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Re: Cloning, should it be allowed?
I once disgusted someone by suggesting we just harvest the healthy organs from all dead people, regardless of whether or not they've given express permission. I think it should be ...
Jul 18, 2008 -
Re: McCain vs. Obama
This will be the first presidential election I can vote in. Barring any major shifts in doctrine, I'll be voting for Obama. I agree with him on most of the ...
Jul 17, 2008 -
Re: Cloning, should it be allowed?
I'm not sure I'd go as far as Sureal, but I'm definitely in favor of cloning organs for transplanting. There are way more people waiting for organs than people willing ...
Jul 17, 2008 -
Re: The New Yorker cover: humorously satirical, or offensive?
If it is indeed meant to be a satire, they didn't push it far enough and it comes off as offensive - but probably not for the reasons most people ...
Jul 17, 2008 -
Re: When the protagonist is also the antagonist?
That'd be one of the seven stories: man vs. self. (All stories, supposedly, fall into one of the seven.) I think that makes him both the protagonist and the antagonist. ...
Jul 15, 2008 -
Re: Novel Writing Freeware
Aw, boo. None of them are compatible with Mac. If you use Mac, here is a list of writing software to look into. Handily, there's also a list of Windows ...
Jul 15, 2008 -
Re: Fiction writing
If you get inspired by something, do it. If it's a line from a book, I see no problem. All stories are based on and inspired by other stories. Often ...
Jul 15, 2008 -
Re: When Death Kissed the Moon
Lena hovered, her lips only inches from his and for a moment, he could have sworn she was going to kiss him. It wouldn’t have been the first time he ...
Jul 13, 2008 -
Re: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
I agree with Sleeping Valor on this one. The information was purposefully vague and I think it worked really well. If they'd actually told us what was going on, I ...
Jul 12, 2008 -
Re: A Redwall FanFic
All is peaceful. The birds are singing, the insects buzzing. I can hear [s]the abbey babes, known as the [/s]Dibbuns[s],[/s] helping in the orchard. Anyone reading this record (or fic ...
Jul 11, 2008 -
Re: --Online Writing Contest for Charity--
Things like this are a great idea. Right now, I know there's Live Long and Marry , a marriage-equality fund raiser. Sign ups are over, but there'll be more like ...
Jul 7, 2008 -
Re: Ink Heart & Ink Spell by Cornelia Funke
It took me several tries to get into Inkeart , but it was definitely worth it. If you've had a hard time with it, try again. It's good. (I, too, ...
Jul 7, 2008 -
Re: Does this have any potential?
Yeah, it does sound a little too close to His Dark Materials ; a boy and a girl traveling through different universes to defeat a bad guy and there's a ...
Jul 6, 2008 -
Re: American English: Dialect or Language?
It's the same language. What annoys me is when I install something onto my laptop and during installation it asks what language I gives me English (US), or, more recently, ...
Jul 6, 2008 -
Re: "Hey, want to finish this story for me?"
*easily distracted and drawn to sparkly new ideas* >.< Which, of course, is exactly why you ought to do it. :wink: You aren't the only one.
Jul 6, 2008
