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Debate & Discuss / Re: Illegal Immigrants

« on: November 15, 2010, 10:21:56 pm »Message ID: 269837

I live in Phoenix and I saw a billboard that read, "We don't have an Immigration Problem, We have a Capitalism Problem." Plain and simple.. and true. Any thoughts?

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Off-Topic / Re: Bullying???

« on: November 15, 2010, 10:17:07 pm »Message ID: 269832

Everyone wants to have somebody to blame. I think the structure we live in is to blame. People are told that different, is bad. Homosexuality and trans-gender people are a very high focus point and target of the bullying we usually see and experience. Along with anyone else who may be different. This whole idea of if something doesn't correlate with what we are supposed to be like, or look like, or act like or feel like, if we aren't those things that Capitalist corporations and institutions like religion place out, then you are BAD and you are WRONG and something is WRONG with you, when really, the people pushing these stupid conformist ideology on people who maybe different, something is wrong with them. If I can't sit down next to somebody who is extremely abnormal than I am and feel comfortable about it (perhaps a really nerdy guy, or even a flamboyantly gay person?), if I can't feel comfortable next to somebody who is embracing who they are, then maybe something is wrong with me? Bullying is a product of the structure we live in. No one is to blame but the system of government and institutionalization of Capitalism that we live in.

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Debate & Discuss / Re: Bullying is now an 'Epidemic'?..... Absurd!

« on: November 15, 2010, 10:11:34 pm »Message ID: 269829

Lol, come on now. I never said to hold others responsible for the "murder" or suicide. But yeah, have you ever been bullied into the point of thinking you are worthless piece of S***? I don't think so, don't judge what you don't know. You are still alive, so you can't explain or relate to what these teens and kids are experiencing. The attitude of telling them to suck it up and get over it, isn't helping us have less numbers of people killing themselves from severe depression from bullying. SOmething's wrong, if you don't want to put responsibililty on anyone then fine, but you can't lay apathetic and justify people commiting suicide because "nothings wrong". It is a serious problem, and the solution isn't to tell them "Hey, bullying is part of life, suck it up, stop killing yourself or cutting yourself." Go tell that to the dead teenager who hung himself after feeling like his homosexual feelings were wrong and unjust and nobody loved him..... ask his dead body how he feels about it.

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Debate & Discuss / Re: need opinions

« on: November 15, 2010, 10:07:59 pm »Message ID: 269827

I'm not exactly sure what you are asking? perhaps you could elaborate

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Debate & Discuss / Re: weekend

« on: November 15, 2010, 10:07:16 pm »Message ID: 269825

I had an okay weekend.. the love of my life broke up with me and i spent most of it spiraling out of control and bawling my eyes out.. other than that, it was okay. =(

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Debate & Discuss / Re: Legalize Marijuana?

« on: November 15, 2010, 10:05:21 pm »Message ID: 269822

Look, the question of should Marijuana be legalized is a no brainer. Of course it should be legalized. There is no reason for it to be illegal... America's joke of a war on drugs, and this drug in particular being illegal causes so many damn problems it's absurd. Look up the history of Marijuana online and you'll see. It's a massively huge problem. You don't have to make arguments on if it would help us or not, ethically it should be legal. Think of The 3, ciggarrettes, alchohol and Pot. 2 of them destroy the human body, and 1 of them doesn't. 2 of them are Legal, 1 of them isn't. It just doesn't make any ethical sense. You can argue the legitimacy of legalizing marijuana through logic and ethics, no need to worry about pros and cons of it helping society. (even tho you could also argue the benefits of it in that sense as well)

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Debate & Discuss / Re: MAKING MONEY

« on: November 15, 2010, 10:02:13 pm »Message ID: 269820

Look for telecommuting opportunities.

hi thanks for the tip and not to sound stupid but what is telecommuting

telecommuting is when you are able to communicate with your job via "tele" , traditionally meaning telephone. Basically, working from home. Google it and you'll probably find some options.

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Debate & Discuss / Re: My son is gay...

« on: November 15, 2010, 09:59:50 pm »Message ID: 269818

Great read ..... so what if they're gay!?!?!

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Debate & Discuss / Re: Bullying is now an 'Epidemic'?..... Absurd!

« on: November 15, 2010, 09:58:41 pm »Message ID: 269816

Well I don't know. Regardless of whether or not bullying is an epidemic or not, shouldn't we be concerned? I mean, kids or young teens getting pushed into killing themselves is just wrong. Even if it isn't an epidemic in somebody's own mind, maybe we should just be concerned with stopping the problem? Lately there have been a lot of reports on gays and trans-gender people, teens, taking their own lives as a result of being bullied and put down. I think the key to solving this issue would be to stop treating things like this as wrong or sicknesses, and approaching it as "you are different, but that's okay." We should be telling kids that it is okay for them to be different rather than something is wrong with them. At least however that is how I feel about it'