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Kifle

Here is an article which outlines the decline in Christianity from 8% to 15%. Notice also the decline from childhood church goers to teenage goers to adult goers. The numbers, if you don't want to read the article, go from 95% in elementary down to 55% in high school. That's a 40% decline in the age...

Kifle

Also, can you show me causation between genetics and any of the behaviors you cited? I haven't seen it. Here is a species independent history of behavioral genetics http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/behavior.shtml Here is one specific to developmental behavior in children http...

Kifle

Surely you've heard of the cycle of violence Ashiwi? How many of those kids that were sexually abused did become gay? Or rather look at the # of gay people that were sexually abused as children... Or the patterns of alcoholism? Polygamy? Kifle, How do you figure "now we are aethiests". My...

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Teflor Lyorian wrote:Actually, evidence exists that indicates that sexual orientation has environmental influences. For instance, one study I came across found that homosexual men were more likely to have an older brother.

All homosexual men were found to have parents. Correlation =/= causation. This shows nothing.

Kifle

I don't really think the 2.5yr old is smoking MJ -- the parents are using the card for personal use. I don't think that the child's smoking habits should be taken seriously in the argument as that is more than likely not happening. The fact that the kid has a card, yes, that's pretty bad. In this ca...

Kifle

The only reason I'm torn on it is because I think obesity is a serious issue with our children, and I really don't think they need access to junkfood at school. But the addendum there is "unless their parents send it with them." The parents should have the final say in what the kids eat. ...

Kifle

madness is of course the abstinence position, not the continued sexualization of our society and the entitlement mentality. well here you go, 11 year olds can get free condoms in Philly, I think some elementary school district in Boston hands out condoms to anyone, even kindergartners. but yea push...

Kifle

I get the impression the cliche 'college teaches you how to think' is perhaps the most important thing that the colleges try to instill in their subjects. Is there an element of truth in it? Perhaps. It might really also be a bit of a coincidence. Are 18-22 year olds receptive to new ideas because ...

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the problem with your suggestion 1) I am not most people. 2) once their 17 its obviously too late, but that's not what im talking about. i'm talking about from birth raising a kid to be gay... 1) No, but your kids are most kids. Statistically, even one of your children being that brainwashed is imp...

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The power of authority is amazing. I think nazi's committed unspeakable atrocities against millions of people based on some orders... not even from a figure as trusted as a parent... but you don't think you could make anyone gay? at least gay in a practicing buttsecks fashion. You may not be able t...

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He had reassignment surgery to become a man. He should be allowed to participate in all activities open to men. I see no problem with him holding a job restricted to men only. And let's remember that the job market has been very tight recently. Why would you assume that he took a "men only&quo...

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Teflor Lyorian wrote:Umm. Just pay your income taxes?

I think the point would be those who've used the program using their benefits to pay back into the program -- freeing up funds from income taxes for other things.

Kifle

With defeatists like you guys, of course nothing will ever change for the better. When what has been tried failed miserably, again and again, there's nothing defeatist about it. It's common sense to stop sticking your hand in fire if you get burned, especially after numerous times. I don't remember...

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It's really not that hard, you see, IP addresses give away a lot with a court order. Now an idiot might have a hard time suing, because, well, they're stupid, but just as a warning, if any funny looking lawyer gets tossed this as a civil rights case, you may have a problem. Unlikely, but I felt lik...

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I was having a discussion with a college professor today about student loans, Pell grants, etc. The professor and I shared very similar views regarding Pell grants, especially considering the federal deficit. My personal belief is that Pell grants are a great thing. I would not have been able to af...

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Generally, discrimination based on what you've said is flat-out illegal. You could probably be successfully sued personally by any applicant that you reviewed that could connect your forum post with your identity and your former company fined and forced to hire those people. While the bulk of regul...

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I think most parents automatically try to force children into gender rolls, buying girls pink dresses and getting thier ears pierced, playing rough with boys, telling them to suck it up when they get little hurts. I think kifle is right in the fact that the only thing a good parent can do is suppor...

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Guess what, you may accept it, but the boys 8 year old friends from school wont, they will label your son a freak and he will be the target of bullying and tormenting for a long time. Some parents might demand that the world accept who they make thier children into, but that doesnt mean that the wo...

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Anyone who forces their child into a gender identify is a bad parent. That goes for the idiot in the article, and it also goes for all the fail parents who paint their little girls' fingernails when they're a year old, before they understand what they're doing. I agree, but you have to admit, it's ...

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Companies should be allowed to protect themselves from such liabilities. Either the state shields the company from lawsuits patients might bring from having a transgender person watch them pee, or the company should be allowed to decide who gets to watch. This. Until there is protection for the hir...

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I think we should just teach self-control. You can't teach self-control if you regulate a child's every move. By doing things such as these, you are just making them less equipped to deal with freedom when they get older -- if we have any left when they get older. Screwing around with the developmen...

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Just a random thought/question, but could the military budget be reduced even further if there were more competing contractors? Even further, would you say that the military budget is monopolized by a buddy system in that the cheapest contracts aren't sought, but, rather, the contracts go to the bud...

Kifle

Don't underestimate Sharpton. He's a sly bastard - and his motivation is money. I would say that power and fame motivate Sharpton much more. Money is simply the tool to get what he wants. It is no mystery that Sharpton is what the republicans blame Obama of being. Which republicans? The one's which...

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Corth wrote:Don't underestimate Sharpton. He's a sly bastard - and his motivation is money.

I would say that power and fame motivate Sharpton much more. Money is simply the tool to get what he wants. It is no mystery that Sharpton is what the republicans blame Obama of being.

Kifle

Or Sharpton realizes that his racial bias only got him so far last time he attempted to run. He's posturing. Nothing has changed. He's still the racist chariacture of a person he always was.

Kifle

So if publishing playboy = UN deaths you would be against publishing playboy? What if they were rioting against women voting and or homosexuality? I think I pretty much understand your position, obey anyone willing to kill you to force their ideology on you. I'm curious do all your liberal friends ...

Kifle

I didn't feel like starting a whole new thread, but this kind of crap is stupid. This chick needs a several thousand dollar permit to sell $2,500 a year of produce from her 4500 sqft garden in Oakland. An official is spot on here, he says the problem is the rules that were written 50 years ago. How...

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Yeah, he really, really, REALLY sounds offended there! Look at the harsh criticism hidden within "may attempt to entertain!" He's clearly more pissed off about this than anyone else ever has been in the history of everything! For fuck's sake he's issuing a statement because idiots like yo...

Kifle

I find the trolling in this thread to be interesting. Nothing has been posted here to directly argue any of the crimes Kiryan has posted, or the immigration status of the accused. While I understand why people would find this thread to be distasteful, it still highlights a very important matter rel...

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704355304576214443126694256.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_careerjournal ==Well not my usual criminal illegal, but more of those jobs that even American's won't do? Jaime Lopez used to earn $14 an hour, plus benefits, as a maintenance man for an office build...

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From the 2010 numbers of 11.2 mil that I've found, that would make about 3.5%. Not sure if the numbers are correct, but I don't see there being much of a variation there more than 1 %.

Kifle

I don't have the proper head shape, so I'll stick with what I have. The beard helps :)

Kifle

I'm a fan of loophole exploits.

Kifle

What is the basis of your claim that crime commited by illegals is insignificant? Even if you ignore the fact they are by definition illegal, you have a much higher incarceration rate (although not as high as African Americans) for hispanics (generalizing hispanics as illegals although this is plai...

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I'm for fairness. If the rules were the same for everyone, I'd bitch a lot less. As long a folks are going to go around and say we can do this, but this almost identical thing is bad because its labeled Religion (or something else), I'm going to argue that its ridiculous. Name one thing a liberal h...

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Shrug you can think its stupid all you want. I think its stupid that liberals go around trumpeting the cause of illegals like they can ONLY do good. Theres a good and a bad and no one on your side wants to talk about the bad. No, it's not that they don't want to talk about the bad... maybe they do ...

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so what you're saying is that if Apple decided to start blocking gay porn and only gay porn, you'd be ok with that and wouldn't have a damn thing to say or protest. No, because I love lesbian porn. I'd be miffed. Again, there is a huge difference and your analogies are not analogous. Being gay is s...

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Conservatives, by and large, will attack something based mostly on belief (speaking mainly of the religious right) == You might as well said dark skinned instead of conservatives. while liberals will defend something (and at times attack) through use of logic and pointing out a hypocrisy on the rig...

Kifle

I think liberals are sheep from time to time; however, the ideologies are from different thought processes. Conservatives, by and large, will attack something based mostly on belief (speaking mainly of the religious right) while liberals will defend something (and at times attack) through use of log...

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And at the end of the day, illegals account for .000001% of the crime in this country. WE MUST STOP THE INVASION THAT IS DESTROYING THE MORAL FIBER OF THIS COUNTRY!!! I think it's funny you're so hung up on illegals' crimes when the few hundred white collar criminals recently just literally destroye...

Kifle

Looks like Sarvis and Rags have made my argument for me. Thanks guys.

Edit: Do you agree they should not allow porn apps on apple/android, Kiryan?

Kifle

And that's why Android will always be better. No corporate overlords to censor the available apps FTW! That's not entirely true. You still can't get porn apps on android unless you download a third party market app. As far as conservatives being a large group. Well, here's the thing, Kiryan, this w...

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Haha! Nice.

Kifle

Apparently you don't live in Queensland, then.

Kifle

kiryan wrote:http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51218.html

Interesting article, Sarah Palin as the Al Sharpton of conservatives...

Both are equally jackasses.

Kifle

Teflor Lyorian wrote:Can't it be both?

Sure, but I doubt the measure will noticably change traffic injuries.

Kifle

kiryan wrote:Yep what teflor said, just more of the "democracy" that the left likes to practice.

Don't be stupid, Kiryan. Republicans and conservatives do the same shit. It's called politics. If you're a politician, you do this same crap on a daily basis.

Kifle

Can we get back to the point of a ticket? Is the point of a ticket to raise revenue or to curb a behavior. What is the point of the proposed changes? If anyone claims its to promote safety on the highways I'm going to dick slap myself into coma. I don't think they're being coy about it, Kiryan. It'...

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It becomes idiocy when states must start ticketing for revenue. Never said cutting spending was a bad thing; in fact, I think it's a great thing. Unfortunately, a large portion of the republican base wanting those spending cuts don't understand that costs will rise in other places.

Kifle

How is that idiocy? Are you making the false assumption that they aren't reducing spending? Even if they are, don't lefties just call that 'redistribution?' I'm not sure what "lefties" call it. Reducing spending doesn't always help. There are many cases where reducing spending increases s...

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