Originally posted by Kasumi-Astra

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Originally posted by BooUrns

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Originally posted by Kasumi-Astra

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Originally posted by BounderTower

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At the expense of sounding noobish, what on god's green internets is going on in this thread? Whatever it is, I'm just not seeing it..

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Originally posted by Koryo

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Will everyone stop with the tyranny of the majority nonsense? It's not as if this is the Aryan race making laws that bar the Jews from owning property. Passing laws that ban abortion saves lives. It has nothing to do with tyranny. The Supreme Court should be more active? They are the least democratic branch of government we have. They are appointed by elected individuals (making them two full steps removed from the people), they are given office until the day they die or retire. Their power to oversight ratio is incredibly out of proportion. A US president has incredible power, but also incredible oversight, as the public, the media, and his opponents pick at every aspect of his life trying to harm or disgrace him for a year or more prior to his election, and then the entire body of the American people have the final say on whether he takes office or not. A US congressman has very limited power, being one out of hundreds in the legislative branch of the government. But they also have less oversight, as only a few hundred thousand people vote for them, and their election process is not as grueling as a president's. So a president has a high level of power, and a high level of oversight. A congressman has a low level of power and a low level of oversight. A supreme court justice has a high degree of power and very little oversight at all. The Senate confirmation process lasts a relatively short time and is far less invasive than a Presidential race. Of the three branches of government, the supreme court is the least democratic. If we had 9 Catholics on the supreme court who ruled in favor of Christians every time, you'd be calling the US an oligarchy. But, since the supreme court agreed with you about abortion, you side with the least democratic branch of our government. The Christian majority is not tyrannizing anyone.

How about this? Let's kill everyone with AIDS by lethal injection. Their lives are effectively over anyway, as there is no cure for aids, and there is the chance that they could spread it to other innocent people. Why take that risk? Those aids patients obviously aren't contributing to society anymore, and they're a burden on their families and anyone else who has to pay their abnormally high medical bills. Are you spitting at your monitor yet? OK, you're right. Killing aids patients is wrong. It's not their fault. Instead, let's kill unborn babies. They are a burden on society, and you are effectively ruining a young woman's life if you force her to carry a baby she doesn't love. How can you be so elitist and unfeeling as to tell a woman that she can't put a fork in her baby's head and tear out his brain, or inject salt into her womb to effectively pickle him. It's her body, after all.

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Originally posted by Simon Belmont

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I didn't even know K-Mart was still in business.

Guess they're selling old stock or something.

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Originally posted by Arwon

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How about this? Let's kill everyone with AIDS by lethal injection. Their lives are effectively over anyway, as there is no cure for aids, and there is the chance that they could spread it to other innocent people. Why take that risk? Those aids patients obviously aren't contributing to society anymore, and they're a burden on their families and anyone else who has to pay their abnormally high medical bills. Are you spitting at your monitor yet? OK, you're right. Killing aids patients is wrong. It's not their fault. Instead, let's kill unborn babies. They are a burden on society, and you are effectively ruining a young woman's life if you force her to carry a baby she doesn't love. How can you be so elitist and unfeeling as to tell a woman that she can't put a fork in her baby's head and tear out his brain, or inject salt into her womb to effectively pickle him. It's her body, after all.

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Blah blah blah, potentiality of life != life. Blah blah blah, if abortion is murder then that justifies killing pro-abortion supreme court justices and blowing up abortion clinics as acts of heroic resistance aimed at stopping a holocaust. Blah blah blah cheap attempts at emotional blackmail don't constitute an argument.

I think that about covers it.

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Originally posted by Uki-Ki-rby

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Well it has been awhile since anyone said anything so I will make a sort of easy riddle that may be super old.

A mute man wants to buy a pair of sunglasses so he signifies that he wants to buy a pair by pointing to them.
Now if a blind man wants to buy a pair of sunglasses how will he signify that?

*note: there are two correct answers*

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Originally posted by Colin

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*holds up HUGE bag of M&M's that was on sale at the store today*

Now THAT is cool.

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Originally posted by Koryo

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Very well. Would you like your own cell, or would you be willing to share a cell with a criminal roommate?

A bacteria, though, cannot develop into a human. It is a biological fact that sexual reproduction in humans exists for one purpose and one purpose alone: to create more humans. Sex "feels good" because we have to want to do it, otherwise there would be no babies and we would go extinct. Human embryos do not come into existence by spontaneous generation, nor do they develop into anything other than a human. Thus, a human embryo is a potential human, which would turn into a "fully fledged" living human barring human intervention or the occasional fatal birth defect. A bacteria is not a human, either real or potential. Even a sperm cell is not a potential human, as it will not become a human on its own (for those of you not familiar with the birds and the bees, I'm sure you can read up on it on Wikipedia or some place). We have to do something to a sperm or an egg to make a human. Conversely, we have to do something to an embryo to make it not a human. An embryo is unique in that respect.

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Originally posted by MathOnNapkins

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If it's "just you" then yeah, that sucks. Anybody who feels socially inept (like me most of the time) is going to feel isolated and like there's nobody like them. I've had what I think is a less than average amount of friends in my days, and they come and go for various reasons. Divergence in interests, or attitudes, or moving away, etc. It sucks, but I just focus on the things that I like to do if I have no one to hang out with. I dunno, do you just not TALK to people or something? I was really shy and introverted as a young kid, probably until 5th grade. Still don't like talking to strangers much at all.

You just have to make the best of it, I guess.

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Originally posted by Metal Man88

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What makes life good?

Comfortable eye protection.

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Originally posted by Tarale

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I've had periods where I've had trouble with people in a general sense. I am capable of not talking to anyone for a long period of time, because I'm simply not able to adequately relate to anyone, nor am I willing to try.

However, I also associate these periods with fairly significant Depression. Both caused by the isolation and causing further isolation.

It may just be a period in your life that will pass.

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Originally posted by Tarale

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Originally posted by Tarale

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Well, I know from personal experience that Depression is not a good thing. And by Depression, I'm not referring to a simple feeling of being a bit down -- I'm referring to a mental illness.

Everyone feels a bit down from time to time, but if it lasts a really long time, and you feel pretty much nothing *but* feeling down, then you might have Depression.

Depression can make you feel like you're unable to feel emotion (or emotion besides sadness), and make you lose pleasure in activities you would otherwise enjoy. It can also cause changes in your eating and sleeping. It often makes it hard to concentrate, and makes people feel fatigued.

Untreated Depression can lead to feelings of "going mad", cause people to cry frequently, and simply wish to "lay down and die" or become suicidal.

Having Depression can increase your risk of illness due to not taking care of yourself, and problems like Heart Disease. It's also thought that Depression alters the physiology of the brain, causing problems with - amongst other things - memory and concentration on a long term basis.

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Originally posted by Tarale

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Originally posted by SamuraiX

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It's "lie down and die," unless you're saying I'm an object. O=
I really don't think I'm focused enough to have Clinical Depression. I doubt that my fatigue, and sleeping is because of depression of all things. If constant sadness is a disease, why not Chronic Happiness, or Chronic Apathy? Is deviation from the normal in itself, a disease?

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There are other types of mental illnesses. "Chronic Happiness" could be construed as "Mania" for example. Apathy is usually associated with Depression however. And yes, the inability to experience certain emotions is considered a mental illness. It is not normal to be sad all the time, no. "Normal" would probably indicate a healthy balance of highs and lows.

I suffer from Atypical Depression (actually the most common type of Depression despite its name). I am moderately ok at the moment, but when I am feeling bad I can overeat (particularly chocolate and bread or pasta), I can sleep upward of 15 hours a day, and I pretty much avoid everyone at these times.

And no, it's not necessarily a very "focused" thing. I would describe it more like being under a heavy fog that just doesn't go away. It's quite a vague feeling really I found... and some days were better than others.

Course, if you are Depressed, I'm not saying you need to go get yourself on medication or anything for it. But I'm still guessing given that this thread exists at all that you're not entirely thrilled with the way things are, so you might want to do something.

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Originally posted by Koryo

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If you want to preach, this is not the place. You're not going to convert anyone.

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That's only because we're speaking from a distance. If I could but lay my hands on you, you would be an instant convert.

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Originally posted by Koryo

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And I may not convert you, but I can very easily prove that the logic supporting abortion is full of holes. As you said, an embryo does not exhibit the characteristics of an adult human, but (as I said), it is the only thing on this earth capable of becoming an adult human. Whether that embryo is a blastocyst composed mostly of infant stem cells, or something the size and shape of a large chicken embryo, it will within a very short period of time, barring outsider intervention or rare genetic defect, become a small human. Nothing else on earth can claim that unique characteristic.

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Originally posted by NSNick

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Guys, I got to level Red today. I couldn't beat the Dreaded Cone, it just destroyed me.

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Originally posted by Simon Belmont

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emo threads make life bad.

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