Originally posted by netscape

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Originally posted by Skydude

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Bill Gates believes information should be free, yo.

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That's gotta be sarcasm que no?

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Originally posted by Clockwork JB

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I love GITS. Stand Alone Complex was a good series to watch, with good animation, plotlines and action scenes. Samurai Champloo is now on in its timeslot though.

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Originally posted by Clockwork JB

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I actually hadn't heard of Samurai Champloo until SBS decided to air it. The themes a bit wierd (Hip-hop ancient Japan), but the fight scenes are well done and the characters are cool.

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Originally posted by Captain Subtext

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Dracoon you fail. You have completely misinterpreted everything under the sun.

Most of you seem to be bigots against conservatives. Namely Dracoon, Ziff, and Kasumi. You WANT to make Silvershield out to be a homophobe because it makes things easier. It makes classifying him as a conservative easier by associating traits you believe to be common amongst them.

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You're labeled as a homophobe in this thread. But you insist you're not, and put try to rationalise with people in this thread. Do you see? This is the position I am in. If someone makes an arguement about something about me that I feel is incorrect, I feel that they should not be able to say that if I have something to say about it.

Originally posted by Silvershield

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Originally posted by Tarale

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And personally, I think Kasumi has every right be frustrated about this thread, when it seems that nobody is either willing or able to think "outside of the box" and outside of boolean characteristics in regards to her.

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Like Vyper summarizes in the next post, though in a slightly hamfisted way, why does the demographic Kasumi belongs to require special treatment? If they can be placed into a preexisting category - and, I think calling Kasumi a homosexual is an accurate description, based on the logic I provided in the post in which I came to that conclusion - why create a whole new class just for them? You are all taking such terrible offense at this because, any time an issue of sexual orientation comes up, everyone gets on the edge of their seats and prepares to jump up and start screaming at the slightest off-color comment. The only offense given is an imagined one.

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Originally posted by Silvershield

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Originally posted by Tarale

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I believe there IS a "pre-existing category" -- as you put it -- for Kasumi.

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Then why are you trying to turn this into a guessing game?

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Originally posted by Silvershield

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Originally posted by Tarale

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And yes, she probably does take offense to being incorrectly categorised, like most people do when they're called things they're not (for example, being called a "homophobe" )

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Are you implying that Kasumi is offended because I've labeled her a homosexual? Because, in that case, she's the homophobe! Let the witchhunt begin!

You see, I am offended when I'm called a homophobe because to be labeled as such is both detrimental to my reputation and, on a broader note, simply undesirable. But, if Kasumi is offended by being labeled a homosexual - whether that title fits her perfectly or not - does that not imply that she views that label as similarly detrimental to her reputation or simply undesirable? If anything, she shouldn't be upset at being called that, because to react in such a way suggests that she does not want to be associated with that group.

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Originally posted by Silvershield

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Originally posted by Snow Tomato

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Wax it off. I know guys who shave their arms and shit... trust me it's not girly. Body hair=gross. In my book.. the less body hair you have the better.

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No girl I've ever met has gone for a guy who has absolutely no body hair. Most guys I know who shave anything other than their face do so to allow their muscle definition to show more clearly, and I think that's more vanity than anything; girls like at least a bit of chest hair in most cases, and the absence of hair in other areas - legs, especially, but arms and other parts to a lesser extent - seem to be a turnoff or, at the very least, have no effect in either direction.

In any case, it's really not practical for a lot of people to shave their entire bodies. Not to be vulgar but, I mean, do you know what it's like to shave your butt hair? I don't know firsthand, but I've heard enough horror stories to stay far away from it...

It shave between my eyebrows every day, and do the usual showering, using deodorant, and brushing the teeth deal, but I'm not really a fan of any sort of grooming beyond that. I'll shave my face once a week, sometimes more or less, because I don't have any real motivation to go through that tedious process every day. I've been blessed with relatively clear skin, so face creams and whatnot have not been an issue, and any other sort of product extends too far into the feminine realm to appeal to me. Hey, I don't even think girls should wear makeup, so why should I?

Originally posted by Plus Sign Abomination

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I'm super duper cereal here.

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Rofl.

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Originally posted by Silvershield

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Originally posted by Tarale

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I believe it's Kasumi's place to tell you which category it is that she identifies with, if you are unable to "guess" (work it out) correctly. She hasn't outright said it herself in this thread, but has been providing you guys with the information you need to have "guessed" it by now...

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Like I said, why is this a guessing game?

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ressing that you dislike this being a "guessing game". Maybe you could politely ask Kasumi yourself rather than being so abrupt?

I have only stepped in because I found it frustrating to see so many people insist on almost telling Kasumi what she "is".... (Some comments have almost been that rude) and disregarding Kasumi's comments about this not being a boolean / binary situation. Remember, this is a part of somebody's identity you're talking about, so be nice.

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(edited by Tarale on 04-28-06 10:59 AM)

Originally posted by Ailure

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Originally posted by Tarale

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Uh.... you know that they're not going to read that, right?

I'd always assumed they were most likely bots anyways.

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So some advertiser there made a bot for Acmlmboard's?



Damn... it's not unlikely actually. Considering that many advertisers share a pattern.

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