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Re: The pope and lgbt* people
My bad, I didn't know that. That raises some pretty troubling questions about the Irish government, but that's a story for another thread.
Aug 6, 2013 -
Re: The pope and lgbt* people
A whole lot of things about church doctrine that make no sense? Who would have seen that coming? So I think that the Pope is a powerful leader of a ...
Aug 5, 2013 -
Re: The pope and lgbt* people
Stells, it wasn't until 1870 that the doctrine of papal infallibility was made official, before that it was essentially a rule of thumb. But that raises more questions. Papal infallibility ...
Aug 4, 2013 -
Re: Magic Numbers - Drinking, Sex, You Name It.
I'm not sure punishments should be harsher. By and large, the crimes of underage drinking/smoking/etc. are victimless (apart from the perpetrator obviously). Like a lot of social problems the solution
Aug 4, 2013 -
Re: Spanking children. Discipline or abuse?
Hang on, we're looking to the bible for examples of good parenting? For serious? Abraham, Lot, Jephthah, Saul, and even god all set pretty bad examples.
Aug 2, 2013 -
Re: Choosing Your Own Name
I don't know about all you guys but it's pretty damn easy to change your name in Australia. Fill out one 2-page form, pay $40, done. No sweat.
Aug 1, 2013 -
Re: The pope and lgbt* people
I'm not nor ever have been a catholic, so I guess I'm not that hip to this topic, but from some quick research I can answer the first question. From ...
Jul 31, 2013 -
Re: The pope and lgbt* people
A cursory scroll through your Facebook feeds over the last few days would probably have shown you this or something similar. While it's great and all, what I want to ...
Jul 30, 2013 -
Re: Choosing Your Own Name
I dunno, it's not that hard to make people call you your preferred name if you're persistent and people are respectful of your choice. I have a friend whose name ...
Jul 30, 2013 -
Re: Teenagers and Jobs
I'm pretty sure someone started this exact discussion about 18 hours ago
Jul 27, 2013 -
Re: Magic Numbers - Drinking, Sex, You Name It.
I've never understood why, in the US, someone can smoke cigarettes, watch porn, shoot guns, drive cars, participate and vote in government, be tried in an adult court, get married, ...
Jul 27, 2013 -
Re: The Rhyme Scheme
Nah man, your ideas are totally legit. Just because you started the debate doesn't mean you can't take part. Poetry is not the only art that makes use of rhyme; ...
Jul 25, 2013 -
Re: Bullies
It's human nature to protect those in our 'group' and attack those outside our 'group'. While it sucks that bullying is a thing I can totally understand why it exists.
Jul 22, 2013 -
Re: Martin/Zimmerman
Except, McGuy, Zimmerman is only half-hispanic. He's also half-white. Also, like I pointed out in the other race thread, hispanic/latin@ people are caucasian (remember caucasian ≠ white and vice ver
Jul 20, 2013 -
Re: The Rhyme Scheme
Omg my eyes 0.o Ok, so it's well-known that rhyme developed as a mnemonic device to aid in the memorisation of songs, stories, and poems back when most people couldn't ...
Jul 20, 2013
