adrian_indy Member

Yeah, but those were the bad atheists.

Foret ear gauges. As soon as some one figures out how to take those african neck thing that stretches them out and designs it for my peter, I'm on board.

Most people who were outrage over the song cop killer never listened to the song (it was sort of catchy). It is apparent in the beginning of the song that he is talking about corrupt police officers or "pigs", and was written in a time when the Rodney King just got the tar beat out of him by the LAPD and cop on black…

I understand both points of view in this debate. No one here seems to be advocating discrimination in any form, and I myself would love to see a world that does not judge a book by it's cover....but we are not there. As far as job opportunities go, I could care less what some one looks or dresses like....but what is often…

I don't think I would ever be one to argue that christian extremism is not a threat, but the two at this stage are completly different as far as violence. Modern christian extremism lends itself to the political process, often lobbying on their own behalf and against those they disagree with (the gay community for…

Well, the comparison can be made, but it can't really be tested because there are so many x-factors and unknowables it is impossible. I'll be the first to acknowledge judeo-christian crimes of the past in a historical debate, but for whatever reasons you don't see the same level of extremism and violence that you see in…

lots of good stuff in that post, but I will contine later. I got another one of my wicked headaches. Later.

No, I understood what you were saying and knew about where you came into the conversation, I wasn't equating what you said with what Chris said. I agree with much of what you said, but I still don't think that calling soldiers heroes blanketly, whether you agree with it or not, would some how legitimize unjust wars. Maybe…

Here's something else I wanted to add to this. We got side tracked on what heroic deeeds are and aren't, who is and isn't. We could debate the merits of each individual soldier for the next 100 years, and honestly, you wouldn't see me defending too many paper pushers in the military as "heroes" either. But that isn't my…

I don't know, South Park, The Daily Show, and Family Guy have all had death threats for insulting Islam, haven't they. It call comes freedom of religion. Most muslims don't have it. They live in a world where the extremisits have the power and everyone else is under threat of death. I think Islam needs america. Give it a…

I guess we have come to an impasse. In the end, hero is just word. Who is a hero is an opinion. But as it has been said ealier, while i feel that the discussion here has been level headed. For this dope to drop this on a day where people are weeping over their loved ones who died in service to their country.....my first…

Maybe we need to come up with a hero rating system. 1-10. Jump on a greande = 10. Shot twice pulling friend to safety =8. Taking fire and not ****ting your pants. 4. Dying in an accident trying to resupply the front, 6. Enlisting 2. Stay at home mom. 1. Wacking off to intenet porn, 1/2.

Islam is a religion. I've heard this nonsense before that it isn't and it's just pure bias. Not that I am openly endorsing Islam. I'm an atheist, screw Islam. But I say that about all religions. Difference is when I tell a modern christian to screw off, I don't get death threats. With Islam you do. Islam and freedom are…

I don't see how my reasoning on the draft is flawed. We were supposed to be a constitutional republic, but ignore those documents and pretend to be a mob ruled democracy most of the time. So if citizens want to continue and unconstitutionally send our young men and women to fight, let them share the burden. Sounds fair to…

Yup. I know several Psychologists who quit because the work load is impossible.

No worries, I know you are not calling soliders jack *kitten*, that is not what I took away from this. I guess the difference to me is that I think that service members are to a degree heroes unless they dishonor themselves with negative actions. You think that soliders are not heroes unless they do something "heroic" like…

That is because we horrible miscalculated the injured and the disabled from these wars.....and then cut 30% from their budget. I go to what is considered one of the best here in Indy and it is sliding fast. Disablitity claims are backed up at least 2 years. In some parts of the nation, mental health appointments are on an…

No, I'm in favor of a draft not to force the horrors of war on everyone to make myself feel better, but in order to prevent wars from happening. At one point, 70% of the american public thought Saddam was directly linked to 9/11. The media, both liberal and conservative did little to dissuade this. I think that the common…

And here lies the problem of our own individual bias. If I were to tell a liberal that I hate public schools and do not consider the teachers to be in it for the right reasons because some of them sleep with their students, are lazy, and have too many perks, a liberal would go ape-crazy because of me lumping degenerate…

McDonald's Cheeseburger is 99 cents. Grilled Chicken Sandwich is 4.00 Dollars. Wheat noodles age sort of expensive...Ramen noodles, 5 dollars of a million of them. I think generic liters of pop is about the same as distilled water.

There is no point being twisted. But saying that calling the troops heroic is some how approval of the wars is moronic at best. And yes, it is a lack of respect for the troops to be spouting this off at.....Memorial Day. Maybe he should just show up directly at their funerals. And no, the liberals did not rally around an…

Ok, I'm here. What did I win?

Did Chris think that military deaths were heroic in 2001? 2002? 2003? 2011? When did these deaths stop being heroic for him? Bottom line is, these men and women answer the call of their nation to go to war for whatever reasons. It is complete and utter bull**** simply because now that we can look back with our 20/20…

Saying that calling soliders heroes is endorsing war is sort of like saying that calling a cop a hero endoreses crime, or that calling fire fighters heroes endorses fire or arson. It's stupid. Soldiers solider. If anyone here is trying to convince me that these wars are bull crap....save your breath. I'm right there with…

Most soldiers would never refer to themselves as a hero. But since I am a vet i guess I'll defend the hero status of my friends. Pointing this out on Memorial day is a bone headed move since it is supposed to be a day in rememberence of the fallen, but hey, whatever. First....no soldier is responsible for the war he is in.…

I think I understand what you are saying, and I think that is what I was getting at with the whole hardware vs. software argument. But just in case I am getting wrong, what would you say the difference between sexuality and orientation?

Yeah, I agree with the bisexual aspect of it. What I meant by the trauma part is that what is that people, especially young people such as adolescence, can be influenced by molestation and rape. Even though a 12 year old is hardwired to be hetero, sometimes when he or she is the victim of pedophilia, I think their software…

All good points. I have so many "disorders" they are beginnning to cancel each other out.

I agree with the "not normal" part because I know you are not meaning it as derogatory, just statistically speaking. Homosexuals are a small percentage of humans, transgendered is even smaller. So I think "not normal" is perfectly acceptable as long as it's not being used just to hurt a person. But when we speak of…

Two possible reasons. First, I think everyone hear is using a reasonable usage of the phrase "mental disorders" and do not see it as a derogatory thing. But in truth, there is still as large stimga about mental disorders, even depression. So when maybe a homosexual would feel offended when their sexual preference or urges…