No that is the worst idea I've ever heard. It will just prevent kids from reading books that they might have otherwise picked up (as if we need less kids to read). Alternatively, the R rating of a book may encourage teens to read it :P. Anyway people will just abuse the system to put a restrictive ratings on books that they think are offensive and aren't (Catcher in the Rye) or that contradict the their personal beliefs (His Dark Materials).

Paperback. I don't see the point of a hardcover honestly- it doubles the price and it is much less durable, you always have to worry about keeping it in good condition which is pretty hard for me since I rarely read at home.

As long as the Republican canidate isn't Sarah Palin or Michele Bachmann (much more likely and almost as bad) I'm happy. Will still probably go for Obama, though.

When USA lost to Japan in the soccer cup a bunch of people said i wish they got hit by another tsunami which i preceded to sign in and give them a thumbs upbluetadomonk

Should have replied, "hope you get hit by another Pearl harbor" yeah, two can play at this game :P

http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6584566/the-worst-people-on-facebook-and-possibly-the-planet

Just read this. I have never seen this much stupidity and ignorance in my life.

Gibsonsg527

And this is why we need to invest more in public schools... :P

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[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"] No. That would be his reason for why people are negating the US involvement...not necessarily his reasoning for feeling the US was important.LJS9502_basic

Yeah part of supporting your viewpoint is refuting that of the other side. notice how he didn't actually put any info down that directly supported his opinion- he just tried to discredit the other side with acusations of bias. I then pointed out that I dislike this method of debating.

EDIT: damn I hate it when the spaces between words are taken out and you have to go back and edit it...

Ican understand that. I'm still kinda an OT noob I guess:P. But I've also seen a fair amount of American "patriots" who stand up for the US.

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[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]Dude it's on the same page....[QUOTE="Tokugawa77"]

No. I use counter-arguements based on the facts as I know them, not pulling the "you are biased against/towards *insert country*"LJS9502_basic

You're going to have to explian your point... If you mean that I was assuming the reasoning of teh guy whose post I responded to here, I am not assuming- he said "The US didn't win WW2 on their own, but denying that they had a huge role is just anti-American bias." Seems pretty blatant what his reasoning was.

Yeah part of supporting your viewpoint is refuting that of the other side. notice how he didn't actually put any info down that directly supported his opinion- he just tried to discredit the other side with acusations of bias. I then pointed out that I dislike this method of debating.

EDIT: damn I hate it when the spaces between words are taken out and you have to go back and edit it...

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[QUOTE="DroidPhysX"] Religion is too vague to set up a moral code. Which morals are correct? Which ones are wrong?DroidPhysX

Morality is not a result of religion- it is a result of social norms. As an atheist who has never been raised with religion, I would say that I am a pretty moral person, more so than some of my christian friends who kill animals for no reason and have shop lifted.

Yeah I know I was adding on

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I never said that anyone's answers were based upon bias.I don't really understand what you mean when you say that I was assuming the reasoning... If you wanted to end the debate to disprove the facts that I was stating, you could have. Instead, I had to find actual data before which we had wasted like half an hour debating what could have easily been proven or disproven.

LJS9502_basic

No. I use counter-arguements based on the facts as I know them, not pulling the "you are biased against/towards *insert country*"Tokugawa77

You're going to have to explian your point... If you mean that I was assuming the reasoning of teh guy whose post I responded to here, I am not assuming- he said "The US didn't win WW2 on their own, but denying that they had a huge role is just anti-American bias." Seems pretty blatant what his reasoning was.

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Religion is needed in politics.

DroidPhysX

You need some sort of moral code.

On topic, there are so many geographical screw-ups I've heard people say. One of my friends thought Anchorage was in Chicago. I also thought that person on this thread that said "I love you" was something stupid is pretty dumb themselves.

Also, morality is not a result of religion- it is a result of social norms. As an atheist who has never been raised with religion, I would say that I am a pretty moral person, more so than some of my christian friends who kill animals for no reason and have shop lifted.