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  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Russian Political Awakening

    Doesn't this just highlight the fact that Russia is, and will continue to be ruled by an ex-KGB agent who quells opposition with an iron fist? See also the recent ...

    Dec 11, 2011
  • Lounge, The Re: Christmas Avatar Shop

    Done for you. ;) Edit: I just realized that was pointless, as Lumi could have done exactly the same thing. Oh well.

    Dec 11, 2011
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Russian Political Awakening

    Will it amount to anything?

    Dec 11, 2011
  • Lounge, The Re: Nominations

    While the nominations system is nice (look at my flashy internet bling), I don't think it's very important. How much does a gold star under your name really matter? Most ...

    Dec 11, 2011
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Iran nukes

    @AhmadBlues: Sarcasm, learn to detect it. In any case, inkwell has pretty much said it. I can't really think of a worse country with the ability to weild nuclear power.

    Dec 7, 2011
  • Lounge, The Re: Attention All YWS Members

    I think Lumi was talking about Bieber. Even if he was talking about Dynamo, it wasn't an outwardly hostile or condescending remark. Let's just all relax, ok?

    Nov 28, 2011
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Pizza is now a vegetable!

    In reply to Payne's comment above: The idea that mono-sodium glutamate is highly unhealthy is a really widespread misconception that is based off a series of highly publicized studies that ...

    Nov 24, 2011
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Pizza is now a vegetable!

    No, Congress did not declare pizza a vegetable. Tomato paste was what was really being discussed. If actually read the bill, nowhere will you see the word "pizza." School cafeterias ...

    Nov 23, 2011
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Do you support the Occupy Wall Street movement?

    ...the day of action, my bag was checked and I had to stay on line for two hours because someone named 'The other 99%' called in a bomb threat. Whose ...

    Nov 20, 2011
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Do you support the Occupy Wall Street movement?

    Do you think change is unnecessary or impossible?

    Nov 20, 2011
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Do you support the Occupy Wall Street movement?

    OWS is going up against powerful and well-entrenched corporate interests, and turning themselves in something political in which they have to define their specific interests is going to divide OWS ...

    Nov 20, 2011
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Do you support the Occupy Wall Street movement?

    Like I said before, I think the only way they can really institute change is if they are the change. Call me naive, but would it be possible for the ...

    Nov 20, 2011
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Do you support the Occupy Wall Street movement?

    I did not say they don't want anything. They obviously want a lot of things. I said that aside from yelling about it, they aren't doing anything to get it.

    Nov 19, 2011
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Do you support the Occupy Wall Street movement?

    While I respect the core ideology - ending crony capitalism, pulling corporations out of Congress and the government, ensuring more equitable taxation - it seems more and more as if ...

    Nov 19, 2011
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Do you support the Occupy Wall Street movement?

    Yes. However, the political ideology behind it seems to be eroding day by day.

    Nov 18, 2011


The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.
— Kate Chopin, The Awakening