What is this slander? Americans have never interfered in any elections hoặc funded any coups. On a completely unrelated note, do bạn know why we call them trái chuối, chuối republics? Because I don't...hơn một năm qua
Jesus Christ, this country is fucked. Apparently someone died, got shot in the neck, during this protest. And after GOP and Trump supporters declared that, "at least if Trump loses, we won't riot like the libtards." It's just chilling seeing this on the news.
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Wonder if the people that just "vandalised hoặc damaged Federal property" will be prosecuted under the legislation that Trump recently threatened BLM protesters with? linkhơn một năm qua
WHY. Is there no Crazy Ex-Girlfriend club/spot? WHAT have bạn guys been doing with your lives? (And if there is one, someone link me please. I'll take a Rachel Bloom club, too, thaaaaaaanks).
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New Zealand hasn't had any in the last week except for Kiwi's returning trang chủ and they go straight from the plane to supervised isolation. They have no community spread at the moment.hơn một năm qua
For real though LOL – Liên minh huyền thoại and about White House, they are at the moment nothing but a bunch of clowns. It's a comedy hiển thị now LOL – Liên minh huyền thoạihơn một năm qua
This post is going to age poorly when I change my biểu tượng but like; I tình yêu using this biểu tượng on this club because it looks like Azula is furiously screaming all of my shit takes.
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The people who say that they will vote for Trump are the same people who believe in bullshit conspiracies like Pizzagate and QAnon so bạn can't expect much from them LOL – Liên minh huyền thoạihơn một năm qua
In fact, many of the known philosophers had other areas of expertise that weren't necessarily highlighted. I have already pointed out one of the known attributes of Aristotle.
Did bạn know that Plato was also regarded highly as a skilled mathematician? His fascination with geometry led to his understanding and worship of Pythagoras, who created the Theorem - triangles and their angles.
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Did bạn know that Aristotle was the first known naturalist, who also created the first rudimentary example of a classification system, where he was actively describing and classifying species.
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Did bạn know in North Korea police execute unarmed people in the đường phố, street and although there are countless examples of it on video, the population is mostly complicit with this because they are brainwas- oh wait never mind that's a different country
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I will not wear a mask. I will not live in fear. The Bill Gates Fauci deep state is trying to put a chipped vaccine in bạn while also aersolising the air with chemtrails and 5G radiation bombs. But I will not live in fear.
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Lol, conspiracy theorists are actually kind of interesting in an amusing, yet curious manner. It always makes me wonder why they started believing whatever they believe and what made them start believing it. I guess a lot of the time people get brainwashed bởi Youtube videos, hoặc fake articles, about stuff and they just get hooked into it. XDhơn một năm qua
LOL – Liên minh huyền thoại yeppp, and once bạn have one conspiracy belief, it's really easy to accumulate more. It's jokingly called "crank magnetism" LOL – Liên minh huyền thoại linkhơn một năm qua
Among the confirmed speakers at the Republican National Convention tiếp theo week: the MAGA hat-wearing teenager who smirked in the face of a Native American elder and the St Louis couple who pointed súng at demonstrators as they walked past their house. Wowee.
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Can almost guarantee that Donald Trump Jr has never met a member of the "radical Left" in his life. FYI these are anarchists and revolutionary socialists and they have a negligible presence in the US.hơn một năm qua
Yesterday Trump đã đưa ý kiến Biden would bring "socialism" to America looooool it's just become a comedy skit at this point. Biden is centre-right bởi the standards of other any western country.hơn một năm qua
Australian federal election is tomorrow my dudes - am so hyped for what might finally be an end to six years of rubbish governance, climate inaction and the stripping of public services. Might even get modern Internet speeds if Labor wins, isn't that the dream?
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I'm so proud that the "millenials can't afford a house because avocado toast" meme has gone global. Australia's finest contribution to the world :')
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Overheard on the bus: [talking about American acquaintance] "I think she's actually stolen my dream but that's okay she can have it, she has Trump now" LOL – Liên minh huyền thoại
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Think of the shitstorm that is the Trump administration atm. Then remember we're only 2/3 of a năm (out of 4 years) of the way through this bullshit.
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*secretly thinks while studying corps law how great it would be to crush all corporations under the might of one glorious central government*hơn một năm qua
I surprised myself bởi actually liking it. But I worry that's because it provided some great confirmation bias for "some corporations really are bastards, aren't they?"hơn một năm qua
I have never felt thêm disrespected as a career educator who works directly with refugee and immigrant families on the daily than I have in the past two weeks.
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“Trump is a man who has shown himself unfit, not just for high office, but for any office; not just in his abilities as a leader, but in his qualities as a man; not just occasionally, but on every ngày of the campaign. He is not just deficient in knowledge, experience, judgment, tact, decency, integrity, leadership, policy— but utterly lacking in all. He is not just the worst candidate for president ever nominated bởi a major party, he is very nearly the worst candidate possible”
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tình yêu that Trump can say the most outrageous, offensive things about people but the moment Hillary says something mildly un-PC, like that there's a portion of Trump backers who are "xenophobic, racist hoặc Islamophobic", she gets absolutely crucified. Gotta tình yêu those double standards.
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"If she [Hillary Clinton] gets to pick her judges, nothing bạn can do, folks..... Although the một giây amendment people – maybe there is, I don’t know".
Wow. Really. Yet another clumsy and damaging remark bởi Trump. Inciting/suggesting/condoning violence against a political opponent.. literally a violation of the most basic rule of democratic civilisation. When will people realise his complete unsuitability to be president of the US? I sure hope it's before November.
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I'd rather have a President who says damaging things get taken the wrong way than actually does damaging things, like violate the basic rule of democracy though voter fraud, registration fraud and voter machine hacking to choose the candidate that the people did not want. She is the only presidential candidate ever to be under an FBI investigation while running yet somehow she was still able to run? Other people were fired for doing less than her as Secretary of State, which she failed when she couldn't even figure out to keep her email secure. I sure hope in November we don't elect a criminal in Hillary for the first time as our President. She'll be even worse than bụi cây, cây bụi, tổng thống bush Jr was!hơn một năm qua
When has Clinton engaged in voter fraud? I googled “Clinton voter fraud” and it came up with a few dodgy-looking blogs and no media reports. If we want to talk thêm about violating democracy though, can we just mention Trump’s attack on that judge, who apparently was incapable of being impartial in the Trump trường đại học case because of his Mexican background (he was born in Indiana lol). So insulting when bạn consider that impartiality is the very cornerstone of a judge’s role, and that this man was somehow unable, according to Trump, to separate his personal heritage from his court rulings. Absolutely no respect for the rule of law and the nature of the judiciary. As a law student it had me convulsing.hơn một năm qua
Anyway, do bạn think that ill-thought-out words will not translate to ill-thought-out actions in office? Will there be a magic moment when there’s a fundamental change in character and Trump suddenly has calm, considered, and reasoned responses? Trump hasn’t done “damaging things” yet (putting aside stoking anti-minority sentiment with his rhetoric) because he has zero political experience and has had no opportunity to do so. được trao office, I’m sure his impulsiveness/lack of intelligence/absolute lack of diplomacy wouldn’t be a good combination in terms of law-making and foreign relations.hơn một năm qua
The whole “criminal Hillary” thing just points out a massive flaw in the presidential system. It’s a "popularity contest” instead of the contest of party policy it should be. I most often encounter people attacking her personal record rather than her actual political stances, which are quite centrist (on the American spectrum). Meanwhile many of Trump’s stances are abhorrent in terms of environmental protection (abolishing the EPA and aggressively using coal, fracking and oil), climate change (he denies its existence), social security (privatising welfare will never, ever work), the economy (dismantling the legislation preventing another GFC because poor tường đường phố, street bankers), science and health (he is an anti-vaxxer, which shows just how much regard he has for science. Honestly I think this ALONE is sufficient to demonstrate a candidate is unfit for presidency), etc etc. The danh sách could go on.hơn một năm qua
"The whole “criminal Hillary” thing just points out a massive flaw in the presidential system. It’s a "popularity contest” instead of the contest of party policy it should be." &^%$ YESS!!! YES! THANK YOU!hơn một năm qua
My tim, trái tim is breaking for communities once again shattered bởi the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. And the broken pieces continue to ache when I realize that this is going to keep happening. tiếp theo month, tiếp theo year. A White man is convicted of rape, and they đăng lên his swim times. A Black man is murdered and they đăng lên his mug shot. #BlackLivesMatterForGodsSake
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I've lectured a lot about history lately. I guess the old adage is true. "Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Because we seem to be repeating it all over the damn place.
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My only hope about the results of the Brexit vote is that America takes a long hard look at this fallout shitstorm and learns a lesson from it.
Who am I kidding, when the hell did we A) Pay attention to anywhere outside of US B) Pay attention to history hoặc C) Learn from anything?
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I'm not worried about Brexit, when has a combination of nationalism and economic depression ever turned out badly in Europe? Britain has yielded to petty xenophobes wanting to reclaim an imaginary past, who will take no responsibility for the ensuring economic havoc but instead blame immigrants. bạn won't get trade deals: you're not an empire anymore. Currency and shares are in free fall. The science funding, roads, freedom of movement that the EU provided will go. Dark times ahead.
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Basically- against the Lời khuyên of economists, foreign affairs experts, the Bank of England, IMF, OECD, UK Treasury, every world leader with the exception of Trump- they’ve condemned themselves to becoming an insignificant little island off the coast of Europe, with a lower standard of living for future generations and far less important role in the world. Another lurch to the populist right and another victim of unthinking nationalism over logic and sound policy.hơn một năm qua
Today I cast my vote in the Connecticut Republican primary (by absentee ballot) for Ted Cruz, Texas U.S. senator, consistent conservative, and friend of the Constitution, whom I have liked for years. In the 2016 cycle, Cruz was and is the only choice for serious, authentic, movement conservatives. I am not the first to say he is the Reagan of our time, and I won't be the last.
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Of the two other remaining Republican candidates, John Kasich was always a non-starter for me because of his support for amnesty, his expansion of Medicaid, and his get-along moderate attitude, which values the idea of bipartisanship thêm than fighting for conservative goals. Donald Trump was fine as an entertainer—I watched early seasons of "The Apprentice" myself—but, among many other things, he lacks an ideological core (conservative hoặc liberal), and is confused hoặc unknowledgeable about many issues of the day. It is my hope that Cruz will win the Republican nomination (at this point, most likely at a contested national convention); if he fails to do so, I will most likely support whoever does get the Republican nomination, though I would consider defecting to a third-party candidate if he hoặc she were viable and thêm conservative than nominee Trump.hơn một năm qua
I will never, ever vote for a Democrat for any office (not even dog catcher if we elected them); I would rather eat a penguin. The idea of a President Hillary Clinton (or a President Comrade Bernie Sanders, the candidate of whiny Millennials and leftist socialists) scares me to death, and should scare to death any rational, moral person. Someday America will elect its first female president, but voting for a woman just because she's a woman is ridiculous. And sexist. I hope instead that America's first female president will be a conservative, elected for her values and her vision, not her sex.hơn một năm qua
Yay, I like things too! But I also don't hate stuff so hard. And I like bipartisanship, and getting along with people, and getting shit done. So I might consider voting for a republican, and I have lauded and supported many in the past. I wouldn't be so hardline. Have convictions, of course, but be open to new ideas and opinions bạn may not have considered. Otherwise, how will bạn work with anyone who's different from you? Just my two cents. (Also, I'm super bummed Cruz Mất tích to Trump. That nomination was stolen. Have a nice day!)hơn một năm qua
@Cinders: Politics and religion are not completely the same, but should a devout Christian consider becoming a Muslim to open himself up to new ideas? Should a devout Muslim consider becoming a Jew to open herself up to new opinions? There's a difference between trying a new thực phẩm for the first time hoặc going trượt tuyết for the first time and doing things that would completely change someone's core. I'll admit that my frustration with the direction the world is going has made me passionate about the need to change course and that I'm thêm rigid than most, but the trouble with those who are too open-minded is that they risk their brain falling out. What good is "getting shit done" if the shit getting done is terrible?hơn một năm qua
bạn can hold fast to your convictions while still seeking to understand other's. For example, the Muslims community where I worked (to go with your example) hosted an interfaith night. They did it to teach the community what they believed and to hiển thị them that Muslims are normal people. But they also did it to start a dialogue, to share cultures, and religions. They learned about others and built respect. bạn don't have to change your convictions to listen to others. bạn don't have to change parties to vote outside of it. Partisanship is dividing our country right now, and the democrats are equally as guilty as republicans. That's because no one will listen to each other anymore hoặc work together. bạn wanna know what terrible shit is? Destroying our country out of "party loyalty." That's pretty terrible. Washington didn't believe in parties, and had dissenting voices in his cabinet to better advise him. A level head makes better decisions than one biased in ANY direction, left hoặc right.hơn một năm qua
And since bạn ended with an old saying, allow me to do the same: Changing your mind is one of the best ways of figuring out whether hoặc not bạn still have one.hơn một năm qua
But there is also the problem of many people not having any true convictions at all. That's how Donald Trump became the Republican Party nominee when he was a Democrat most of his life, including as recently as the bụi cây, cây bụi, tổng thống bush presidency. I think many of his voters in the primary were attracted bởi his celebrity thêm than anything else, like Jesse Ventura, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Al Franken before him. A Republican Party whose voters were completely dedicated to conservatism would never have nominated him.hơn một năm qua
As for partisanship dividing the country, well, I'm at the point now where I would just prefer two countries. I don't want a một giây civil war, but if there were ever a Brexit-type national referendum to peacefully chẻ, phân chia, split the United States into Conservative America and Liberal America, I would vote in favor. (This will never happen, but a man can dream, can't he?)hơn một năm qua
Working on a piece comparing Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, for those of bạn anxiously waiting at the edge of your seat. Should be published on Monday, just in time for Super Tuesday! This will be followed bởi a piece on Ben Carson and John Kasich.
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Have we had a discussion about the TPPA yet? I don't really want to surf through all the số phiếu bầu and I don't see anything in the Questions. What opinions do bạn guys have about it?
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No, I'm quite sure we haven't- but we should. It's going to have a devastating impact on my country (Australia), and many of the other countries involved. thêm people should definitely be worried than the number that currently are.hơn một năm qua
So students at Texas universities will be able to carry concealed súng on all areas of campus from August tiếp theo year... Because in a place where emotional young adults are cooped up with thousands of other emotional young adults, plus some disgruntling professors thrown in the mix, this can NEVER go wrong... Well f*cking done, Texas.
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Do any of bạn ever look back on your old các bình luận and cringe? LOL – Liên minh huyền thoại I know I do... didn't realise how much one's opinion (and way of communicating them) can change until I came across some of the stuff I wrote when I was about 14 *cringe*. Please don't tell me I'm the only one experiencing fanpop-comment-regret. Lol.
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Lol. I was waaaay too passionate about anything/everything bạn could have an opinion on. Popstars. Politics. Twilight-hating... mostly Twilight-hating.hơn một năm qua
We all grow and change over the years, for better hoặc worse. I started posting here when I was nineteen, and even so, there are still stupid things I did and đã đưa ý kiến that I hope people forget. Hell, I'll look at something I đã đăng last Tuesday, and be like "Oh God, was I drunk?"hơn một năm qua
Simple answer is 'yes.' However, I have no regrets. The only way bạn learn is bởi doing things wrong and understanding that. Like, when bạn write stupid các bình luận and don't realise, for years sometimes, that they were inherently stupid.hơn một năm qua
Current situation in my country... The elder people in senior homes are being neglected and the government says it's the fault of the children because they don't take good enough care of them. Meanwhile, when bạn decide to let your grandparents/parents live with you, your rent goes up, your social services are cut in half hoặc worse and your taxes go up. What kind of a logic is that?! Typical governments....
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vv --- Is this really what the "Fanpop Wall" has become? Really, people, I'm gone two years and everything's different? Oh, yeah... I guess that is a bit of a long time. ;)
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Whether christian hoặc not we have equal rights, and we all need to accept each other, and stop hating. And judging. I tình yêu ya'll ^-^
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About Transgenders: I know of a wonderful lady. She was in a relationship with a gay man. When she came out, her relationship died and her boyfriend called her a freak and everything.
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This sounds rather pretentious and kind of cheesy, no offense. Why didn't bạn just write something normal like everyone else, instead of trying to sound smart, bởi using something that ended not sounding that smart?hơn một năm qua
I would say both. Why? Because realistic people probably wont be living the happiest lives, but they would be able to stand through it when the real parts of life actually happens. Idealistic people see everything so ideal that they cant stand through the real parts from real life, though it tends to make their life a tad bit happier then the realistic people. So if bạn were a mix of the both, bạn could either get the pros hoặc the cons. If bạn get the pros it would be great if bạn get the cons...... Well do I need to explain?hơn một năm qua
Well idealism gives bạn dreams and goals and motivation, and realism gives bạn the wisdom and knowledge to achieve them. An equal balance of both I think is thêm healthy for your mental functioning and working towards succeeding real life goals. Idealism makes life thêm fun and creative, but too much of it will make bạn set too high of standards which will be too unrealistic to accomplish. But realism helps bạn better accept a situation as it is and help bạn become thêm prepared for the future. But too much realism makes bạn feel unable to reach out and do something different. Without Idealism we wouldn't have theories and certain branches of science, art, music. But without realism we wouldn't be able to gain and adapt to information needed for everyday life.hơn một năm qua
I tend to be thêm idealistic, and with that I sometimes need to snap out of it and realize I have gotten behind in the tasks I need to accomplish now. There's times when it's better to be thêm of one rather than the other. But to be successful I believe relies on a equal mixture of both~hơn một năm qua
I what bạn mean, but I don't know if it is necessarily that simple. Being idealistic is great in ways, because it helps bạn to set goals and conquer issues bạn feel should be conquered. On the other hand, if bạn are realistic about issues, bạn can see how those issues need to be solved realistically, without focusing on irrelevant parts of the issue, hoặc unrealistic parts that just can't be done at that point. I guess it's a bit of a mix-up, really. In life, generally, it is a combination of the two, though. It's good to have unrealistic expectations sometimes, while maintaining a realistic outlook. In other words, bạn can always dream and hope that one ngày those dreams might come true.hơn một năm qua
@hetalianstella. I see what bạn are saying. That is also quite true. The idealistic expectations allow bạn to yearn for certain goals and looking at them realistically also can allow bạn to achieve those goals, even if they aren't exactly how bạn wanted to achieve them.hơn một năm qua
My first class teacher wants to make the whole class say the pledge. Please, I don't agree with the pledge, is that such a sin?
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Just saying it because bạn have to, doesn't mean that bạn will believe/agree with it - however, it seems a bit pointless to me. And, no, it isn't a sin - people shouldn't be ostracised for their beliefs.hơn một năm qua
I don't think that's right of your teacher. In history class I learned that there is a 'flag code' hoặc set of rules in regards to the American flag. (I do hope we are speaking of the American flag, because I'll sound like an idiot if not). One of which states something along the lines of 'You do not have to say the pledge, but bạn should (emphasis on the should) at least stand up as a sign of respect. Apparently this rule was revised form a mandatory 'say the pledge'. To put it simply, your teacher cannot make bạn say the pledge.hơn một năm qua
If bạn don't agree with the pledge, it's your opinion. bởi ignoring your opinion your teacher basically says the pledge means nothing. bạn were right, and it's definitely not a sin ;)hơn một năm qua
Funny how Lt deleted his rant against smokers... I suppose, you'd have to be incredibly stupid to leave up a bunch of các bình luận that essentially state bạn saying bạn wouldn't mind your own grandmother dying, just because she smokes. I wonder what she would have thought, if she had seen it...?
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So bạn aren't embarrassed that bạn unquestioningly believed unsourced statistics that bạn found on a radically religious website and then used those statistics to justify your prejudice? bạn don't think, at the very least, that was a little bit silly of you?hơn một năm qua
I doubt he does... It seems to me that he's almost enjoying this... I'm shocked, though, to hear that it wasn't an embarassment 'lol', because if I did the same (in fact I have before and I was embarrassed), I would be very embarrassed!hơn một năm qua
So here comes Australia Day... And with it the inevitable racist posts. So many, but all along the same xenophobic lines: "immigrants [who they call 'boat people'] are trying to change our national day... if bạn don't like MY country then go back to where bạn came from, I grew here and I'm proud... aussie aussie aussie oi oi oi!". I'm sure these sorts of people are not only confined to Australia. So sad to see how a ngày that's meant to unite instead is used to divide.
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Also, what they fail to realise is that it's not foreigners who have something against Australia Day- it's the Aborgines. And for good reason- it's the celebration of the ngày that the British landed and began the takeover of their land and the killing of their people. If the rednecks want to play the "I grew here, bạn flew here, it's MY country" game, then it just backfired severely- it's not the "non-Australians", but the TRUE AUSTRALIANS who want to see change.But bạn know, who cares about actual facts when there's an opportunity for migrant bashing?hơn một năm qua
I completely agree with you. After all, they're wrecking their own national ngày bởi making stupid comments. Good point about the aborgines too :)hơn một năm qua
Ever notice that on lots of số phiếu bầu here where everyone else picked one option, there's one person who picked the other one? And then they never give an explanation hoặc support their choice in comments. Then someone says "Who picked 'no'/'yes'/'whatever'?" I'm not trying to be biased with my picks on polls, I'm just saying. Call me silly, but I'm beginning to wonder if there's a user who doesn't care about the phiếu bầu itself, they just do this for kicks. :/ What do bạn think?
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I don't think they're necessarily doing it for the kicks, and I don't necessarily think it's just one user. Maybe they don't feel comfortable getting into a thảo luận with such a minority opinion. hoặc maybe they just don't feel strongly enough to comment. There are lots of times where I pick on option on a pick, but then don't say anything because I just don't feel strongly enough about the issuse to start a thảo luận on it.hơn một năm qua
^ My words exactly. No matter how right bạn are, you're not going to win a thảo luận when there are so many people against you, so bạn might as well not get into the debate.hơn một năm qua
That always seems to be my problem. Quite often, even when most people believe in one side, I always argue my point when I choose the other... I guess that's just me.hơn một năm qua
I hate to be a buzzkill but why is everyone always complaining about the shortage of money while we collect over a million of euro's every năm on lottery tickets? Why couldn't we spend that money on the national debts instead of something as useless as a lottery ticket?
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Not to mention that firework-show that was almost canceled because of the windy weather on New Year's Eve. That stuff costed 12,000,000 euros at least.hơn một năm qua
Without respect, no soccer... RIP Richard Nieuwenhuizen, my tim, trái tim goes out to your family.
Why do kids these days think bóng đá is all about violence? If I were a judge I had put them on trial as adults & gave them a life sentence in jail.
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Even if tried as an adult, they can not get a life sentence. 15 years is the maximum for voluntary manslaughter (and I am not sure they will be charged for that) and if they are convicted for involuntary manslaughter the maximum sentence is 2 hoặc 4 years.hơn một năm qua
I did not mean that there should be no punishment. What I mean is that with this people will turn to criminal law as a solution and they will demand a high sentence. They will be outraged if these kid do not get the punishment they feel they deserve.. and that will be it. Meanwhile. nothing will change on the footballfields, just like nothing is changing with children that are being bullied. I think if bạn want to teach people respect, we should find other ways for that and not blame criminal law for not punishing 'hard enough'hơn một năm qua
I'm sorry Sappp. I'm gonna agree with Chaann94. No, it was not murder, it was manslaughter. But I'm not gonna judge from a judicial point, but from a personal one. Like Chaann94, I'm going to agree with what seems fair. Place yourself into the shoes of the family of this Linesman. They are practically scarred for life, while those soccerplayers come free after 4 years. That's not fair. And it's going to happen. bạn know what I call that? The Dutch law-system that is as leaky as a basket. We should know.hơn một năm qua
Political logic; A lot of Dutch families make less than the minimum wage and have to live off of thực phẩm stamps... let's give millions of euros to Greece and to imaginary children in Morocco...
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Are bạn talking America, hoặc somewhere else? I thought the American estimated statistic s say only 50-55 million people in America legally own guns. But I'm not sure.hơn một năm qua
The American election is not far away...But its apparant that although the US prides itself as a pháo đài, bastion of democracy, its voting system is biased against the poor. Elections will be held on a Tuesday- a normal working day. Several states have complex voter-identification rules that make early voting difficult. Generally, 1/3 of people don't participate & at present, contest appears close, but one really does wonder how the Republicans would fare if there was compulsory voting system in place...
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bạn also need an address to vote, so... there go the homeless voters. It's a plutocracy, for sure, with voters being mostly middle and upper class. But to be fair, it's the educated middle class that tend to be thêm liberal, because they've seen thêm of the world outside their backyard. These are the types who volunteer in súp kitchens hoặc Habitat for Humanity. Right now, they are the voice of the poor. It's not ideal (because the poor should be allowed to speak for themselves) but it's better than nothing. "Bastion of democracy"? LOL – Liên minh huyền thoại That phrase just cracked me up.hơn một năm qua
Lol... still think it's, let's use the phrase, a "rip-off". I just think compulsory voting would create a fairer country with the government as a thêm accurate reflection of what the people really want, thus a true democracy. However, the US, right-wing as it is, will never put such a system in place- it would be awfully inconvenient for the thêm conservative parties if the less-educated, less well-off had a say in it too. I think bạn can understand my concern, as the US election really is important to the world as a whole, and well, I just don't think the voting system for the most significant vote on earth is up to scratch...hơn một năm qua
John Oliver had a hilarious joke about drinking and compulsory voting in Australia, and now every time I hear the term, I always picture John Oliver saying, "I tình yêu you, man. I tình yêu you. But I cannot support continuous spending on a welfare state."hơn một năm qua
In all seriousness, though, my one issue with compulsory voting is uninformed voting. There's no law that says that people need to know what they are voting ABOUT, which could lead to people voting for something that they are really, personally, against. Of course, that happens anyway, but I just feel with compulsory voting, it would happen a lot thêm often.hơn một năm qua
Lol, is it on youtube? And to combat that problem, learning about politics is a compulsory part of school curriculum here. A whole semester in grade 6 is dedictaed to the theme of politics, in every school in the nation. Students not only learn about the various political parties but the preferential voting system, the parliament, law, etc. Compulsory voting = compulsory politcal education, too. Everybody knows what they're voting for.hơn một năm qua
They may learn about the systems, the parties, etc, but issues are different in every election. Just because bạn know political theory, doesn't necessarily mean bạn know which candidate to vote for without watching what they do, listening to what they say, and examining the issues. Being well-informed on the issues and thus a well-informed voter is different from being a citizen educated in civics and politics.hơn một năm qua
I heard what Richard Murdoch đã đưa ý kiến about a rape baby being God's gift. When I was 17, I was raped bởi my boyfriend. He hurt me badly. I was scared of him, and had to get social resources from a local women's shelter to break up with him. I never told my parents. Weeks later I started throwing up 12 and 14 times a day.
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I got a pregnancy test for free at Planned Parenthood during the time I should have been in Econ 101. It was positive. Even though I knew that I had not chosen to have unprotected sex, my cheeks burned with shame. It was September of both my Sr. năm of HS and my freshman năm of college... I did both at the same time. I won a varsity level swimming meet the ngày before I had my secret abortion. Four days after that, I awoke with my parents sitting at the foot of my hospital giường sobbing. I had nearly died from the abortion I attempted to get at a local clinic that was cheaper than but not related to Planned Parenthood... I just want to say, that the person who raped me took a lot of choices from me. His baby was not a blessing. It was not a gift. I have experience two blessed gifts since then, my beloved, wanted, planned sons... I know the difference.hơn một năm qua
Mr. Murdoch can sit around with his set of penis and testicles all ngày long talking about the blessings if rape babies...but I know the truth. I know the pain, shame, fear, anger, and near soul destroying guilt that comes when your rapist leaves bạn with that last, tiny freedom... The freedom to choose whether he forces a child on you... Even when bạn did not get to choose when he forced himself on you. Mr. Murdochs words may sound noble to some. They sound like curse to me. ~ Sarahhơn một năm qua
Oh god, Cinders. At first I thought the narrator was you. When I saw bạn put "- Sarah" at the end I'm assuming the narrator is not you? This story is very moving, it's awful something like that can happen to someone. Well, whoever Sarah is, she's rich. Murdoch CAN sit around with his balls all day!hơn một năm qua
LOL! Oh absolutely not, I am not Sarah. A friend đã đăng this quote on Facebook, and I thought it was relevant to gần đây current events, so I shared it prefacing it only with "Food for thought." Yeah, definitely not me, sorry for the confusion.hơn một năm qua
i believe that God sends blessing in disguises and that sometimes bạn may go trhough hell to get your blessing...but i don't think could ever tell someone so casuall that a raped baby is a good thing. I understand maybe what he meant but the way it came out sounds so not insensitive but just plain thoughtless to the idea of the factors that come with being raped. I know I know words aren't my forte but I think if he wanted to make a point that he should have worded it in a better way.hơn một năm qua
John Hawkins, a blogger, đã đưa ý kiến "The first step towards convincing other nations that they can trust us [the US] again would be make this a better world bởi removing Julian Assange from it" Ahaha how wrong he is- the worst thing the US could possibly do is to convict (or murder, as suggested) the man that exposed some ugly truths about them. Oh how the international community would tình yêu bạn then- it's like saying "Reveal we're not saintly, and we'll kill you". How very amusing.
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You're suggesting, it seems to me, that anyone that's "Anti-America" must die. Then bạn go around criticising terrorists for thinking that anyone that's "Anti-Islam" must die... Spot the difference.hơn một năm qua
That aside, I don't see how someone that merely informed the public about American actions is "Anti-America". It's your bloody fault if bạn did the wrong thing, not Julian's fault if he told people about it. You're advocating a policy of "shoot the messenger".hơn một năm qua
Chick-Fil-La stated anti-gay statements and band gays from their restaurants.Some Chick-Fil-A's aren't homophobic though like one in Chicago.hơn một năm qua
I know this event has stirred up lots of vicious gun-law debate, but the guy legally bought thêm than 6000 rounds of ammunition without raising an eyebrow. No matter what side of the gun-law thảo luận bạn fall on, bạn have to admit that someone should not be able to legally get their hands on that much ammunition. Surely even pro-gun parties have to admit that at the very least gun laws need to be looked at in depth.hơn một năm qua
But now go back and apply that same argument to gun bans. Tell someone that there's no correlation between crime rate and gun bans because if it were true, then all the countries with gun bans would have a lower homicide rate than all the countries without. Seeing as how that is not true, what does it prove?hơn một năm qua
The New Zealand crime rate is only low because it has a small population... Proportionately, New Zealand has a fairly high rate of crime. I would know... I live in NZ, plus I see the news every ngày where another gang member has shot a cop, hoặc some innocent person has been hurt. bạn are right about guns, in NZ, though; we may have fairly high crime rates in general, but gun crimes are quite rare over here. The most deaths from súng in NZ are, funnily enough, from hunting accidents.hơn một năm qua
My limited African internet means I have to be selective in what content I respond to, and curt in my responses. As a result, the foremerly patient, tolerant, verbose me has flown away and I have exploded with several succinct, gut reactions to certain content đã đăng here. If I offend with such outbursts, I apologize... but I don't apologize for the sentiment hoặc the ideas I stated. I'm just sorry bạn were offended.
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My dear, bạn could never offend. bạn are, without a doubt, thêm than welcome to share your passionate, verbose and enthusiastic world-knowledge with as many debators as bạn like. I certainly appreciate the immense effort and I'm confident others will share that sentiment. So please, give us thêm of your "outbursts" and hiển thị us what a true thảo luận is all about.hơn một năm qua
Dunno how relevant this is - and I can't add các bức ảnh even if it was, but this amused me: Mitt Romney is Schrodinger's Candidate: link
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For anyone interested, there is a Mitt Romney club here on fanpop (link). Only six members so far compared to Barack Obama's 2,659, but it's a start.
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In their respective graves, our Founding Fathers are rolling over and FDR is cheering. Thursday's Obamacare ruling is truly troubling, with the Supreme Court giving its thumbs up to the advance of progressivism and government involvement in thêm and thêm aspects of our lives.
I hope and pray for Obama's defeat in November so that we may be able to begin to undo his damages, including Obamacare. I'd personally like to see him go down in a landslide.
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Yes, because of course extending health services to thêm people is a bad thing... God forbid that the less fortunate can have a doctor too!!hơn một năm qua
OK, so why specifically is Obama's health care plan bad? I'm just curious. I hear a lot of complaints in general, but nothing specifically about why it'll hurt this country. Can bạn explain it for me?hơn một năm qua
Many critics of Obamacare cite the cost as a major factor, essentially nghề viết văn another check we won’t be able to cash. Also, the fact that the only reason the bill was deemed ‘constitutional’ due to it being a tax, when Obama clearly stated early on that it wasn’t, is also a common critique. I personally am surprised it passed through mostly intact, but I agree with most critiques in saying that it was a rushed mandate.hơn một năm qua
So you're saying that there's no problem with the actual bill itself in what it plans to do for Americans? If it was less costly, then it would be all right? I was under the impression that republicans had a problem with what the bill planned to do. And, in the long run, its preventative care would end up saving people thêm money. I don't think public health - just like public education - can ever cost too much for us to fund. Which, I know, is the same way some republicans feel about military spending. I'd rather fund public health and education than our over-funded military. That's not to say I don't support the military - I do. I live and work with marines. But we have the highest funded military in the world. If you're worried about cost and budget cuts, take a look at that budget.hơn một năm qua
I opposed the insurance mandate because the government has no right to force me to buy a product against my will hoặc to coerce me to purchase đã đưa ý kiến product bởi fining me if I don't. When before has the government mandated the purchase of something for no reason other than being an American? Don't say car insurance because there does not exist a right to drive and thus it is a choice to do so. The Supreme Court rightly found the mandate inconsistent with the Commerce Clause; what was wrong was that the court didn't strike Obamacare down but instead "saved" it bởi calling the fine a tax, which Congress does have the power to collect. Of course, Obama himself argued that the fine was not a tax before Obamacare even passed.hơn một năm qua
I opposed other parts of Obamacare as well, including requiring insurance providers to cover those with pre-existing conditions. It sounds nice, but the reality is that it will lead to people not purchasing insurance until the very moment that they get sick and actually need insurance. This changes the business model completely. Insurance companies insure against risk, not act as a welfare service.hơn một năm qua
As for the preexisting conditions thing - I was diagnosed with a syndrome that requires me to take daily medication. When I was diagnosed, I was 18 and under my parents insurance. Under the old system, when I outgrew my parents insurance and had to be on my own, no insurance company would cover my medication on account of it being a "preexisting condition," even though I was diagnosed with it as a minor. How is that fair? I absolutely believe we should cover preexisting conditions to protect the consumer from cutthroat insurance companies who will find anyway they can to weasle out of actually paying for things. I believe the new health care plan does exactly that. bạn wouldn't believe the number of stories I've heard from colleagues and family about the fights they have with their insurance companies just to get the compensation they're due. Because bạn need health care, insurance companies thêm hoặc less had a monoply because bạn NEEDED it. I believe this fixes that problem.hơn một năm qua
As for forcing bạn to get healthcare - the government requires bạn to do all sorts of things bởi law for your own good. I really don't find this a viable argument. Most intelligent people have insurance anyway, so it doesn't affect them, and if bạn don't, bạn should because it'll save EVERYONE money in the long run including yourself. HOWEVER I recognize that this is simply a difference in philosophy between democrats and republicans: Which is thêm important, the freedom to do stupid things, for the sake of individual freedom, hoặc the greater good of society? Or, in other (perhaps less biased) words, the individual, hoặc society?hơn một năm qua
Individual freedom and the good of society are not at opposite ends of the spectrum. Freedom is an essential part of any society worth living in, if not the most essential part. Government did not give us our rights; our rights are natural and inalienable. Regardless of whether it is a wise choice to have health insurance, forcing it on people is a serious encroachment on freedom. I can't help but wonder what liberals' opinions would be if the government was instead forcing everyone to purchase a gun for protection hoặc pay a fine for not purchasing one. As for a final bình luận on requiring insurers to cover pre-existing conditions, this is sort of like buying homeowner's insurance after your house burns down. If we're going to start covering everyone at any time for anything, expect premiums for everyone to rise dramatically, perhaps to the point where many without the means will be forced to drop their insurance completely because the penalty is far cheaper.hơn một năm qua
But isn't it so that bạn cannot wait to buy insurance untill bạn are diagnosed with something, because bạn are required to have an insurance?hơn một năm qua
Coming at bạn from the Rural Highlands of Ethiopia, Cinders is back, y'all. When did we get thumbs up? I haven't been gone THAT long, surely.
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This statement seems a little pretentious, if bạn ask me... Everybody has their opinion on what constitutes as a sin and the law decides if it is hoặc not... I suppose it has always been like that. Still, quotes/statements like this always raise plenty of questions.
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I like that statement. Obviously what one considers to be right hoặc wrong is generally subjective. I'd rather hate what a person did over hating the person because they did it. I'm not into grudges.hơn một năm qua
Heh, I agree with you... I still think it is kind of pretentious though, correct as it is. I just tình yêu the các câu hỏi one can develop from such phrases like thus.hơn một năm qua
My problemt with that statement when used about homosexuals, is that for many homosexuals being gay is a big part of their identity. It's not like someone who lies and bạn hate the fact that they lied, but not them. For a lot of gay people hating the fact that they engage in homsexuals behaviour is the same as hating gay people in general.hơn một năm qua
^ This is exactly what I have been trying to explain to people for years. Recently had a HUGE thảo luận about it in the Thiên chúa giáo spot, but there was a total refusal to even see this perspective as a possibility.hơn một năm qua
Rule of society no.86#: If something goes wrong, anything at all, regardless of weather it had anything to do with them, pin all the blame on any hoặc all of these social groups/minorities: - Gypsies. -Christians. -Muslims. -OR THOSE GOD-DAMN FEMINISTS WHO'LL TAKE YOUR SPERM, CUT OFF YOUR SPERM AND DISSAPEAR DOWN A HOLE! Nothing like irrational prejudice to lower the IQ a couple dozen points. :P
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"I'M GONNA CUT OFF YOUR SPERM AND DISAPPEAR DOWN A HOLE!" will be my catchphrase should I ever become a superhero. Don't worry: I'll credit you.hơn một năm qua
Jesus AKS HIS POSTOLS THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE CONTRY WHT DO THEY CALL HIM? AND HE ALSO ASK THEM THAT WHAT DO bạn CALL ME?. THE RESON WHY I POSTING THIS IS BVECOUSE I WANT US TO SEE THAT Jesus KNOWS THAT IT GONNA BE DEFFICULTY FOR PEOPLE TOO KNW HIM BECOUSE HE IS COVERD bởi WHT HIS MIRICLES AND IN ORDER FOR US TO KNOWS HIM WE NEED TO FIND HIS PRESENCES bởi HIS GRACE.
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Because this is a thảo luận spot... not a proselytising spot. Thank bạn for your thoughtful consideration, but we don't need our souls saved, thanks.hơn một năm qua
I HEARD DIFFERENT PEOPLE DEBATING WITH DIFFERENT ESSUES THAT REVOLVES AROUND US BUT WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRIES, INTERMS OF POLITICS ARE THE CURRENT LEARDS DONE ENOUGH TO PROTECT THE CITIZINS, FROM INNOCENT MLUNGISI @ SOUTH AFRICA
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All the "Global warming doesn't matter, because Jesus is going to come prancing in on his pure white ngựa con, ngựa, pony one ngày soon"is the most ridiculous argument I've ever heard... and that's saying something.
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If bởi ridiculous bạn mean RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME! Hahaha, seriously, that made me laugh. I remember a few years cách đây when the Rapture was supposed to happen. My Grandma and I were going to sit on the front lawn and watch our God-fearing neighbors zoom up to Heaven. Alas, we were denied that glorious sight.hơn một năm qua
:)) im sorry, that just reminded me of MLP a little bitXP maybe he is coming who knows but he isn't here so id say we deal with global warming :Phơn một năm qua
id say princess, that we don't bash cristians, as we ouselves don't want "our" religions/beliefs to be bashed, there are many christians that r for changing global warming and there are atheists that are against it simply because they just don't give a damn, yes there are christians using your "pure white ngựa con, ngựa, pony theory" but notenogh to bach the whole religion O.Ohơn một năm qua
That's a pretty hilarious idea... Christ coming along on a white pony...? Why does it have to be white? Lol. (Please say: I see what bạn did there. XD)hơn một năm qua
"Claiming that someone else's marriage is against your religion is like being angry at someone for eating a doughnut because you're on a diet."
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I can see Robert's point, but one's religion tends to be highly thêm essential in his hoặc her life than a diet hoặc being able to eat a doughnut. :/ Just saying...hơn một năm qua
^I think it's just pointing out how ridiculous it is to be against something that does not affect bạn in the slightest, but another would enjoy. It's not really trying to draw comparisons between diets and religion...hơn một năm qua
actually not really, a religion is a belief, just like some of us believe murder is wrong, now i know people, i know it's not that drastic, but for a christian who has believed this her/his whole life, it's like someone suddenly moving from extream cold to extream heat! it takes a while to get used to it:\hơn một năm qua
bạn know what I'll like to see someday? A overweight hoặc curvy miss.America. I'm tired of looking at stick insects all the time. Not that i have anything against skinny people, i'm about as stick insect as bạn get, it's just--- i dunno, it seems like all the girls on there are one size. I'll like a little diversity.
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It bugs me tremendously when people refuse to believe facts simply because they find it to be implausible. Facts don't change just because bạn choose not to believe in them. A mountain will always be a mountain, no matter how much bạn try and tell yourself it's a molehill.
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LOL – Liên minh huyền thoại taigih, Cinders, no one can say that a woman "will" become a certain way, they can only make accurate "assumptions but no one is a phsycic, just like a weather reporter can't give an "exact" diagnosis of weather, f some women choose to live a healthy lifestile? and are free from stress and frustration, obviously there cances will lowere, Cinders it is my personal belief that "fact" is very small and is greatly outnumbered bởi various opinions, after all what is fact? certainly there are not many ^ ^hơn một năm qua
Warren Buffett: ''The rich are always going to say that, bạn know, just give us thêm money and we'll go out and spend thêm and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on.''
They probably just do that because they can keep him indefinitely in psychiatirc care, while life-long sentences are rarely life-long in Norway.hơn một năm qua