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Marijuana is a term for the dried inflorescence or bud of cannabis plants.

^stopped watching Had my share of Bible debates. Carry on.

Personally I find that thought absurd. We are NOT born with equal abilities. Your sex, race, genes... there are plenty of things that make us different from each other the minute we are born here. I don't think I'd go too far to state that NOBODY is equal, we're all unique. There is a major difference between equal treatment and actual equality between human beings, a difference often disregarded because the war on racism has made it a taboo. If you go on to discuss these differences in public you are seen as intolerant, sexist, racist. I have a thought or two, I'll continue this post later, too tired atm

On a visible level, our body rots away and worms eat to our brain. On a smaller level, the molecules that make up our body become earth and nutrients and join the cycle of nature. On the particle level, we disintegrate "back" into the star stuff we are made off, our being from a universal perspective hardly changing (at least in the tremendous sense as we experience it). I find comfort in the last idea, that I am star stuff, destined to eventually move onwards to distant galaxies and infinite space, washing the shores of places unknown and beings unseen (thank you Carl Sagan). Ghosts are as real as leprechauns and fairies or the God in Christianity, from a scientific point of view the probability of their existance in nature is close to 0. But the world we experience is in many ways not the same as what science tells us. Science tells me that my hand is at the same time attached to my arm, and floating at the other side of the universe. I don't experience this. Furthermore, science is far from explaining all the mysteries of the universe, it even seems that the more we know the less we understand about the most fundamental questions. My father is an astrologist and his wife is a medium, they quite firmly believe in past lives and the continuity of life, ghosts and whatnot. I don't find that particularly disturbing. Perhaps what they experience can one day be explained fully by science or perhaps not, but I'm confident that the knowledge wouldn't make a difference in their every day life. Perhaps they'd have a brief "I told you so!" -moment but essentially their belief would remain the same. I treat their thoughts with curiosity, as I attempt to deal with all seemingly absurd or revolutional or funny or [enteradjective] thoughts that are foreign to me. I'm not a believer, or at least I try not to be. ps. Hi Davey :sorcerer:

It's a topic well worth discussing whether the practical and on-going measures taken against racism and intolerance during the 20th century carry positive, neutral or even negative effects today. I'm not that familiar with the programs in the US but intuitively I think Mr. Freeman might be onto something with his statement regarding the Black History Month. It seems that as long as there are programs and measures that discourage racial discrimination, new generations will embrace that very same ideology on racial differences. This, at least, if you are right in assuming that racial discrimination is not as relevant a problem as it perhaps was when the measures were first taken. Certainly there is still, even if for just historical reasons, an observable social hierarchy that correlates well with ethnic background in the US. The mean income and living standards of black and hispanic population are lower than those of the white population. We can disregard whether this is due to racism or other factors (inheritance, family background, etc.), but it's reality, and affects how the new generations view the society around them. I would therefore argue that there is in any case some basis for continuing the sort of education that works against racial intolerance, lowering the intensity until one day, perhaps, the term "race" will only exist as a historical curiosity.

What's the big fuzz about a new rune pure clan.

Is matter really formed of quarks on the most fundamental level? If so, why is it so evident that the particles we know of should be the smallest to exist in nature?

lolwut.

The absolute power is always in the hands of the people. The government is just a puppet in the hands of the people, in Nazi Germany just as much as in any modern democracy or dictatorship. We've seen it in the strict dictatorships around mediterranean, where the people only needed to grab the power and it was theirs. So whenever we want to look for the people responsible for the existence of military and legalizing murder we can always find the closest person in the mirror. I disagree, though, that this completely strips responsibility from the one committing the deed. The soldier is the one holding the gun, even if he knows that a thousand others are willing to take his place, and if he has a conscience he will remember that for the rest of his life. It is our silent acception that makes us responsible for every homicide the violence machinery commits. This is hard for people to grasp, because the shared responsibility sort of vanishes in the thin air, nobody will take it unless we start playing the blame game. Certainly we can't blame the soldiers, they are just following orders, certainly not the politicians, they are elected representatives of the people, who then? Everyone is responsible, so noone is responsible, the beauty of our modern age.

I remember when we were all in LPC's.

I enjoy some hip hop. Wu-Tang, NWA, Mos Def, more generally lyrics with an interesting message and nice smooth flow. I don't understand how this belongs in debates.

All sexuality is good and healthy to a certain extent. Whether your passion is men, women or miniature statues of the Eiffel tower as in the case of a british woman I just saw on TV, I'd say go for it! Idk about marriage, I'm not a member of the religious institution in question so I don't feel like I have a say on the subject.

I think you are looking at it the wrong way. You should ask: why is it illegal to commit homicide under normal circumstances in our society? In a "natural state" of society without the violence machinery(law, police, military) that prevents us from doing whatever we choose to, the only thing that prevents one from taking another persons life is conscience or the lack of power or will to do so. There is nothing inherently wrong or right about murder, no more so than in rape, plunder or other things that people do to each other in a truly free society, bellum omnium contra omnes. Most human societies have altered this natural state of affairs by sacrificing some of their rights as free men in exchange for security for everyone. That is why we have law, police and the military. Now consider your question: Why is it legal for members of the military to kill another human being? Because we, as a civil society, give them the legal right to do so.

Ouch MM. Gratz on your trip FOE.

It's all about pixels :thumbsup: Pm me for moneymaking tips to decrease your butthurt

LOL. Just go away kiddo. :down:

Gratz FI.

So that's how EOP had over 0.5 KDR. Good job making your clan look good erupt3d :thumbsup:

If I had a personal grudge I'd ruin their account. Then again, that's the only reason I would hack anymore anyhow.

more like mmhfs0 vs foeopls the last 3 u mentioned were hitting every1 I only saw LS piling MM. Personally I hit every pure I saw today, as well as HF. Good fight welcome again.

Gratz on your trip. If you wanna prove something instead of just **** talk, though, I suggest a fullout. Using ninja tactics that will never work again hardly proves anything.

I would much prefer to fight above BH where I can actually hit more than 4 of you. Today, though, we were busy with other fights down there. Perhaps you'll come back again another time? ^_^

Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering.

Is the youthly "hip" approach insultingly dull to anyone with half a brain to consider the issue on their own? Yes. Was the poem particularly eloquent? No. Did the guy get on my nerves with his moralism? Yes. Is this video going to stop premarital sex? No.

Gratz on your trip You forgot the part about my team and elites clearing you out of W57 :thumbsup: Get off my turf.