Longhorn7 said;

"...why should a character smoking a cigarette be more harmful to a teenager than showing a person ending another person's life? the balance is thrown off here and it is disgusting to me. smokers are becoming the new scapegoats for everything in america the "land of the free". all they are to people is a new group to hate that cannot fight back like minorities can..."

This is truth. You don't generally hear smokers standing up for their personal choice against this stuff, because smokers are the new witch hunt victims. To announce publically that you smoke is not like annoucing your political affiliation, religion or sexual preference- people with their assinine "political correctness religion" will actively throw stones at you, deny you access somewhere and deny you a job. Nope-NEVER let anyone know you smoke! Funny thing is, this is exactly how Jewish neighbors got turned in to the gestapo 70 years ago-not by laws (at first) but by what was accepted for political correctness.

the arguement FOR smokers (who dare not announce themselves) IT AIN'T ILLEGAL-yet, so don't go vigilante-mob-mentality against any you see/hear/smell doing the smoking. Then YOU are the actual criminal.

Um. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?

Also- America isn't a collective group defined only by language. We are very diversified. Think about the language in Rap, and our use of computer chat-lingo WTF, meh, LOL etc. We aren't confined by a language, and enjoy exposure to new ways of saying old stuff.

Maybe certain folks using 'foreign accents/lingo' are trying to be more friendly to natives of them? If it bugs 'youns' or yall, then say "please stop that".

HA! What a crock! GTA also made all players car thieves, Dungeons and Dragons made it's players satanic, Rock&Roll turns us all into idiots, TV caused brain damage, Porn mags make us all sexual deviates, and of course, ANY video game player is out of touch with reality in general. etc etc ad nauseatum.

Just another political faction trying to force it's dogma upon everybody stupid enough to buy into it. (Anti-Smokers, in this case). They bribed enough folks to get their viewpoint aired, but folks on the other side didn't bother to do the same. Therefore; since ONLY this report is being aired, the presenters believe the rest of us are stupid enough to accept it as total DeFacto truth, and must, of course, follow through on it. Well at least you didn't make it THE LAW.

I say; Go suck an egg, and why dosen't this 'professional medical grouping' spend our tax money on curing Autism, AIDS, Swine Flu, or just cure the common cold? The report is not about the cure on smoker's cancer, BTW.Incidentally the single cause of every known cancer is NOT only smoking -it's just the most media ready one for trolls with an agenda to wave.

Until a cure comes,you serve no serious function to humanity with this latest politically-aimed nonsense! We already KNOW smoking is a naughty-for-your-body thing, quit wasting time and money on the causes, (you've been doing that for the last 30 years, I've noticed-still no cure for smokers cancer ) and address the destruction of the diesease itself.

How the hell not watching a smoker in a movie cures anything is beyond stupid video-gamer me.

We desire life as individuals. Not human herd animals -against human nature to be like every human else. The act of granting individualism is a way to lower stress in the herd. Individualism becomes the reward, while herd mentality is the status quo.

HOWEVER By desiring individualism, we become herd animals. We are also required with our sheer number on the earth to become social (herd animals). We talk and communicate better than real animals, so we are social. We think intelligently beyond animal instinct (hopefully)so we are also individual in this. If all humanity is required to think only as directed by herd mentality, then any new ideas for the herd have no success regardless if they will serve the herd better.

It is this duality of humans which makes us humans. We live on razor's edge between instinct as group, and choice as individual. Part of our evolution beyond whatever animal ancestor we came from.

Both individual and group are acceptable and necessary for the human species.

[QUOTE="matenmoe"]

OT needs an enema? For 5k posters, you got to figure, they have been here since dinosaurs walked. Kudos to youns! By the time the thousand yard stare sets in, you've already been there, done that (probably 4 times each). Of course it's old to you!

blackngold29

Well,, even 2K posters then. (Took me 4 years to get measly 1K). Point is- those long-posting prolly remember some time that had more fun in it, and they'd be who could show rest of us. "teach us your wisdom master yoda"

[QUOTE="matenmoe"]

I have a wife. When I have any complaints about her- I'll tell her. I accept AND expect the same from her where I'm concerned.

Part of a decent relationship is having enough courage to confront your mate when problems come, instead of being scared it will ruin the relationship to do so. Unresolved conflict is always amarriage assasinator, just like poor communication and dominant bullshyte.

She and I have only been together for 24 years while doing this. Perhaps we're wrong then?

BTW-last sentence was actually sarcasm, okay?

tepni

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

Clubbing:

Raving:

It's a pretty subtle difference.

DJ-Lafleur

I know, I thought everyone already knew this. :|

Darn. You 'Beat' me to 'Rave'ing about the topic....

[QUOTE="elblanquito_81"]

About that bit of "discovering their entry points"....what exactly do they mean? 'Cuz that sounds a bit naughty.

Way to switch the topic. lol

Starring Leonardo DiCapro would add an interesting plot line....

Maybe he'll get anti-discrimination legislation for his types now. (Chester the Molester isn't funny for parents).

Kind of sadly pathetic with all the real photographic stuff available- also a sad thing itself- when you could just pay some 'pro' for the real thing.

Sure, he can look at all the animae kiddie porn he wants. Really. Excuse me if I castrate him when he gets close to my children though.Really.