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Your argument against porn is respectable, but I still don't think it is as bad as rape. Women give their full consent when making porn. Being raped would be a much worse feeling for her than being watched, so the sin would be considered greater since you are causing more suffering on another human being.

I've always found boomers to be much more repulsive. Anyways, it bothers me when guys pee while the seat is down. Come on.... Nobody's aim is that perfect.

What a terrible ideas. Your whole future is at stakes.

http://forum.tip.it/topic/255980-australia-restricts-even-more-media/ Yea man, totally thought-out. Now I'm obviously fairly big on government and all that, but sometimes you really do have to just step back and shake your head at the idiocy of some officials. According to his sentence structure, I think he was trying to say the opposite but made a typo.

That's because my argument isn't about whales. I was going off on a tangent about natural extinction. I just saw this thread as an opportunity to talk about it as opposed to making a whole new thread. I thought it would be okay as long as I specified what I was talking about, but I guess everybody missed the part where I said I was referring to natural extinction and not cases where humans are abusing animals.

No game can have a camera worse than Lego Batman.... That being said, I thought Devil May Cry was cool and I'm looking for a new type of adventure game to get for 360, so this could be it.

I've been interested in making movies. And video games. And music. Hell, I just want to make something. Those three things keep me entertained all day long, so I think it's fair to give something back to those industries.

Paranormal Activity It wasn't as bad as people say, but it also wasn't as good as people say. I'm pretty neutral on the film. Just like I am with life. :mellow:

Sorry for the confusion then. If I knew my post was going to cause such a controversy, I would have worded things a little more carefully.

Multitask! :thumbsup:

When people like you prove how susceptible you are to it. JK lol. I'm not trolling at all. It's a legitimate point. I just have the feeling that you misunderstood part of it. It could have been because I worded something weird or you read something the wrong way, but either way, there is nothing trollish about me speaking my mind about human intervention with nature. So then it's stupid to bring up atheism in a thread that's about religion? Extinction is relevant to this thread. I saw something on the news about environmentalists intervening with nature and questioned the logic behind it. I decided this would be an appropriate thread to bring up my point since it was relevant to animal rights, extinction, etc. - so long as I specified what context I am speaking about, which I most certainly did. Also, did you notice I haven't said anything about whales in that entire post? EDIT: Wait, actually I kind of did. I said that I wasn't referring to cases that involve animal abuse, and whaling (the sport of it, not when people use them as a resource for survival) fits under that category. And if you really take problem with the off-topicness, then why are you exacerbating it?

Of course. I have much respect for those Indian tribes who would use every morsel of their catch and not let a single body part go to waste. It might be mainly because they're trying to be efficient, but I also think they do it because they have respect for the animals. This is my definition of living in harmony with the world. I debated against cockfighting for pages, so you can trust that I'm not some [wagon] who blows up squirrels for fun. I just think people get a little too worked up about animals. Yes, it might be sad to see manatees die, but humans are dying left and right too. With the resources and manpower we used to save the manatees, we could have provided food and water for starving humans. I guess it just bothers me to see humans help animals more than they help other humans.

Pink Floyd - Us and Them

Nope. My point is only referring to extinction in the context of animals dying naturally, without the intervention of humans: Now, animal abuse is an entirely different issue, but I'm talking about environmentalists who go out of their way to save a group of animals who would have died naturally. IE: The waters in Florida reached very cold temperatures lately [which isn't really something you can blame on us], so the manatees were in danger. Humans took them from their habitat and brought them to a warm area. The reason I posted my point in this thread is because it would be completely unnecessary to make a whole new thread about my point, when there is some relevance to animal extinction in this thread. The thread would have probably be locked and the mod would have pointed me in the direction of this one since they are so similar. I smell an exaggeration. PS: I'd also like to add that I don't think it is immoral or whatnot to help animals. I just simply don't understand what the hype is about. And of course there are the people out there who only care for the environment because of that "holier than thou" routine, which I should have brought up in my first post. PS2: If you want to save animals who have lost their homes due to humans taking their trees, that is completely reasonable. I was just getting at cases such as the manatees being cold though. I think you guys are just ignoring how I said the word "naturally".

Firstly, your analogy is invalid. I specifically said that I'm not talking about cases where people are the cause of the harm. Secondly, what are you even talking about?

I find censorship more "offensive" than sexual or violent themes. And I'm not really a fan of either of them in the media.

That's something I've noticed as well. The atmosphere isn't as dark as the other one (which was one of it's strong points in my opinion), especially when you take into account the characters and their dialogue.

If you have such a problem with it, where's your rebuttal? I think you're just still mad about me owning you in our last animal discussion. :wink: It wasn't really specifically about whales. I just saw this thread as a pretty good opportunity to get my point out.

Exactly. Even if you are doing homework that you really don't feel like doing, you actually do want to do it, or else you wouldn't be. Subconsciously, you are weighing the pros and cons of doing it VS not doing it. (I don't feel like doing work, but then again, I really don't feel like failing the class or hearing my parents complain.) The outcome of your choice reflects whether you deemed it as beneficial to yourself or not.

EDIT: Sorry for the off-topicness of this post since it isn't really about whaling, but I thought it would be more reasonable to post my opinion on animal extinction in this thread instead of making a whole new one. Apparently I was wrong though. :eek: I don't get why people are so upset about extinction. It's natural. Now, animal abuse is an entirely different issue, but I'm talking about environmentalists who go out of their way to save a group of animals who would have died naturally. Humanity should be our first priority - not the other animals. They're doing the best they can to ensure their own specie's survival. And if it isn't enough, well, it just isn't enough. They're obviously struggling to survive if they are on the verge of extinction, so I don't see how elongating their struggle makes matters any better.

Today I opened my bedroom window and got some fresh air + sunlight. It's been a very refreshing experience.

I attempted to get my second expert win on L4D1 yesterday (offline - I do not have LIVE yet). It did not end well. I require a team that doesn't run right up to the tank... WHEN HE"S ALREADY FREAKING BURNING!!!

Iron Maiden - Revelations One of the best Maiden songs out there.

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The commercials were more than enough to repel me from that show for the rest of my existence.