I'm sending this image to pacifists online in the hopes that it will inspire peace!
http://klogtheblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/steve-kilian-flikp-demon-brand.html
The HTML ended up with a weird string, but it's benign! more…
Skateboarding is relatively modern. A key skateboarding trick, the ollie, was only developed in the late 1970s. This ollie was used only on vertical ramps on flat ground. A decade later, freestyle skateboarder Rodney Mullen invented the kickflip which before was called a Magic Flip outsourcing dat more…
I want to be happy. I would like to be known. I would like to be comfortable money-wise. I could not do interviews. I could not be chased by paparrazi. I could not do that lifestyle. But I think that I want to be known. I am certain of it. I want to be famous. But I don't want to have everything that entails. And I know what I want to be famous for more…
Young people nowadays seem to confuse fame and love: they think that to be famous is to be loved (haven't they noticed what happened to Bog Brother's Charlie?). In a way that has always happened: people like Madonna have always sought validation through fame.
But nowadays everyone is so much more materialistic that they aren't able to more…
Sir Iain Blair is to blame because he is ultimately responsible. He allowed the growth of a culture within his organisation where it is fine to pump bullets into the head of an innocent man when he is on the ground. Where it is fine to obstruct the enquiry into the incident (and he did this himself, so he is DEFINITELY responsible here). Where it i more…
I think if someone can't be bothered then there's not a lot you can do to help them. Streaming is about the best you can do, because if you are being constantly evaluated, there is always a point to working.
I think school should be fun, and that's why I'm glad I went with my friends. The single sex thing is a real problem, I think. I more…
Firstly, thank you so much. Your comments have been highly enjoyable and it makes it all seem so worth it. I can't thank you enough for your comments about thinking.
I think that God can exist alongside science. But the Bible, as you say, can't. You can't have both the Creation myth and the Big bang being true. And this is the distinction I t more…
No, I don't think it would be different. It would just be a lot harder. I think it would mean that throwing the daughter of was out of the question. But the donkey has such a life ahead of it. Or does it? What quality of life does a donkey have? Oh, and God would chose the donkey too. We are made in the image of God. In the Bible (if you believe it more…
That's what I've realised. I thought about it long and hard and realised I couldn't kill either. And no, it can't make anything better. It would just make one mothers life worse. more…
I think streaming is a good idea. If it is used effectively and across the curriculum. The problem is when it disheartens weaker candidates. It might ablso fail those candidates who have the 'Can't be bothered.' philosophy. They are the sorts of people who could just drop to the bottom of the year and sit there.
I would personally be against more…
I think it is entirely consistent for science to explain everything, and there still to be a God. I don't mean God as in the Bible (a document which has to have been corrupted over the years) or any other religious book. I mean God perhaps as envisioned by gnostics and heretics. The idea that All is One and One is God.
Would the answer be different if the donkey was young and the daughter old?
I think it boils down to what would you say if one of them had to be thrown off the tower (to save the world or something)? I think everyone would choose to throw off the donkey. Except, possibly, for God. more…
I'm a pacifist too. Most people don't realise that they don't really have it in them to kill. And that even if they did kill, it wouldn't make anything better. more…
I really like that idea - that you agree with grammar schools or not according to where you were educated. I'd not thought of that before, but it is so true!
So I am comprehensive school educated and guess what? I don't agree with grammar schools! I'm not sure I agree that you are too young to decide at 11 what you want to do. I chose more…
A boring old fart says: interesting to see that the non-pacifists are still using the same old questions they did fifty years ago when I was a brat. "What would you do if a German was raping your sister and you had a gun in your hand, eh?" And so on.
Your morals are logically correct, and the rest of the world is wrong, apart from me a more…
That's a very interesting viewpoint. No, I don't think rational analysis can end up with belief. This is why I say at the end "I 'know' in science". I think although they came from the same starting point, to explain what we can see, the ways that they explain it requires a different terminology to be used for each of science a more…
"The Universe is so complicated that it cannot have developed just by chance" - or, as I see it - it is so complex it couldn't possibly have been designed by one, or an infinite committee of superbeings.
Nature is so bizarre and wonderful, it defies intelligent design IMO.
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In response to: "War" 114 days old
by Dan [Visitor]
I'm sending this image to pacifists online in the hopes that it will inspire peace!
http://klogtheblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/steve-kilian-flikp-demon-brand.html
The HTML ended up with a weird string, but it's benign! more…
In response to: "Empire of Sports - Review" 521 days old
by skaters [Visitor]
Skateboarding is relatively modern. A key skateboarding trick, the ollie, was only developed in the late 1970s. This ollie was used only on vertical ramps on flat ground. A decade later, freestyle skateboarder Rodney Mullen invented the kickflip which before was called a Magic Flip outsourcing dat more…
In response to: "What's so Funny?" 664 days old
by ann009 [Visitor]
so funny
http://www.btbnt.com more…
In response to: "Fame" 669 days old
by robertusrex [Member]
I want to be happy. I would like to be known. I would like to be comfortable money-wise. I could not do interviews. I could not be chased by paparrazi. I could not do that lifestyle. But I think that I want to be known. I am certain of it. I want to be famous. But I don't want to have everything that entails. And I know what I want to be famous for more…
In response to: "Fame" 696 days old
by KarenF [Member]
Young people nowadays seem to confuse fame and love: they think that to be famous is to be loved (haven't they noticed what happened to Bog Brother's Charlie?). In a way that has always happened: people like Madonna have always sought validation through fame.
But nowadays everyone is so much more materialistic that they aren't able to more…
In response to: "The News - Jean Charles de Menezes Case" 696 days old
by KarenF [Member]
Sir Iain Blair is to blame because he is ultimately responsible. He allowed the growth of a culture within his organisation where it is fine to pump bullets into the head of an innocent man when he is on the ground. Where it is fine to obstruct the enquiry into the incident (and he did this himself, so he is DEFINITELY responsible here). Where it i more…
In response to: "One must consider the Psycology of the Individual" 714 days old
by Ryan [Visitor]
I want you to visit the article on the Weight loss program that will allow you to understand the psycology of the fat people. more…
In response to: "Grammar Schools" 744 days old
by KarenF [Member]
I think if someone can't be bothered then there's not a lot you can do to help them. Streaming is about the best you can do, because if you are being constantly evaluated, there is always a point to working.
I think school should be fun, and that's why I'm glad I went with my friends. The single sex thing is a real problem, I think. I more…
In response to: "The (Non-)Existence of God #3: Notes and Addendum" 750 days old
by robertusrex [Member]
Firstly, thank you so much. Your comments have been highly enjoyable and it makes it all seem so worth it. I can't thank you enough for your comments about thinking.
I think that God can exist alongside science. But the Bible, as you say, can't. You can't have both the Creation myth and the Big bang being true. And this is the distinction I t more…
In response to: "The Donkey and the Daughter - Part Two" 750 days old
by robertusrex [Member]
No, I don't think it would be different. It would just be a lot harder. I think it would mean that throwing the daughter of was out of the question. But the donkey has such a life ahead of it. Or does it? What quality of life does a donkey have? Oh, and God would chose the donkey too. We are made in the image of God. In the Bible (if you believe it more…
In response to: "War" 750 days old
by robertusrex [Member]
That's what I've realised. I thought about it long and hard and realised I couldn't kill either. And no, it can't make anything better. It would just make one mothers life worse. more…
In response to: "Grammar Schools" 750 days old
by robertusrex [Member]
I think streaming is a good idea. If it is used effectively and across the curriculum. The problem is when it disheartens weaker candidates. It might ablso fail those candidates who have the 'Can't be bothered.' philosophy. They are the sorts of people who could just drop to the bottom of the year and sit there.
I would personally be against more…
In response to: "The (Non-)Existence of God #3: Notes and Addendum" 754 days old
by KarenF [Member]
I think it is entirely consistent for science to explain everything, and there still to be a God. I don't mean God as in the Bible (a document which has to have been corrupted over the years) or any other religious book. I mean God perhaps as envisioned by gnostics and heretics. The idea that All is One and One is God.
I suspect that more…
In response to: "The Donkey and the Daughter - Part Two" 754 days old
by KarenF [Member]
Would the answer be different if the donkey was young and the daughter old?
I think it boils down to what would you say if one of them had to be thrown off the tower (to save the world or something)? I think everyone would choose to throw off the donkey. Except, possibly, for God. more…
In response to: "War" 754 days old
by KarenF [Member]
I'm a pacifist too. Most people don't realise that they don't really have it in them to kill. And that even if they did kill, it wouldn't make anything better. more…
In response to: "Grammar Schools" 754 days old
by KarenF [Member]
I really like that idea - that you agree with grammar schools or not according to where you were educated. I'd not thought of that before, but it is so true!
So I am comprehensive school educated and guess what? I don't agree with grammar schools! I'm not sure I agree that you are too young to decide at 11 what you want to do. I chose more…
In response to: "War" 763 days old
by The_Walrus Pro
Bother. Weapons, not weappons. I blame this keyboard. more…
In response to: "War" 763 days old
by The_Walrus Pro
A boring old fart says: interesting to see that the non-pacifists are still using the same old questions they did fifty years ago when I was a brat. "What would you do if a German was raping your sister and you had a gun in your hand, eh?" And so on.
Your morals are logically correct, and the rest of the world is wrong, apart from me a more…
In response to: "The (Non-)Existence of God #1: 3 Simple Proofs:" 802 days old
by robertusrex [Member]
Thanks!
That's a very interesting viewpoint. No, I don't think rational analysis can end up with belief. This is why I say at the end "I 'know' in science". I think although they came from the same starting point, to explain what we can see, the ways that they explain it requires a different terminology to be used for each of science a more…
In response to: "The (Non-)Existence of God #1: 3 Simple Proofs:" 802 days old
by loiswakeman [Member]
"The Universe is so complicated that it cannot have developed just by chance" - or, as I see it - it is so complex it couldn't possibly have been designed by one, or an infinite committee of superbeings.
Nature is so bizarre and wonderful, it defies intelligent design IMO.
But many scientists do believe - I think more…
In response to: "The (Non-)Existence of God #1: 3 Simple Proofs:" 809 days old
by deleted user [Visitor]
Read up on Pascal's Wager. It's an interesting proposition.
XoD. more…