Quote from: Mad Max on January 08, 2015, 10:07:16 PM

Quote from: Prime Meridia on January 08, 2015, 05:48:39 PM

My biggest gripe is that this move is another step towards making college essential education and ruining the value of a diploma.

It already is. If you want a job that pays more than minimum wage, you need a degree.

It's already a societal requirement, we don't need to give it a foundation by further excusing it.

By giving people who couldn't previously afford it a chance at higher education, you're giving them a chance to rise out of the vicious cycle of poverty. We'll all be better off for it in the end.

Improving our communities and society takes sacrifice. If you're not willing to make it, it will never get better.

Quote from: Azumarill on January 08, 2015, 08:40:42 PM

Quote from: PSU on January 08, 2015, 08:20:39 PM

Quote from: Ἀπόλλων on January 08, 2015, 07:51:41 PM

Quote from: PSU on January 08, 2015, 07:48:04 PM

Oh great more things I have to pay for!!!

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Says the child who doesn't pay taxes yet.

Hey, if you want 50% of your hard earned money going towards low lifes, go ahead. But me, I want most of my money. At least 90%.

how can you say that in good faith? that's a horrible way of thinking about taxes. you think people who benefit from taxes are all low lives? you use that tax money just as much as anyone else in this country. that's a distinctly elitist and snobbish stance.

Obviously not all are low lifes.

But if you have lived where I have lived, been to unemployment lines and welfare centers and you realize that 90% of people relying on government assistance (under 65) are NOT working to better themselves.

Free college? Thats a great idea in theory. But when it takes away from my money, and takes food out of my children's mouths, theres a problem. I already pay entirely too much for taxes.

Taxes are near a historic low.

I doubt another $20 out of your pocket is going to hurt. If you're that hard up for cash, you're in worse financial trouble than you believe.

Quote from: Mad Max on January 08, 2015, 04:49:11 PM

See, this is the difference between you and BC - BC doesn't make threads about 'LOL LOOK HOW MUCH MONEY I SPENT ON SOMETHING'

Good for you, boy-o. I'm glad you're in a point in your life where you can waste $7,000. It doesn't make you look cool, though.

Wait, so are you saying I'm better or worse?

Better. You don't flaunt what you spend your money on, especially when others might see it as a poor choice.

PB&J all day.

See, this is the difference between you and BC - BC doesn't make threads about 'LOL LOOK HOW MUCH MONEY I SPENT ON SOMETHING'

Good for you, boy-o. I'm glad you're in a point in your life where you can waste $7,000. It doesn't make you look cool, though.

OBUMMER

really though, i couldn't begin to tell you.

I'm not sure what raping your wife has to do with the topic at hand.

Quote from: Mad Max on January 08, 2015, 02:26:02 PM

ITT: Rape.

Can't rape your own wife....

The law disagrees.

Marital rape in United States law, also known as spousal rape, is non-consensual sex in which the perpetrator is the victim's spouse. It is a form of partner rape, of domestic violence, and of sexual abuse. Marital rape is today illegal in all 50 US states.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marital_rape_%28United_States_law%29

No.

Honestly, in our social climate, it's difficult to have this discussion.

The one glaring issue about men's rights and equality that I see is when it comes to divorce, and how the children so often go to the protection of the mother, and the father gets fucked on child support, etc.

It's rather inconsequential, but my own experience is only mildly uncomfortable. Working and volunteering at schools, a field dominated by women and most of the adults on campus are women [if you count lunch ladies, librarians, and even the moms who pick up/drop off their kids] I would get plenty of funny looks for being the lone man walking through the parking lot or near the playground.

it's unfortunate that so often women are taught to treat all men as a threat. I understand the reasoning behind it, kinda, but it's unfortunate nonetheless.

American ISPs are shit. The only ones worth having are only marginally less shitty than others.

Quote from: Mad Max on January 08, 2015, 10:13:45 AM

The thing that bothers me is you see the American news media reporting abut this and showing some of the magazine covers and cartoons they did, but they're being censored. That defeats the whole point! If you're censoring these cartoons, you're letting the terrorists win!

I wonder if they're just censoring the gory parts. A lot of the cartoons were fairly violent (though I agree they should be published in full).

Because I internet all day, I saw a lot of the comics online, before a bunch were shown on tv. A lot of the ones that were censored weren't even gory ones, from what I could make out of the overall colors, shapes, etc.

It was called bungie.me, and no, the guy who did it got rid of it with the site update.

There used to be a site that would tell you your b.net stats. Does it still exist? I can't remember...

lol