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Re: Progress: Is it a lie?
Happiness is the state of being contented. I do remember a saying that goes something like, “The more you have, the more you’ll want” (That most probably was not an ...
Jul 25, 2012 -
Re: What is Good/Evil?
I think a hero complex is usually pretty evil. A villain doesn't necessarily take it as a given that they are in the right, which makes them sort of unique. ...
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Re: God(s) and Society
The "I don't know, therefore god" problem only arises when the person in question is a christian scientist. This is true for Christian scientists, and I do not dispute that ...
Jul 23, 2012 -
Re: Contemporary Art
See, I get pissed about people being like this about 'modern' music. It is not that freaking modern any more, is the thing. Most of the stuff people whinge about ...
Jul 20, 2012 -
Re: Yourself as the main character?
Hate to contradict, but many of those weren't strictly autobiographical, but taking elements of the author and extending them into a fictional character, often to work through something the authors ...
Jul 8, 2012 -
Re: Yourself as the main character?
Nope. A piece of advice. You are probably a very nice person, but nobody can write good fiction about themselves. Woah, that is a big big statement. What about "Big ...
Jul 7, 2012 -
Re: Yourself as the main character?
I think writing a self portrait is a good way to start refining your characterisation, but you have to be pretty fearless. It's like in art class when everyone has ...
Jun 28, 2012 -
Re: Women Priests
Anyway, a vocation sometimes is at its very definition something which is limited by gender. In mass today, they were talking about vocations, and one of the vocations they were ...
Jun 25, 2012 - Re: Watermelons May 31, 2012
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Re: "Twilight is a Tragedy" theory
No, I think it is more super-refined triple dose pixie sticks made of fairy floss Mary Sue wish fulfilment stuff. It is a transition more typical to the men folk, ...
May 31, 2012 -
Re: Your Views on Homosexuality
There should be more homosexuality! You say that, and then you never run away with me.
May 1, 2012 -
Re: Abortion
The difference is that if this soon-to-be mother breaks down, crying, because the soon-to-be mother cannot afford a baby and the guy that she had been dating had been deported ...
Mar 21, 2012 -
Re: Abortion
The reason why it scares me that it is legal vs. illegal instead of right vs. wrong is because we are convicting a lot of people in court that probably ...
Mar 21, 2012 -
Re: Abortion
"The law is reason free from passion" Aristotle probably wouldn't pass a modern day bar exam. Just because he said it doesn't make it true. If you ever attend court ...
Mar 20, 2012 -
Re: Abortion
The law is reason free from passion I love that film. They entirely missed the point of the quote. It was passion as in wrath not passion as in for ...
Mar 20, 2012
