Everything posted by Nom
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His Dark Materials - Parental right violation?
Let me clear out the 'freking out' statement. That was just a general address to a lot of the people out there who are indeed freaking out. (There are like 5 Facebook groups with names like 'BOYCOTT GOLDEN COMPASS!!!') I still recommend you read the books. One of the biggest problems with this whole debacle is that the radical Christians who are against the movie are taking Pullman's words way out of context and trying to make him look like 'the devil' or something. To address the quote you used, think. I said before that his books are a study in spirituality. That may very well be what he is referring to. Just because he says he is a realist in his writing doesn't mean that he is trying to corrupt little kids or anything. He is simply putting his own views out there. Now let me make this clear. These books are not directed towards children. They are intended for a more mature audience that can handle the themes presented in a reasonable way. And let's face it, any kid who does read it wouldn't understand the atheistic viewpoint behind the story. Even the movie is rated PG-13. It's not like Pullman is disguising satanic ideals as a children's book in an attempt to brainwash all adolescents into being morally corrupt. You keep talking about the right of parents to teach their kids what they want. How are these books interfering with that right in any way whatsoever? Pullman isn't sitting the kids down in a Sunday school and preaching them the devil. He is publishing books and movies that must be bought/viewed with full knowledge of the parents. And if, at any point, the child happens to recognize any of the themes in His Dark Materials, it is still perfectly within the parents power to decide what to do. This whole controversy is ridiculously overhyped. Same thing happened with The Da Vinci Code, and that passed. Leave the good writers alone.
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His Dark Materials - Parental right violation?
First, fix the title. It's His Dark Materials. Second: Now how the hell do you expect kids to work out the symbolism when they're not even at the stage where they can fully comprehend their own faith? You didn't see it, and I assume you're an adult or at least an older teenager. I see no problem with this. Why is it that people only just now start making a huge deal out of it? ZOMG, they made a movie. These books were published in the mid 90's. The written word is so much more powerful than the screen, but radical Christians only now start making a big deal out of it when the movie comes out, while the books have been available in school book orders for years. I should know, I got them that way. And I must say, they are excellent books. It's refreshing to see someone challenge the views of the masses and publish something radically different. It is, at the heart, an in-depth study on spirituality. I recommend you and anyone else freaking out over this movie go read the books, and let the atheists have their say. What's the big deal? Oh, and this is a fantasy book. Why would people make as big a deal out of it as The Da Vinci Code (another excellent book), when it is obviously set in a fanatasy world, unlike DVC.
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Learning a second language.
I think I see an irony there. . . an intentional pun. . . perhaps. But yeah, Japanese is good for business, and I would recommend French over Spanish. 'Cause really, the majority of the paÃÆÃâÃâÃÂses de hispanohablantes are in South and central America, and it's not likely you'll be doing business there.
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rate or hate new grunge siggy
IMO, green doesn't work well at all with grunge. Use dark greens and greys/browns if you must.
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(lock) My friend wants to commit suicide...
La guÃÆÃâÃâÃÂa telefÃÆÃâÃâónica. Phone book.
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Can it be?! - Real life pictures
Lol, I get that a lot... My name just isn't girly enough. I think it's more shock that there's a girl perving over Misfile :P .
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Can it be?! - Real life pictures
That explains the avvy. Also your screen name, if you are who I think you are. I'm pretty sure I know exactly who you're thinking of, and it's probably right. Heaven help us.
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Can it be?! - Real life pictures
AJ, you have now indirectly jacked this thread.
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Can it be?! - Real life pictures
I want to know why all his pics are in the bathroom. Who can forget the nude one?
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Can it be?! - Real life pictures
I wouldn't trust a link from someone with that username anyway.
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Nintendo DS Friend Codes
Yep, Nom Anor and I are going to start playing in minutes. Register our codes. Wait, what? I thought it was Hunters. I can't use Mario kart at the moment, it's my bro's.
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Can it be?! - Real life pictures
Better pic than before. Found the camera. Long hair is manly.
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the wonderful world of...anime
Light > L. He doesn't have huge bags under his eyes.
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the wonderful world of...anime
As soon as you said that, I thought "DeviantArt" and went into extreme convulsions. Lol, how the hell do girls find L attractive. Seriously. Well, yaoi in general, but L of all people :uhh: .
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Ultrablobman's fake runescape 2 photography!
How is the damage lower than it should be? WTF are you talking about? Damage as in the "9" hp hit. But honestly...that was really a random comment amitoz. :roll: ------------------>amitoz's point .......O_O..................O_O....... Bloodredsword.......purfishx..... Lower on the body than it should be, guys. The position of the splash.
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Pixel signature! Done, what? no way! YES WAY!!!
Might be helpful to outline the whole thing in black before you start coloring/shading. Not much else to comment on. Far too early.
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Can it be?! - Real life pictures
Best I can do for now, since it's one in the morning, I'm not sure where the camera is, and I think I left my flash drive at school so I can't transfer anything #-o .
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Can it be?! - Real life pictures
Allow me to continue the traditition of posting on the RL pictures thread, but not posting a pic. Never thought I would see this.
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the wonderful world of...anime
Why do things you end up posting make me lose so much sleep!? First Misfile, now death note :lol: Hehe. Wait, episode 9 is on [AS] in about two minutes. *Dashes away*
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the wonderful world of...anime
Haha, yeah. New eps come out in Japan Wednesdays. It's on episode 151 now, and it's catching up with the manga so there's going to be huge filler soon from the looks of the new OP.
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the wonderful world of...anime
Lionheart, I'm not really a huge anime fan, but the few I do watch is because they're so damn good. Full Metal Alchemist and Death Note are the best IMO, and Bleach is good too, though it might turn you off since it looks 'mainstream'. . . Death Note is on at midnight on Saturdays on Adult Swim, but I dunno if you get that in Canada. Speaking of Bleach, anyone see the new OP? Looks like there's another massive filler arc coming. . . :?
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Sick of this!
4 times in 2 months... so thats once every 2 weeks right?How did you get full bandos etc. in less than 2 weeks? That's what I thought when I read that. In that case this was probably good for you, since you either a) play way way way too much, or B) RWTed for the money. But, if you do neither of those things, sorry I guess, but you should know better than to play on a school computer. I log on to TIF from Java class, and I don't even have IE auto-log me in to this account. . .
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Please lock.
How do you not notice that there was already a thread on this. It's still on the front page.
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Is God real post your thoughts!
Atheists may not find meaning but they find meaning? That is a contradiction. Your argument has no ethos. No, it is not. Read and comprehend. There may not be an obvious meaning to their lives. But they find meaning in other places besides faith in the divine. You, with your narrow-mindedness, may not see it. But they do.