a simple problem often needs a simple solution. U.S. Immigration Policy is inconsistant with democratic ideals. Fear and ignorance cause hatred. On the other hand, SamuraiX should not be an impetus for hatred. The United States is not a popular democracy, it is an elite democracy. The United States's unilateral actions are undemocratic and "wrong." |
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SamuraiX Broom Hatter Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5909 days |
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| My aspirations for the upcoming holiday season are simple and singular, being, in short: sleep. | |||
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SamuraiX Broom Hatter Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5909 days |
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| I don't understand, are deniers trying to say there was no massive killing of people, or that there was no holocaust, as to deny that the word holocaust is a fitting word to describe such killing? | |||
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SamuraiX Broom Hatter Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5909 days |
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Originally posted by Plus Sign Abomination If I might say, the denial of the Holocaust is not at all "legitimate," the opposite I could accept as true. In the United States at least, the norm is that the Holocaust was an awful, terrible thing that shouldn't have happened--although people wouldn't have learned anything if it had not happened, and the effect would not exist, therefore the occurance of a similar genocide if what is coined the Holocaust had not existed. If one asked someone about Nazis or Hitler, the average person would immediately say something around the lines of "bad" or "evil." I do not contest that this is not the case, but that this is what is the norm. But exempting that, I must pose the question: what in fact, is the purpose of denying the Holocaust? Many might answer, to justify the actions of anti-Semites and other racists, and to remove the norm established that genocide is bad, detestable, and wrong. But I wonder, if this is the case, and such peoples want to effect such a genocide, how would they do so? I'm not sure about any of you, but I'm pretty sure I've been subject to the norms "killing is wrong"? But no one seems to care about the occuring genocide in Darfur, it would seem. The tool that the masses use to propagate genocide is apathy, which has worked far better than the feeble efforts of these naysayers. In fact, I bet none of you even thought about Darfur when you read the words ""genocide" and "Holocaust."  |
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SamuraiX Broom Hatter Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5909 days |
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Originally posted by Colin And I quote, that TIME bases its Person of the Year on who, "for better or worse, has most influenced events in the preceding year." I think it's just a cheap attempt at grabbing the interest of the people: "Whoa, I, and some famous person, am the winner!" [EDIT] Not to mention the cover is shiny. And we know how much the Time-magazine buyers love shiny. (edited by SamuraiX on 12-20-06 05:55 AM) |
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SamuraiX Broom Hatter  Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5909 days |
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| The person's skill with paint is amazing, and that is the shining glory, not the art. If one was just shown the final product, would they say it was godly? Of course not. But I thought it was a very meticulous work, and detailed to a great extent with the tools used. | |||
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SamuraiX Broom Hatter Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5909 days |
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Originally posted by Koryo Correct me if I am wrong, but out of purely selfish economic reasons, the U.S. is going to defend Japan. Whatever North Korea is, as other people have already said, suicidal. A nuclear program is immensely expensive to say the least, and I don't think North Korea's economy can handle an attempt at nuclear proliferation. Japan on the other hand, can do so, but that it would be less economically productive, seeing as there aren't many low level jobs for nuclear weaponary, and last time I heard, nuclear weapons aren't usually bought and sold on the open market. Anyone care to detail on the economic effects of nuclear weaponry? Personally, I don't see the point of having more nuclear capacity than is fitting to eliminate the entirety of the world population. |
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SamuraiX Broom Hatter  Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5909 days |
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| At my school, AP Chemistry had a roughly 96% pass rate. The high pass rate might have been because of the ten hours of classes in a week, and the labs were intensive, taking hours a night. However, this year, only one semseter of the class has double block periods, so we'll have to see how that works.
I've taken mainly history and math courses at college, and I don't think "harder" aptly describes the difference. The general format of classes is vastly different. It's so easy to get left behind, if one is lazy and doesn't do their side of the work. In high school, one is given instructions and told to follow them. Last year (junior) was terrible, although I passed the AP tests in chemistry and english language. Morning classes never seemed to work out for me, and they start at 7:45. This year, I thought would be a lot more hectic. I'm taking AP Calculus AB, AP Macroeconomics, AP Japanese Language, AP English Literature, Orchestra (Music Theory isn't that great, I hear.), and AP Physics B. One thing I know, at least in Japanese, is that the AP format puts teachers under a lot of stress. It's a new AP class, so all at once, she has to shift the curriculum from what she wants to teach--things like culture--to teaching us some hundreds of kanji before may. Another thing about getting 5s on the AP test, disregard the medern language tests, because a lot are just taken by native speakers, therefore not exp This is what I think is one of the major downfalls of the AP testing system, it forces teachers and students alike to follow a narrow-minded sort of curriculum in order to pass the test. AP Calculus AB seems to be very straightforward, in the afternoon at least. In AP Macroeconomics, we practice with the AP material, although the class tests are harder. Nevertheless, it's mostly intuitive, in my opinion, and the lectures are really interesting. My AP English Literature class has a lot of homework, but most of it is really self-explanatory. It's a shame that most of the students don't contribute to the class because they're going to this-or-that Ivy League school for some sort of reason, and don't need to worry about grades and don't care much for English. In most English classes, I think that the class makes as much a difference as the teacher, and this year, both of them aren't that great. I think my Physics class is most amazing though. Not only do we learn the course material, but a good deal of the history of physics and calculus as well. And this is a class of students who might only be taking algebra or trigonometry. We don't learn formuli, but how things work. The class also depends on students just helping each other out, and at the end of the day, knowing what on earth is happening. It's really an inspirational class, people come at lunch and over break to come to make sure they know how to do physics, and our teacher is always there for us. I know it might sound really corny, but that's the case. And the AP scores are mostly high too. There's no homework and the labs are always graded 100% if one does them. I'd try to stay back a year just ot take his Physics C class, but for some reason, I seem to be passing my other courses--for now at least. At the community college I took U.S. History, Political Sciences, Trigonometry, and Statistics. I listened in class a lot, although I didn't study much at home, except for Political Sciences, which I was interested in, and got As and Bs in those classes. I'm hoping to take microeconomics at college over the spring semester, but the class I want (read: not-morning class and at the nearby campus) might be filled up. Compared to the AP courses I've taken, a lot more revolves around tests, and not assigned homework. This of course, doesn't mean that you don't have to study, but that it's up to one's own volition. There were a lot more class discussions than lectures for one thing. But then, I'd like to think that I'm rather unintelligent, so the reality might not be consistant with my testimony. The year's worth of college and AP classes I've taken might have just been a fluke, and they might both be absurdly hard. To answer where students get a grade of 5 on the AP tests frequently, the distribution of grades is on the collegeboard website, although at my school, I would say Environmental Science, Physics, Chemistry, and the Calculus classes had a high rate of 4s and 5s. But it's really up to what sort of student you are, and what type of class you wind up in. But about the disparity between college courses and AP courses, I would reiterate that it's mostly the format, although a group of visting English Literature alumni said that college was easy compared to high school, with the exception of the guy who took engineering at Berkeley. He said Berekely is hard as one would think, and to get used to getting Cs. So that's my opinion and experience, but it varies a lot with different schools and people. |
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SamuraiX Broom Hatter Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5909 days |
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| The traditional method of dealing with viri is simply to keep up the immune system, which seems to work best.
However, viri are very hardy and aren't actually living, are they? One has to consider if the marginal benefit of eliminating viri is greater than the marginal costs of eliminating viri. Example: Viri are eliminated or incapacitated, however, people have to live in a hospital environment. Or another example, people who might carry viri or are likely to do so are eliminated as well as the viri. Even if it is possible, the consequences might be more detrimental than simply living with viri. |
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SamuraiX Broom Hatter Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5909 days |
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| The funny thing is, the mental stigma of attacking someone with a machine gun with a knife could very easily guarantee that one heavily-armed person can in fact defeat a massive number of ill-equipped people. I don't think that China will surpass the US unless they fix their socio-economic problems first. It's important to pay attention to the small problems, before they become big ones that one needs to think about more. | |||
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SamuraiX Broom Hatter Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5909 days |
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| Next year, I plan on going to college, whether it be taking a year at a community college and then transfering to a california state university, or just going to one in the first place. I've taken a tour of the university campus, and taken classes at the community college--courses at universities cost a lot, and I really liked both. Might anyone who's gone to a community college or a state college mind giving me some advice? | |||
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SamuraiX Broom Hatter Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5909 days |
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| I'm planning on majoring in economics (or joint with mathamatics), and to clarify, I'll have a year completed in advance towards any University of California or collunity college in California by the end of my senior year, if all goes to plan. What I'm asking is: is the experience in the freshman and sophomore years worth the massive dollar amount it costs? Unless one is talking about Berkeley, the course selection is almost exactly the same. Speaking of which, does anyone here go, or has gone, to a college/university in California? Since if you do, I want to hear about it. Or even college in general, and I really want to know why you hold that preference.
And to not muddle anyone up, I'm talking about the UC(University of California) system, not the CSU(California State University) system. College can refer to a university, as a category. |
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SamuraiX Broom Hatter Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5909 days |
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Originally posted by Alice That didn't stop them from making the Super Wii Entertainment Cube 64, now did it? (edited by SamuraiX on 12-30-06 12:52 AM) (edited by SamuraiX on 12-30-06 12:52 AM) |
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SamuraiX Broom Hatter Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5909 days |
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Originally posted by Young Guru I'll have finished enough credits for an entire year of college by the end of this year. AP tests and whatsnot--making my to-be college GPA higher than my high school one, not oddly enough, and much to my dismay. But about what UC I want to go to, Berkeley is one because of the focus on a specific major I'm looking into in economics, but I'm guaranteed admission to UCSD through the community college, and it's a lot closer, and I've heard they have a good economics department. UCSB and UCLA are also ones I've considered, although I was pretty sure that UCSB was more towards engineering. I kind of liked University of Chicago, but it's even more expensive and hard to get into, and I haven't been there in person, just read about it. So UoC is out of the question, more or less. And I've heard Berkeley is a pain to get into. But really, what's so great about the full university experience, does something happen? If it's social, I might just not be interested. |
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SamuraiX Broom Hatter Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5909 days |
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Originally posted by NSNickOriginally posted by Alice Not the storage closet (of blistering cold)? |
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SamuraiX Broom Hatter Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5909 days |
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Originally posted by Black Lord + However, the college courses I've taken do count towards GPA, and I'm pretty sure the second part would be intuitive. Hence why I plan on transfering, so that I can work on my major at a university. |
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SamuraiX Broom Hatter Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5909 days |
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Originally posted by DanielleOriginally posted by BooUrnsOriginally posted by Danielle I as well. |
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SamuraiX Broom Hatter Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5909 days |
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| But ultimately, doesn't having the most money often end up being the basis of US politics? And once one's in the picture, isn't slowing things down the point of politics? | |||
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SamuraiX Broom Hatter Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 5908 days Last view: 5909 days |
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Originally posted by D Supper: # a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime # a social gathering where a light evening meal is served; "her suppers often included celebrities" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn Dinner: # the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday; "dinner will be at 8"; "on Sundays they had a large dinner when they returned from church" # a party of people assembled to have dinner together; "guests should never be late to a dinner party" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn That's the difference, I think. |
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(Yeah, I know there's more to it than that but Chavez really isn't a threat. More a thorn in one's side.)