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2641
« on: October 03, 2014, 03:40:59 AM »
Aren't the fundamentalists of a religion a perfect example of said religion, since they follow it so closely?
Pretty much. Now religion is like an À la carte, as most people question their faith.
2642
« on: October 02, 2014, 07:06:12 PM »
I was pretty depressed until a youtube fitness guy recommended some books to read. I bought them and have been reading them and they are changing my out look on life.
2643
« on: October 02, 2014, 05:40:10 PM »
So?
You could say exactly the same about any other area of scientific enquiry.
So I guess there are moral facts, but also some grey areas.
2644
« on: October 02, 2014, 05:36:18 PM »
Nor right, its merely up for interpretation.
And yet there is a clear distinction between actions which depress or appreciate human well-being, when sufficiently separated. We can say with a fair degree of certainty that not removing the eyes of every third child would generally appreciate human well-being more so than removing their eyes.
I feel (though open to other ideas) as though our morals change as we become smarter, similar to our understanding of the universe. 100's of years ago things like chemical imbalances in the brain or retardations weren't taken into consideration when determining the punishment for crimes. Today, we better understand these things and do look at them. We also better understand what predisposes people to certain misbehaviors and think about it too. There may be other things we can't grasp as we don't know about them and therefore can't factor them into our decisions. Down the road we may find out about them and it could alter what we think of as moral.
2645
« on: October 02, 2014, 04:51:19 PM »
You kinda lost me at the last half of the last sentence. Are you saying there is logical order to morality?
I'm referring to the post of mine you quoted.
2646
« on: October 02, 2014, 04:38:38 PM »
Its subjective.
Is it.
Would you not call a society which scoops the eyeballs out of every third child immoral?
Wouldn't that prove his point to its' subjectivity seeing as there is a contrast between the two culture's views on eye scooping?
2647
« on: October 02, 2014, 04:32:35 PM »
Cops are really good at displaying a superiority complex. They always try and make it out like you're the one with a problem. On top of that they get bs legislature passed so they can walk all over your rights. In Ohio it's illegal to have a secret compartment in your vehicle. God forbid you want to hide a spare key or something valuable, no, YOU'RE obviously trying to hide something illegal. Then there is the example of the k9 units. They have secret code words or hand signals to get the dog to give them a signal when you aren't looking and they can search your car without a warrant.
2648
« on: October 02, 2014, 03:32:45 PM »
Play the vhs like a harmonica by beat boxing into it.
Require the sacrifice of a virgin before playing the VHS
2649
« on: October 02, 2014, 12:29:46 PM »
ITT rich discrimination and victim blaming
OTT invest in trunk monkey
No ones blaming anyone actually everyone has been very reasonable. Which is great
I was joking. Did you never see the trunk monkey commercials as a kid?
2650
« on: October 02, 2014, 11:12:36 AM »
Except what you said isn't valid under certain circumstances, as I described in decent detail. And nothing is moving away from anything. Over 700,000 people are sworn police officers and not even every single one is bad. You're seriously sounding like Kiyo right now by making such a generalized assumption. Steal money? it's illegal to commit traffic violations and the LEGISLATURE establishes penalties for those violations. If you don't want to pay the government $100+ then don't speed or run a stop sign; it's common sense
I do support searching vehicles without a warrant so long as it is done so in a lawful manner. Read what I posted again to understand it
I do not need to read anything again, I understand it perfectly well. You are not more informed than everyone else just because you are studying in college.
I can't believe you just said that.
If going to college makes you more informed how come so many politicians are dumb asses? Check m80
2651
« on: October 02, 2014, 11:09:11 AM »
Read "how to win friends and influence people" by Dale Carnegie
2652
« on: October 02, 2014, 11:08:15 AM »
ITT rich discrimination and victim blaming
OTT invest in trunk monkey
2653
« on: October 02, 2014, 07:44:22 AM »
Cops are pigs.
Not all cops are pigs.
All cops are pigs, not all pigs are cops - ML mutha fuckin K JR
2654
« on: October 02, 2014, 07:41:24 AM »
Judges can be stupid.
I witnessed this first hand in my parents divorce.
2655
« on: October 02, 2014, 07:38:29 AM »
Same.
2656
« on: October 01, 2014, 05:35:21 PM »
I'm inclined to agree with Mr. P. here.
Maybe I could be your new girlfriend?
You need a pick axe for that gold diggin m8?
2657
« on: October 01, 2014, 04:09:00 PM »
Putting your pant legs inside your cowboy boots was considered gang related.
Wearing different colored socks was labeled gang related at my school and banned... OTT hand jobs from the janitor and dating your teachers to get better grades.
2658
« on: October 01, 2014, 03:58:56 PM »
It's one of the reasons i left b.net. All they would have had to do is change the gaming banner to some bs like "All non Destiny game discussion here" or something.
2659
« on: October 01, 2014, 03:53:01 PM »
I think we land a bunch of nukes on the asteroid then deflect it. Once it's about a quarter of its' orbit away we blow it to smithereens.
2660
« on: October 01, 2014, 01:49:24 PM »
Definitely Hitchens. He seemed to have a better understanding of what he is talking about. Constantly debating while he promoted his books made him more well versed in what he was talking about.
2661
« on: October 01, 2014, 01:20:20 PM »
Take responsibility for our own actions.
lol but atheists don't even believe what they do is wrong so how do they take responsibility for that?
Like what?
2662
« on: October 01, 2014, 12:40:18 PM »
Take responsibility for our own actions.
2663
« on: October 01, 2014, 05:29:16 AM »
I don't see them as any different than other swear words. People call their friends fuck faces or bitch ass homeboys and it's fun banter but if you are in an argument with someone it's taken as an insult, which it's supposed to be insulting. I don't think any race has owner ship of a word.
2664
« on: September 30, 2014, 01:22:29 PM »
Guess what, it's the law. Laws don't have to make sense either. What.
The.
Fuck.
lol
2665
« on: September 30, 2014, 01:06:03 PM »
Is google fiber even a thing in more than one city yet?
Yes, also more providers are now offering gigibit internet to compete. It's still unlikely anyone on this board has it though.
My ISP doubled my internet speed
What is it now?
2666
« on: September 30, 2014, 12:57:32 PM »
Halo.
I'm actually trading Destiny in. I don't want to support this shit and it's pretty boring grinding for everything. I'd rather just play straight up play and be at an even playing field. They seem to cut a bunch of stuff just to sell it too us later which I don't really support either.
Hey you're here!
I am! Offtopic has been taking a dip in quality the past week and #gaming has been ruined by the recent influx of destiny posts.
Try selling Destiny.
I did yesterday 
2667
« on: September 30, 2014, 12:55:37 PM »
Don't do it. You'd be supporting their shitty practices. Even if you buy it used, they would still have their daily population counter. 343 seen what happened to Halo 4's counter and changed their ways so having Destiny's pop drop off would influence them to make better product next time.
2668
« on: September 30, 2014, 12:42:39 PM »
Is google fiber even a thing in more than one city yet?
Yes, also more providers are now offering gigibit internet to compete. It's still unlikely anyone on this board has it though.
2669
« on: September 30, 2014, 02:05:23 AM »
I knew about this place for awhile but with #gaming being taken over and #offtopic turning to shit I decided it was finally time to abandon ship.
2670
« on: September 28, 2014, 03:40:25 PM »
I don't think pledging to your country or god has anything to do with the education process and shouldn't be included at all.
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