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No, it doesn't. But one can avoid presenting them with a biased world view insofar it is possible. You'll need to teach them enough to function in society obviously (don't kill, don't steal etc.), but beyond that, teaching (for example) Christianity and nothing else and on top of that preventing...

When religions feel threatened, they generally turn inwards and isolate themselves. The more extreme, the more is exposure to other views discouraged. One of the keys to making cults work is to form a closed community where outside contact is either non-existent or disregarded (evil)...

Never have, never will. What's the point if the other person is not into it?

Almost makes me wish I had organized a boycott against the Narnia movies. Before we know it, kids may start reading the Bible.

In terms of frequency and partners, I would guess men.

Re: Yet another sexy teacher gives it up! Freudian slip.

Re: Yet another sexy teacher gives it up! I'm a bit curious, what is to say that having sex with a 14 year old is sick? Where exactly is the line drawn and why?

I vaguely recognize the blond (back row, second from right). The rest I don't think I've ever seen.

There's not a chance in hell I'd ever spend money on fungi.

Well, if they come here, joke's on them.

Hey, don't underestimate sweet, sweet virus love.

She's fairly attractive, performs well enough I suppose and certainly seems to be fairly bright to get as far as she has. No doubt she's good at what she does (which amounts to more than having sex in front of the camera, mind you). If she's overrated, I'd say it has more to do with how much...

It would depend on how I found out, I suppose. I can see my own reaction varying from pretending I didn't hear that admission to attempting to burn the image from my retina with red hot iron.

I guess I'll have to say none of them, then.

I'm quite sure he's being sarcastic actually, but whatever. I'm not big on sucking up in general, but if I were to do it, I would at least try not to spend my time doing it to something that won't even be aware of it.

I find it rather disturbing that anyone would worship a country. A god I can understand, but an entity that is completely unaware of and indifferent about your existence (not to mention being incapable of either), what's the point?

Why do I get the distinct feeling that the next step is dropping our pants and comparing sizes?

By the way, you might also want to try Edenbridge. I can't quite place it, but if I had to guess it's some sort of power metal. The song in the link isn't necessarily their best, it was just the first one I found.

IMO, WT has gone from gothic metal to something a bit more pop/rock-influenced. It's still pretty good, but there has been some friction with fans on that point. Personally, I'm a bit disappointed with the overall direction, but at least their singer has (thankfully) dropped her Kate Bush...

Someone's been watching a bit too much V.

Cheney has a heart?

Uh, theoretically, forever I suppose. Certainly several weeks without any overwhelming urges.

Out of those, Nightwish I guess. There are several others though (Visions of Atlantis, Lunatica, Edenbridge to name a few).

Aye, it's all good; just close your eyes and think intently about money.

I consider them more of a necessary evil than anything, but if I had to pick one, that Julian guy is not too disruptive. There are plenty of guys I really hate though (don't ask for names, don't know them), specifically those that just won't shut up. I feel like killing something whenever some...

That'd be anarchy, which is entirely different. Which, in practical implementation in this case, is a representative democracy... So going against 49% is wrong, but going against 51% is perfectly fine or what? Last time I checked, guns were not a universal, natural civil liberty.

Semantics? Gay in the sexual context is equivalent to homosexuality (in males, generally). Homosexuality has nothing to do with what you enjoy doing in bed, it has to do with whether you want to do these things with someone of the same sex as you. That's the bloody definition of the word...

Silly me, here I thought the focus was on the whole eating children thing. You know, as opposed to baseless assumptions about other factors in a 75 years old scenario and pointless speculations as to what could've been done about it in order to further your own political agenda. Do you even know...

It may be unpleasant, but as long as it's a woman on the other end, it's not gay (assuming, of course, that it's not a woman on both ends). It's not a matter of opinion, it's a matter of definition.

How in the nine hells did you manage to tie this to gun control?

Uh, what? Do you have any idea what homophobia even means? Ah yes, I can see it now... "Hey Steve, last night my girlfriend asked if she could practice anal fisting on me, with both hands at once. I told her I didn't want to." "What?! You judgmental bastard!"

What? If people want a change, vote for officials that represent that view with the intention to make the change, how could that possibly be a bad thing? If the change is so bad that people don't want it, then why in the nine hells would they vote the officials into office? It may be arbitrary...

Really? I try not to.

If the people elect officials that represent their views, why shouldn't they be in a position to take away something?

Really? That's more suicides than I thought. Nevertheless, it'd be interesting to see the injuries as well, and even if about 2/3rd are self-inflicted, it still beats the 0/3rds self-inflicted suffering from watching TV-shows (I think it's a pretty safe assumption that a very small number of...

You do realize, I hope, that for this analogy to be even remotely related to gun control, all gun-related deaths and injuries would have to be self-inflicted. To my knowledge however, guns are generally used against other people.

Did the people involved not mention their view on guns previously?

Oil, no doubt. It's the most valuable thing we know of, quite literally, with the exception of the sun. Modern economy is based on oil, and while it might adapt, it's not going to happen overnight.

Vertigo sometimes if I stand up after sitting, but other than that, no. I've fallen asleep at my computer a couple times, but that was just because I was up far too late. The only time I can actually remember was probably 15 years ago or so, while I was playing the original Sim City (I remember...

Gravity is a very specific subset of possible explanations for a natural phenomenon we call "gravitation". Gravity itself is not a fact, merely a theory that has become increasingly flawed since relativity (earlier than that in fact, but relativity was more or less the breaking point). We know...

It doesn't have to be said at all, because what you just said there is completely false. If you believe that, you've failed to understand a fairly fundamental principle of science. That evolution is still the best explanation we have is one thing, but that doesn't make it a fact and certainly...

Yes, well, Pastafarism does not require you to spread the word as I recall, and it backs unintelligent design. Edit: Apparently, these days it does encourage spreading the word. Kinda sad, really.

Check please...

I have no problem with teaching intelligent design in public schools. Just do it in courses about religion. It is in no way, shape or form an alternative to evolution. It's not even a valid theory. The only thing it does is question evolution (well, the only reasonably sane thing it does at...

As I recall, it was to neutralize a perceived threat and stabilize the region so it wouldn't become a threat again. Removing Saddam was just one step. Ahem, "the Iraqi scum" are in this mess because the US created it by invading a sovereign nation. For whatever reasons there were or you...

Compared to the American forces, the French forces were quite few as I recall, and came fairly late. I'm quite sure the primary military role they played was not cannon fodder, but keeping England busy in Europe and counter the English navy in America (which was one thing the Americans couldn't...

I'm not so sure about that. The French provided experience, equipment and ships to counter the English navy, so no doubt it was of great help and shortened the war considerably. Waging warfare in colonies at that time is not exactly a commanders dream, however. Supply lines and reinforcements...

I also said you'd need to get the military on your side. Anyhow, you can be quite sure that a totalitarian government will make sure they have people loyal to them in command. It doesn't take a lot to make people do things they wouldn't normally do (Nazism is a prime example, where they did...

The broad and fairly insulting generalizations, baseless assumptions and the savior complex (where do people get the idea that the US was solely responsible for the victory in WW2 anyway)? Please. I don't pretend to know whether banning guns is beneficial or not, but he certainly didn't make his...

I suppose 50 years ago still falls under modern warfare. However, in so far that I know, Cuba at the time wasn't exactly up to US standards when it came to military.