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  1. Posthumanism ala ATEO

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    #1 Trans kids

     

     

    It also runs into a different topic all together, which is basically the "degenerate" lifestyle of the LGBT community. Promiscuous sexual practices taken to the extreme (hundreds and or thousands of partners, large portion of whom are strangers), high rates of mental illness and instability, high rates of STD infection, etc.. etc.. You can't just pretend a group of people is "perfectly normal" when they have such negative statistical correlations that are orders of magnitude higher than the 'general populace'.

     

     

     

    Basically, you're free to do as you please as an adult.

     

     

    In all seriousness, do you attribute the alternative culture of LGBT (and truly, you're painting with a broad brush - men who have sex with men (MSM) are the main demographic driving these statistics on virtually every metric) on some genetic predisposition to 'degeneracy' or do you consider that the culture of cruising, glory-holing, hookup apps and back-alley meetups is the ultimate result, reaction and response to decades of anti-gay rhetoric and suppression? Lack of education leads to poor sexual behavior, both physically and socially; and MSM don't have tricky things like accidental pregnancy to interfere with their momentum. Add to that the natural inclination of marginalized groups to double down on concepts of identity and culture, and it's no stretch to see these groups embracing a lifestyle that serves the dual purpose of satisfying the desires of its community and flies in the face of its oppressors.

     

    Overall I agree with your position. While I don't necessarily feel that the state, in its current situation, is obligated to its trans citizens to aid them in achieving their desired orientation, that ultimately falls into a category of 'why can't we/how do we healthcare better'

     

    #2. Abortion

     

     

    You simply cannot rule out the positive impacts of basically reducing unwanted children from a society.

     

     

    You've addressed the front end of the argument, which is regulating the abortions themselves - but 'reduction' does not equal 'elimination'. How does the State of Danger manage the inevitable ward of the state? Those that argue the hardest for pro-life by and large have no interest in dealing with the consequences of outlawing abortions - to date, no one has put forth a plan (that i've seen) that seeks to solve the problem back-to-front; that is to say, no one has said 'let's make adoption and foster care better for huge numbers of unwanted children, then begin to take steps to reduce and ultimately eliminate those numbers'. Is it logical, or fair, for people to only carry water for one piece of a problem?

     

    #3. Crime

     

    No arguments here, all are very valid points.

     

    I personally believe in a radical approach to capital punishment, which is to eliminate it entirely. I believe that the death penalty punishes everyone BUT the guilty party, as people who commit crimes deserving of the death penalty tend to be accepting of their execution or generally unbothered by the idea. Families of victims are denied closure for years while the killer awaits his sentence, and then get to sit in the room and watch that man die - this rarely provides a true sense of justice to the aggrieved, and is more likely to add further trauma since, y'know, they watched someone die. So eliminate it. Unless your society is pathological enough to proudly say 'honestly, we're just making room in our prisons', become a society that does not murder people. Lead by example. The culture will follow.

  3. Bloodborne

    in Games

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    has anyone used the Beast Blood Pellets yet? I used one in a boss fight last night and it didn't seem to be all that effective. I know it's linked to your Bloodtinge stat, so does the effect scale with the level?

  4. Man of Steel

    in Movies

    Posted · Edited by ThongCannon

    I enjoyed Superman, but it suffered the same malady that has afflicted every film adaptation of DC Comics. Things are too real in the DC Universe. The superheroes aren't just blandly 'super', as they tend to be in Marvel's pantheon. They're fraught with emotion, burdened by unseen forces and overflowing with a pathos that translates wonderfully to printed serials, but falls flat on the big screen. This is the exact reason that Smallville succeeded on the small screen.

     

    The reason Marvel works so well is because they embrace the absurdity of it all. There are no standouts - everyone is Tony Stark in the Marvel film-verse. A witty one-liner or Whedonesque zinger doesn't translate as well to the pained struggles of Superman or the pious brooding of Batman. A winning cast of mostly one-dimensional characters (notice how little we are shown of Hulk in The Avengers - we never needed Ed Norton or Eric Bana's origin stories) prancing around while things explode all around them is a recipe for success that can't be replicated with the hard, adult themes of the DC Universe. The solo films are simply a means to an end - Thor's films are so hilariously unnecessary that they can only be considered gratuitous fanservice, and Iron Man's films (with Favreau at the helm) hold their own, but by the third end up depending on the core Avengers arc to stay relevant. Marvel wins at the box office because we don't need to know anything about the characters to enjoy the show.

     

    What we saw in Man of Steel was a fleeting attempt to Marvel-ize Superman. Wanton, gratuitous destruction, Clark exercising the full breadth of his superpower arsenal, overzealous and outrageous CGI visuals - this is the same formula that has brought home the big bucks for Marvel year after year, and it stands to reason that there would be an attempt to bring the DC Universe to the same level. But it doesn't work that way for DC. The film is riddled with flashbacks and memories, trying to show us the why of it all. You can't tell the story of Clark Kent in a single movie. A trilogy is the closest thing we've ever gotten to a marketable film franchise. A television show is the best we've ever done.

     

    Superman: the legend is too revered to be done wrong, and too complex to do right.

     

     

    (edit: after re-reading this, it totally sounds like I'm shitting all over Superman while giving Marvel a double handy. Not so. I'll at least say what I liked about the film -

     

     

    <p>The best origin story I've seen on film, to date. Costner's Pa Kent aside (a multitude of reasons to hate this character, seriously) they explored Superman's journey in a way that fully drives home the concept and ideology that we know and love about the character. LS and I have the same favorite scene - Zod's dialogue about purpose made me completely re-evaluate everything I had watched up to that point.</p><p><br></p><p>Snapping Zod's neck seems to have been a very controversial thing, but it definitely cemented Superman's ethos towards killing. A truly defining moment for a very well-made origin story.</p>

     

  5. 14th Annual Gumball 3000

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    Posted · Edited by Swamp Biscuit

    Rally kicks off tonight in Times Square. Anyone else keeping up?

     

    edit: http://jalopnik.com/5913106/the-worlds-most-stereotypical-lamborghini-driver-is-ready-for-the-gumball-3000

     

    http://www.gumball3000.com/images/original/ee0ebeac2838e31d0ab61de5b58cce60c3a88u.gif?1337958020572%20=1337958020572

     

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  7. Guitars!

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    I don't have pics of Ninety's guitar, and I don't even really know what it is. It's some shitty Ibanez Gio series. It sucks, it really does. It's a shitty piece of wood with strings and loose tuners and broken pots and a bad jack.

     

    AND YET, IT'S THE BEST PLAYING GUITAR I'VE EVER HAD.

     

    I can't explain it. The neck is the best playing neck, I swear. Clear tone all the way up the neck. When I'm rich and famous, I'm going to have the thing dismantled and put the neck into every guitar I play, because it's just so damn good.

     

    I have no clips. I know, hypocrite hypocrite.

  9. Rise of the Planet of the Apes

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    I am that buddy. It is a good-ass movie. I recommend it to everyone. Nothing really stands out above the rest of the film (though Andy Serkis' mo-cap acting really is amazing to watch, as is WETA's CGI work), but as far as the film's concerned, it's the best prequel to POTA that could possibly be made.

  17. Minecraft - ACU Server

    in Games

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    I'm down for either one. Whichever world gets Peaceful will be the world I'll play. I only have the basic framework of my house up (and it'll stay that way until I can eventually mine the stuff I need, which, given creepers/zombies/spiders etc., will take forever) so I won't be losing out on a ton of progress.

     

    I don't particularly MIND playing with mobs - it does have its fun - but the creepers are killing me. Having to respawn doesn't piss me off nearly as much as having to rebuild.

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