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« on: January 07, 2015, 07:47:47 PM »
Now that I have your attention, join this!
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« on: January 07, 2015, 05:46:30 PM »
Discuss this wondrous time in his life.
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« on: January 07, 2015, 03:17:40 PM »
Discuss my time as a corrupt staff member.
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« on: January 07, 2015, 01:15:51 PM »
Since people expressed their views that the Art Thread should come down in the Music Poll thread, we're running a second, separate poll, to gauge interest on that movement. Same poll options as last time, so feel free to vote and also give your comments as to why you feel it should stay up/go down. Thanks 
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« on: January 06, 2015, 06:48:07 PM »
The topic of unsticking the "Music Thread" was brought up in a thread yesterday, where some users expressed their belief that the thread should no longer be at the top of the forum 24/7, due to the fact there is little discussion (other than posting videos again and again), and that removing it may spur more thread creation when it comes to sharing songs and discussing music in general. Of course, there are likely users here who believe the thread is a good topic for our forum, so we're also looking for you to give your opinion.
So, feel free to vote in the poll and share your comments on the topic. Thanks
(Edit: Stickying this poll (Ironic, huh) for a day so people can see it without it being buried).
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« on: January 06, 2015, 02:31:16 PM »
Does that mean nobody reads it, or everybody reads it?
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« on: January 06, 2015, 02:07:29 PM »
StoryA court will determine whether a 17-year-old girl, under something called the "mature minor doctrine," can be forced to undergo chemotherapy after she refused treatment for her cancer.
The case will go to the Connecticut Supreme court this week to determine whether the teen, identified in court papers as Cassandra, has "the fundamental right to have a say about what goes on with your [her] body," attorney Michael Taylor, who represents the teen's mother, told ABC News. Taylor was appointed by the public defender's office, and Cassandra has her own court-appointed lawyer, but they've filed joint appeals.
Cassandra was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in September, but decided she didn't want to complete the prescribed treatment, according to a court summary. Her mother supported this decision, but the Department of Children and Families stepped in and ordered her mother to comply with the doctor's treatment recommendation.
"It's really for all the reasons you might imagine," said Taylor, adding that he couldn't go into more detail.
Although chemotherapy is a drug that destroys cancer cells, its side effects include hair loss, nausea, pain and fertility changes, according to the National Cancer Institute.
Cassandra underwent two chemotherapy treatments in November and then ran away from home and refused to continue treatments, according to the court summary.
A court hearing ensued in which Cassandra's doctors testified, and she was removed from her mother's home and placed in state custody so that the state could make medical decisions for her.
She has been has been living at Connecticut Children's Medical Center and forced to undergo chemotherapy for about three weeks.
The Hartford Courant reported that Cassandra has an 80 to 85 percent chance of surviving her cancer if she continues with her chemotherapy.
The state Department of Children and Families issued the following statement:
"When experts -- such as the several physicians involved in this case -- tell us with certainty that a child will die as a result of leaving a decision up to a parent, then the Department has a responsibility to take action. Even if the decision might result in criticism, we have an obligation to protect the life of the child when there is consensus among the medical experts that action is required. Much of the improvements in Connecticut's child welfare system have come from working with families voluntarily to realize solutions to family challenges. Unfortunately that can't happen in every situation, especially when the life of a child is at stake."
"No one is disputing that it's very serious," Taylor said. He said there's "a good chance" Cassandra could survive her cancer with treatment, and "there's a good chance she could die if she doesn't. None of us disagree about that."
Taylor said they're trying to argue that because Cassandra is competent, she should be allowed to make this decision for herself through something called the "mature minor doctrine," which has been adopted in Illinois and a few other states but rejected in Texas. The doctrine holds that some children are mature enough to make key life decisions for themselves.
I'm torn on this. Yes, it should be the family's decision - but at the same time, refusing to go through with the treatment means the child would likely die of a cancer that is extremely treatable at this stage - and she is still a minor, meaning it's unclear if she make this decision herself.
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« on: January 06, 2015, 01:18:18 AM »
Make your sacrifices here, please.
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« on: January 06, 2015, 12:28:49 AM »
Yutaka won't stop asking to see my cock.
I'm being harassed.
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« on: January 05, 2015, 08:44:05 PM »
 Hue
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« on: January 05, 2015, 08:10:03 PM »
 Think of the jimmies.
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« on: January 05, 2015, 04:31:48 PM »
Help me end this menace to the forums.
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« on: January 05, 2015, 12:26:44 PM »
I'm waiting to watch the world burn. Get to it, folks.
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« on: January 05, 2015, 02:29:27 AM »
Now I can finally say this: Go bother a Ninja with your problems 
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« on: January 05, 2015, 01:18:22 AM »
I have been on the staff since October, serving as Monitor through December, and as a Ninja up until now. I've aimed to help the community, have stayed up late hours talking to members who needed help, and have thought of myself as a decent member of the staff. Yes, I've made mistakes and yes, some of you may have found me more strict than you would have liked - if that's the case, I'm sorry that my moderating style was not to your liking.
Tonight, I am resigning from my position as forum ninja - and depending on what Cheat decides to do with the staff - from the team in general. The reason for this is simple - the team, as they move forward with new rules and ideas for the site, has to be respected in order for it to work - and as some members have shown in the past couple of weeks, I am not respected as a mod - and I accept that.
This resignation was not in due part from any one specific user, moderator, or admin. I simply am not what this site needs, and I do not wish to impede it and cause further problems, fights, or drama. With the new theme up, and new rules coming - Sep7agon will hopefully continue to grow. Whether or not I'm around as a staff member, forum member, or at all, is still up in the air - but I'm glad I was able to help in a small way.
This thread will remain unlocked, and you are welcome to say what you wish. I ask no one on the moderation team to lock this thread, or edit out comments unless they become exceedingly excessive. Say what you want people, air your grievances, call me a piece of shit mod - this is the one chance you'll get.
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« on: January 01, 2015, 03:17:14 AM »
Curious to see if anyone else on the forum listens to this
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« on: December 31, 2014, 08:04:10 PM »
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« on: December 31, 2014, 05:29:52 PM »
The winds, they are changing.
Anarchy is nearly here.
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« on: December 31, 2014, 04:10:49 PM »
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« on: December 31, 2014, 02:16:51 PM »
StoryHer note in full: 'If you are reading this, it means that I have committed suicide and obviously failed to delete this post from my queue.
Please don’t be sad, it’s for the better. The life I would’ve lived isn’t worth living in… because I’m transgender. I could go into detail explaining why I feel that way, but this note is probably going to be lengthy enough as it is. To put it simply, I feel like a girl trapped in a boy’s body, and I’ve felt that way ever since I was 4. I never knew there was a word for that feeling, nor was it possible for a boy to become a girl, so I never told anyone and I just continued to do traditionally “boyish” things to try to fit in.
When I was 14, I learned what transgender meant and cried of happiness. After 10 years of confusion I finally understood who I was. I immediately told my mom, and she reacted extremely negatively, telling me that it was a phase, that I would never truly be a girl, that God doesn’t make mistakes, that I am wrong. If you are reading this, parents, please don’t tell this to your kids. Even if you are Christian or are against transgender people don’t ever say that to someone, especially your kid. That won’t do anything but make them hate them self. That’s exactly what it did to me.
My mom started taking me to a therapist, but would only take me to christian therapists, (who were all very biased) so I never actually got the therapy I needed to cure me of my depression. I only got more christians telling me that I was selfish and wrong and that I should look to God for help.
When I was 16 I realized that my parents would never come around, and that I would have to wait until I was 18 to start any sort of transitioning treatment, which absolutely broke my heart. The longer you wait, the harder it is to transition. I felt hopeless, that I was just going to look like a man in drag for the rest of my life. On my 16th birthday, when I didn’t receive consent from my parents to start transitioning, I cried myself to sleep.
I formed a sort of a “fuck you” attitude towards my parents and came out as gay at school, thinking that maybe if I eased into coming out as trans it would be less of a shock. Although the reaction from my friends was positive, my parents were pissed. They felt like I was attacking their image, and that I was an embarrassment to them. They wanted me to be their perfect little straight christian boy, and that’s obviously not what I wanted.
So they took me out of public school, took away my laptop and phone, and forbid me of getting on any sort of social media, completely isolating me from my friends. This was probably the part of my life when I was the most depressed, and I’m surprised I didn’t kill myself. I was completely alone for 5 months. No friends, no support, no love. Just my parent’s disappointment and the cruelty of loneliness.
At the end of the school year, my parents finally came around and gave me my phone and let me back on social media. I was excited, I finally had my friends back. They were extremely excited to see me and talk to me, but only at first. Eventually they realized they didn’t actually give a shit about me, and I felt even lonelier than I did before. The only friends I thought I had only liked me because they saw me five times a week.
After a summer of having almost no friends plus the weight of having to think about college, save money for moving out, keep my grades up, go to church each week and feel like shit because everyone there is against everything I live for, I have decided I’ve had enough. I’m never going to transition successfully, even when I move out. I’m never going to be happy with the way I look or sound. I’m never going to have enough friends to satisfy me. I’m never going to have enough love to satisfy me. I’m never going to find a man who loves me. I’m never going to be happy. Either I live the rest of my life as a lonely man who wishes he were a woman or I live my life as a lonelier woman who hates herself. There’s no winning. There’s no way out. I’m sad enough already, I don’t need my life to get any worse. People say “it gets better” but that isn’t true in my case. It gets worse. Each day I get worse.
That’s the gist of it, that’s why I feel like killing myself. Sorry if that’s not a good enough reason for you, it’s good enough for me. As for my will, I want 100% of the things that I legally own to be sold and the money (plus my money in the bank) to be given to trans civil rights movements and support groups, I don’t give a shit which one. The only way I will rest in peace is if one day transgender people aren’t treated the way I was, they’re treated like humans, with valid feelings and human rights. Gender needs to be taught about in schools, the earlier the better. My death needs to mean something. My death needs to be counted in the number of transgender people who commit suicide this year. I want someone to look at that number and say “that’s fucked up” and fix it. Fix society. Please.
Goodbye,
(Leelah) J̶o̶s̶h̶ Alcorn'
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« on: December 31, 2014, 01:29:16 PM »
x RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Stung by a resounding defeat in the U.N. Security Council, the Palestinians announced Wednesday that they joined the International Criminal Court to pursue war crimes charges against Israel.
The move by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas set the stage for a diplomatic showdown with the United States and drew an angry response from Israel.
"The one who needs to fear the International Criminal Court in the Hague is the Palestinian Authority, which has a unity government with Hamas, a terror organization like (the Islamic State group) which commits war crimes," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.
Netanyahu called Israel's soldiers "the most moral army in the world" and said the country would take unspecified "retaliatory steps."
U.S. State Department spokesman Edgar Vasquez said America strongly opposed the move and warned it would be "counter-productive and do nothing to further the aspirations of the Palestinian people for a sovereign and independent state."
"It will badly damage the atmosphere with the very people with whom they ultimately need to make peace," Vasquez said in a statement.
Abbas has been under heavy domestic pressure to take action against Israel following months of tensions fueled by the collapse of U.S.-brokered peace talks, a 50-day war between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza, a spate of deadly Palestinian attacks on Israeli targets and Israeli restrictions on Palestinian access to a key Muslim holy site in Jerusalem. Tuesday's defeat in the U.N. Security Council further raised pressure on Abbas to act.
"We want to complain. There's aggression against us, against our land. The Security Council disappointed us," Abbas said as he gathered a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank.
Abbas had threatened to join the international court if Tuesday's Security Council resolution failed. The Palestinians had asked the council to set a three-year deadline for Israel to withdraw from all occupied lands claimed by the Palestinians.
After two decades of failed, on-again, off-again peace talks, the Palestinians have grown disillusioned and decided to seek international recognition of their independence in the absence in various global bodies. While the campaign does not change the situation on the ground, the Palestinians believe the strong international support will put pressure on Israel to allow the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem.
Israel, which captured the three areas in 1967, says Palestinian independence can only be reached through negotiations. It opposes the Palestinian diplomatic campaign as an attempt to bypass negotiations.
The Palestinian campaign scored a major victory in 2012 when Palestine was admitted to the U.N. General Assembly as a nonmember observer state. This upgraded status gave the Palestinians the authority to join dozens of international treaties and agencies.
Still, turning to the International Criminal Court marks a major policy shift by transforming Abbas' relations with Israel from tense to openly hostile. Abbas has been threatening to join the court since 2012, but held off under American and Israeli pressure. The Palestinians can use the court to challenge the legality of Israeli settlement construction on occupied lands and to pursue war crimes charges connected to military activity.
Honestly - aside from the US/UK/AUS, and other similarly allied territories - it feels like a good chunk of the world has said "Fuck it" in regards to there ever being substantial peace talks.
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« on: December 30, 2014, 07:22:56 PM »
[12/30/14, 8:16:56 PM] RC: brb filling out surveys for free porn with my number
[12/30/14, 8:17:13 PM] RC:
[12/30/14, 8:17:16 PM] Kupo: if it’s straight porn you’re a bastard
[12/30/14, 8:17:24 PM] RC: horse porn RC pls. Stahp.
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« on: December 30, 2014, 06:33:05 PM »
I'll post the other nine numbers, in order (But backwards), over the next few weeks.
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« on: December 30, 2014, 06:04:07 PM »
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« on: December 29, 2014, 11:01:21 AM »
Remind me who is going to spend $250?With the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta launching in a few hours, Xbox have announced the special editions and pre-order bonuses for the full retail version of Halo 5: Guardians which releases in Fall 2015.
Standard Edition for $59.99 – Halo 5: Guardians plus an exclusive poster, only available to those who pre-order.
Limited Edition for $99.99 – Everything in the Standard Edition plus new digital content to enhance Spartan combat and exclusive items wrapped in a uniquely designed steel book.
Limited Collector’s Edition for $249.99 – Everything in the Limited Edition as well as additional content such as a commemorative numbered statue designed by 343 Industries. More details on the design to be shared at a later date.
The article from Xbox Wire also gives us a small snippet of new information about the Halo 5: Guardians story and what ultimately leads Agent Locke to start hunting for the Master Chief:
Peace is shattered when colony worlds are unexpectedly attacked. And when humanity’s greatest hero goes missing, Spartan Locke is tasked with hunting the Master Chief and solving a mystery that threatens the entire galaxy.
Colony worlds have suddenly been attacked and Agent Locke is tasked with finding the Master Chief to solve a mystery that is threatening the entire galaxy. Could this new threat be the ones attacking the colony worlds? Hopefully we learn more in the near future.
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« on: December 27, 2014, 10:43:45 PM »
 How tough are ya?
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« on: December 27, 2014, 10:18:23 PM »
Just a heads up that the poll regarding future moderation styles for the website, located in the News Forum, is slated to close tomorrow - just before 5PM EST. If you haven't voted and still wish to do so, head over and take a look at the three options, vote, and give feedback on the subject. Link to the PollThank you for voting if you've done so ~ Sep7agon Staff.
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« on: December 27, 2014, 10:01:11 PM »
Story DevelopingAn AirAsia flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday, Indonesian media said, citing a Transport Ministry official.
Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa said the aircraft, flight number QZ 8501, lost contact with the Jakarta air traffic control tower at 6:17 a.m local time. (2317 GMT).
The Airbus 320-200 had 155 passengers and crew on board, another Indonesian Transport official said.
Mustofa said the plane had asked for an unusual route before it lost contact.
The flight had been due in Singapore at 8:30 a.m. Singapore time (0030 GMT).
The Singapore airport said on its website the status of the flight was "delayed".
This story is developing. Please check back for further updates.
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« on: December 25, 2014, 10:51:51 PM »
 How're your nights?
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« on: December 25, 2014, 10:15:01 PM »
 Try and stop me, Obama!
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