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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: IOC to investigate ages of China's gymnasts |
| Dox47 |
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Posted: 22 Aug 2008, 1:42 am
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Replies: 20
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| Socialist/Third World countries have always placed huge importance on the Olympics, since it's one of the few places that they might be able to upstage the Western countries. Unfortunately, that's led to some pretty bad sportsmanship from time to time. All through the cold war the Eastern Bloc was a... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Futurama |
| Dox47 |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2008, 4:43 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,998
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| I just watched the two movies, I've got kind of mixed feelings. I thought "Bender's Big Score" felt a bit strained, like it was trying too hard to fit as many references to past episodes as possible into 90 minutes. "The Beast With A Billion Backs" felt more relaxed, but the plot was just strange, e... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: I hate bicyclists. |
| Dox47 |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2008, 1:02 pm
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,955
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| I hate bicyclists too, especially living in a bike friendly city like Seattle. There are a number of major arterials here that cyclists insist on riding on during rush hour, often 2 or 3 abreast, causing a massive slowdown and traffic hazard. I even had one on a state highway the other day with a po... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Sick Medical Care |
| Dox47 |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2008, 2:51 am
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Replies: 243
Views: 10,319
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| Okay, ho did this become an argument between the Irish, left-wing (middle) yanks and right-wing (extreme right) yanks. I'm kind of curious myself. I'm not sure why foreigners take such a keen and personal interest in the internal policies of the US, it's sort of puzzling to me. I remember hearing s... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: College presidents seek debate on drinking age |
| Dox47 |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2008, 2:16 am
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,923
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| It's about time, as the old canard goes, old enough to die for your country should be old enough to have a drink. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: 2 cops are charged in Bronx pistol-whip |
| Dox47 |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2008, 2:14 am
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Replies: 2
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| 2 cops are charged in Bronx pistol-whip I think the guy who was getting beaten showed remarkable restraint in not hitting the cop after he got her baton out of her hand... still, he was lucky they didn't shoot him. I like that they charged them with "gang assault", I guess the NYPD is considered a ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Sick Medical Care |
| Dox47 |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 11:59 pm
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Replies: 243
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| If anything, my experiences made me realize that it DOES matter what happens to other people, as corny as it sounds, because it could just as easily happen to me or someone I care about who can't pay for it unexpectedly. It's just a simple thing of asking whether it's more important that I see a fe... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Sick Medical Care |
| Dox47 |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 5:18 pm
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Replies: 243
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| I laugh at the ignorant idea that people can be "beaten" in a debate. Does such an adversarial attitude help you in society? Is everyone there to be beaten by your superior strength or intellect? I laugh at your victory as it is the only response to such comical japery. I laugh at the idea that peo... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Tropic Thunder |
| Dox47 |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 4:38 pm
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Replies: 19
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| Just to clarify, I believe the controversy surrounding this movie has less to do with an actor in black face and more to do with a ret*d character named "Simple Jack". A bunch of "special" groups are objecting to the portrayal, as well as the use of the word "ret*d". It's kind of ret*d to me, all th... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Sick Medical Care |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 7:12 am
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Replies: 243
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| Well done on making yourself look like a xenophobe. Bravo! I bet you're very proud of yourself. :lol: I'm half Irish, so if anything I should look like I'm half self loathing, or something to that affect. Also, the suffix "phobe" means fear, and fear is the last thing I have towards any other count... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Sick Medical Care |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 5:29 am
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Replies: 243
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| I'll be adding no more of my precious ideas to this pointless dialogue. I think it's obvious who the extremists are. Anyone reading is free to form their own opinions whatever they may be. Thanks to those who have remained civil. Precious? Ideas? I've yet to see anything of the sort! Clearly I am d... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Sick Medical Care |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 4:53 am
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Replies: 243
Views: 10,319
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philosopherBoi wrote: I am so glad some of you are not in positions of power your scarring the beep out of me.
Likewise. Then again, how do you know I'm not in a position of power? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Sick Medical Care |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 4:21 am
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Replies: 243
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| The US is one of the most oppressed countries in the world, we don't have censors but we are manipulated to believe that our voice does not count. By the billions of dollars spent annually to sway our opinions? Because politicians and businesses just love to throw away money, right? I would also li... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Sick Medical Care |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 4:09 am
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Replies: 243
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| So is this about personal freedom? Really? You have the freedom to arm yourself to the teeth to defend yourself against others? What are the police for then? The police solve crime, they don't prevent it. Their presence may provide a deterrent, but on the whole they don't do much "protecting", more... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Sick Medical Care |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 3:53 am
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Replies: 243
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| A doctor takes an oath to cure the sick, and help prevent or treat suffering so if a doctor does not do that then they are not a doctor. The Hippocratic Oath says that a doctor shall do what is best for the patient no what is best for his wallet. The classical Hippocratic Oath: I swear by Apollo, A... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Sick Medical Care |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 3:28 am
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Replies: 243
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| [This is contrary to what your government thinks and is contrary to the opinion of most of the civilised world. Most of the world signed the UN Declaration of Human Rights. This is law which states that people have the right to life, freedom from oppression, health-care, education and many other el... |
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