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Stop reading out of my head o_O. Kinda creepy how well I fit your description... you wouldn't happen to be my long lost twin, would you? You're not the only one, reb. However, in about the last year I've learned how to really feel when I want to...something along the lines of a heightened sense of empathy. Ever watched that "Kiwi!" video on youtube? I cried for a few minutes after watching it... absolutely beautiful. Same thing goes for movies, oddly enough. I've never cried during a movie until recently. Though if I choose, I can go to my old self and merely examine things, no emotions attached. Totally with you. If you liked the song to Kiwi (Mad World by Gary Jules and Michael Andrews - I've listened to it 1789 times to date) then you'll like Comptime D'un Autre Ete L'apres Midi...or just look up 'the piano' in Youtube lol. By Yann Tiersen. That's because I'm here. :roll: No, I've found everybody here to be more caring anyway.

Uh.....key. Well...Uh, let me think. God didn't let us think up Homosexuality. Lucifer did. We used to be perfect beings that followed God's word to the dot. To the very damn last period, but after Lucifer tempted Eve with an apple of sin, and then Eve tempted Adam with the apple of sin, we were seperated from God. We were all separate and would never feel as close to God. We had only limbo to look for. But when Jesus came, he saved us all from the empty-ness of limbo and opened the gates of heaven by dying on the Cross. Well that's the theistic part of the argument. Scientific part of the argument: The bible even speaks against this act. God loves all people, doesn't like sin. That doesn't mean he hates sinners. In fact, he loves sinners. Point is, the bible they're claiming is protecting them is actually screwing 'em. Henceforth, they're being hypcritical, and I don't even consider them part of the Christian church after this kind of hatred. This isn't opinion: this is hatred. Second off, religion or no religion, this is just bad. Just [bleep]ing BAD. "If you don't stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them." P.S. You guys do know that Westboro is also the people who are pushing the signs 'Thank God for dead soldiers' and the lot?

No, but I'm gonna look like an SAS from now on... (For those of you who aren't Spec. Ops nerds, the SAS are a British Counter-Terrorist team whom wear gas masks and full kevlar and long pants...and yadda yadda yadda. Used in chemical-gas and chemical-weapon environments.) Necrotising is just killing, pretty much. Lol. But that would have been creepy...but naw, I'm just talking about viral zombies like from RE.

Might just be me, but the Montag is making it sound like Romeo and Juliet...which I never saw so I really can't say. It's shaping up to be good though. I suppose there is also a good tactic in putting a story together piece by piece instead of blowing around thirty pages in peoples faces all in one sitting. :lol: And I'm afraid that the Library is...quite deserted, nowadays. :(

The Week, January 18, 2007, article "Health Scare of the week: Forgetting the danger of AIDS" Followed by, Well, there's some more recent evidence. Clearly, the test is for antibodies, BUT antibodies do NOT recognize stagnant viruses. They have no markers on them, and therefore, antibodies percieve it as, to use an analogy, as O-. No markers, and completely adaptible and as far as the body is concerned, harmless. So...there's...some...more...stuff. :-s I guess.

Pretty much what I wanted to say, but I'll give a few examples. Freedom of Speech in America: You're free to protest and voice your opinion, but there is a limit. Racism, rudeness, and threats can get you into serious trouble. Threats, yes, but rudeness and racism no. Believe it or not, everybody in the real world isn't 'nice' and it's illegal to call somebody a mean something. World is dog eat dog, and it will always be that way.

Yeah, but I wasn't feeling it. I'll publish the only other saved copy of another scrapped novel when I get home, but I won't expand on this.

Bump (Part 3 added.) I forgot this even existed for like, a week and a half. Or more. Sorry. :P

Author's Note: Athir is copyrighted. Publishing any material using the name make you subject to legal action. This is a scrapped version of a novel I began writing when I was 10. I'm now 15, and I've scrapped no less than 200 pages worth of literature. (Font 12, Times New Roman, One Page in a Word document) This particular piece of literature I scrapped for it's close resemblance to other fantasy worlds. It seemed unoriginal, and I wasn't feeling it. So here it is, five years later, for your miscellaneous viewer enjoyment. Note: Please don't tell me I was just copying other books. I know, which is why I scrapped it. But I got some form of positive appeal locally, so here it is. If you too happen to like it, don't ask for more. I have better things to do than further a story that won't go anywhere, and that I personally don't like. Enjoy. AthÃÆÃâÃâïr AthÃÆÃâÃâïr broke into a sprint. The sooty ash of the mountain kicked up underneath his feet. A deer was running from him, a sporting chance. AthÃÆÃâÃâïr lowered his head, and broke into speeds so amazingly fast, any human would mistake him for a blur. He gave on final spurt of energy and tripped, as the doe bounded away, glad to be offered some distance. ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâ¦Ã¢â¬ÅArgh!ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬ÃâÃ

Well in this hypothetical situation, God would undeniably exist (I believe He does, at least :D ) , would therefore prove everything in the Bible true, and therefore would be in control. So He is in control. No matter what. In the case He exists but isn't in control, who WOULD be in control? And in control of what?

Why not? Just ask the guy/girl if she's a homo or not. If they're really proud about being gay, which apparently they should be if it wasn't a choice and they want equal treatment, then they can just mark it as 'Gay' blood and store it elsewhere. And bob, can you go read the FDA's report? You're acting like a completely uneducated fool when you refuse to read the evidence that was already provided. (Check page 2? trytos, I think) baalboy5, let me state it again VERY clearly: There is NO shortage of blood. No gay blood doesn't mean 'lil johnny' is going to be dying. It's not gay blood or death! In fact, it's quite the opposite. And furthermore, if you didn't HAVE any sexual relation and you can prove it, then sure. You're clean. Whoopdy-friggin' do. But that's not what we're arguing about. We're arguing about homosexuals whom have had sex with their partners and therefore dramatically increasing the risk of transmitting or carrying an HIV/AIDS virus! This is NOT a joke any more than the Holocaust was one. AIDS and HIV is a practically Africa exclusive virus, the last thing we need to do is spread it across this sex-happy America. P.S. for those whom doubt the fact that AIDS is an almost Africa exclusive disease, you might find it funny to know that in The Week, December 2007, the UN admitted that they had blown AIDS numbers and statistics out of proportion. AIDS/HIV is relatively uncommon in the western world. P.P.S. is there really any difference between AIDS and HIV? I frankly don't quite know... :-s :-k

Again, as Warrior said, I think you should stop misrepresenting it. Yes, it is not fully genetic [or genetic at all, as proven thus far], but that doesn't mean it's a fully conscious choice, which I'm sure you realize. That said, the only problem I have with your statement is that you seem to misrepresent it, especially by using the word 'choice', which I [and many other people for obvious reasons] are obviously aware that the full factor is most definitely not a completely conscious choice. Right now, the field consensus is mostly that a myriad of factors determines the outcome, which, by reading your debate I'm sure you already know. However, by phrasing things as such, you seem to make it out to be something it's not, and I don't think that's too helpful to anyone. Am I misrepresenting it? Maybe I am, but that's beside the point. Being gay is not genetic; but it's not necessarily a choice. As Sigmund Freud put it, it's a subconscious response to your environment OR a fully conscious psychological choice. Rarely, RARELY is it the second thing. Anyway, that's not really the point, it's a worthless tangent, especially in this Freedom thread :lol: . Right now I'm just backing up Eelspremiers vs. Ilcoolguy, in the sense that Ilcoolguy threw the first punch, so to speak. This has nothing to do as gay. And ilcoolguy: A: No, you're not right. You're not wrong. Right now, it's just an opinion. B: Kay, let's stop arguing about this. We both acknowledge it, happy, let's move on. C: Still no evidence. :-s And the evidence I have provided says that your wrong. Even if you are gay, which you might very well be, it's almost IMPOSSIBLE and is VERY unlikely that you have any idea what your brain at a subconscious level is doing.

Come on, man, I said it was a viral disease. Just roll with it. And I never said that the dead are brought back, Solanum, the 'zombie disease' in the Zombie Survival Guide is just a virus pretty much using a host body as a puppet.

Warhammer's awesome. With the Thousand Sons Chaos peeps... I think. Not a big fan of 40k. But yeah, if you think that memo was cool, go read House of Leaves, I forgot who it's by but it's written about a horror house. Well, let me put it this way: The book you read is about a guy writing a book you read, and the guy who 's writing the book writes about the House of Leaves, but as you read into the book you realize that the author is going insane. So, you get insights to his work, but it's really mainly about him going insane as he's writing it. It's pretty cool. But Resident Evil is an awesome game...never played the remake. I think 4 had the best gameplay, but 1, 2, and 3 weren't...too bad.

Nobody ever said that it's a 100% choice. But it's not genetic. Once again, the National Association of Research and Therapy for Homosexuality (NARTH) states that there is no genetic evidence that people are simply gay. As Sigmund Freud put it, it's a subconscious response to your environment or a conscious psychological choice. Either way, it's not genetic, so I would suggest either pulling evidence out of your head or your head out of your [wagon].

:lol: I couldn't help it. Raven_Guard - Athens (The city) was destroyed by the Persians during the Persian War, but the people escaped to Salamis. Just saying. And I said something along those lines a while ago, and Zonorhc disagreed...Strongly... But if somehow, ancient democracy was ended during the time of the Greeks, I'm sure the idea would've popped up eventually. If I remember correctly, the Iroquois used a democracy, and I'm pretty sure they didn't know who the Greeks were. And I'll suppose I'll give an answer to my own question - What would've happened if the British won the Revolutionary War? I suppose that Britain and Spain would've eventually fought a huge war over North America. The French would join on the Spanish side, and so would quite a lot of other European countries. The British would have their list of allies, and gigantic battles would be fought. The Spanish and French would've won, and North America would've been split among numerous European countries, and would basically be a second Europe. (A bunch of small-ish countries...) France would probably take Britain, and the French and the Spanish would be superpowers, instead of Britain and America. I know about the Athens thing, I was just saying if the people died along with the city. Guess I shoulda spelled that out.

I wouldn't expect much else from Mr. Freeman, MIT graduate from Seattle, defender of City 17, the downtrodden, and the Black Mesa resonance cascade.

Clearly you've never experienced death by AIDS. I hear it's painful. Dying from a car crash relatively quickly is probably less unpleasant. Besides, it's not like 'Gay blood or you die'. There's just a slight shortage. It's not like they can't supply blood. The majority of the people in the world right now are O+, that means they can receive O+ AND O- blood. Those two blood types together make (I think, I know I'm close) 40% of the human population as we know it. Not to mention there's other blood types, including AB+ (can receive ANY blood, which is the type of blood I have :D ) and the sort. Point is, you're not going to die without gay blood. You're just one step closer to running out of normal blood. When we have a shortage of blood, and people are dying because we can't give them transfusions, then we can talk again.

Touche salesman. Touche. =D>

You say that now while typing on an internet forum, but when you're around her... :P . Yeah...but I was around her. She asked me, we had some fun, and then it got in the ways of my studies. So whoosh. Out the door. High School relationships don't last anyway. Besides, your heart (the emotion of love) without the brain (the logic) is useless. If you only had the emotion of love without logic, you'd be falling head over heels a whole damn lot, if you know what I mean.

I'd agree. I won't bring up religion (and I don't) unless people flame it. I just want to be respected, because frankly it's the dearest thing to me on the face of this planet.

I'd be speaking Japanese, for one. But Japanese is AWESOME! : OK, let's see what I can do in a cool, long, and detailed way that Necromagus put his history...without...involving.....Zombies. :-k :-k :-k OK: The year is 481 BC, the warring city states of Greece were recently alerted to a threat coming from the eastern kingdoms of Persia. Most of the other city states of Greece have already been defeated, or have alligned their loyalties and their armies with the Persian invaders. The general commanding the Persian horde is Xerxes, son of Darius I of Persia, whom had been humiliated years before by a Greek soldiery force whom had burned down the Persian capitol at the time. Xerxes, at the time, came for revenge to burn down Athens. At this time, Eurybiades, a commander and politician of Athens had alerted the city-state to the threat of an incoming Persian army and naval force far beyond their capabilities to defeat. As an added bonus, the navy of the Persian army could easily sweep past the few naval defenses that Athens had, seeing as they had ignored Eurybiade's warnings that Athens needed a better navy. Sparta, feeling no form of pity for the state of Athens, allowed the city to be razed by Xerxes. Furthermore, Xerxes pushed his forces west and destroyed all other city states he encountered. Ignoring the Spartan state in the south, Xerxes pushed north and ultimately obliterated the entire northern Greece country. Sparta, feeling threatened, allied with the few other city-states in the south and pulled together a Greek force hopefully able to deter the Persian Horde. In 467 BC, the Persian empire clashes with the ragged remainders of Greece, but the Spartan warriors prove an invaluable ally. Defending their state, the Greek forces drive the Persian empire out of Southern Greece and turn the strait between northern and southern Greece into a warzone. Sparta and her allies manage to erect a wall around this state with better masonry than the Chinese could have hoped to accomplish with the great wall. Using the wall to defend itself, Greece flourishes under a monarchy consisting of King Leonidas and his wife Gorgo, whom reinforce the Greek coffers and swell their military ranks. Greece survives, but with almost two-thirds of their land under Persian control, Greece finds itself without allies and is cut off from Europe for the most part. Consequently, in 334 BC the Persian Empire has used the ex-Greece homeland as a foothold into Europe. The Persian horde, that had swelled over the years of their own prosperity, goes north into Europe and western Asia. No force is able to prevent their expansion, and the entire continent of Europe is taken, along with Western Russia. The Persian horde is stopped at China, however, and through China, southern Asia and eastern Asia are kept safe. In 567 AD, Persia continues a campaign South across the ocean between Spain and Morocco into Africa. The still primitive tribes have no chance versus the now modernized and technologically superior Persian force. Shortly after Muhammad is born; but despite his prophetic nature, he is regarded as only a messenger. Islam is never born, as Jesus had his message carried far by the Persian empire, which had already spanned across half the western world and half the known east. With Africa under it's thumb, Persia now safely controls most of the world as they know it. In 1567, with the discovery of the new world by Persian explorer Ali Farrid, Persia instantly moves west. In the thousands of years that they have been allowed to evolve, Persia has now become the most advanced technological civilization on earth, and Christianity has become widespread. Greece is the only western country on earth with a modernized democracy, but as they are a small and boxed in country, they are unable to spread their ideals to the rest of the world. The native Americans of both America's are taken by storm as Persian settlers move across from the Old world to the New world. At this time, at least 65% of the world is under Persian control. In 1776, China defies probability and odds by moving from behind their own borders into northern Asia. Seizing Siberia and most of Russia by force, China overwhelms the thin, spread out Persian force quickly and instantly claims half of Asia as it's own. Expanding walls, defenses, and fortresses, China uses their vast resources along with the Russian terrain to defend their new land successfully. In the meantime, some Persian immigrants in the New World near the east coast rise up in protest against the far east Persian monarchy. They are crushed ruthlessly, and no other uprisings ever occur. In 1865, China allies with all south, southeastern, and eastern Asian countries, including Japan, India, and Australia. Pushing west, the new empire of Asia under the monarchy of China (Kong Tourong the III) the Persians are driven out of Europe. Declared as World War I, millions of Asian and Persian troops die. Estimated casualties at the end of the war in 1874 are estimated to be almost 700 million on both sides. Greece, by itself, allies itself with the Asian Empire. The barely standing Democracy is instantly converted into a monarchy under Kong Tourong. In 1923 another war breaks out as the Persian Empire attacks from Alaska and northern Africa. The Asian Empire defeats the Persians and delivers a fatal counterblow into the heart of Africa. Weakened, the Persians retreat into the America's which have long since been conquered. Only two states exist at this time: Asia and Persia. In 1985, the nuclear bomb is initially tested in the waters south of the Asian province of Korea. It is a huge success. Only a year later, in 1986, do the Persian's test the same theory on a deserted island (named Cuba), and the results match the bomb at Korea. Without hesitation, both empires launch nuclear bombs at one another. A huge war breaks out, and most of Africa is obliterated by nuclear warfare. The civilian casualties on both sides mount up, as the entire east coast of America is littered with nuclear waste and shells. By 1992 the world is practically a nuclear cesspool. The shelling has stopped, and civilian casualties have mounted to over three billion. Military fights continue across hot spots in the world between Asia and Persia, including such areas as Alaska, Antarctica, Spain, Iceland, and Greenland. In order to keep troops and civilians safe, both sides invent nuclear HEV suits, which becomes standard gear for human survival in the nuclear wastes left of most battlefields. Neither empire is able to continue Nuclear shelling, as it would be too risky to hit their own soldiers. By 2000, the world is a waste and not a single major city has survived. In order to survive, one must be in a HEV suit or in a shelter. There are a few places where the nuclear wastes have not seeped in, such as valleys, but these places are few and scarce. The surviving humans travel in bands, or alone and without shelter. Nature is gone; there is only craters and corpses. By January, 2008, both the Asian and the Persian empires cease the war. They retreat to lick their wounds and treat them, even though their strength is barely enough to support even the civilians they have left. No more society exists, and only the shattered remnant of the government can provide any more shelter, food, or clean oxygen. Living in this post-apocalyptic zone, it's only a matter of time before resources run out, and humans become extinct, leaving behind only a nuclear charred world. __________________________ Yeah. I don't think it would have ever actually gotten this bad if democracy never existed (ie, Athens was destroyed by Persia) and if Persia had a tactical point with which to attack Europe (Greece) but it's possible. :-s I guess.

I was kind of bored so I'm making a zombie disease thread. It was kind of spurred on when I heard somebody say that there were way too many health threads on lately. So I made a completely useless one! So, zombies are the corpses of reanimated humans (We'll be using virus infected zombies for our scenarios :wink: ) and they can spread their disease by biting other...living humans. What I ask you, people of tip.it, is what are the symptoms of ZOOOMBIE INFEEECTION? I'm thinking Delirious behavior, pain of infected area, vomiting, paling of skin, bags under eyes, lack of muscle control, extreme fatigue, death...then REANIMAAATION! You can number them or something if you want to, but I listed mine in chronological order. Flaming is totally allowed 'cuz it's a zombie thread. I mean, come on. :-s

I think he'll never read this. LAWL. Or at least not while he's still in the described dillemna. I would have said wait and tell your parents, if it really is broken, they won't be PO-ed, if it's just sprained, they'll help you out. Anyway, unless the bone is like, sticking out, ER probably isn't a very rational option. But I know that you just want to get out of pain when you're in it, especially when it's something crucial like your wrist. Remember: Pain = Loss of Reasoning. Just regain your wits and you'll be fine.

Oh that totally reminds me of this Romeo and Juliet kind of instance, (this is a modern day love story, which is like, identical) So like, these two teens were in love, blah blah blah, but neither of their parents thought it would last and both pairs of parents despised one another. So instead of talking to their parents, the kids went to their favorite hill overlooking the city, where two trees stood on the top, and they friggin' HUNG themselves looking at one another as they died. ( :-s ) Ignoring the creepiness of finding two corpses staring at each other and hanging from nooses... But yeah, I mean, clearly any logical being wouldn't end their life prematurely for no reason. Rash acting upon the heart...bleh. I'd take intelligence over wearing my wildcat emotions on my sleeve.