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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Leh [/i] [B][size=1] That's funny, cause you seem to have more to say. ;) [/size] [/B][/QUOTE] [color=indigo][size=1][font=century] At the time, I thought I was done. Trust me, the irony does not escape me. ^__^[/color][/font][/size]

[color=indigo][size=1][font=century]MillieFan, I salute you. ^___^ That was bleeping hilarious. Since specialization is all the rage....Shaman King messages. Why? Because I love it. don't ask questions. [b]Yoh[/b]: "Hey, this is Yoh. How're ya' doing? I can't pick up the phone right now, because if Ana finds out I'm ditching my training... *Ana: Yoh! Where are you?!* Whoops, gotta' go..." [b]Ana[/b]: "This is Ana, future Shaman Queen. Leave a message at the beep, unless it's Yoh, Manta or Ryu; if you've got something to tell me, run over here and tell me in person. The training will do you some good." [b]Manta[/b]: "This is Manta. If I'm not here, I must be studying, or at cram school, or hanging with Yoh, or working for Ana, or watching kung-fu movies, or running from evil spirits, or....well, just leave the message." [b]Amidamaru[/b]: "................................" (Oops, turns out you don't have any sixth sense, and can't hear ghosts. It's a shame too, because this message was hilarious. It really was.) [b]Tao Ren[/b]: "I don't have time for you, you human vermin! Leave a message at the beep and stop bothering me!" [b]Bason[/b]: "................." (That's what he says even if you do have sixth sense. Weird, huh?) [b]Tao Jun[/b]: "I'm afraid I'm out getting my dress hemmed up again. Please leave a message." [b]Li Bailong[/b]: "The number you have dialed was disconnected twenty years ago. Please hang up, and try your call again." [b]Ryu[/b]: "I'm out checking some primo real estate, so leave a message...unless you're the guy about that hair gel; you can call me on my cell."[/color][/font][/size]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by The Vampire: Ed [/i] [B] I am the type of evil that ... throws frogs at peoples windows as they drive by. [/B][/QUOTE] [color=indigo][font=century][size=1]You know, that's actually my favorite type of [b]evil[/b], [b]evil[/b] with frogs. Good job. ^__^[/color][/font][/size]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Baron Samedi [/i] [B]You have no idea what we're saying. You are so blinded by your ingrained, stupid prejudice, that you'll never get past it. [/B][/QUOTE] [color=indigo][font=century][size=1]Or maybe you can't get out of your ingrained stupid prejudice towards opposing views so that you might understand my point of view. Is it that impossible to you to think that someone might have all the information you do, and come to a completely different conclusion? Of course Hitler thought he was right; everyone does. I undersatand that. He wanted to 'purify' the world; what's not to get? There were socioeconomic pressures on all sides, and he did what he thought was the best thing to do. He still orchastrated the deaths of six million people, and is still an [b]evil[/b] man. Deal with it.[/color][/font][/size]

[color=indigo][font=century][size=1]I know what Hitler's rational was. I know what his circumstances were. I know he didn't carry out the killings himself. Guess what? He's still [b]evil[/b]. To say that there is no absolute [b]evil[/b] is to ignore sociology. Is it a coincidence that, while not all, a vast number of societies hold the same practices in contempt? You want to speak using generaliations? [i]Generally[/i], all societies think dishonoring parents is wrong. [i]Generally[/i], all societies think the harming of children is wrong. [i]Generally[/i], all societies have strict codes regarding the killing of a human being, and to violate these codes is wrong. We do not have absolutes regarding good and [b]evil[/b], but we are [i]generally[/i] in the same chapter, if not on the same page. There is a saying that says, "Those who doubt the existance of [b]evil[/b] have never experienced it." It's a simple concept; you will know [b]evil[/b] when you see it. If all [b]evil[/b] is to you is a four-letter word, then you're pretty lucky. [QUOTE]Deathbug, admit it. You're beat here. I have a much better argument than you do. [/QUOTE] That's an absolute statement, isn't it? Formed from your own perceptions, correct? It's very gracious of you to allow me my own opinion, though. Your argument is that there is nothing truley [b]evil[/b], because it's merely a perception. If I went to your house and killed your family because I didn't like your argument, would that be [b]evil[/b]? Or would it merely be someone else's perception of [b]evil[/b]? There [b]are[/b] absolutes; some people are simply to weak to seek them.[/color][/size][/font]

[color=indigo][size=1][font=century]The only person I have decryed as [b]evil[/b] is Adolf Hitler. If saying that Adolf Hitler was an [b]evil[/b] man, (emphasis on [b]man[/b]; I don't recall raising his status to some demonic anti-Christ) makes me close-minded, then I'll happily be close-minded. You know why? [i]Because it's Hitler.[/i] I never once passed personal judgement on suicide, or even mureder (although I did decry the murder of children). I simply disagreed on two points; the Hitler thing, and [b]evil[/b] as only a perception. There are some things that, no matter what lense of perception you view them through, are [b]evil[/b]. I classify the systematic slaughter of six million people simply because you don't think they deserve to live as an absolute wrong, no matter what your society is. To say that [b]evil[/b] is a perception is to say that there is no absolute; please correct me if I am wrong for making that extrapolation. If [b]evil[/b] is solely perception, then no one can be held accountable for their actions. Rape, murder and violence can run rampant if it's not wrong, can't it? At some point the line has to be drawn; at some point one have to say: "These actions are [b]evil[/b], and you are an [b]evil[/b] person if you continue to do them." Otherwise, you have chaos. Where that line is and what actions those are is what I thought discussion could divine. (It won't, because people have been trying to devine it for centuries.) I would hope that slaughtering six million people would be placed in the [b]evil[/b] catagory. Regarding slavery, you persist in using the pronoun "we", which is wrong; even if you consider "we" the United States, no one alive in the US today had slaves. There is no "we" to refer to in that sense. I take offense at being labled with those who would consider a human being property. You act as though the entire country was in favor of slavery, which simply was not true. Slavery had been a devise institution in the US since its beginning. You don't have to tell me how horrible slavery was. I will say that it was an [b]evil[/b] act, and I would hope that no one would argue that fact. However, even when slavery was legal, may people saw it for what it was. [/color][/size][/font]

[color=indigo][size=1][font=century]An approximation from [url]www.foolquest.com:[/url] Rosy filtered still frame trace paints the sky Sunbeams like golden sponge cake spun in the clouds Spider - You should never have to hide foreboding inside Premonitions of being trapped alive I only want bright and colorful dreams "Ride on shooting star" Just like a shotgun blast -wow! gave true voice to your heart, now... Still ringing out in song Grunge Rock hamster, so precocious The vengeful lobster, fascinated Sniper - Whaddya think you'll target sighting there Within your narrow world's confines -yah! I wanna touch it 'fore ya' pull out and shoot! "Ride on shooting star" My forbidden quest for you amid love's awkward symptoms I kissed and fibbed to you "Ride on shooting star" Just like a shotgun blast, wow! gave true voice to your heart, now... Still ringing out in song [/color][/font][/size]

[color=indigo][size=1][font=century][QUOTE][i]Originally posted by doukeshi03 [/i] [B]oh really? Then doesn't that completely null the point of a debate or in fact, a conversation? [/B][/QUOTE] Not at all. I am completely open to discussing the nature or definition of [b]evil[/b]. He said that [b]evil[/b] did not exist, and that's wrong. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by doukeshi03 [/i] [B]No it isn't a cop out because everything is based on perception. Just because society deems something as evil does not define it in concrete. A different society maybe deem that as acceptable...No matter how severe you think the action whether it is evil or not is always based on perception. [/B][/QUOTE] You're splitting hairs; this isn't eating meat on Fridays or swearing in a church. The example that was brought up was Adolf Hitler. He directed a campaign that killed six million people, by gassing and burning them to death. That is [b]evil[/b], and he was an [b]evil[/b] man for doing so. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by doukeshi03 [/i] [B]I reiterate my previous argument and add that to rule out all others opinions in favour of your own stubbord defenition is [i]ignorance[/i].[/B][/QUOTE] I did not rule out all other arguments; just his. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by doukeshi03 [/i] [B]I can explain to holocaust survivors that Hitler was not evil, and i would if I knew any. [/B][/QUOTE] Then, I'm sorry, but you're a fool. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by doukeshi03 [/i] [B]If you look at the facts then Hitler was not evil. Nor was he misunderstood. The actions he sanctioned were horrendous it's true, however, you do have to look at the reasons behind these actions and other actions in comparison to that.[/B][/QUOTE] Hitler is the yardstick by which human [b]evil[/b] hs come to be measured. He killed six million people simply because he decided that they didn't deserve to live. He poisoned the minds of an entire generation of the German people with his hatred. He was an [b]evil[/b] man. Get over it. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by doukeshi03 [/i] [B]You say that saying something is evil by perception is a cop out? Well saying something is evil just as a dismissal is just as big a cop out I'm afraid. [/B][/QUOTE] I am talking about [i]Adolf frickin' Hitler[/i]. Say it with me, Adolf Hitler. You act as though I'm condeming people as [b]evil[/b] left and right. I'm not. If there was one truely [b]evil[/b] man in the t wentith century, it was Adolf Hitler. You'd have to do a lot of talking to explain otherwise. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by doukeshi03 [/i] [B]Here's a wake up call for [i]you[/i]. Evil doesn't exist in the way that you think. You say killing someone is evil.[/B][/QUOTE] Actually, I said killing children was an [b]evil[/b] act. My exact example of an unforgivable [/b]evil[/b] act was a man who raped and murdered a three-year old girl. Let's keep the facts right, 'kay? [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by doukeshi03 [/i] [B]Okay, are the mentally disturbed, did they have a reason? Until you get inside someones head you can't define them as simply 'evil'. You can call a person bad, you can call an action wrong, disturbing, horrifying...but evil...thats only something you find in story books along side the 'evil' queen in snow white and the emperor in star wars. [/B][/QUOTE] The only person I have called truely [b]evil[/b] was Adolf Hitler. If I have to explain to you why I believe this one man in history was, of all others, worthy of the title, then you're blind. To say that [b]evil[/b] is merely a perception is dodging the argument. There are some actions that are simply [b]evil[/b], and there are a few people who are simply [b]evil[/b]. All I did was name Hitler as one of those people.[/size][/font][/color]

[color=indigo][font=century][size=1]Name: Eric Age: Seventeen DOB: September 20, 1986 Location: Brandon, Florida One Word: Sexah No, seriously. Describe yourself in one word: Snarky Occupation: Student Color: [/color]Black[color=indigo] Food: Pizza Beverage: Dr. Pepper Alter Ego: Seth Dream Job: Lawyer Self-Proclaimed: Geek Ethnicity: Why must we divide ourselves by race? Extracurricular: Mock trial Hobby: Comics, arguing, anime Dessert: Ice cream (Strawberry) Musician: Billy Idol Group: The Offspring, Blink-182, Gorillaz, Barenaked Ladies Mac or PC? PC Nics: Why would I have a nickname? 'Eric' is only four letters long. Blog: Check my siggy. Home Page: the Otaku, oddly enough. Religion: I was baptized as a protestant, but I currently attend a methodist chruxh. Book: Foundation, by Isaac Asimov Collections: Comics, cards, jet Transformers Won't Eat: Eggs TV Show: Formerly: Seinfeld Currently: Scrubs Always: The Simpsons Words to live by: Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, fior we shall never cease to be amused. Addicted to: Reeses Pieces Comic: Spider-Man, Foxtrot, Dilbert, Get Fuzzy Movie: X2[/color][/font][/size]

[color=indigo][font=century][size=1] [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Mitch [/i] [B] Evil is a perception. Everything is a perception. Evil is just another one of these perceptions.[/B][/QUOTE] No offense, but that's a bunch of crap. I'm sorry, but some things are [b]evil[/b], and I don't care who you are or what your perceptions are. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Mitch [/i] [B] The person who is evil could himself not think himself evil but good. The person who is not evil could not himself good but evil A murderer could be doing what he does and think he is good. Another might say he is evil. God may say it is wrong to sin on a set amountage of laws. Another might say he is evil and there is no sin. Evil is a perception. Everything is about perception[/B][/QUOTE] So, when asked the question, "What is [b]evil[/b]?", the answer is "Whatever you think it is"? That's a cop out. I might be open to debate on the exact meaning or nature of [b]evil[/b], but to say it doesn't exist screams of ignorance. some actions are evil no matter who you are or how you percieve them. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Mitch [/i] [B] But what's bad is good and what's fair is foul. Remember that. Remember that as you may see something as good, another may see it as bad, and that person is just as right as you are--for he has his own perception. Remember that someone who may be seen as evil and tyranical--such as Hitler--may just be an extremist with a certain perception as to how things should be.[/B][/QUOTE] I know how things should be. Everyone does; we all have our own view of how the world should work. What made Hitler [b]evil[/b] was that he foisted his view upon others at the cost of millions of lives. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Mitch [/i] [B] Hitler was a bad man they say. I wouldn't always believe what you think. Yes, he did kill many jews via the holocaust. But what were his views? Purification. [/B][/QUOTE] Sweet Lord....I'm not even Jewish, and I think that's an offense crock. Ask the Holocost surviours about Hitler. Explain to them that you don't believe what they think. Tell them that hItler is only [b]evil[/b] from one point of view, and that if you look at it another way, he's just misunderstood. If you're defending Hitler, your argument justdied. You're done, hitt he showers, better luck next time. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Mitch [/i] [B] What of us and enslaving blacks here in the US? What of our mistreatment of them: we saw them as inferior. How did Hitler see the Jews? As inferior. He only set out to do what he did in a much more drastic way.[/B][/QUOTE] What is this '"we" you keep talking about? I certainly don't recall owning other human beings. Everyone who had was dead by the time my parents were born. Maybe you want to take on the evils committed by long-dead people, but I certainly don't see why I do, or why I should be associated with them. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Mitch [/i] [B] So here we see that they were trying to destroy the feeblemindeds' abilities to reproduce. We were trying to [i]purify[/i] society--try to get rid of the imbiciles. And how is this much unlike what Hitler did on some level, only that Hitler was more radical? This case was actually one the Nazis brought up in their court case. So, in fact, we're just as bad as Hitler to some level, aren't we? We killed blacks, enslaved them, tried to make it so imbiciles couldn't give birth. Hitler was just more radical. He enforced what he did in a much harsher way.[/B][/QUOTE] I'm not arguing at all that that was wrong. However, you keep saying 'we'; maybe you were involved, but I sure as Hell wasn't. I never killed or enslaved anyone, and am disgusted by those who did. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Mitch [/i] [B] So what is evil? It's for you to decide; it's for you to perceive.[/B][/QUOTE] Heres' a wake-up call: humanity decided a long time ago that some acts were simply [b]evil[/b]. Enslaving othersis an [b]evil[/b] act. Killing others based solely on their heritage is an [b]evil[/b] act. You can argue percepytions all you want, but those of us in the real world are aware that [b]evil[/b] exists. [/color][/font][/size]

[color=indigo][font=century][size=1]There are: Toon Alligator, Toon Mermaid, Toon Skull, Blue Eyes Toon Dragon, Manga Ryu Ran, Toon Dark Magician Girl, Toon Gemeni Elfs, Toon Masked Sorcerer, Toon Cannon Soldier, Toon Goblin Attack Force and....that's all. Ten toons. Question: Including her deck master, name all the monster cards played by Tea in her duel against Krumb/Big 2/Nightmare Penguien.[/color][/size][/font]

[color=indigo][font=century][size=1]OOC: What exactly, did Jason do? He was beaten, and came back for no reason with no explanation, unless I missed it.[/color][/font][/size]

[color=indigo][size=1][font=century]This be the recent comic rant from myOtaku. [QUOTE]My friends, the comic gods have smiled upon me. My local comic haunt (Millenium Comics, off of state road sixty in Brandon, next to Fameous Tate's,), has added a $1 section. ^_________^ I got a huge load of new comics, and a few treasures. Spider-Girl #68: Well, Brad's a bigot and a cretin; this ish pretty much seals it. Meanwhile, May/Spider-Girl's classmate and ex, Jack Jameson (Also the costumed crimefighter the Buzz), is seriously stressed. His girlfriend was outed as a mutant and left town, and now the mysterious Dr. Jade has returned. Apparently Dr. Jade was instrumental to the Buzz's origin, and killed one of Jack's close friends. The Buzz is determined to track her down and bring her to justice, but all his leads get him nowhere. Jack's rready to take his anger out on Brad, knowing that he's one of the punks that scared Nancy into leaving. You know, I think May should have just let Jack beat the crap out of Brad. I know she can't let on that she saved Nancy as Spider-Girl, but she knows Brad's a creep; why protect him? This ish felt kinda' filler-y, at least until the appearance of Dr. Jade's associate at then end. Now it feels kinda' foreshadow-y. Venom #8: Sweet Lord, would someone teach Daniel Way how to pace a story?! "Shiver" started really excrutiatingly slow but got faster in the last two parts, and now "Run" has gone from a great first two issues to mindless comic rehetoric. There are too many characters with agendas not explained, too many leaps in logic, and the questions I had from the first issue still haven't been answered! This is like a bad X-Files riff. The conclusion is next month; if I'm not 'wowed', I'm ditching this series. Man...I wanted Venom to have a cool solo series for once.... Spectacular Spider-Man #9: Doctor Octopus has issues. Seriously messed-up issues. However, I'm not sure who's more messed-up: the good Doctor, or the mysterious new super hero known as the Kiwi Kid? Well, actually, Kiwi Kid is Peter's neighbor, Big John, whom Spidey has enlisted to keep taping the action at Octavios's hideout for some reason. Meanwhile, Detective Garret and the Isralei servicemen are ready to storm the place, but all attention is actually turned to Times Square. Spider-Man, right on schedual, has arrived in front of the assembled world community, is about to unmask himself. Ock, of course, also shows up. I really like what Octavious says to the crowds: "I want you to take a good look at your hero. I want him to be famous, and I want his family to spend the rest of their lives explaining away his actions. I want him to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, to become mired in a legal morass until the end of his days. But most of all, I want you to see the difference between us: I will retain my status after today, and he will become nothing but a man." Is it any wonder I love Paul Jenkin's writing? If you only buy one Spider-Man book, buy Spectacular. Hell, if you only buy one comic book period, buy Spectacular. unless Mark Millar's Marvel Knights title blows me away this March, this is my favorite stint of writing on a Spidey book by far. If only I could say the same of the art. Spider-Man Unlimited #1: What? Another Spider-Man book? Yes, but this one is different. You see, the premise behind this (And its sister title, X-Men Unlimited), is that it is the first exposure for the particular writers/artists in the book. It's their way to "Break in" to the business. I love the idea of the book, and think we need more books like it. However, the constantly rotating team means that quality will be on a stoey-by-story basis. (There are two stories in each issue.) Nonetheless, I will support this title as long as I am financially able. The first story....ehhh.... If youv'e ever heard of or read the classic story "The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man", you've basically read this story. If you haven't, this might seem touiching, but to most Spiderfans, it's a retread. The art's none too great, either. The second story makes this issue, and was worth the price of admision alone. I'm not going to really reveal all that much, lest I run the risk of spoiling the punch-line, but even if you just see this issue on the stands, read the second story. The art's pretty good too. ^__^ Transformers G1 #0: Well, I keep hearing good things about the Dreamwave Transformer comics, so I checked this one out. Big mistake. I want my $3 back. Trigun vol 2: We certainly aren't in Kansas anymore. After the first volume was incredibly similar to the anime, I kind of expected more of the same here. Nope. Everything old is new again. There's way too many differences between the manga and anime to count at this point, but one thing I noticed is that everything is more intense. Legato is more bloodthirsty. Monav is more determined. Knives is more sadistic. Wolfwood is more enigmatic. I am in awe. If you're a fan of Trigun, read this. If you're a f an of manga, read this. If you're niether, at least borrow it from someone that has it. ^_^ And, my back-issue treasures.... The Exile Returns parts 1 and 4 (Web of Spdr-Mn 118 and Spider-Man #53): Waaay back in '94, when the now-hated Clone Saga began, there was a second Spider-Man by the name of Ben Riely. Sice this is around wghen I started reading, I don't hate the CS, although I can easily see its flaws. However, in its beginnings, it was'nt that bad. This was one of its earliest stories, and it's pretty good. Basically, Ben returned to New York because Aunt May was sick (being a clone of Peter, he has all of Peter's memories up until the point of cloning; he also has Peter's emotions.). However, now in New York, a city he left years ago after disappearing, he finds that even with one Spider-Guy in town, there's still a lot of heroing to do. So, when he hears that Venom's back in town, he decides to bring him to justice. Can't accuse him of being a slow starter. Even though Venom beats the crap out of him, Ben (Now nicknamed the Scarlet Spider) manages to beat Venom single-handedly. Sure, Venom almost killed him, but in the end, the bad guy was thrashed. Nice. The back issue $1 bin also had "The Child Within", "Shrieking" and "Exiled", but I left those for another day. I'm comiced-out.[/QUOTE][/color][/font][/size]

[color=indigo][font=century][size=1]Okay, first things first; I'm gonna' vote. ^__^ Anime Best Character: Joey Wheeler Best Yami: Bakura Best Millenium Item: Millenium Eye Best Rare Hunter: Odion Best Big Five Member: Nesbitt/Robotic Knight Sexiest Character (Male): Yami Bakura Sexiest Character (Female): Ishizu Best Monster: Jinzo Best Duel: Yami Marik v Yami Bakura Best Dressed: Seto Kaiba Best Scene: Yugi and Joey take the hit for Mai Best Duel Move: Joey drops Jinzo in Odion's graveyard, the robs it back to the field. English Card Game Best Card Set: Legacy of darkness Best Holo-foil Card: Marauding Captain Best Monster: Sinister Serpant Best Magic/Spell Card: Graceful Charity Best Trap Card: Destruction Ring Best Fusion Monster: Black Paladin Best Card Picture: Hell Poemer Sexiest Monster (Male): Don Zaloog Sexiest Monster (Female): Thunder Nyan Nyan Best Deck Type: Warrior-Rush Best Monster Type: Warrior Funniest Card: Second Goblin Video Games Best Video Game: WWE Best Video Game enemy: Joey Wheeler Best Game Monster: Cyberstein Best Game Promo Card: Harpie's Feather Duster Manga Best Character: Joey Wheeler Sexiest Character (Male): Uh...Yami Yugi Sexiest Character (Female): Uh...Anzu Best Scene: Yugi and Joey discuss the sexual habits of virtual pets Best Volume: three Anyway, voting is closed. Since almost no one voted the ame person twice, I'm going to have to decide how we do this. Watch this space.[/color][/font][/size]

[color=indigo][size=1][font=century]Noa destroys them because them because they broke the rules he established, and Noa wants he defeat of Kaiba to be completely legitimate. It turns oyt that he doesn't actually destroy them, but merely whisked away their virtual bodies. Question: Name the cards Joey used in honor of Mai in the first part of his and Yugi's big duel againt the posessed Tristan/Big Five. (Easy-peasy)[/color][/font][/size]

[color=indigo][font=century][size=1]The Simpsons' best episodes are light years ahead of Family Gu's best. Their most mundane episodes are better than Family Guy's worst episodes. That being said, the Simpsons should have been cancelled a while ago, but Fox can't let that happen because it's one of their most popular shows. Sorry to the FG fans, but I just don't find it all that great. There were a few moments that I remember fondly, but the Simpsons produced entire seasons of some of the best TV viewing ever. Too bad its current seasons are only really hilarious once every month or two. [/color][/font][/size]

[color=indigo][font=century][size=1]I completely refuse to see the new Kevin Smith movie. I haven't even seen the previews, but I won't see it. I will not participate in any activity that gives Mr. Smith money, which is a shame because I really enjoy his work. However, I'm on a permanant Smith boycott, at least until he finishes the comic book mini-series that he started writing for Marvel Comics almost two years ago, [i]Spider-Man/Black Cat: The EVil That Men Do[/i]. All he had to do was write five issues. That's it. He wrote...three...and never finished. When asked about it at a convention, he replied that it's "just a comic book", and that those complaining should "get a life". Well, excuse me for expecting you to do the project you were hired to do, Mr. Smith! The only reason Marvel hasn't slapped a breach-of-contract suit on his arse is because Smith=$$. Can you tell this is a pet-peeve of mine?[/color][/size][/font]

[color=indigo][font=century][size=1]A Spongebob movie.... Now, I think Spongebob is okay, don't get me wrong, but I can only take him in ten-minute cartoon segments before he starts to bug me out. I don't know if I could sit through a whole movie. I probably won't see it. Sure, Spongbob, Rugrats and the Wild Thornberries get movies, but there's no Invader Zim mobvie? Gah, there's no justice...[/color][/font][/size]

[color=indigo][font=century][size=1]Ahh, [b]evil[/b]. One of the most interesting abstracts in the history of humanity. It has been debated long before we were here, and it will be debated long after we are here. According to the Bible, [b]evil[/b] is giving into physical desires at the cost of your spiritual ones, or at the cost of harming yourself or others. According to this logic, gluttony is [b]evil[/b] because you are doing damage to your body for the sake of taste sensations, killing is [b]evil[/b] because you are harming someone else's body, etc. If you are not religious, [b]evil[/b] is harder to define. However, I think the majority of us can agree that there are some acts so duisgusting and unforgivable as to be defined as [b]evil[/b]. For example, killing a young child is, in my eyes, a completely unforgivable act. I don't care what else you've done, if you've murder children, I don't believe there is hope for you, nor am I interested in finding hope for you. Again, this is just an example. [b]Evil[/b] raises several questions. First, is humanity basically [b]evil[/b]? I do not think so. Humanity in its basic form isn't an angel, to be certain, but it isn't totally malicious. Niether is it totally benevolent; I believe humanity is basically ignorant, not good or [b]evil[/b]. The enviornment is a good example of this; people didn't care about it until they became aware that they were hurting it. Then, it became a priority to many (but admittedly not all) people. However, that's all tangenial. THe next question is whether [b]evil[/b] acts may be committed in the name of good. War is the best example of this. I believe that no one will argue that it was necessary for the greater good of the world that the Allied Powers kick the Axis Powers' arse three ways from Sunday. And we are fortunate that they did. I believe that one can say that allowing others to commit [b]evil[/b] acts (and the Nazis were [b]evil[/b], all right? Deal with it) without intervening is [b]evil[/b] within itself, especially if you possess the power to stop it. Finally, are there [b]evil[/b] people, people who are just so inherantly bad as to be beyond rehabilitation or, in a biblical sense, beyond redemption? In my opion, there are. It's easy to label Hitler as an example of evil, but that's kind of a cop-out in this discussion. A year or two ago, there was a man in Florida whose name I don't recall. He raped and murdered a three-year olf girl. You cannot tell me that this man wasn't [b]evil[/b]. If you ask me, he's got a reserved seat in Hell. "But wait", you might argue. "That's an emotionally-charged argument!" Agreed. however, good and [b]evil[/b] are moral concerns, and morals are heavily tied in with emotions. This isn't acedemic. I'm not going to define [b]evil[/b], because everyone's exact definition is different. You will know something's [b]evil[/b] when you see it. If something is so depraved it makes you vomit, if a scene is so incredibly violent that you have to look away, if an action is so wrong you have to ask yourself how anyone could possibly do something like that...that's [b]evil[/b]. And that's all I really have to say about that.[/color][/font][/size]

[color=indigo][font=century][size=1]You know, it's funny, but....I can't think of any time I'd been totally uber-embarassed, at least not anything that 'stuck'. By 'stuck', I mean some horrible event that still haunts me to this day. The little things that I was embasassed about at the time seem incredibly funny to me now. Blessed are we that can laugh at ourselves and all that. When I was a kid, I was playing on some playground equipmemnt. I fell down and my neck was ripped up by some of the ropes on the equipment. I had a huge rope-burn scar on my neck, but that wasn't the worst part; the worst part was my pantsa falling down in front of everyone. ^__^ God, I was such a geek back then. [/color][/font][/size]

[color=indigo][size=1][font=century]I refuse to degrade great movies by calling them "Kids' movies." Lilo & Stitch, The Lion King, Pixar movies, NBC...those are great movies for everyone. Just because a kid can see them doesn't make them kid only movies.[/color][/size][/font]

[color=indigo][size=1][font=century]I have a bad forensics experience... Yeah, the sponser of our school's forensics club didn't pass any information on to the officers. Then, he dissolved the group after there were accusations of him hitting on a student. We never even got to debate. Now we don't have a Forensics club. --;[/color][/font][/size]

[font=century][size=1][color=indigo]Well, I live in Florida, the lightning capital of the world. As you might imagine, during the summertime, there are several blackouts. Some are minor, but a few can last for a while. Fortunatly, the local utilities are skilled at dealing with them, and we're usually up and running again within ten minutes. And if it's longer, hey, I've got my GBA. ^__^ [/color][/font][/size]

[color=indigo][font=century][size=1] [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by CB Shin [/i] [B] Deathbug, do you only want to become a lawyer because it pays well? It seems to me you love arguing, and to make a job out of it would be a dream come true wouldn't it? [/B][/QUOTE] Well, actually, a dream-come true job would be a video-game tester for Nintendo. Lawyer is just a close second. Am I motivated by the idea that I can become wealthy in the practice of law? It has crossed my mind. I could become wealthy by being a doctor as well, but I wouldn't enjoy that. However, if I'm going to get payed the same as everyone else, I might as well be a clerk for a comic book shop forever. I'd get to do something I like, and not have to spend three years busting my arse at law school. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by CB Shin [/i] [B]A remedy has to be made, to combine all three elements and yet maintain sense of equalism.[/B][/QUOTE] Here's my solution: offer everyone the same opportunities for success and advancement as everyone else, and those who are willing to work towards their goals will advance, and those who aren't, won't. You could even go in-between and work as far as you're willing, advancing accordingly. equality of opportunity, not equality of result. Admittedly, America doesn't yet have equality of opportunity. We're working on it. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by CB Shin [/i] [B]Deathbug, I was throwing out ideas because I wanted to reach a compromise. Unfortunately, niether of us think alike...at all. I don't think we've reached an agreement on anything so far. "Winning the arguement" isn't the goal here is it, or am I missing something? Is it really impossible to have two people reach a compromise without completely abandoning their beliefs or morals? [/B][/QUOTE] I don't need to compromise because I'm right, and history has proven me right, and I know it. I was speaking tongue-in-cheek regarding winning, but I am perfectly content to argue my stronger position all day. Not to offend, but one of us has an edge over the other. I'm not the one who's offering compromise, because in this case, I don't need to.[/color][/font][/size]

[color=indigo][size=1][font=century]I am completely and totally aware that my views on education are limited, and based mostly on my own experience. They are weak, don't stand up to scrutiny, and probably shouldn't be held by anyone making educational policy. And they work just fine for me. I only have to get myself through the education system at the moment, and I'm not yet old enough to vote on education legislation or candidates who support/oppose it. I'm kinda' not sure why I felt a need to rant on education in the first place. When I will be voting on candidates, or sending a child through the education system, the need will arise for me to look beyond my own experiences and heavily consider facets of the public education system I never bothered with before. Until then, I don't have the time to do so. Not to belittle education at all, but I can't do anything to affect it at present, and didn't give it a lot of thought prior to writing that post. You, obviously, are heavily involved in education, and have had to consider it in many respects. Of course you will unerstand it better and have different opinions than I do, and have more facts to support them. I've begun studying law, and I'll soon (hopefully) have different opinions on the legals system than I do now, and will be better able to understand it and its relevancy and effect on many others, not just myself. And like the man said, that's all I really have to say about that. Have fun in Pittsburg.[/color][/font][/size]