What is this slander? Americans have never interfered in any elections 또는 funded any coups. On a completely unrelated note, do 당신 know why we call them 바나나 republics? Because I don't...over a year ago
예수님 Christ, this country is fucked. Apparently someone died, got shot in the neck, during this protest. And after GOP and Trump supporters declared that, "at least if Trump loses, we won't riot like the libtards." It's just chilling seeing this on the news.
게시됨 over a year ago
Wonder if the people that just "vandalised 또는 damaged Federal property" will be prosecuted under the legislation that Trump recently threatened BLM protesters with? linkover a year ago
WHY. Is there no Crazy Ex-Girlfriend club/spot? WHAT have 당신 guys been doing with your lives? (And if there is one, someone link me please. I'll take a Rachel Bloom club, too, thaaaaaaanks).
게시됨 over a year ago
New Zealand hasn't had any in the last week except for Kiwi's returning 집 and they go straight from the plane to supervised isolation. They have no community spread at the moment.over a year ago
This post is going to age poorly when I change my 아이콘 but like; I 사랑 using this 아이콘 on this club because it looks like Azula is furiously screaming all of my shit takes.
게시됨 over a year ago
The people who say that they will vote for Trump are the same people who believe in bullshit conspiracies like Pizzagate and QAnon so 당신 can't expect much from them LOLover a year ago
In fact, many of the known philosophers had other areas of expertise that weren't necessarily highlighted. I have already pointed out one of the known attributes of Aristotle.
Did 당신 know that Plato was also regarded highly as a skilled mathematician? His fascination with geometry led to his understanding and worship of Pythagoras, who created the Theorem - triangles and their angles.
게시됨 over a year ago
Did 당신 know that Aristotle was the first known naturalist, who also created the first rudimentary example of a classification system, where he was actively describing and classifying species.
게시됨 over a year ago
Did 당신 know in North Korea police execute unarmed people in the 거리 and although there are countless examples of it on video, the population is mostly complicit with this because they are brainwas- oh wait never mind that's a different country
게시됨 over a year ago
I will not wear a mask. I will not live in fear. The Bill Gates Fauci deep state is trying to put a chipped vaccine in 당신 while also aersolising the air with chemtrails and 5G radiation bombs. But I will not live in fear.
게시됨 over a year ago
Lol, conspiracy theorists are actually kind of interesting in an amusing, yet curious manner. It always makes me wonder why they started believing whatever they believe and what made them start believing it. I guess a lot of the time people get brainwashed 의해 유튜브 videos, 또는 fake articles, about stuff and they just get hooked into it. XDover a year ago
Among the confirmed speakers at the Republican National Convention 다음 week: the MAGA hat-wearing teenager who smirked in the face of a Native American elder and the St Louis couple who pointed 총 at demonstrators as they walked past their house. Wowee.
게시됨 over a year ago
Can almost guarantee that Donald Trump Jr has never met a member of the "radical Left" in his life. FYI these are anarchists and revolutionary socialists and they have a negligible presence in the US.over a year ago
Yesterday Trump said Biden would bring "socialism" to America looooool it's just become a comedy skit at this point. Biden is centre-right 의해 the standards of other any western country.over a year ago
Australian federal election is tomorrow my dudes - am so hyped for what might finally be an end to six years of rubbish governance, climate inaction and the stripping of public services. Might even get modern Internet speeds if Labor wins, isn't that the dream?
게시됨 over a year ago
I'm so proud that the "millenials can't afford a house because avocado toast" meme has gone global. Australia's finest contribution to the world :')
게시됨 over a year ago
Overheard on the bus: [talking about American acquaintance] "I think she's actually stolen my dream but that's okay she can have it, she has Trump now" LOL
게시됨 over a year ago
Think of the shitstorm that is the Trump administration atm. Then remember we're only 2/3 of a 년 (out of 4 years) of the way through this bullshit.
게시됨 over a year ago
*secretly thinks while studying corps law how great it would be to crush all corporations under the might of one glorious central government*over a year ago
I surprised myself 의해 actually liking it. But I worry that's because it provided some great confirmation bias for "some corporations really are bastards, aren't they?"over a year ago
I have never felt 더 많이 disrespected as a career educator who works directly with refugee and immigrant families on the daily than I have in the past two weeks.
게시됨 over a year ago
“Trump is a man who has shown himself unfit, not just for high office, but for any office; not just in his abilities as a leader, but in his qualities as a man; not just occasionally, but on every 일 of the campaign. He is not just deficient in knowledge, experience, judgment, tact, decency, integrity, leadership, policy— but utterly lacking in all. He is not just the worst candidate for president ever nominated 의해 a major party, he is very nearly the worst candidate possible”
게시됨 over a year ago
사랑 that Trump can say the most outrageous, offensive things about people but the moment Hillary says something mildly un-PC, like that there's a portion of Trump backers who are "xenophobic, racist 또는 Islamophobic", she gets absolutely crucified. Gotta 사랑 those double standards.
게시됨 over a year ago
"If she [Hillary Clinton] gets to pick her judges, nothing 당신 can do, folks..... Although the 초 amendment people – maybe there is, I don’t know".
Wow. Really. Yet another clumsy and damaging remark 의해 Trump. Inciting/suggesting/condoning violence against a political opponent.. literally a violation of the most basic rule of democratic civilisation. When will people realise his complete unsuitability to be president of the US? I sure hope it's before November.
게시됨 over a year ago
I'd rather have a President who says damaging things get taken the wrong way than actually does damaging things, like violate the basic rule of democracy though voter fraud, registration fraud and voter machine hacking to choose the candidate that the people did not want. She is the only presidential candidate ever to be under an FBI investigation while running yet somehow she was still able to run? Other people were fired for doing less than her as Secretary of State, which she failed when she couldn't even figure out to keep her 이메일 secure. I sure hope in November we don't elect a criminal in Hillary for the first time as our President. She'll be even worse than 부시, 부시 대통령은 Jr was!over a year ago
When has Clinton engaged in voter fraud? I googled “Clinton voter fraud” and it came up with a few dodgy-looking blogs and no media reports. If we want to talk 더 많이 about violating democracy though, can we just mention Trump’s attack on that judge, who apparently was incapable of being impartial in the Trump 대학 case because of his Mexican background (he was born in Indiana lol). So insulting when 당신 consider that impartiality is the very cornerstone of a judge’s role, and that this man was somehow unable, according to Trump, to separate his personal heritage from his court rulings. Absolutely no respect for the rule of law and the nature of the judiciary. As a law student it had me convulsing.over a year ago
Anyway, do 당신 think that ill-thought-out words will not translate to ill-thought-out actions in office? Will there be a magic moment when there’s a fundamental change in character and Trump suddenly has calm, considered, and reasoned responses? Trump hasn’t done “damaging things” yet (putting aside stoking anti-minority sentiment with his rhetoric) because he has zero political experience and has had no opportunity to do so. Given office, I’m sure his impulsiveness/lack of intelligence/absolute lack of diplomacy wouldn’t be a good combination in terms of law-making and foreign relations.over a year ago
The whole “criminal Hillary” thing just points out a massive flaw in the presidential system. It’s a "popularity contest” instead of the contest of party policy it should be. I most often encounter people attacking her personal record rather than her actual political stances, which are quite centrist (on the American spectrum). Meanwhile many of Trump’s stances are abhorrent in terms of environmental protection (abolishing the EPA and aggressively using coal, fracking and oil), climate change (he denies its existence), social security (privatising welfare will never, ever work), the economy (dismantling the legislation preventing another GFC because poor 벽 거리 bankers), science and health (he is an anti-vaxxer, which shows just how much regard he has for science. Honestly I think this ALONE is sufficient to demonstrate a candidate is unfit for presidency), etc etc. The list could go on.over a year ago
"The whole “criminal Hillary” thing just points out a massive flaw in the presidential system. It’s a "popularity contest” instead of the contest of party policy it should be." &^%$ YESS!!! YES! THANK YOU!over a year ago
My 심장 is breaking for communities once again shattered 의해 the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. And the broken pieces continue to ache when I realize that this is going to keep happening. 다음 month, 다음 year. A White man is convicted of rape, and they 게시하기 his swim times. A Black man is murdered and they 게시하기 his mug shot. #BlackLivesMatterForGodsSake
게시됨 over a year ago
I've lectured a lot about history lately. I guess the old adage is true. "Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Because we seem to be repeating it all over the damn place.
게시됨 over a year ago
My only hope about the results of the Brexit vote is that America takes a long hard look at this fallout shitstorm and learns a lesson from it.
Who am I kidding, when the hell did we A) Pay attention to anywhere outside of US B) Pay attention to history 또는 C) Learn from anything?
게시됨 over a year ago
I'm not worried about Brexit, when has a combination of nationalism and economic depression ever turned out badly in Europe? Britain has yielded to petty xenophobes wanting to reclaim an imaginary past, who will take no responsibility for the ensuring economic havoc but instead blame immigrants. 당신 won't get trade deals: you're not an empire anymore. Currency and shares are in free fall. The science funding, roads, freedom of movement that the EU provided will go. Dark times ahead.
게시됨 over a year ago
Basically- against the 조언 of economists, foreign affairs experts, the Bank of England, IMF, OECD, UK Treasury, every world leader with the exception of Trump- they’ve condemned themselves to becoming an insignificant little island off the coast of Europe, with a lower standard of living for future generations and far less important role in the world. Another lurch to the populist right and another victim of unthinking nationalism over logic and sound policy.over a year ago
Today I cast my vote in the Connecticut Republican primary (by absentee ballot) for Ted Cruz, Texas U.S. senator, consistent conservative, and friend of the Constitution, whom I have liked for years. In the 2016 cycle, Cruz was and is the only choice for serious, authentic, movement conservatives. I am not the first to say he is the Reagan of our time, and I won't be the last.
게시됨 over a year ago
Of the two other remaining Republican candidates, John Kasich was always a non-starter for me because of his support for amnesty, his expansion of Medicaid, and his get-along moderate attitude, which values the idea of bipartisanship 더 많이 than fighting for conservative goals. Donald Trump was fine as an entertainer—I watched early seasons of "The Apprentice" myself—but, among many other things, he lacks an ideological core (conservative 또는 liberal), and is confused 또는 unknowledgeable about many issues of the day. It is my hope that Cruz will win the Republican nomination (at this point, most likely at a contested national convention); if he fails to do so, I will most likely support whoever does get the Republican nomination, though I would consider defecting to a third-party candidate if he 또는 she were viable and 더 많이 conservative than nominee Trump.over a year ago
I will never, ever vote for a Democrat for any office (not even dog catcher if we elected them); I would rather eat a penguin. The idea of a President Hillary Clinton (or a President Comrade Bernie Sanders, the candidate of whiny Millennials and leftist socialists) scares me to death, and should scare to death any rational, moral person. Someday America will elect its first female president, but voting for a woman just because she's a woman is ridiculous. And sexist. I hope instead that America's first female president will be a conservative, elected for her values and her vision, not her sex.over a year ago
Yay, I like things too! But I also don't hate stuff so hard. And I like bipartisanship, and getting along with people, and getting shit done. So I might consider voting for a republican, and I have lauded and supported many in the past. I wouldn't be so hardline. Have convictions, of course, but be open to new ideas and opinions 당신 may not have considered. Otherwise, how will 당신 work with anyone who's different from you? Just my two cents. (Also, I'm super bummed Cruz 로스트 to Trump. That nomination was stolen. Have a nice day!)over a year ago
@Cinders: Politics and religion are not completely the same, but should a devout Christian consider becoming a Muslim to open himself up to new ideas? Should a devout Muslim consider becoming a Jew to open herself up to new opinions? There's a difference between trying a new 음식 for the first time 또는 going 스키 타기, 스키 for the first time and doing things that would completely change someone's core. I'll admit that my frustration with the direction the world is going has made me passionate about the need to change course and that I'm 더 많이 rigid than most, but the trouble with those who are too open-minded is that they risk their brain falling out. What good is "getting shit done" if the shit getting done is terrible?over a year ago
당신 can hold fast to your convictions while still seeking to understand other's. For example, the Muslims community where I worked (to go with your example) hosted an interfaith night. They did it to teach the community what they believed and to show them that Muslims are normal people. But they also did it to start a dialogue, to share cultures, and religions. They learned about others and built respect. 당신 don't have to change your convictions to listen to others. 당신 don't have to change parties to vote outside of it. Partisanship is dividing our country right now, and the democrats are equally as guilty as republicans. That's because no one will listen to each other anymore 또는 work together. 당신 wanna know what terrible shit is? Destroying our country out of "party loyalty." That's pretty terrible. Washington didn't believe in parties, and had dissenting voices in his cabinet to better advise him. A level head makes better decisions than one biased in ANY direction, left 또는 right.over a year ago
And since 당신 ended with an old saying, allow me to do the same: Changing your mind is one of the best ways of figuring out whether 또는 not 당신 still have one.over a year ago
But there is also the problem of many people not having any true convictions at all. That's how Donald Trump became the Republican Party nominee when he was a Democrat most of his life, including as recently as the 부시, 부시 대통령은 presidency. I think many of his voters in the primary were attracted 의해 his celebrity 더 많이 than anything else, like Jesse Ventura, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Al Franken before him. A Republican Party whose voters were completely dedicated to conservatism would never have nominated him.over a year ago
As for partisanship dividing the country, well, I'm at the point now where I would just prefer two countries. I don't want a 초 civil war, but if there were ever a Brexit-type national referendum to peacefully 스플릿, 분할 the United States into Conservative America and Liberal America, I would vote in favor. (This will never happen, but a man can dream, can't he?)over a year ago
Working on a piece comparing Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, for those of 당신 anxiously waiting at the edge of your seat. Should be published on Monday, just in time for Super Tuesday! This will be followed 의해 a piece on Ben Carson and John Kasich.
게시됨 over a year ago
Have we had a discussion about the TPPA yet? I don't really want to surf through all the 투표 and I don't see anything in the Questions. What opinions do 당신 guys have about it?
게시됨 over a year ago
No, I'm quite sure we haven't- but we should. It's going to have a devastating impact on my country (Australia), and many of the other countries involved. 더 많이 people should definitely be worried than the number that currently are.over a year ago
So students at Texas universities will be able to carry concealed 총 on all areas of campus from August 다음 year... Because in a place where emotional young adults are cooped up with thousands of other emotional young adults, plus some disgruntling professors thrown in the mix, this can NEVER go wrong... Well f*cking done, Texas.
게시됨 over a year ago
Do any of 당신 ever look back on your old 코멘트 and cringe? LOL I know I do... didn't realise how much one's opinion (and way of communicating them) can change until I came across some of the stuff I wrote when I was about 14 *cringe*. Please don't tell me I'm the only one experiencing fanpop-comment-regret. Lol.
게시됨 over a year ago
Lol. I was waaaay too passionate about anything/everything 당신 could have an opinion on. Popstars. Politics. Twilight-hating... mostly Twilight-hating.over a year ago
We all grow and change over the years, for better 또는 worse. I started posting here when I was nineteen, and even so, there are still stupid things I did and said that I hope people forget. Hell, I'll look at something I 게시됨 last Tuesday, and be like "Oh God, was I drunk?"over a year ago
Simple answer is 'yes.' However, I have no regrets. The only way 당신 learn is 의해 doing things wrong and understanding that. Like, when 당신 write stupid 코멘트 and don't realise, for years sometimes, that they were inherently stupid.over a year ago
Current situation in my country... The elder people in senior homes are being neglected and the government says it's the fault of the children because they don't take good enough care of them. Meanwhile, when 당신 decide to let your grandparents/parents live with you, your rent goes up, your social services are cut in half 또는 worse and your taxes go up. What kind of a logic is that?! Typical governments....
게시됨 over a year ago
vv --- Is this really what the "Fanpop Wall" has become? Really, people, I'm gone two years and everything's different? Oh, yeah... I guess that is a bit of a long time. ;)
게시됨 over a year ago
About Transgenders: I know of a wonderful lady. She was in a relationship with a gay man. When she came out, her relationship died and her boyfriend called her a freak and everything.
게시됨 over a year ago
This sounds rather pretentious and kind of cheesy, no offense. Why didn't 당신 just write something normal like everyone else, instead of trying to sound smart, 의해 using something that ended not sounding that smart?over a year ago
I would say both. Why? Because realistic people probably wont be living the happiest lives, but they would be able to stand through it when the real parts of life actually happens. Idealistic people see everything so ideal that they cant stand through the real parts from real life, though it tends to make their life a tad bit happier then the realistic people. So if 당신 were a mix of the both, 당신 could either get the pros 또는 the cons. If 당신 get the pros it would be great if 당신 get the cons...... Well do I need to explain?over a year ago
Well idealism gives 당신 dreams and goals and motivation, and realism gives 당신 the wisdom and knowledge to achieve them. An equal balance of both I think is 더 많이 healthy for your mental functioning and working towards succeeding real life goals. Idealism makes life 더 많이 fun and creative, but too much of it will make 당신 set too high of standards which will be too unrealistic to accomplish. But realism helps 당신 better accept a situation as it is and help 당신 become 더 많이 prepared for the future. But too much realism makes 당신 feel unable to reach out and do something different. Without Idealism we wouldn't have theories and certain branches of science, art, music. But without realism we wouldn't be able to gain and adapt to information needed for everyday life.over a year ago
I tend to be 더 많이 idealistic, and with that I sometimes need to snap out of it and realize I have gotten behind in the tasks I need to accomplish now. There's times when it's better to be 더 많이 of one rather than the other. But to be successful I believe relies on a equal mixture of both~over a year ago
I what 당신 mean, but I don't know if it is necessarily that simple. Being idealistic is great in ways, because it helps 당신 to set goals and conquer issues 당신 feel should be conquered. On the other hand, if 당신 are realistic about issues, 당신 can see how those issues need to be solved realistically, without focusing on irrelevant parts of the issue, 또는 unrealistic parts that just can't be done at that point. I guess it's a bit of a mix-up, really. In life, generally, it is a combination of the two, though. It's good to have unrealistic expectations sometimes, while maintaining a realistic outlook. In other words, 당신 can always dream and hope that one 일 those dreams might come true.over a year ago
@hetalianstella. I see what 당신 are saying. That is also quite true. The idealistic expectations allow 당신 to yearn for certain goals and looking at them realistically also can allow 당신 to achieve those goals, even if they aren't exactly how 당신 wanted to achieve them.over a year ago
Just saying it because 당신 have to, doesn't mean that 당신 will believe/agree with it - however, it seems a bit pointless to me. And, no, it isn't a sin - people shouldn't be ostracised for their beliefs.over a year ago
I don't think that's right of your teacher. In history class I learned that there is a 'flag code' 또는 set of rules in regards to the American flag. (I do hope we are speaking of the American flag, because I'll sound like an idiot if not). One of which states something along the lines of 'You do not have to say the pledge, but 당신 should (emphasis on the should) at least stand up as a sign of respect. Apparently this rule was revised form a mandatory 'say the pledge'. To put it simply, your teacher cannot make 당신 say the pledge.over a year ago
If 당신 don't agree with the pledge, it's your opinion. 의해 ignoring your opinion your teacher basically says the pledge means nothing. 당신 were right, and it's definitely not a sin ;)over a year ago
Funny how Lt deleted his rant against smokers... I suppose, you'd have to be incredibly stupid to leave up a bunch of 코멘트 that essentially state 당신 saying 당신 wouldn't mind your own grandmother dying, just because she smokes. I wonder what she would have thought, if she had seen it...?
게시됨 over a year ago
So 당신 aren't embarrassed that 당신 unquestioningly believed unsourced statistics that 당신 found on a radically religious website and then used those statistics to justify your prejudice? 당신 don't think, at the very least, that was a little bit silly of you?over a year ago
I doubt he does... It seems to me that he's almost enjoying this... I'm shocked, though, to hear that it wasn't an embarassment 'lol', because if I did the same (in fact I have before and I was embarrassed), I would be very embarrassed!over a year ago
So here comes Australia Day... And with it the inevitable racist posts. So many, but all along the same xenophobic lines: "immigrants [who they call 'boat people'] are trying to change our national day... if 당신 don't like MY country then go back to where 당신 came from, I grew here and I'm proud... aussie aussie aussie oi oi oi!". I'm sure these sorts of people are not only confined to Australia. So sad to see how a 일 that's meant to unite instead is used to divide.
게시됨 over a year ago
Also, what they fail to realise is that it's not foreigners who have something against Australia Day- it's the Aborgines. And for good reason- it's the celebration of the 날짜 that the British landed and began the takeover of their land and the killing of their people. If the rednecks want to play the "I grew here, 당신 flew here, it's MY country" game, then it just backfired severely- it's not the "non-Australians", but the TRUE AUSTRALIANS who want to see change.But 당신 know, who cares about actual facts when there's an opportunity for migrant bashing?over a year ago
I completely agree with you. After all, they're wrecking their own national 일 의해 making stupid comments. Good point about the aborgines too :)over a year ago
Ever notice that on lots of 투표 here where everyone else picked one option, there's one person who picked the other one? And then they never give an explanation 또는 support their choice in comments. Then someone says "Who picked 'no'/'yes'/'whatever'?" I'm not trying to be biased with my picks on polls, I'm just saying. Call me silly, but I'm beginning to wonder if there's a user who doesn't care about the 투표 itself, they just do this for kicks. :/ What do 당신 think?
게시됨 over a year ago
I don't think they're necessarily doing it for the kicks, and I don't necessarily think it's just one user. Maybe they don't feel comfortable getting into a 토론 with such a minority opinion. 또는 maybe they just don't feel strongly enough to comment. There are lots of times where I pick on option on a pick, but then don't say anything because I just don't feel strongly enough about the issuse to start a 토론 on it.over a year ago
^ My words exactly. No matter how right 당신 are, you're not going to win a 토론 when there are so many people against you, so 당신 might as well not get into the debate.over a year ago
That always seems to be my problem. Quite often, even when most people believe in one side, I always argue my point when I choose the other... I guess that's just me.over a year ago
I hate to be a buzzkill but why is everyone always complaining about the shortage of money while we collect over a million of euro's every 년 on lottery tickets? Why couldn't we spend that money on the national debts instead of something as useless as a lottery ticket?
게시됨 over a year ago
Not to mention that firework-show that was almost canceled because of the windy weather on New Year's Eve. That stuff costed 12,000,000 euros at least.over a year ago
Without respect, no soccer... RIP Richard Nieuwenhuizen, my 심장 goes out to your family.
Why do kids these days think 축구 is all about violence? If I were a judge I had put them on trial as adults & gave them a life sentence in jail.
게시됨 over a year ago
Even if tried as an adult, they can not get a life sentence. 15 years is the maximum for voluntary manslaughter (and I am not sure they will be charged for that) and if they are convicted for involuntary manslaughter the maximum sentence is 2 또는 4 years.over a year ago
I did not mean that there should be no punishment. What I mean is that with this people will turn to criminal law as a solution and they will demand a high sentence. They will be outraged if these kid do not get the punishment they feel they deserve.. and that will be it. Meanwhile. nothing will change on the footballfields, just like nothing is changing with children that are being bullied. I think if 당신 want to teach people respect, we should find other ways for that and not blame criminal law for not punishing 'hard enough'over a year ago
I'm sorry Sappp. I'm gonna agree with Chaann94. No, it was not murder, it was manslaughter. But I'm not gonna judge from a judicial point, but from a personal one. Like Chaann94, I'm going to agree with what seems fair. Place yourself into the shoes of the family of this Linesman. They are practically scarred for life, while those soccerplayers come free after 4 years. That's not fair. And it's going to happen. 당신 know what I call that? The Dutch law-system that is as leaky as a basket. We should know.over a year ago
Political logic; A lot of Dutch families make less than the minimum wage and have to live off of 음식 stamps... let's give millions of euros to Greece and to imaginary children in Morocco...
게시됨 over a year ago
Are 당신 talking America, 또는 somewhere else? I thought the American estimated statistic s say only 50-55 million people in America legally own guns. But I'm not sure.over a year ago
The American election is not far away...But its apparant that although the US prides itself as a 능보, 요새 of democracy, its voting system is biased against the poor. Elections will be held on a Tuesday- a normal working day. Several states have complex voter-identification rules that make early voting difficult. Generally, 1/3 of people don't participate & at present, contest appears close, but one really does wonder how the Republicans would fare if there was compulsory voting system in place...
게시됨 over a year ago
당신 also need an address to vote, so... there go the homeless voters. It's a plutocracy, for sure, with voters being mostly middle and upper class. But to be fair, it's the educated middle class that tend to be 더 많이 liberal, because they've seen 더 많이 of the world outside their backyard. These are the types who volunteer in 수프 kitchens 또는 Habitat for Humanity. Right now, they are the voice of the poor. It's not ideal (because the poor should be allowed to speak for themselves) but it's better than nothing. "Bastion of democracy"? LOL That phrase just cracked me up.over a year ago
Lol... still think it's, let's use the phrase, a "rip-off". I just think compulsory voting would create a fairer country with the government as a 더 많이 accurate reflection of what the people really want, thus a true democracy. However, the US, right-wing as it is, will never put such a system in place- it would be awfully inconvenient for the 더 많이 conservative parties if the less-educated, less well-off had a say in it too. I think 당신 can understand my concern, as the US election really is important to the world as a whole, and well, I just don't think the voting system for the most significant vote on earth is up to scratch...over a year ago
John Oliver had a hilarious joke about drinking and compulsory voting in Australia, and now every time I hear the term, I always picture John Oliver saying, "I 사랑 you, man. I 사랑 you. But I cannot support continuous spending on a welfare state."over a year ago
In all seriousness, though, my one issue with compulsory voting is uninformed voting. There's no law that says that people need to know what they are voting ABOUT, which could lead to people voting for something that they are really, personally, against. Of course, that happens anyway, but I just feel with compulsory voting, it would happen a lot 더 많이 often.over a year ago
Lol, is it on youtube? And to combat that problem, learning about politics is a compulsory part of school curriculum here. A whole semester in grade 6 is dedictaed to the theme of politics, in every school in the nation. Students not only learn about the various political parties but the preferential voting system, the parliament, law, etc. Compulsory voting = compulsory politcal education, too. Everybody knows what they're voting for.over a year ago
They may learn about the systems, the parties, etc, but issues are different in every election. Just because 당신 know political theory, doesn't necessarily mean 당신 know which candidate to vote for without watching what they do, listening to what they say, and examining the issues. Being well-informed on the issues and thus a well-informed voter is different from being a citizen educated in civics and politics.over a year ago
I heard what Richard Murdoch said about a rape baby being God's gift. When I was 17, I was raped 의해 my boyfriend. He hurt me badly. I was scared of him, and had to get social resources from a local women's shelter to break up with him. I never told my parents. Weeks later I started throwing up 12 and 14 times a day.
게시됨 over a year ago
I got a pregnancy test for free at Planned Parenthood during the time I should have been in Econ 101. It was positive. Even though I knew that I had not chosen to have unprotected sex, my cheeks burned with shame. It was September of both my Sr. 년 of HS and my freshman 년 of college... I did both at the same time. I won a varsity level swimming meet the 일 before I had my secret abortion. Four days after that, I awoke with my parents sitting at the foot of my hospital 침대 sobbing. I had nearly died from the abortion I attempted to get at a local clinic that was cheaper than but not related to Planned Parenthood... I just want to say, that the person who raped me took a lot of choices from me. His baby was not a blessing. It was not a gift. I have experience two blessed gifts since then, my beloved, wanted, planned sons... I know the difference.over a year ago
Mr. Murdoch can sit around with his set of penis and testicles all 일 long talking about the blessings if rape babies...but I know the truth. I know the pain, shame, fear, anger, and near soul destroying guilt that comes when your rapist leaves 당신 with that last, tiny freedom... The freedom to choose whether he forces a child on you... Even when 당신 did not get to choose when he forced himself on you. Mr. Murdochs words may sound noble to some. They sound like curse to me. ~ Sarahover a year ago
Oh god, Cinders. At first I thought the narrator was you. When I saw 당신 put "- Sarah" at the end I'm assuming the narrator is not you? This story is very moving, it's awful something like that can happen to someone. Well, whoever Sarah is, she's rich. Murdoch CAN sit around with his balls all day!over a year ago
LOL! Oh absolutely not, I am not Sarah. A friend 게시됨 this quote on Facebook, and I thought it was relevant to recent current events, so I shared it prefacing it only with "Food for thought." Yeah, definitely not me, sorry for the confusion.over a year ago
i believe that God sends blessing in disguises and that sometimes 당신 may go trhough hell to get your blessing...but i don't think could ever tell someone so casuall that a raped baby is a good thing. I understand maybe what he meant but the way it came out sounds so not insensitive but just plain thoughtless to the idea of the factors that come with being raped. I know I know words aren't my forte but I think if he wanted to make a point that he should have worded it in a better way.over a year ago
John Hawkins, a blogger, said "The first step towards convincing other nations that they can trust us [the US] again would be make this a better world 의해 removing Julian Assange from it" Ahaha how wrong he is- the worst thing the US could possibly do is to convict (or murder, as suggested) the man that exposed some ugly truths about them. Oh how the international community would 사랑 당신 then- it's like saying "Reveal we're not saintly, and we'll kill you". How very amusing.
게시됨 over a year ago
You're suggesting, it seems to me, that anyone that's "Anti-America" must die. Then 당신 go around criticising terrorists for thinking that anyone that's "Anti-Islam" must die... Spot the difference.over a year ago
That aside, I don't see how someone that merely informed the public about American actions is "Anti-America". It's your bloody fault if 당신 did the wrong thing, not Julian's fault if he told people about it. You're advocating a policy of "shoot the messenger".over a year ago
Chick-Fil-La stated anti-gay statements and band gays from their restaurants.Some Chick-Fil-A's aren't homophobic though like one in Chicago.over a year ago
I know this event has stirred up lots of vicious gun-law debate, but the guy legally bought 더 많이 than 6000 rounds of ammunition without raising an eyebrow. No matter what side of the gun-law 토론 당신 fall on, 당신 have to admit that someone should not be able to legally get their hands on that much ammunition. Surely even pro-gun parties have to admit that at the very least gun laws need to be looked at in depth.over a year ago
But now go back and apply that same argument to gun bans. Tell someone that there's no correlation between crime rate and gun bans because if it were true, then all the countries with gun bans would have a lower homicide rate than all the countries without. Seeing as how that is not true, what does it prove?over a year ago
The New Zealand crime rate is only low because it has a small population... Proportionately, New Zealand has a fairly high rate of crime. I would know... I live in NZ, plus I see the news every 일 where another gang member has shot a cop, 또는 some innocent person has been hurt. 당신 are right about guns, in NZ, though; we may have fairly high crime rates in general, but gun crimes are quite rare over here. The most deaths from 총 in NZ are, funnily enough, from hunting accidents.over a year ago
My limited African internet means I have to be selective in what content I respond to, and curt in my responses. As a result, the foremerly patient, tolerant, verbose me has flown away and I have exploded with several succinct, gut reactions to certain content 게시됨 here. If I offend with such outbursts, I apologize... but I don't apologize for the sentiment 또는 the ideas I stated. I'm just sorry 당신 were offended.
게시됨 over a year ago
My dear, 당신 could never offend. 당신 are, without a doubt, 더 많이 than welcome to share your passionate, verbose and enthusiastic world-knowledge with as many debators as 당신 like. I certainly appreciate the immense effort and I'm confident others will share that sentiment. So please, give us 더 많이 of your "outbursts" and show us what a true 토론 is all about.over a year ago
For anyone interested, there is a Mitt Romney club here on 팬팝 (link). Only six members so far compared to Barack Obama's 2,659, but it's a start.
게시됨 over a year ago
In their respective graves, our Founding Fathers are rolling over and FDR is cheering. Thursday's Obamacare ruling is truly troubling, with the Supreme Court giving its thumbs up to the advance of progressivism and government involvement in 더 많이 and 더 많이 aspects of our lives.
I hope and pray for Obama's defeat in November so that we may be able to begin to undo his damages, including Obamacare. I'd personally like to see him go down in a landslide.
게시됨 over a year ago
Yes, because of course extending health services to 더 많이 people is a bad thing... God forbid that the less fortunate can have a doctor too!!over a year ago
OK, so why specifically is Obama's health care plan bad? I'm just curious. I hear a lot of complaints in general, but nothing specifically about why it'll hurt this country. Can 당신 explain it for me?over a year ago
Many critics of Obamacare cite the cost as a major factor, essentially 글쓰기 another check we won’t be able to cash. Also, the fact that the only reason the bill was deemed ‘constitutional’ due to it being a tax, when Obama clearly stated early on that it wasn’t, is also a common critique. I personally am surprised it passed through mostly intact, but I agree with most critiques in saying that it was a rushed mandate.over a year ago
So you're saying that there's no problem with the actual bill itself in what it plans to do for Americans? If it was less costly, then it would be all right? I was under the impression that republicans had a problem with what the bill planned to do. And, in the long run, its preventative care would end up saving people 더 많이 money. I don't think public health - just like public education - can ever cost too much for us to fund. Which, I know, is the same way some republicans feel about military spending. I'd rather fund public health and education than our over-funded military. That's not to say I don't support the military - I do. I live and work with marines. But we have the highest funded military in the world. If you're worried about cost and budget cuts, take a look at that budget.over a year ago
I opposed the insurance mandate because the government has no right to force me to buy a product against my will 또는 to coerce me to purchase said product 의해 fining me if I don't. When before has the government mandated the purchase of something for no reason other than being an American? Don't say car insurance because there does not exist a right to drive and thus it is a choice to do so. The Supreme Court rightly found the mandate inconsistent with the Commerce Clause; what was wrong was that the court didn't strike Obamacare down but instead "saved" it 의해 calling the fine a tax, which Congress does have the power to collect. Of course, Obama himself argued that the fine was not a tax before Obamacare even passed.over a year ago
I opposed other parts of Obamacare as well, including requiring insurance providers to cover those with pre-existing conditions. It sounds nice, but the reality is that it will lead to people not purchasing insurance until the very moment that they get sick and actually need insurance. This changes the business model completely. Insurance companies insure against risk, not act as a welfare service.over a year ago
As for the preexisting conditions thing - I was diagnosed with a syndrome that requires me to take daily medication. When I was diagnosed, I was 18 and under my parents insurance. Under the old system, when I outgrew my parents insurance and had to be on my own, no insurance company would cover my medication on account of it being a "preexisting condition," even though I was diagnosed with it as a minor. How is that fair? I absolutely believe we should cover preexisting conditions to protect the consumer from cutthroat insurance companies who will find anyway they can to weasle out of actually paying for things. I believe the new health care plan does exactly that. 당신 wouldn't believe the number of stories I've heard from colleagues and family about the fights they have with their insurance companies just to get the compensation they're due. Because 당신 need health care, insurance companies 더 많이 또는 less had a monoply because 당신 NEEDED it. I believe this fixes that problem.over a year ago
As for forcing 당신 to get healthcare - the government requires 당신 to do all sorts of things 의해 law for your own good. I really don't find this a viable argument. Most intelligent people have insurance anyway, so it doesn't affect them, and if 당신 don't, 당신 should because it'll save EVERYONE money in the long run including yourself. HOWEVER I recognize that this is simply a difference in philosophy between democrats and republicans: Which is 더 많이 important, the freedom to do stupid things, for the sake of individual freedom, 또는 the greater good of society? Or, in other (perhaps less biased) words, the individual, 또는 society?over a year ago
Individual freedom and the good of society are not at opposite ends of the spectrum. Freedom is an essential part of any society worth living in, if not the most essential part. Government did not give us our rights; our rights are natural and inalienable. Regardless of whether it is a wise choice to have health insurance, forcing it on people is a serious encroachment on freedom. I can't help but wonder what liberals' opinions would be if the government was instead forcing everyone to purchase a gun for protection 또는 pay a fine for not purchasing one. As for a final 코멘트 on requiring insurers to cover pre-existing conditions, this is sort of like buying homeowner's insurance after your house burns down. If we're going to start covering everyone at any time for anything, expect premiums for everyone to rise dramatically, perhaps to the point where many without the means will be forced to drop their insurance completely because the penalty is far cheaper.over a year ago
But isn't it so that 당신 cannot wait to buy insurance untill 당신 are diagnosed with something, because 당신 are required to have an insurance?over a year ago
Coming at 당신 from the Rural Highlands of Ethiopia, Cinders is back, y'all. When did we get thumbs up? I haven't been gone THAT long, surely.
게시됨 over a year ago
This statement seems a little pretentious, if 당신 ask me... Everybody has their opinion on what constitutes as a sin and the law decides if it is 또는 not... I suppose it has always been like that. Still, quotes/statements like this always raise plenty of questions.
게시됨 over a year ago
I like that statement. Obviously what one considers to be right 또는 wrong is generally subjective. I'd rather hate what a person did over hating the person because they did it. I'm not into grudges.over a year ago
Heh, I agree with you... I still think it is kind of pretentious though, correct as it is. I just 사랑 the 질문 one can develop from such phrases like thus.over a year ago
My problemt with that statement when used about homosexuals, is that for many homosexuals being gay is a big part of their identity. It's not like someone who lies and 당신 hate the fact that they lied, but not them. For a lot of gay people hating the fact that they engage in homsexuals behaviour is the same as hating gay people in general.over a year ago
^ This is exactly what I have been trying to explain to people for years. Recently had a HUGE 토론 about it in the 기독교 spot, but there was a total refusal to even see this perspective as a possibility.over a year ago
Rule of society no.86#: If something goes wrong, anything at all, regardless of weather it had anything to do with them, pin all the blame on any 또는 all of these social groups/minorities: - Gypsies. -Christians. -Muslims. -OR THOSE GOD-DAMN FEMINISTS WHO'LL TAKE YOUR SPERM, CUT OFF YOUR SPERM AND DISSAPEAR DOWN A HOLE! Nothing like irrational prejudice to lower the IQ a couple dozen points. :P
게시됨 over a year ago
"I'M GONNA CUT OFF YOUR SPERM AND DISAPPEAR DOWN A HOLE!" will be my catchphrase should I ever become a superhero. Don't worry: I'll credit you.over a year ago
예수님 AKS HIS POSTOLS THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE CONTRY WHT DO THEY CALL HIM? AND HE ALSO ASK THEM THAT WHAT DO 당신 CALL ME?. THE RESON WHY I POSTING THIS IS BVECOUSE I WANT US TO SEE THAT 예수님 KNOWS THAT IT GONNA BE DEFFICULTY FOR PEOPLE TOO KNW HIM BECOUSE HE IS COVERD 의해 WHT HIS MIRICLES AND IN ORDER FOR US TO KNOWS HIM WE NEED TO FIND HIS PRESENCES 의해 HIS GRACE.
게시됨 over a year ago
Because this is a 토론 spot... not a proselytising spot. Thank 당신 for your thoughtful consideration, but we don't need our souls saved, thanks.over a year ago
I HEARD DIFFERENT PEOPLE DEBATING WITH DIFFERENT ESSUES THAT REVOLVES AROUND US BUT WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRIES, INTERMS OF POLITICS ARE THE CURRENT LEARDS DONE ENOUGH TO PROTECT THE CITIZINS, FROM INNOCENT MLUNGISI @ SOUTH AFRICA
게시됨 over a year ago
All the "Global warming doesn't matter, because 예수님 is going to come prancing in on his pure white 조랑말 one 일 soon"is the most ridiculous argument I've ever heard... and that's saying something.
게시됨 over a year ago
If 의해 ridiculous 당신 mean RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME! Hahaha, seriously, that made me laugh. I remember a few years 이전 when the Rapture was supposed to happen. My Grandma and I were going to sit on the front lawn and watch our God-fearing neighbors zoom up to Heaven. Alas, we were denied that glorious sight.over a year ago
:)) im sorry, that just reminded me of MLP a little bitXP maybe he is coming who knows but he isn't here so id say we deal with global warming :Pover a year ago
id say princess, that we don't bash cristians, as we ouselves don't want "our" religions/beliefs to be bashed, there are many christians that r for changing global warming and there are atheists that are against it simply because they just don't give a damn, yes there are christians using your "pure white 조랑말 theory" but notenogh to bach the whole religion O.Oover a year ago
That's a pretty hilarious idea... Christ coming along on a white pony...? Why does it have to be white? Lol. (Please say: I see what 당신 did there. XD)over a year ago
"Claiming that someone else's marriage is against your religion is like being angry at someone for eating a doughnut because you're on a diet."
게시됨 over a year ago
I can see Robert's point, but one's religion tends to be highly 더 많이 essential in his 또는 her life than a diet 또는 being able to eat a doughnut. :/ Just saying...over a year ago
^I think it's just pointing out how ridiculous it is to be against something that does not affect 당신 in the slightest, but another would enjoy. It's not really trying to draw comparisons between diets and religion...over a year ago
actually not really, a religion is a belief, just like some of us believe murder is wrong, now i know people, i know it's not that drastic, but for a christian who has believed this her/his whole life, it's like someone suddenly moving from extream cold to extream heat! it takes a while to get used to it:\over a year ago
당신 know what I'll like to see someday? A overweight 또는 curvy miss.America. I'm tired of looking at stick insects all the time. Not that i have anything against skinny people, i'm about as stick insect as 당신 get, it's just--- i dunno, it seems like all the girls on there are one size. I'll like a little diversity.
게시됨 over a year ago
It bugs me tremendously when people refuse to believe facts simply because they find it to be implausible. Facts don't change just because 당신 choose not to believe in them. A mountain will always be a mountain, no matter how much 당신 try and tell yourself it's a molehill.
게시됨 over a year ago
LOL taigih, Cinders, no one can say that a woman "will" become a certain way, they can only make accurate "assumptions but no one is a phsycic, just like a weather reporter can't give an "exact" diagnosis of weather, f some women choose to live a healthy lifestile? and are free from stress and frustration, obviously there cances will lowere, Cinders it is my personal belief that "fact" is very small and is greatly outnumbered 의해 various opinions, after all what is fact? certainly there are not many ^ ^over a year ago
Warren Buffett: ''The rich are always going to say that, 당신 know, just give us 더 많이 money and we'll go out and spend 더 많이 and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on.''
They probably just do that because they can keep him indefinitely in psychiatirc care, while life-long sentences are rarely life-long in Norway.over a year ago