lol Kewl. BTW, have you seen the anime, Clannad? It's friggin' hilarious.
'Sup, Cin? How's the Japanese going? De, Omae-wa nihon-go-ga dou-dai? Ore? Ore-wa ii-no-sa!
Temee-re, zen'in nuubu-da-ze!!! Yeah, even I can't thinnk of anothing other than "otaku" or "nuubu." But, then again, I don't frequent any Japanese forums (I know I should, but I don't know any good ones.).
... Um... Periods and commas are our friends... Translation: That sentence is very hard to comprehend, as the grammar is so messed up. Wait, do you really think it's okay to have slaves because it says you can in the Bible? And by making slavery illegal, it's breaking the rules of the Bible? The Bible is not the moral guideline for everyone. We do not follow everything in the Bible mostly because we realize that some things condoned in the Bible are morally wrong. Such as slavery. Also, not everyone's Christian, so... yeah.
One more thing: Using the same logic, anyone under 16 (in America) shouldn't worry about school because they can't get a job anyways. Those that are under 18 will one day become 18. It's a good idea to get a taste of politics to know what it's like.
1) Many of us are intellectuals and enjoy brain stimulating topics such as politics. We can discuss whatever the heck we want. 2) We, being mere fans, have no say in whether KH:BBS being canceled or whatever (just an example, don't worry). By your *ahem* logic, we should not discuss Kingdom Hearts, as we can't do anything to change their decisions. Or basically, ANYTHING to do with companies that we are not a part of.
Heck yeah we should! We're citizens of the US (England, Ireland, Canada, Spain, etc.) as well, so they DO affect us! Besides, many of us here ARE eligible to vote. I'll be 18 in September, so I have to know all this stuff if I want to make an informed decision. Your dad sounds real old-fashioned. We should not go into the world ignorant. EDIT: So, should we not discuss the decisions of Square Enix regarding Kingdom Hearts, since none of us, to my knowledge are staff there?
Do you REALLY want to use Leviticus? I'll quote some Bible verses as well. From the same book. Rules about women's *ahem* "time of the month." 15:19 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. 15:20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. 15:21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 15:22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 15:23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. 15:24 And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. Slavery? No problem! 25:44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Seafood patrons are going to Hell! 1:10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: 11:11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. 11:12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. Those that have blemishes and other stuff? Don't come to church! 21:17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. YouTube: The 2-verse Christian Test 21:18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, 21:19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, 21:20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; 21:21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. So, why do you pick the Bible verses to follow? You're cherry picking. Follow one law, you must follow them all. EDIT: Curses, LF beat me to it.
I'd like to know this: WHY? Why does your God think that it's not a good lifestyle? It harms no one, and if harms anyone, it's the people involved, not anyone else. Also, you're picking and choosing Bible verses. You have one from Leviticus. Do you even KNOW what's in Leviticus? If we took its laws as truth, we'd be stoning every person in Western society! Also, not giving in to feelings of love (consensually. I do not condone rape) is basically lying to oneself, which is never healthy. Yes, if someone born with a predisposition to be violent (is that even possible?) should not give in to their emotions. Why? Because it gives them more chance to harm others. That's the problem with that analogy. One is harmless to everyone uninvolved, while the other can be very dangerous to everyone.
I am currently translating the first Haruhi Suzumiya novel into English (I know, Baka-Tsuki already did it, but, no offense to them, I'm dissatisfied). I finished chapter 1 today. Let me tell ya', speaking Japanese>>>>>>>>>>>>>reading Japanese. It's good practice though. ^^ EDIT: Yes, I'm bored to death most of all the time.
Of course the rule shouldn't apply anymore. In fact, I don't think it should apply at ANY time! Slavery was still amoral in the 1850's. The majority does not have a say in what's right or wrong. Nor the minority. Not even a holy book. It is logic. If something goes altruism (before the group/someone else before yourself) it's most likely wrong. And MOST girls in our society wear pants. It doesn't matter if they're Christian or not. In our society, girls with pants is perfectly fine. Skirts aren't especially for Christians, especially if they're nice and short.
Yes, because only gay men can have AIDS and they don't do AIDS screening in the army. *facepalm* I can tell you straight, you are probably breaking at least two laws in the Bible without even realizing it. The Bible is full of laws that we would now consider hateful, racist, religiously intolerant and sexist. But, of course, that's mostly in the Old Testament (except sexism. I think Paul was very sexist. Or was it John?). Also, the Bible=a book of good and horrible myths, and good and horrible morals, to me. And to many others. Taking the Bible literally is never good. However, one cannot figure out which laws to accept and which to throw away as old fashioned.
In Suzumiya Haruhi-no Yuuutsu, there is a particular order for the three supernatural beings (Nagato Yuki, Asahin Mikuru and Koizumi Itsuki) to do something. Here's the order: alien-time traveler-esper Order of Haruhi's intro: aliens, time travelers, sliders (never seen... yet), and espers Order of character intros: Nagato Yuki (alien), Asahina Mikuru (time traveler)*, Koizumi Itsuki (esper)* Order of revealing identities: Nagato Yuki (alien), Asahina Mikuru (time traveler), Koizumi Itsuki (esper) Order of proving identities: Nagato Yuki (alien), Asahina Mikuru (time traveler), Koizumi Itsuki (esper) *In the novel, Nagato reveals her true identity after Koizumi comes in. In the anime, she does it before. Coincidence?
Hmmm... Socrates? No, wait... a dude named "Antisthenes?" According to Wikipedia, anyways. And, oh snap! I figured out why Kyon is named Kyon (in the Haruhi series)! Kyon comes from the Greek word "kyon" where we get the word "cynic" from! That makes some scary sense!
Thankies. ^^ Not really professional, as my vocabulary is lacking, but any questions in grammar are welcome. Well, the meaning of the entire sentence (yes, it is a sentence, not one word) is a little different. I'll break it down: sugoi-desu. "Sugoi" literally means "amazing; cool; etc." The "-desu" has no literal meaning in English, but it is closest to the verb "to be." The sentence can mean "I am cool," or "It is cool" for example, as the Japanese don't use their pronouns when it is obvious who/what you're talking about through context.
Yeah, agreed. If you have a grasp of good logic, it shouldn't be that hard. (lol Firefox doesn't recognize contractions) Though, I do admit, speaking in different situations would be rather difficult, as the language changes as formality increase or decreases. Also, Japanese contains concepts that can only be revealed by context in English, and vice-versa. For example, the phrase "I will go to school" can be said in a number of ways, depending on context, gender, age and formality. I'll break it down: I will go to school. ore-wa gakkou-ni iku. (spoken by a male, very informal, can be considered rude) boku-wa gakkou-ni iki-masu. (spoken by a male, polite) watashi-wa gakkou-ni iku-wa. (spoken by a girl, casual, the "-wa" at the end gives more emphasis) ore-ga gakkou-ni iku-n-da. (same as first, but the "-n-da" implies that the last sentence spoken indirectly asks what is he doing/why is he packed/etc.. For example, this sentence would appropriate if someone said "Looks like you're all packed up for something") There are a LOT more though. ^^
... There are no intonations in Japanese. Well, there are different ways to put accent on the syllables to distinguish a few words, but it's not difficult at all, and not even necessary.
*bows* Hello, LA (?) I'm Yoshua, formally known as Mirai. Feel free to PM me if you wish to discuss the following: Philosophy Japanese (I shpeaks it goodily. I can teach or give help and stuffs) Languages in general HARUHI!!! Anything else. I'm free, pretty much.
Amen to that! I feel the hardest language is either Vietnamese or Chinese. Why? The tones... OH GOD THE TONES!! KEEP THEM AWAY!!! *ahem* Sorry about that. But, I can't stand the pronunciation! They don't even have akana system like Japanese, so it's hard to read. I gave up on both. Simple grammar. Japanese? Hard? *snicker* Hajimattara, muzui-kamoshire-n-ga, ore-ni-totte, muzui kotoba-dewa-nai. Demo, 3-nen-mae-kara naratte-iru-kara yasashiku-natta-kamoshire-nai. Oh, and English is not the hardest. The grammar is horrifically simple, there are no genders for common nouns, only three articles (the, a, an), and a wholte lot of other stuff. Oh, and by the way, English is not the only language without genders (pokes the Asian languages).
Oh snap! I can speak a bit of Korean as well. It's a lot like Japanese, so it's easy.
