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15691
« on: September 23, 2014, 10:46:55 AM »
FUCK YES STANNIS THE MANNIS
15692
« on: September 22, 2014, 10:49:51 PM »
The trouble is, Dawkins tends to be a real hit and miss guy.
'It's immoral not to abort all downs syndrome children' comes to mind.
I actually agree with this sentiment.
If abortions are legalized, is there a more justified case than when the potential offspring could have a life-ruining disability?
Perhaps, I can certainly see the argument for it. I just don't really agree with it, people with Downs don't have a life ruining disability, even some of the worst disabilities don't necessarily ruin people's lives. I can see the argument for things where the child is likely to die painfully and unpleasantly within a few years of their birth but I think it's wrong to assume that because people aren't born 100% healthy that their lives will be a miserable and bleak existence.
I know it gets said endlessly when this topic of discussion comes up, but people with Downs are some of the happiest and loving people on the planet. You compare that with the sort of person who would deny them a chance at life because of how they are... I don't think that it's really alright to abort people because of a disability.
To clarify though, that doesn't mean I oppose abortion with some blanket view, for some families it's the only option and demonising them for it is sickening. But yeah, I don't think that it is moral to abort people because they aren't going to be born fully able.
You're still thinking about it on the premise that what can be aborted is a person.
It isn't.
*sigh* I'm not going down this road, especially not at 5 in the morning <.< I do agree, to a point, but I wasn't making the point that what is aborted is a person and it's thus wrong to abort - but on the principle of aborting a foetus because it would be born with a disability. (If that's incoherent, it's because I should have gone to bed a few hours ago <.<)
15693
« on: September 22, 2014, 10:47:06 PM »
Now where does this belong hmm?
I think you're taking an obvious joke too seriously.
An obvious joke gets a joke reply. What part of 'Into the trash it goes' are you mistaking for a serious reply?
15694
« on: September 22, 2014, 09:50:55 PM »
If you aren't familiar with the term - https://www.gov.uk/squatting-law/overviewI know that's UK related but with the USA I bet that each state has it's own law/code for dealing with this. I'm pretty repelled by the idea that someone can break into a building and claim it as their own, but maybe that's just old fashioned thinking... ._.
15695
« on: September 22, 2014, 09:48:25 PM »
The trouble is, Dawkins tends to be a real hit and miss guy.
'It's immoral not to abort all downs syndrome children' comes to mind.
I actually agree with this sentiment.
If abortions are legalized, is there a more justified case than when the potential offspring could have a life-ruining disability?
Perhaps, I can certainly see the argument for it. I just don't really agree with it, people with Downs don't have a life ruining disability, even some of the worst disabilities don't necessarily ruin people's lives. I can see the argument for things where the child is likely to die painfully and unpleasantly within a few years of their birth but I think it's wrong to assume that because people aren't born 100% healthy that their lives will be a miserable and bleak existence. I know it gets said endlessly when this topic of discussion comes up, but people with Downs are some of the happiest and loving people on the planet. You compare that with the sort of person who would deny them a chance at life because of how they are... I don't think that it's really alright to abort people because of a disability. To clarify though, that doesn't mean I oppose abortion with some blanket view, for some families it's the only option and demonising them for it is sickening. But yeah, I don't think that it is moral to abort people because they aren't going to be born fully able.
15696
« on: September 22, 2014, 09:13:10 PM »
The trouble is, Dawkins tends to be a real hit and miss guy.
'It's immoral not to abort all downs syndrome children' comes to mind.
15697
« on: September 22, 2014, 07:51:28 PM »
Sounds good <.<
Do you know if it's on US Netflix? (I can check later myself but just off the top of your head that is)
Yep, I usually watch a few episodes on there every night!
Great 
15698
« on: September 22, 2014, 03:47:08 PM »
It would not surprise me, but I bet that if NATO tries to intervene in say... oh I don't know... Ukraine? To stop ethnic cleansing of course, but that would go down about as well as you can imagine with the NUSSR.
15699
« on: September 22, 2014, 03:43:02 PM »
Sounds good <.<
Do you know if it's on US Netflix? (I can check later myself but just off the top of your head that is)
15700
« on: September 22, 2014, 03:20:54 PM »
I resent my characterisation as a Thatcherite >.>
It's better than being a commie <.< But I was kidding anyway >.>
15701
« on: September 22, 2014, 01:43:50 PM »
Yep.
Whats stopping me from killing multiple people and then claiming I'm "not in my right mind"?
Because you would be required to undergo multiple psychiatric tests from numerous officials.
Google exists. I could easily look up how to accomplish the signs and symptoms. Anything mental can easily be faked.
lol
15702
« on: September 22, 2014, 01:42:56 PM »
Either it does
or it doesn't
50 50
15703
« on: September 22, 2014, 12:42:27 PM »
Hey it's good to have you here >.>
15704
« on: September 22, 2014, 12:41:39 PM »
Yep.
Whats stopping me from killing multiple people and then claiming I'm "not in my right mind"?
The fact that you think claiming insanity will get you off the hook would show that you are actually in your right mind whether you've killed a bunch of people or not. They do take things like that into consideration when people try to use the insanity defence.
15705
« on: September 22, 2014, 12:39:46 PM »
No family doctor either. This town has only one doctor. And he's overworked completely. Afraid he doesn't have much time to sit down and talk. If I booked him in, chances are I'd have to wait for a month or two before I got in.
And I've been down that road before. I tried the pills. They buggered things up. But I always have one last line. If I fall far enough, I still have enough common sense to call someone who can talk me out of things. One person who I can listen to clearly no matter how skewed things are.
If I fall far enough, I'll call them.
Damn, well I hope things work out for you. And it's good that you do have a fallback plan :l
15706
« on: September 22, 2014, 10:58:35 AM »
Everything starts collapsing in on itself. At first there's emotions, frustration, anger, self pity, and then comes not-caring. You get tired of things. You look at the state of it all, and you're just, tired. You want it all to stop and end. And then it does. Everything gets wittled down piece by piece, until there's nothing left for you but, as I said, death itself.
Yup :l
I've been down that road, but I managed to break off the path courtesy of a Psychologist and a NaSSA prescription >.> I really don't want to go back to the way I was, but it wouldn't surprise me if there is a relapse further down the line.
I really would recommend going to see someone, if you haven't already, because there just isn't a way to beat it on your own.
The last time I faced it, I did. I got up, on my own, and did things by myself. I had no one else to do things but me.
But this time is different. It's too fast. Believe me, I've considered it. But my province has an issue of distance. And another problem. We don't have people who can help with that sort of thing. In our entire province, there are literally 12 people who specialize in that sort of thing. 12. And they're overworked, over tasked, and most of all, too far for me to reach.
Whether I like it or not, I have no choice but to do what I've always done. Do it myself, and alone.
Damn :l Sorry to hear that, it's such a frustratingly common occurance for there to only be a handful of MHPs to cover vast areas/populations. *sigh* What about your GP/Family Doctor? They are usually able to help with this sort of problem to some degree, even if they aren't fully specialised in it. They can usually do an assessment or organise one and then prescribe a medication as a trial run, it could help take the edge of things at least.
15707
« on: September 22, 2014, 10:54:53 AM »
I don't drink coffee because it makes me feel sick :l
I drink a shit tonne of tea though >.>
Milk in Earl Grey and in Breakfast Tea, but obviously not in Green/Fruit/Herbal teas.
15708
« on: September 22, 2014, 10:51:24 AM »
Everything starts collapsing in on itself. At first there's emotions, frustration, anger, self pity, and then comes not-caring. You get tired of things. You look at the state of it all, and you're just, tired. You want it all to stop and end. And then it does. Everything gets wittled down piece by piece, until there's nothing left for you but, as I said, death itself.
Yup :l I've been down that road, but I managed to break off the path courtesy of a Psychologist and a NaSSA prescription >.> I really don't want to go back to the way I was, but it wouldn't surprise me if there is a relapse further down the line. I really would recommend going to see someone, if you haven't already, because there just isn't a way to beat it on your own.
15709
« on: September 22, 2014, 10:34:38 AM »
I find it easier to argue/discuss online because there isn't that inhibitor of face to face discussion at work.
It's probably just a lack of practise though, I very rarely debate IRL but do so frequently/endlessly online <.<
15710
« on: September 22, 2014, 10:31:48 AM »
 Now where does this belong hmm?
15711
« on: September 22, 2014, 10:30:37 AM »
Yeah I don't get it. Unless it's some sort of mental disease and changes the balance of chemicals and doesn't allow you to feel certain feelings or any at all, seems like a bunch of babies.
Because I've lived through a lot of shit, and I've never felt like that. I just don't understand it.
The shortest answer I can give over this, outside of getting off my ass and finishing the second thread on depression which is supposed to help clear things up >.>, is the following. For some people, they are born with a predisposition to depression. This is where the biological/genetic factors come in as a primary cause, it's not like you will be born miserable by any means but it is set off more easily than in others. Same sort of thing with Schizophrenia, but Depression can have many more causes than simply genetics/biology (But it plays a significant role in it). So if you take someone who is born with that predisposition and throw them through the wringer, then the chances are they will end up with depression. It can also happen in people who aren't born with that predisposition but are thrown through a specific line of shit (Basically not every trial and tribulation has the potential to trigger depression, but I find that it tends to be a sustained pressure that causes it rather than multiple incidents of shite.) You add so much pressure to the canister that it's at breaking point, but rather than it exploding as you would expect (Going postal etc) the top flies off and all the pressure vanishes leaving a void. That void is what sucks you in and keeps you there until you can break out of it yourself, but by yourself it's pretty much impossible - Hence the need for help with a lot of people. I know that's not exactly brief but it might clear things up a little, and I'll start actually working on Part 2 rather than procrastinating for 6 months again >.>
15712
« on: September 22, 2014, 10:23:01 AM »
Depression is something that people don't understand unless you've dealt with it first-hand, including myself. Friends and family have struggled with it, but I've never had it myself, so it still doesn't make sense. That's not to say that I don't think it's a serious, legitimate issue
This is pretty much it, the biggest problem with depression is that it's such an alien mindset that unless you have gone through it yourself it's very hard to properly understand. It's not hard to learn about it, to study it or to be supportive of people with it but understanding it is very difficult.
15713
« on: September 22, 2014, 10:20:16 AM »
Fookin ell.
You see, this is the sort of thing that people have been talking about. How they are all in each other's pockets and that calling them out on this shit isn't just misogyny. Sure a few retards might be using it to further a campaign against women, but lumping everyone in together like that is idiotic.
Good post door >.>
15714
« on: September 21, 2014, 10:08:20 PM »
I know this is quite a broad question and I expect some vague answers, but take any example you like and consider why you hold those views in the first place >.> I'll post one for me when I wake up tomorrow, I don't think 4am is too conducive to coherent thinking <.< As promised, here we go <.< Spoiler I started off as a fairly close minded leaning towards the right sort of chap, I'll put that down to both Ignorance and having the Daily Mail as the only newspaper in the house for years. (8-11)
Then when I started High School, it sort of mixed a little. I still had the old conservative programming which reacted badly to seeing the scum that I had to share the school with, (The reasoning for this bad reaction in the first place isn't just from reading the Daily Fail, but from all the shit that was going on with my mum)
So that sort of negative reaction to seeing people drinking/discussing drugs and the sex really didn't help open my mind up. So then towards the end of High School I was basically a Conservative with a bit of religious fervour mixed in there.
The religious fervour is a joke, because I was actually an atheist at the time (Agnostic now) but I still held true to a lot of the old testament beliefs. Yeaaaah, lynch me/bite me/whatever. I'm not saying Only eat fish on a friday sort of shit but the whole righteous/degenerates dichotomy thing was going on.
Then when I finally started on forums/started sixth form, my mind opened up a little. Bit by bit, there were certainly some painful teething problems that I remember quite clearly, but they happened with good reason because without them I'd probably still be a fairly close minded prick.
So over the last two years, I've gone from Fire and Brimstone for the sinnahs! to Treat everyone equally, nicely and even to the point of arguing for the rights of various groups >.>
So with that ramble done, the tl;dr is this.
Started off as a kid with the Daily Mail and the Bible, went into high school as a right leaning/conservative/walk the righteous path sort of bollocks.
Came out of high school with this sort of eroded, but still present.
Spent time on forums/talking with people online/skype/whatever and basically opened up my mind.
And here I am now, a Centre-Leftist <.<
Not quite like Meta's Commie-Thatcherite conversion but still a bit of a swing >.>
15716
« on: September 21, 2014, 09:28:21 PM »
I wrote out a fucking detailed paragraph for the other thread but it got locked as soon as I hit post so I lost the fecking post content.
But the tl;cba is that Of course they fucking aren't, claiming that they are just makes you look like an ignorant pleb.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/lazarus-form-recovery/
Been using this ever since B.old would occasionally decide to re-log you in after you click post, which put you back to a blank post screen and no post was made.
Damn that could be useful <.<
But I'm not so keen on the idea of something logging passwords by accident >.>
Even if it does (which hasn't happened to me) it's just a password with no information about the account it goes to.
You're not one of those people who use one password for everything are you? I mean, that's gotta be pretty dumb... like... yeah... I'd never... do that.......
<_< Not exactly... >_> But I'm fucked if I can be bothered to come up with 200 variations of 019pq2yh4832y54r80yhasodf8388hjsaj==39rw=3084 for each site I go to >.>
15717
« on: September 21, 2014, 09:25:37 PM »
So, I have to get some questions answered and commented on by tomorrow, and I haven't really had any time to get anyone IRL to answer them, so do me a favour and just give an answer to each of the questions, I could fabricate the answers, but I trust you guys to assist me on this, and I value your opinions, so:
Should non-essential (cosmetics, products, food, etc...) animal testing be allowed?
Is it acceptable to allow animals to die to extend a human's life?
Are animal rights as important as human rights?
Flood plz help
#1 - Fuck no. If you can't put that as a response then try 'No, it should never be allowed.' #2 - No. This I take it falls under the medical experimentation on animals query, which is wrong anyway. It's unreliable modelling to assume that one drug that works on a chimp will work on a human, but to simply use them as disposable tools to find out if anything has horrific instant side effects is despicable. Find another way, but torturing animals for the 'benefit' of humanity is just downright deplorable. #3 - On a personal level, Yes. But for an actual thought out response, I'm just going to steal Meta's <.< 'No. The question of animal rights being as important as human rights is a subjective, moral question but must ultimately fall to jurisprudence. A society cannot properly function is people are, on the whole, not considered more important than animals.' Reword it if you need to for your homework.
15718
« on: September 21, 2014, 09:19:27 PM »
We do not >.>
15719
« on: September 21, 2014, 09:18:42 PM »
I wrote out a fucking detailed paragraph for the other thread but it got locked as soon as I hit post so I lost the fecking post content.
But the tl;cba is that Of course they fucking aren't, claiming that they are just makes you look like an ignorant pleb.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/lazarus-form-recovery/
Been using this ever since B.old would occasionally decide to re-log you in after you click post, which put you back to a blank post screen and no post was made.
Damn that could be useful <.< But I'm not so keen on the idea of something logging passwords by accident >.>
15720
« on: September 21, 2014, 08:46:37 PM »
The amount of people looking forward to F/SN makes me wonder how many of you are secondaries.
Raise your hands faggots. I want to know how many people will be Frodos if Ufotable fucks this up DEEN style.
I keep forgetting that it's coming.
Spoiler I'd rather see a Tsukihime remake to go with the VN remake.
I'm sorry Das you seem to be confused here. There is no Tsukihime anime.
I take it that means it wasn't very good? >.>
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