Thanks. And you're not too late - I'm still kind of basking in the glow :D
My god. Your ideas and mine on this topic are... exactly the frikking same! Pretty much down to the letter. I, personally, don't trust any politician at all. They all got into their positions because they're rich and because they want and enjoy power. Are those the right types to entrust our rights to? I realize it's kind of a necessity and a given that the only people ever elected are the ones who step up, but ideally, in a smaller society, we should be going off who is actually qualified, out of the entire population, not just those who have the money to get TV time.
http://www.historians.org/pubs/Free/careers/index.htm Although, I may be biased, since I'm going for an Archaeology degree, which is closely linked to history...
I live in middle-class suburbia. The most we've ever had to worry about is little kids coming into our backyard and going through our shed. Although, several years ago (over a decade, I think), when we were living in Illinois, some guy smashed our kitchen window and snatched my mom's purse while we were sleeping. Apparently, my mom slept with a very large knife near her bed for years afterward. But yea, that's the worst that's ever happened to us.
The two people having sex isn't probably meant to be two literal people. They're supposed to represent "Generic Woman #3" and AIDS. Therefore, it's like two ideas having sex, rather than two people.
My dad does something similar, though he does more the teaching side. He teaches music theory, and the "theory" he teaches mostly involves weird, synthesized, modulated, crazy sounds.
No birth control method in history has ever completely guaranteed protection from any STD. The only way to ensure that you'll never get AIDS is to not have sex. That said, they do lower the risk. It's still there, though. And since they're both mass murderers (AIDS and Hitler, that is), they can indeed be compared. One will kill you just as dead as the other.
Definitely. You can't walk down any street in America without seeing at least 100 cigarette butts. Frankly, it's disgusting. Technically, it's still littering, and you can get fined I think up to $500+ (where I live, anyways), but when even the cops do it, you know it's getting out of hand. I mean, my god, that's what they invented trash cans and ashtrays for, people! /rant
Not bad, not bad. Working hard at college, trying to get my next video out, etc etc.
Yup, after not even a year. :D So how have you been?
Pansy. lazy person :D I would be on the front lines (for the North, of course).
Go for CoM sprites for Part 3, then get 3d ones. That's my opinion.
Well, the basic reasons the North won haven't changed all that much in the intervening years. The North would still control the original capitol (huge morale boost), the North would still have the major factories (I think) (like Detroit, etc) (what factories remain in the US, that is... :yelling:)... I guess the deciding factor might be which way the Western states swing. Remember, they didn't even exist for the most part in the original Civil War. Also, who would the international community side with? That would indeed depend on the issues being fought over. Me being something of a biased observer, I would say the North would win again, but that's only because I was born in Wisconsin...
Personally, I wish they were enforced where I live. I mean, we're not supposed to smoke within like 50 feet of college building entrances, yet I see it all the time, even with cops right next to them. I don't feel like getting lung cancer because someone else is getting away with breaking the law. Now if I had my way, no one would be smoking anyway, but that's just me. I mean, it has no long-term benefit whatsoever, is incredibly expensive after a few years, and causes addiction and death. How is it good?
It's a start... a small one.
^Truth. I guess this is one way Hitler can atone for his crimes... :D
Wii Fit is an abomination unto nature. Gaming and good health go together like fast food burgers and health go together. It's getting away from games that keeps you healthy.
I don't feel like trying to jump into a debate 3 pages long already, so I'll just give my opinion and be gone (and hope it wasn't already stated). I feel that, under certain circumstances, abortion is perfectly fine and is, in fact, almost necessary. For instance, if the woman's body just can't physically handle the stress of pregnancy (like that 9-year-old who got pregnant through rape, and the Catholics disowned her), or if the fetus wouldn't be able to survive the birth, through defects or whatever, or in limited cases, rape babies (if the mother is going through mental trauma because of the rape, and the baby is making it worse). All those, in my mind, are perfectly reasonable reasons for abortion. Other than that, think about it - every child you abort could turn out to be another Einstein, or Beethoven, or something similar. The baby you abort could have cured cancer, or discovered a new energy source, or something similar. It's too much of a risk, in my mind, of losing a potential genius (or even a useful member of society, which seem to be in short supply anyways) through abortion. Also, 1000 posts.
We used to hire one once a year to basically do a deep-cleaning of the house, since us kids are bad at it, but that was before my mom had 2 kids to put through college at the same time. I would personally love to hire a full-time maid for the house, since it would free up so much time for the rest of us, but it's just too darn expensive.
In general, the larger a population gets, the more violent and crime-filled it seems, simply because it's harder to control. I mean, when everyone knows everyone else, and any offender would be publicly ostracized, who would want to commit a crime? Especially against their friends. However, if you don't personally know your victim, it's much easier to objectivise him and shut his feelings out of your mind. Also, with a larger pool of potential suspects, victims, motives, and interactions, it's a lot harder to find criminals. Also, with more advanced technology comes more opportunities for violence. For instance, if you told a Roman-era soldier that one day, we would be able to destroy a city of several million people in an instant, he would have laughed in your face (and then probably impaled you for lying). And if that same soldier had told a neolithic (new stone age) hunter that one day, people could fling giant boulders through the air on tree branches, he would, again, laugh in the Roman's face.
