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  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: I hate Harry Potter; now discuss.

    So then when does literary allusion become plagiarism? Read this and this ; they touch on that (not so much with allusion, but with borrowing from an original source).

    Mar 17, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: I hate Harry Potter; now discuss.

    So JK even kind of admits herself that she didn't come up with a lot of it herself without taking ideas from other books. Tolkien borrowed from things left, right ...

    Mar 15, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: The 2050 Superpowers

    China might not be the superpower, but their economy is skyrocketing and with the male:female ratio as it is, you've got a lot of unmarried men on your hands. This ...

    Mar 15, 2008
  • Lounge, The Re: The "I'm Back" Thread

    *shuffles in* *clears throat* I'm ba~ack. I know it's been awhile (more than a month), but my computer died and I was just barely able to get it fixed. :oops: ...

    Mar 14, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Is homosexuality a psychological disorder or is it inate?

    To make a literary example, Percy Shelley left his wife and child for a lady known as Mary Shelley (Frankenstein). Certainly he 'loved' Mary, but the consequences of their love ...

    Feb 2, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Is homosexuality a psychological disorder or is it inate?

    The question implies that homosexuality is either a psychological disorder or innate. It leaves out the possibility of innate psychological disorders and the possibility that homosexuality is nurture

    Jan 31, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: It's Gay Pride Month!

    perhaps... but as i said before it just seems unnatural. there are to different sexes in humans for a reproduce....i dont know if you see what i mean The "it's ...

    Jan 18, 2008
  • Lounge, The Re: One Week WIthout YWS?

    I'm grounded for my grades so Ic an't play video games, watch TV, talk on the phone. What will occupy my time!!! Homework? :wink:

    Jan 18, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Existence of God

    People clung to Christianity because God's answer makes sense and people believe what he tells them through the Bible. Not really. Most religious people follow the religion of their parents, ...

    Jan 15, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: 08' Presidential Elections

    Well, let's see. An American patriot wears a flag on his (or her) lapel. It expresses our patriotism and loyalty to our country. Doesn't it seem a bit...odd, that he ...

    Jan 15, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Abortion

    Once it's over it's over at least. Hardly. First, there's the physical trauma of labor. Even once it's over, there's still all sorts of nasty complications to be dealt with. ...

    Jan 15, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: 08' Presidential Elections

    It might not be too early to know who you will vote for, but these last few elections have been too close to call before the polls close in every ...

    Jan 14, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Abortion

    Vernon, I want to make sure that I understand your argument correctly. You're arguing that high abortion rates (in places where abortion is legal?) is (or will be?) a major ...

    Jan 14, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: 08' Presidential Elections

    Though the fact that he refuses to wear the American flag on his lapel kinda worries me... May I ask why this bothers you? I mean, of all of the ...

    Jan 14, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: 08' Presidential Elections

    I'm leaning the opposite of Suzanne: as long as it's a Democrat, at this point, I don't care who it is (though I support Obama, I'm not sure if he's ...

    Jan 14, 2008


Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
— Mark Twain