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Either option doesn't improve or weaken the world. Unless you make an argument for the environment, or about the psychological effects of toting such an "easy" weapon. I don't agree ...

From my experience, it's not bad exercise. (practice?) It prepares you for going out and being with dates, and what kind of emotions, social situations, and effects are involved. Maybe ...

All true, though the way Larson writes his non-fiction books is that they read like normal novels. He has a great writing style. In that case, you'd probably like Too ...

Is that historical fiction, Nate? Or all true? I just googled it real quick and it does look really good. Probably gonna get that for my own summer reading. :) ...

Aim above morality and society's norms.

Twain's own words: "Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it."

Don't stress. Or at least not more than you have to. I must of doodled on half my AP exams. Biggest waste of money in my life. But hell, anything ...

Now that it's Summer, most of us in school are on break! This means a lot of free time to do nothing other than read big books. :) This list ...

If I read something and don't comment on it, it is honestly because the poem is so bad that the task of pulling apart and fully criticizing it is a ...

I liked the cover... :p

Perhaps I should flesh out my assertion. Obviously there is an adaptive quality to religion, otherwise it wouldn't have evolved as part of our culture. In a religiously homogeneous society ...

Anything (faith) that directly, intentionally, maliciously obstructs rational, reasonable science is bad.

Thanks Jagged, these are great. I particularly like Dirge without Music. Funeral Blues seems more appropriate for a spouse, which is not the case for me.

Recently a close family member died and I was offered to read a verse of Biblical scripture at the funeral. I declined when informed it would be heavily religious, due ...

I think another relevant example would be the tendency of people to appease to radical muslims. It's an interesting that I think is worth having.