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Internet chain messages- whats the limit? Isn't it amazing how many people will do something based on a few lines of text a stranger wrote in order to get a virtual reward? take this site, http://www.ihatestacy.com/index.php?id=911fdf366a5f12…
Privacy for public figures Lil'von's topic along with a recent headline from the USA Today (I believe) made me ponder the question. "What degree of privacy should public figures reasonably expect?" This …
Humanitys purpose I was thinking earlier what is humanity's purpose i mean we have an infinite number of animals, insect etc. on this planet but why are we the ones to be the dominant species? why are we the ones able …
No College for Me I just found out that I do not qualify for Student Aid so I can't afford to go to college anymore, I am trying to find a way to get money through paypal sense I was fired last week from my job. If any…
[ Poll ] Internet 'piracy' This perhaps isn't something which affects the US as much, but with the MPAA etc, the manipulation of th…
New Orleans Gun Confiscation Compass and Nagin need jailtime now! Following Katrina in New Orleans, …
More anti-gun stupidity, this time from Sussex, NJ http://www.sussexcountyjustice.com/guns.html This burns me so bad. Illogical, lie-induced, random shit-canning madness. Illegally vague rules, warrant-less searches, and stupid legislation…
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moral quandry I want to get people talking and if i can get people to stop for a moment and think about something then I'll be happy. I want to ask people is the should we prosecute the "weapon" or the …
[ Poll ] Scientific Experiments (that will kill us all) Taken from here. Read the article. All of these reasons seem logical e…
Honest beliefs that left you Speechless? [size=12]Alright, I was discussing with my friend, and we happened upon a discussion of things we have heard that left us, for a word "flabbergast…
~ A Predicament Few Seconds Before An Accident Happened ~ What would you do supposed you're experiencing this : You're living in a small-but-fairly-populated town. You're driving home from work on a two-way road with no stone border between…
Karma So i was walking to a friends house and i slipped on a patch of ice a stranger across the street began to laugh at me and not just not laugh hes intentionally drawing attention to me so i get up brush…
Guilt by Association? This sprang up from the Can You Waste Talent? thread. You're walking down the street when you hear noise from a nea…
Can You Waste Talent? This is a subject that's been brought up on House a couple of times, without a "right" answer ever being offered. It's always interested me when I've seen it, so no…
whites Ive gotta run but does bieng white really matter? http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china-and-its-neighbors/091123/asia-white-skin-treatments-risks
"Happy Holidays"? It's that time of year again. Thanksgiving is today for us US people, and Christmas is just around the corner. Or is it Hanukkah? Or Kwanzaa? Or the solstice? What the hell do we call it? …
The rape of nanking i was reading a history book called "the rape of nanking" basically about the Japanese occupation of the Chinese village of nanking which was 10X worse the brutality of the Holocaust I'm …
yesterday the first collisions were made in LHC in Cern :D Now bfore you posts about how LHC is going to en the world read this: http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/en/LHC/Safety-en.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/nov/18/cern-lhc-startup…
[ Poll ] Police anti-riot brutality Ah yes... the police anti-riot squad... equipped with large, rectangular riot shields that protect them, a baton for offense, and the occasional heavy gear if things go out of control.... but the big …
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