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Topic: Are 'Superhero' and Comic Adaptions stifling Hollywoods.... |
Vraith
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Forum: Flicks Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:26 am Subject: Are 'Superhero' and Comic Adaptions stifling Hollywoods.... |
I think an argument could be made, and a damn strong one, that for a few years now...and likely for several more to come...some of the best story-telling available is going on in these series.
Of co ... |
Topic: Kill the Gays, or US Exports Hate, or The Real Homophobia |
Vraith
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Forum: Hile Troy's Think-Tank Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 5:31 pm Subject: Kill the Gays, or US Exports Hate, or The Real Homophobia |
Forcing and/or enforcing your morals on others through any exercise of power is an immoral act in itself.
Then we're all immoral I guess. After all, you enforce your morals on others, like don't hu ... |
Topic: Income inequality |
Vraith
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Forum: Coercri Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 5:01 pm Subject: Income inequality |
From the Plymouth colony where all shared equally from the same communal pot
That's a myth/distortion. The purpose of the rules was actually to, hopefully, generate profits more quickly, the colon ... |
Topic: Kill the Gays, or US Exports Hate, or The Real Homophobia |
Vraith
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Forum: Hile Troy's Think-Tank Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 7:09 pm Subject: Kill the Gays, or US Exports Hate, or The Real Homophobia |
Lol. Not hurting someone else is a moral basis.
Logic w/o morality is the real problem, which is what you're espousing.
Apparently you missed the words "if" and "only.&qu ... |
Topic: Kill the Gays, or US Exports Hate, or The Real Homophobia |
Vraith
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Forum: Hile Troy's Think-Tank Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 3:33 am Subject: Kill the Gays, or US Exports Hate, or The Real Homophobia |
You might have a better case if you said that stealing has a victim whereas homosexual acts do not, but then I could just change my example to drinking too much and alcoholics.
I believe the ... |
Topic: Couldn't finish. He lost me. |
Vraith
Replies: 40
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Forum: The Last Dark Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 12:18 am Subject: Couldn't finish. He lost me. |
u.
I may get back to this. I hope I remember to and feel the patience for a long post.
But...there are a lot of legitimate and illegitimate criticism that I agree with or not |
Topic: Criminalizing Bullying |
Vraith
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Forum: Coercri Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 11:47 pm Subject: Criminalizing Bullying |
, but he did use brackets to serve the same function
Yea...but only ONCE. And very briefly. And not a steeply-angled vector away from the main point. |
Topic: Kill the Gays, or US Exports Hate, or The Real Homophobia |
Vraith
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Views: 41925
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Forum: Hile Troy's Think-Tank Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 11:44 pm Subject: Kill the Gays, or US Exports Hate, or The Real Homophobia |
Seems to me they both fall under the conditions of Morals described by the dictionary.
No, not the point I was making.
There are people who think showing your face is a moral issue. So what?
oth ... |
Topic: Kill the Gays, or US Exports Hate, or The Real Homophobia |
Vraith
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Forum: Hile Troy's Think-Tank Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 8:48 pm Subject: Kill the Gays, or US Exports Hate, or The Real Homophobia |
I think no one should steal
and
I think no one should commit homosexual acts
are not parallel/same "standard".
because the first has logical, justifiable, non-moral components.
The s ... |
Topic: Couldn't finish. He lost me. |
Vraith
Replies: 40
Views: 16197
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Forum: The Last Dark Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 8:20 pm Subject: Couldn't finish. He lost me. |
Hmmm.
I thought the bifurcated Haruchai wasted. They were much more like the cannon than cannon-fodder...to the extent they WERE slaughtered/fodder, it would not have been necessary if they hadn't, ... |
Topic: Criminalizing Bullying |
Vraith
Replies: 17
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Forum: Coercri Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 7:10 pm Subject: Criminalizing Bullying |
Don't listen to educators.
They just want the symptoms of the problem to go away, they don't want to fix the underlying issues.
That depends on the educator, how they were trained.
And th ... |
Topic: Income inequality |
Vraith
Replies: 1130
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Forum: Coercri Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 5:52 pm Subject: Income inequality |
t they'd never consider the idea of not having to work for things. The fact is that if we stopped blowing money on dumb stuff, we could feed, clothe, and house the entire population of the US. For t ... |
Topic: Criminalizing Bullying |
Vraith
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Views: 3714
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Forum: Coercri Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 4:56 am Subject: Criminalizing Bullying |
Why do children bully other children? Because they are targets for whatever reason. If the child is teased as being "smelly McGee", instead of cuddling your poor victim, you may want to cons ... |
Topic: Couldn't finish. He lost me. |
Vraith
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Views: 16197
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Forum: The Last Dark Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 4:41 am Subject: Couldn't finish. He lost me. |
(not even Stave
so much has been argued in various ways with so many interpretations and tastes that this will never end, as a whole, until we run out of readers and posters who give a damn.
But ... |
Topic: Man's Man, Woman's Woman, Human's Human? |
Vraith
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Forum: General Discussion Forum Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 4:22 am Subject: Man's Man, Woman's Woman, Human's Human? |
Is female valor different than male valor or are they pretty much the same things? I'm thinking examples of female valor may include different qualities.
They might. It's a big topic if folk start ... |
Topic: A Positive Thread About TLD |
Vraith
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Forum: The Last Dark Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 3:22 am Subject: A Positive Thread About TLD |
I don't believe I said there was no Love, Hope, or Compassion. I certainly could not do what I do every day if I did not believe in those things, either in The Land or in real life.
I merely lack ... |
Topic: Kill the Gays, or US Exports Hate, or The Real Homophobia |
Vraith
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Forum: Hile Troy's Think-Tank Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 2:25 am Subject: Kill the Gays, or US Exports Hate, or The Real Homophobia |
And what about the double standard??
After the Broncos cut Tebow, haters took to the comment page of The Huffington Post:
"Awwwww. I bet this makes the Baby Jesus weep. Tim should have pray ... |
Topic: Criminalizing Bullying |
Vraith
Replies: 17
Views: 3714
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Forum: Coercri Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 10:27 pm Subject: Criminalizing Bullying |
Many good points...some I agree with, some not, but most just complicated.
I've said before that the number of bullies who have NOT been bullied approaches zero...
AND/YET...what it takes to be a ... |
Topic: Income inequality |
Vraith
Replies: 1130
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Forum: Coercri Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 9:42 pm Subject: Income inequality |
Using Vraith's math, you could claim you've reduced their numbers, and yet never take a single person off.
My math is irrelevant except for the intended purpose...a stripped down frame.
The fr ... |
Topic: The Search For Solutions |
Vraith
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Forum: The Loresraat Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 3:23 pm Subject: The Search For Solutions |
Thats a very interesting post V., not least because of the words I don't think science/fact knowledge will comprehensively contain the solution to Art
This is exactly my position, just not going quit ... |
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