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  • Lounge, The Re: Why science fiction authors just can't win

    Hmm I read an interview with Terry Goodkind which was even more hilarious. Listening to this man explain how his book is so philosophical that it cannot possibly be fantasy ...

    Jan 29, 2010
  • Lounge, The Re: Avatar

    For those who may not have seen Fern Gully or Pocahontas (of whom a large section may have a y chromosome) it could also be considered a cross between the ...

    Jan 28, 2010
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Is homosexuality a choice or a result of nature?

    Jiggity Funny thing about religious texts and other myths and legends throughout the ages This is where you pretty much lose anyone who doesn't accept your core atheistic assumption. That ...

    Jan 18, 2010
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Is homosexuality a choice or a result of nature?

    “Thou shalt not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.” It did not mean a loving relationship, or the act of making love between ...

    Jan 17, 2010
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Designer Children, Why or Why Not?

    Rubric wrote: My opinion on this depends largely on whether I would be allowed to raise and train a brood of werewolf ninjas. Unlikely. Damn Liberals. My serious concern with ...

    Jan 14, 2010
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Designer Children, Why or Why Not?

    My opinion on this depends largely on whether I would be allowed to raise and train a brood of werewolf ninjas.

    Jan 14, 2010
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Was Jesus really all that amazing?

    C.S Lewis either originated or popularised a rather harsh but interesting dichotomy concerning Jesus divinity. Jesus does claim to be God, less so in Jerusalem where the punishment is pretty ...

    Jan 12, 2010
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Business vs politics

    I largely agree with Denouement, they're two sides of the same coin. Having a powerful free market economy is like having a kick-ass engine in your car, but having effective ...

    Jan 12, 2010
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Polygamy

    Call me a prude (or, you know, don't) but I prefer the idea of one life partner, and indeed one sexual partner. Before I continue, I'm unfamiliar with the Qu'ran ...

    Jan 5, 2010
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Should there be an application process for having kids?

    Eugenics inevitabely ends poorly. I'll leave the general utilitarian debate open to others, as I've another vein in mind. The real issue with well intentioned extremism such as that you ...

    Jan 5, 2010
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Dragons and Other Such Beasts

    Tony Shillitoe, an Australian Author, used small dragons to great effect. In D&D Pseudodragons also tend to crop up as a familiar (companion) of wizards and sorcerors. Generally I think ...

    Dec 20, 2009
  • Archive Re: The Third Wizard War

    Name: Amber Ruth Starshine Age: 16 Gender: Female House: Ravenclaw Personality:Extremely strong willed and possessed of an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. Can be arrogant and brusque in her dealing

    Dec 16, 2009
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Criminal rights

    Young Gun I think your vagueness highlights the problem with any debate dealing with terrorism: it's far too vague a term to serve as a catch-all. In the current political ...

    Dec 15, 2009
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Is your opinion always right?

    Well that simplifies everything Critiq, we're working of different definitions of universal. You appear o be strictly applying 4, why I'm open to a combination of 1,2 and 3. A ...

    Nov 29, 2009
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Is your opinion always right?

    Critiq your unstated premise is that if there was a universal standard of right and wrong, each and every person would innately possess it, and never disagree with it. The ...

    Nov 27, 2009


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