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In case you thought I meant "right" in the same way as the "Right and Wrong" thread.. no I don't :toothy: .. What I'm on about this time, is the general increased awareness of society towards a person's rights as a human being. Now, I'm all for rights, and I think everyone should have equal rights, but at the same time I think some people have just gone too far. In the UK, there is a problem in many places with children who cause trouble.. They go around causing trouble, and then if the police eventually catch them, they just have the attitude "You know and I know that you can't actually do anything", and the sad thing is, that in the majority of cases (excluding the really severe ones) they are right.. given a few days, they're back, continuing where they left off. In many places including the UK, there are companies set up, called things like "Personal Injury Specialists" and such. Essentially, they make money off people that have had personal injuries due to an accident, and want money for it.. I'm completely opposed to such companies.. I know that in some cases, the personal injury is so great that the person in question actually needs the money, but in a lot of cases: 1- they don't need it, but they want it anyway, and 2- it was their own fault, or at least, not the fault of whoever they're claiming money from One of the most rediculous examples is the of a robber, who went into someone's house, fell over onto something sharp and injured himself.. he sued the owners of the house for leaving the sharp object there: and won a huge amount of money.. Another example is a robber who broke into someone's garage, but couldn't get out.. the family were on holiday at the time, so for a few days, he lived on the dog food and pepsi in the garage.. he also sued the owners and won.. Essentially, my question for discussion is this: 1- do you believe that everyone should have equal rights (hopefully all 'yes' on that point) and 2- even if you answered yes on question 1, do you believe that society has taken the 'equal rights' idea too far, and is actually giving more rights to those who seem to have suffered- even if their suffering was a result of illegally trespassing on other people's property? (if so, do you object to that)

OK.. As far as I can see.. the seven hosts are now taken... What do I mean 'as far as I can see'... [size=3][b]THE SEVEN HOSTS ARE NOW TAKEN[/b][/size] If anyone else wants to join, they'll just have to be someone else.. preferably with some in the same places as one of the hosts (if we get that many).. But guess what..? that means you can be any species you want.. so you can be creative.. I'll start this on... *looks for convenient time* [i]Monday[/i] question to self: why again did I actually say, the first time around.. 'leave the Final weapon blank'.. as in.. why did I actually get you to put the 'Final weapon' description in, just to leave it blank...?.. I'll get back to you on monday..

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Shinobi [/i] [B]This is dont like, i hate that, when poeple from England...wait, anywhere say, "English" stuff, I am not English, i don't have English stuff, i dont have Scottish stuff either! I have British stuff, this really annoys me, i aint getting on to you AJeh,but it really annoys me, i am Scottish, but i use British when nessesory i use Scottish (as in Scottish bagpipes and so on.) Anyway, just thought i'd state that, i hate it GRRRRRR ARRRRRRHHHH! [/B][/QUOTE] hey.. scotland rocks..!.. Any country that's supposed to hate england rocks (with obvious exceptions..)!! So yeah.. that's why I say 'I hate England' rather than britain :D

WOOHOO!!! I got a 2!!! I'm an otaku parent too.. Um... dude.. thatere's a glitch, I think.. I didn't answer any questions, the second time round, and I got: Your score is 58 [img]http://falkor.anu.edu.au/~ely/animequiz/og2.gif[/img]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Semjaza Azazel [/i] [B]If anyone read all that, I owe them a cookie :D[/B][/QUOTE] *Demands his cookie* That was quite interesting.. Being a recent christian, I already know that the books of the bible were selected out of more than what's in them now, but I didn't know anything about the ones that were left out, the 'Apocyrpha'. It was quite interesting too, to learn that they say that Jesus acted out of anger in his childhood.. I don't have any particular opinion on whether it's true or not.. but either way, God acted a lot out of anger in the early books of the Old Testament, and then came to regret it, so yeah.. that's why I found it interesting. I pretty much assumed nothing was known about Jesus' childhood, since it wasn't included in the Bible..

YEAH!!! I love Dominion Tank Police!!! I just need to see the last episode (New DTP, ep. 10).. I haven't played Timesplitters 2, though.. Name: "Deus" (I'm gonna edit this with a real name too.. I don't feel very creative right now..) Age: 20 Hometown: Neo Tokyo Occupation: A new Cadet in T.A.N.T.O, still learning the ropes Weapon/Skill: Always carries a knife and a silenced pistol around, but is well trained in sub-machine guns as well. Personality: Generally likeable, but can be very irrational at times, occasionally losing his temper or becoming over-confident. He is still pretty much getting used to life in T.A.N.T.O, and doesn't know many people.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Sara [/i] [B][SIZE=1]In the US, dial 1-888-232-QUIZ. It's completely free, and is worth checking out. And don't spoil the answer for everyone else.[/SIZE] [/B][/QUOTE] How smart am I? Smart enough not to dial a free US number from the UK.. :p (I don't imagine it'd be free from here too)

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Dark_Apocalyps [/i] [B]"I see dead people!" :p [/B][/QUOTE] Me too... they just haven't actually died yet.. I see people who will eventually be dead.. so I may as well call them dead.. or rather.. I see dead people in advance.. :p

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Cera [/i] [B][size=1][random tagline]There's an exception to every rule. Except this one.[/random tagline][/size] [/B][/QUOTE] after actually looking up 'generalisation' to see if I was right, I saw the example that Mnelmoth was probably trying to use was 'All generalisations are untrue. Including this one'

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Break [/i] [B][size=1][color=crimson]I thought dope was meant to clear your mind so you could concentrate. Shows how much I know.. *glances at dancing banana*.. That's all anyone needs..[/size][/color] [/B][/QUOTE] Yeah, it lets you concentrate.. on stuff you shouldn't really be concentrating on, as far as I've seen in people at my old school who used to smoke it..

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Sarsy [/i] [B][i]A brother and sister, who are desendants of Crition, decide to go on a link pass to another system. They save up enought money and buy the relvent tickets they need. As they blast off they think that everything is going to be fine, but suddenly a spacial anonomly happens and a far larger and powerful worm hole opens up on their flight path. they are sucked in and find themselves in a brand new uncharted region of space. Maybe by luck, or by some twist in destiny, they are picked up by a lythathin crewed by a oddly mixed group of escaped slaves. The slaves think they are spies to the Wataka's, a speices which enslaved them at a very young age. They finally come to accept that the brother and sister are not and they try to all get to their homes. But unknown to the slaves, their home palents were vaporised after their enslavement.[/i] Okay, that's the basic story but I've got a few little preferences. Please no desendants of any of the Farscape charcters, I know its tempting and I would love to do that but then it would just end up like the TV series.[/B][/QUOTE] It [i]already[/i] seems an incredible amount like the start of the TV series.. but hey.. I'm up for it.. Character sheet: Brother or Sister Name: Deus Crichton Age: 22 [i]cycles[/i] :p Description: 6'1", Short-ish Brown hair + blue eyes. Resembles Crichton a little Wears: Combat Pants, A black T-Shirt, and usually wears a crucifix Bio: Bored of life on Earth, Deus decides that it's time to take a trip somewhere else, so he saves up with his sister to go to another system for a while.. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned.. Skills: Has learned a great deal about leviathans from his ancestry, and also due to his fascination about the life of John Crichton (from the TV series.. the guy who got lost), and also knows a lot about various weapons. Anything else: Generally a nice guy, but he can have a short temper, and can sometimes be over-confident.. P.S, sweetreyes.. I think Sarsy probably meant cycles rather than seasons, and as far as I know, they are the same as years. Sarsy.. are the brother and sister human, or are they some kind of human-sebatian "crossbreed"..

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Mitch [/i] [B][color=red] Heh, you had me holding [i]my[/i] breath there James. heh. I'd have to say if people just took the time to read the rules, they'd do fine here. But I can tell you the truth: Most don't. I think, to tell you the truth, I just briefly skimmed the rules at first, heh. So yeh, even I have made my mistakes here on OB. [/color] [/B][/QUOTE] Um... I actually have kind of a confession to make.. I never read the rules when I joined.. for about a week or two anyway :blush:

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Mr. Maul [/i] [B]As I said,You're all wrong. [/B][/QUOTE] *ahem*... [URL=http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16800]go here[/URL].. I always make a copy if I'm typing a really long post.. I usually copy into the Note Pad, and I do both of those things [i]before[/i] I post, so I know that it works..

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Cera [/i] [B][size=1]I imagine I'll change my name to its proper spelling someday. But right now, I'm having too much fun with my sig.[/size] [/B][/QUOTE] It really confused me when I saw it.. I was pretty tired... I had my name changed [i]ever so slightly..[/i].. I used to be Deus_Ex_Machina,, Now, I'm Deus Ex Machina.. See the difference? ;) [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Shyguy [/i] [B][size=1]I want to change my name, I just don't know what to change it to. Any suggestions?[/size] [/B][/QUOTE] Phospho-fructo-kinase man!!!

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Cera [/i] [B][size=1]Okay, just checking to see I've got some points right: The arkali are spirits that can take on human hosts, and sometimes control them. None of the remaining spirits have awakened yet, and their powers are up for grabs. Am I good on this? Can the arkali communicate with their hosts? And are they necessarily power-hungry, of is that just an example? [/quote][/size][/b] It was ages aho when I made this up, so my memory is a little shady, but.. First point: yes.. actually, maybe they have awakened. it's up to you, whether you start off with it awakened or if you awaken it on the first post, or somewhere into the RPG.. so yeah.. it's completely up to you, and the powers are up for grabs.. (the truth is, I could only really think of names for 3, so I thought I'd allow some flexibility instead..) I don't think the arkali are necessarily power-hungry, just confused, pretty much.. they have too much power but kind of have the mentality of an angry child, from having their powers abused by their early hosts.. so it's kind of less that they're after power and more that they've been corrupted by the mentalities of their past hosts.. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Cera [/i] [B][size=1]Will that all work? It's been a while since I've joined an RPG properly.[/size] [/B][/QUOTE] It's been a while for me too.. but your post looks fine to me ;)

Several things: My brain and other internal organs.. :D heh.. but seriously.. God: 'nuff said My keyboard and voice: What can I say?.. I just love playing and singing, especially when leading worship.. My creativity: I can't write songs without that.. My intelligence: It's one thing having blind faith, but it's another thing entirely having reasons behind it.. Friends: I'm not as much of a social animal as some of my friends, but I really [i]need[/i] people... Internet: Obviously I can live without it.. I did so for a long time, but if I didn't get on eventually I wouldn't have met you guys :D

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Sere Tuscumbia [/i] [B]On a Christian note, has anyone considered that "ghosts" aren't really "ghosts" at all? Everyone's so convinced that this ghost is someone who's died and hasn't passed on to another life or whatnot, but there's also the fact that what we think as "ghosts" are actually angels, or demons.[/B][/QUOTE] *points to quote* [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Deus Ex Machina[/i] [B]As for the other stuff.. I don't really believe in a sixth sense.. I believe in ghosts, or demons, as the bible refers to them, and I believe that they can really creep people out, like in Sere's examples...[/B][/QUOTE] I should have really said "Ghost, or spirits (demons and angels) as the bible refers to them" [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Sere Tuscumbia [/i] [B]Another theory on the whole ghosts (my father's theory) is that there are actually two planes, ours, and then another plane, that exist separately. A ghost appears when those two planes collide and become one, but only for a brief period of time. Then they separate into two different planes again. [/B][/QUOTE] I have a theory something like that-- that heaven isn't up above us at all, but rather it's on some kind of higher, different 'plane', but you couldn't exactly explain that kind of concept to people 5,000 years ago or whenever.. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Shaun [/i] [B]I think, like Deus Ex Machina said, that it is God. I think the sixth sense that we have is spiritual perception. That's all the wierd stuff that goes on. I too am a Christian, and I believe that I can find Biblical back up for this theory. [/B][/QUOTE] Yeah, me too, like the gift of prophecy, for example.. and also that nagging doubt that you really shouldn't do something today.. then you go and do it and the whole thing goes wrong :), usually meaning that God was warning you

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Break [/i] [B][size=1][color=crimson]Yeah, like for sacraficial reasons. See, our God doesn't require sacrificies to do whatever he does, but tribal Gods/Godesses obviously do. [/size][/color][/B][/QUOTE] Not anymore he doesn't, at least.. Throughout most of the Old Testament the Jews offered animal sacrifices on a regular basis, but not human except for once, when Abraham was told to offer his son Isaac to God, and he was just about to when God essentially said "Wait. I was just testing to see if you had the faith to do it. Let him go".. So yeah... he doesn't ask for sacrifices [i]now[/i] ;) , at least not sacrifices of animals/humans

WHOA!!!! I see it now... All you have to do is click 'refresh'.. and for some reason that does more than just clicking the otakuboards.com link...

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by James [/i] [B][color=royalblue]I'm not saying that right and wrong exist (in law) and we follow them [i]just because[/i] they are law. We follow them because, for the most part, we believe the rights and wrongs that the Bible sets out (in this culture). But that doesn't mean that we are anymore "objectively right" than another culture who does something differently. It's just what we choose to do. Religion was created for this very reason -- to promote these moral values in our society. I don't have a problem wiht that; it's just the way things are. I follow the laws because I agree with them as a human being, not because I'm afraid of getting in trouble or something. But in other cultures, the values are different. That's just how things are lol[/color] [/B][/QUOTE] OK.. I think it's obvious that when I mean to say one thing I tend to imply another.. I never meant to imply that you, or necessarily anyone, actually follow the law just because it's the law.. I was just kind of trying to say that I treat the law in kind of the same way as I do the commandments- as a guideline for good and bad.. And yeah.. the law in society as we know it is pretty much descended from the biblical laws, as far as I can see, because the leaders of nations, hundreds of years ago, were likely to be Christian. So yeah..I never really meant to infer that you refer to the law as many Christians refer to the Bible, as a "It says it so it is" kind of thing..

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by James [/i] [B][color=royalblue]Funny, Weh (Break) couldn't see the snowflakes either! I'm not sure what it is, because even the files on the server are changed. So what you are seeing is an older version of the boards[/color] [/B][/QUOTE] Perhaps it has something to do with our slow british PCs :drunk:... they don't like change in any way.. (For those who have noidea what I mean, britain is pretty much opposed to joining europe fully, for various reasons which I sum up as 'we don't like change')

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by James [/i] [B][color=royalblue]Well, really...think about it. There is really no absolute right or wrong. I personally like our laws and our morals (in our society). And that's how I live my life. But it doesn't mean I'm more right than someone in an African tribe who does something totally different. Of course, I don't think anyone would support the idea of human suffering...but once again, it depends on the culture and background. In some tribes, people go through painful rituals when they become "sexually active". It's painful, yet even the subject of the pain accepts it -- and is even proud of it. It's their culture. You simply can't point to the Bible or any other reference for an absolute right or wrong -- to you, the Bible represents absolute rights and wrongs. To someone else, it might be another holy book. Or it might be a painting on a rock wall. It's all subjective. That doesn't mean that murder or something is necessarily right...and I wouldn't support it, nor would most people. But it's really the culture/society that dictates these things. There isn't an absolute right or wrong...and there really never has been. It kind of relates to what I was saying in the "normal" thread. Just look at society over the ages -- even in our society, what we consider right and wrong has changed so much even over the last 100 years.[/color] [/B][/QUOTE] OK... Maybe I should have worded what I said differently.. I believe that essentially, what the Bible says is right and wrong is just that.. and that's pretty much my personal belief. But I don't just think "The Bible says I can't kill, so I won't kill", because that kind of thinking gets me no-where. As I said.. or rather tried to (I probably could have worded it better)- working on the assumption that God gave us the Ten Commandments (it's debatable I know, but let's not really go into that for now), they weren't there merely to be adhered to and for people to point to them and say "this says you're wrong so you're wrong", since that just causes conflicts. They are, instead, there as a guideline of what we ideally wouldn't do if we truly loved everyone equally. The ten commandments go something like this (in no particular order): 1- Love God 2- Don't worship Idols 3- Don't steal 4- Don't use God's name in vain 5- Don't murder 6- No adultery 7- Honour your father/mother 8- Don't desire your neighbour's wife/belongings 9- Don't lie to people 10- Remember the Sabbath Day and keep it holy Now, 1,2,4 and 10 (not necessarily in that order in scripture) Are fairly debatable as to whether they're right or not, because it all depends on who your God (if you have one) is, but if you actually believe in any God, then only 10 is really debatable (i.e. it depends which God you believe in). but the rest- If you truly loved someone you would never do that to them anyway. And [i]if[/i] we lived in a society where we all kept those rules- a society where the rules didn't need to be upheld because we all kept them, then the world would be so much better.. I know that it's not possible today, or ever, but [i]that[/i] is why I believe in an absolute right.. not just because the bible says so, but because the world would be far better if we all did this than if we all cared only for ourselves and no-one else.. OK, the reasoning stems from the bible, but I've reasoned it out with myself too.. I'm not simply trying to say "My God says it's wrong therefore it is" I wasn't actually trying to say that your point of view says that "Murder is right".. All I was saying is that your viewpoint pretty much says "Murder isn't wrong, we're just told that it is". I may still be wrong on that, it's just my interpretation Edit: Another point I was going to make... I don't have any problems wioth cultures who have rituals which involve pain of some sort- Jews are circumcised, and Christianity came from Judaism. There are many different rituals of sorts, which differ among the many Christian denominations, and although I don't follow them all or necessarily approve of them, I don't think that they are absolutely wrong any more than the rituals in tribes, as long as there's no evil intentions in there. To some degree, I believe that the moral code is set by society.. but as with the ten commandments, I see it as more of a guidline than a "The law says it's wrong because it's wrong"- and I think that as long as the law has some kind of moral backing then I'm perfectly happy to adhere to it

Um... I think that.. I can't see them.. ?? I haven't really thought about what I want yet.. Funnily enough, I don't actually want anything specific.. This is going to be my first Christmas as a Christian.. whoa..

I don't actually think this has been done before.. if it has then I did look.. but for some reason the search feature has been working a bit unusual for me recently.. (such as, I've searched for something quite specifically and no results, then I managed to find it after a while, without the search feature) In some areas of the world, it is considered OK for a man to have sex with his daughter.. in others there are guys who go round travelling, being payed to sleep with young virgins. In others, it is perfectly OK to kill people under certain conditions. In one particular part of the US (which I've forgotten the name of) it's actually illegal to lend out your vacuum cleaner.. The question is: Is there an absolute Right and Wrong, in your opinion? Or, is it all down to what we or our society believe to be right or wrong. I very firmly believe that there is a kind of absolute Right and wrong. The specifics can be found throughout the book of Exodus in the Bible (there's not just the Ten Commandments, there's lots of very specific laws), but it is better summarised as 'love your neighbour'. Anyone who truly loves everyone would never kill anyone, steal from anyone, inflict severe physical injury on anyone, threaten anyone.. the list goes on. Ultimately, I believe that this one commandment, if everyone obeyed it fully (which even all Christians who try to don't all the time) then there wouldn't be half the problems that exist today. I know that that kind of world is not possible, but that's how I judge my "Absolute Right". The main reason that I object to any view that there is no absolute right, and that it's all down to us, is essentially to say 'Criminals aren't wrong, we just believe they are'.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by James [/i] [B][color=royalblue]Ahh yes...going on a mindless rampage in GTAIII is so much fun.[/color] [/B][/QUOTE] All you need is a pompy accent, and that would sound [i]so[/i] funny.. [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Reflection [/i] [B]An option to do anything, break anything and everything!!!! [size=1]Please put a bit more effort into your posts. People might take your veiws more seriously. - NeoC[/size] NeoCactuar, yeah I can put in 'more effort'. Why do you care? [color=indigo]We care, because if you have really poor post quality, you'll get banned. And also, stop double posting! Use the "Edit" button, it's just as easy as making a new post. - Desbreko[/color] [size=1][color=green]Oi, watch your mouth, Slappy. As Desbreko said, please clean up your post quality before you [i]do[/i] get banned. - [b]Break[/b][/size][/color] [/B][/QUOTE] O_o... um... 4 people in one post? That's almost confusing.. Perhaps it'd be good to use a similar feature to red faction-- have walls that actually crumble realistically (I think-- I've never actually seen a wall crumble from a rocket so I can't vouch for it's authenticity :p)...