Comment Re:Censorship (Score 1) 308
Oh, a lesson in causality from Mr. I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!
Oh, a lesson in causality from Mr. I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!
Nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more!
my humblest apologies for typing to fast and screwing up my grammar.
define intelligence?
It's not a light bulb situation.
Which genius are you shooting for? Van Gogh, Newton? And when you're expectations crush their self-esteem and they work at McDonalds what then?
You should be pro-choice because pregnancy is a personal issue that should not be controlled by anyone other than the mother who has to bear the burden.
I'm pro-choice, but I don't feel it's my place to judge any particular abortion. I just recognize that the government shouldn't be touching that issue with a ten foot pole because it will always lead to injustice, so might as well let the families make the moral choices because it really doesn't affect the rest of us.
If a girl has an abortion to me it's not much different than having a period. Potential is lost. It's a very gray area though, which again is why I wouldn't want me or anyone else making the decision for another family.
While I would generally agree with your point, there is a flaw.
You're assuming that the gene removed would be passed on. If the gene we're preventing from being born is one that causes death or severe mental retardation, then it's more about having a baby that won't suffer/be crippled. Why give birth to one that wouldn't be able to reproduce anyway because it's dead in a few years or too retarded for romantic interest.
I agree. If the show was good enough for them to put it on, at least let it run a full season and build buzz!
I don't get it? Does it offend the emo kids?
Network President: "Greetings, gentlemen. You already know my execubots. Executive Alpha, programmed to like things it has seen before."
Executive Alpha: "Hey, hey, hey!"
Network President: "Executive Beta, programmed to roll dice to determine the fall schedule."
Executive Beta: *rolls dice* "More reality shows!"
Network President: "And Executive Gamma, programmed to underestimate middle America."
Executive Gamma: "It's funny, but is it going to get them off their tractors?"
For a real post, this article has insight Mr. Richard Gaywood gets banned
The meaning of the word lesbian derives from the poems of Sappho, who was born in Lesbos. The poems contain powerful emotional content directed toward other females and have frequently been interpreted as expressing homosexual love.
Best island ever.
This seems like something that could be quickly tested...
There are four boxes to use in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo. Use in that order.
Good point, they are surely safe in catholic school!
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