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Through the air, a CadiDragon, suddenly.

  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Adoption Not Abortion!

    The fact that cigarettes and alcohol (combined?) cause more deaths than pregnancy doesn't mean pregnancy isn't dangerous. Have some maternal mortality rates from 2010. EDIT: Also, I missed this gem: ...

    Apr 2, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: *Should Guns Be Outlawed in America?*

    [...] alcohol [is] for loosers! People who can't handle life as humans! Who can't handle it at all! Wow okay. I'll put that drink away and go think about how ...

    Apr 2, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: *Should Guns Be Outlawed in America?*

    Hmm. I'm aware that semi-autos at least are used in competition. (Links are to posts on the tumblr of a competetive shooter in the UK.) In hunting down those posts, ...

    Apr 2, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: *Should Guns Be Outlawed in America?*

    If you're pro-guns, I can only assume that it is for one of these two reasons, as that was the entire purpose of the Amendment. I'm largely indifferent or undecided ...

    Apr 2, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Is homeopathy more than the placebo effect?

    Wikipedia article. Debate, go.

    Mar 31, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: 1 Timothy 2:11-15 and 1 Corinthians 14:34-35

    Okay, I've now actually had a look at the atheist census thing. I know you said it's the best you could find, but we should probably be wary of the ...

    Mar 29, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: 1 Timothy 2:11-15 and 1 Corinthians 14:34-35

    Remember that debate we had about atheists and sexism? I bet that plays in, at least a bit.

    Mar 29, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: March 31, 2013 Review Day!

    United Kingdom: 1 am (Sunday) to 1 am (Sunday) We're going... back in time?

    Mar 29, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Clothing

    Because you live in a really hot country, perhaps, and want as little icky sticky clothing clinging to you as possible? I could probably think of other reasons.

    Mar 28, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Clothing

    Straw feminism isn't a literary idea, it's a fallacy used in political debating. I didn't intend to spark such drama o_O Effectively what I said up there was "I've only ...

    Mar 28, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Clothing

    Feminism as I know it is much like your closing statement - both women should be free to dress as they choose. I've only come across the idea that feminists ...

    Mar 27, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: A topic for the atheist.

    Honestly, I was born an atheist with atheist parents, so I just never had a reason to join any religion. Probably helps that my parents are unconventional in most respects. ...

    Mar 27, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Premarital Sex-Your Views

    Sex is nothing special, within marriage or without. By which I mean, it's an activity people do, and accord their own personal significance to. It is not inherently good, it ...

    Mar 26, 2013
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Any recommendations for a book?

    Disclaimer: I have no idea what's mainstream, because I live under a rock. This is a bunch of stuff read off my bookshelf just now. I'm mega into scifi and ...

    Mar 25, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Clothing

    Takeaway lesson for all: it's an individual's choice what they wear, quit shaming them for it.

    Mar 24, 2013


The bigger the issue, the smaller you write. Remember that. You don’t write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid’s burnt socks lying on the road. You pick the smallest manageable part of the big thing, and you work off the resonance.
— Richard Price