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  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Guns

    I could use a crossbow and do just as much damage with a gun. Guns were invented, intially, for the purpose of hunting. When people began using them in wars, ...

    Jun 15, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Guns

    Can you please show me where it says that guns were intended explicitly for the harm of others? No, you can't. They were invented, intially, to make hunting easier so ...

    Jun 14, 2005
  • Lounge, The Re: Michael Jacoson won????

    He didn't "endanger" anyone. Parents brought their children to him voluntarily. The point of the case is that there was always reasonable doubt: there was no concrete evidence. When we ...

    Jun 14, 2005
  • Lounge, The Re: Michael Jacoson won????

    What you think doesn't matter, per se. What does matter is the evidence, which is what the American Justice System was founded on: evidence. Inference and innuendo are entirely irrelevant ...

    Jun 14, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Guns

    Guns were made for hunting, Midnight. They were tools used to provide for one's family; the intent was never for the slaughter of fellow man. However, we began to use ...

    Jun 13, 2005
  • Lounge, The Re: The Soundtrack of Your Life

    tomandandy - Carol of the Bells Bright Eyes - Lover I Don't Have to Love Coldplay - The Scientist Crossfade - Cold Dashboard Confessional - The Sharp Hint of New ...

    Jun 13, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Guns

    Cars can kill instantly. You can kill instantly without a gun - hit someone in the temple.

    Jun 12, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Guns

    When someone says that nobody needs guns, what they are doing is demeaning the rest of the world by saying that the rest of the world does not "desserve" them ...

    Jun 12, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Capitalism vs. Communism

    Economic systems that have to be written about cannot truly be practiced. There's a reason why people write about them.

    Jun 11, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Guns

    Midnight: Quit being people's conscience. You don't know American thought and you certainly don't know Jesus's. Were there guns around when he was? No. So do you know if he ...

    Jun 11, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Do you care?

    Who cares what youth think? Let them enjoy themselves - there is no reason to immerse yourself in everyone else's problems when you're young, or old, or anytime, really. And ...

    Jun 11, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Do you care?

    While I care about foreign affairs and keep up with major developments, it is not an all-time consuming priority, and since I live in this conservative-harbinger of a nation, when ...

    Jun 10, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Guns

    The right to bear arms and form a militia is a Constitutional Right: it was essential to the creation of "America" and as such must be respected. Australia, for instance, ...

    Jun 10, 2005
  • Lounge, The Re: Bush's grades at university

    Grades are entirely subjective at the university level. They are meaningless and certainly are not reflective of one's ability to lead, as Rei said. In fact, most people with high ...

    Jun 10, 2005
  • Randomosity Re: "Hot Guys" and "Hot Girls" threads

    People may be influenced, but that is all. The choice is still ultimately yours. Insofar as "escaping" from brand names and the media, the further you try to escape the ...

    Jun 5, 2005


Surround yourself with people who are serious about being writers, and who will tell you, ‘Hey—you can do better than this.’ Who will be critical of your work, but also supportive. And who will not be competitive in a negative way.
— Isabel Quintero