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Keeping it illegal pushes it underground, forces people who want to do it to associate with drug dealers who also deal harder stuff. In criminal trade there is no regulation, gangs fight for control of key shipment lines and dealing turf and there are countless deaths associated with this. Gangs fund other criminal operations with their main money source; drugs. Also, how does the state/majority have any justification to tell you what you can and cannot do to yourself? Sound argument I agree with you but at the same time you can't dismiss the fact the the world's mental instability will increase the more widely available it becomes. If you want to go give yourself schizophrenia/paranoia/anxiety that may not have otherwise surfaced then be my guest but the general public is at harm. To say that all schizophrenics are molesting, murderers is a stereotype but it'll definitely increase. If everyone could run around and do whatever they wanted, the world would be an ugly place. Why can't I go up and stab you if you annoy me and not get away with it? lol I'm not serious by the way.

Because marijuana can both exacerbate and bring out pre-existing mental illnesses that may not have otherwise surfaced, in particular schizophrenia and paranoia/anxiety. Smoke cigarettes? higher the chances of cancer. I guess they'd rather a room full of potential cancer patients than a room full of potential schizophrenics. Legalize it and what do you get? You increase the mental instability in the world's population. Although I'm sure even if it's illegal many would find ways anyway.

Tape recorder.... go invest in one :thumbup: go go go go go

Yeah that's the dude... you can tell how religious I am :lol:

I don't really see people here saying they go up to people and tell them they think it's wrong. I may have missed it though. I do see people coming here to write their opinion on the matter. I'm pretty sure you were the one who wrote all that stuff about vegetarianism and you were expressing your opinions freely on the matter too. I could be wrong but if I'm not don't double standard yourself, or you'll lose debating e-cred lol

I still think its [cabbage] but what can ya do :P

I've already told you Reb, your mum and me go way back, there's no escape from us ;)

Oh so Jesus didn't knock Mary up and lie about it :-#

I meant it's not mandatory unless you were to be drafted. The draft is only in times of emergency and I don't think the US will need it anytime soon. They're only the world's super power at the moment, it isn't required at the moment and probably won't be for a long time. There isn't much discussion value other than "yes", "no" or "I don't think either gender should have to". I just thought it was odd to complain about it unless we were going through hardship where it could be a possibility in the near future.

I don't think it should be compulsory at all for any gender. So if you took that approach, it would be equal. And [bleep] that, I have better things to do. Although it would be highly amusing to blow some bastards up if I'm in the right state of mind. I don't even know why we're discussing something that is no longer mandatory... Unless we're talking in places like Egypt where 14 year old's are sent to serve their country. But if you want to get technical, women are hardly equal in those parts of the world anyway so there's no argument. Wtf? new topic please.

More often than not girls mature before boys and so they need some mental stimulation from people on the same level. Which means quite often they go for older guys. I'm not a guy so I can't tell you why they look for the younger girls.

So it's fun to some people and also profitable. Sorry but fun to me consists of much more constructive things in life. I can think of more profitable things that don't require hurting animals, so the profitability argument is pretty poor. How do you know that you won't like those ideas better than cockfighting either? Works both ways.

What he said ^^ He's already so awesome that he doesn't need to take after anyone ;) /bias Just a thought but wouldn't it be great if each of the 10 billionaires of Australia gave each Australian some dough? They earn so much money that they won't ever spend it all. And it would help the economy :lol:

:shock: You and I obviously don't view the same shows. In the streets it definitely becomes a blood bath. Does anyone have any idea what I'm talking about or has everyone been sheltered with their television viewing or something :?

yeah.. no it doesn't work like that. these roosters cost a lot of money to the owners so if they can fight another day, they will. And what about the illegal cockfighters?

lol that is nowhere near extreme as the one's I've seen on documentaries. I'm talking, blood everywhere, death, bald chickens from having feathers pecked off, broken limbs, the lot. You can mock me all you like, I have seen cockfighting to the death on many documented series.

At least post a variety of youtube videos that present the wide range of [rooster] fighting. There are one's that are absolutely violent and to the death. There's nothing acceptable about those types. Edit... zierro beat me to it.

Pretty common these days actually, whether you're nerdy, athletic or professional it doesn't matter. Good luck and I hope you enjoy the amazing experience that comes with it.

Thanks for that link, I got to about 1 minute 30 and turned it off, I had seen enough. I do think the way they suffer is disgusting but I still can't help that I love the taste of chicken.

Another example of how getting a degree and working for the rest of your life is not the answer to financial freedom :lol: Have fun with that... I think I would rather do something else \

Crap sorry I mean ps3 not ps2. How do I set it up on the ps3? I used to have access to xbox (my parents turned my old room in to a gaming room lol) but now I only have ps3 and "rock band" instead of guitar hero's band.

:lol: because they all dream and idolize the dream ;) on a serious note, Brent is the biggest nerd I know and knows a lot about weight lifting. I suppose it helps when you had a personal trainer for 2 years and then get sent off to Kapooka :lol:

When you place it in that context yes. But in regards to the authors question (which is the purpose of the thread) and what I have answered, it is insignificant to what it was compared to. The cold war did bring about an age of rapid progress, however, you have to question whether the advances could only have been made in the pressure cooker that was the political climate of the time? Undoubtedly they sped up the development of the space program as this benefited the missile programs of both countries and as trickle effect computers the internet television and nuclear power were all developed in rapid time but have we not come further since then without the tensions of the cold war? I do agree that to dismiss the cold war without due recognition is improper but instead to remember it in the flow of history that spawned from it. I have answered the authors question if you wish to debate history, more than welcome, I have have msn and plenty of time up my sleeve.

There are two reasons I don't agree with it. The first being, it's probably nicer to shoot the chicken in the head and get it over and done with rather than torturing it before it dies, whether you eat it afterward or not. The second being, I find it disgusting that people actually bet money on their suffering. I'd imagine it wouldn't taste very good if it's been pecked and scratched to shreds anyway, since the chicken was stressed it would probably be very tough meat. Gross :twisted: I like my chicken JUICY! :-#

haha that's a good one and remember the more true adage that history is written by the victor (look at WWII for instance.) But yes the Cold war is really quite insignificant and I think comparing ideas on it detracts from the original post. The guy's history teacher sounds wacky, at least that's something we can both agree on.