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master of ordinance wrote: When I confronted him on it, he acted like it was his right to blow innocent animals apart with explosives, and when I asked how he would like it done to him he just laughed it off.
Are you vegan ? Or would you like to be killed and then eaten ?
See, likely you are doing the same .
The two first sentences were rhetorical questions. I expected both answers to be “No”. Because most people are not vegan, and don't want to be killed and then eaten.
Last sentence was “Since you likely answered no to the first two question, you are not really better than they are”.
So yeah, I'm faulty here, I made a baseless assumption and wrote rhetorical questions based on it. My bad.
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Manchu - "But so what? The Bible also says the flood destroyed the world. You only need an allegorical boat to tackle an allegorical flood."
Shespits "Anything i see with YOLO has half naked eleventeen year olds Girls. And of course booze and drugs and more half naked elventeen yearolds Girls. O how i wish to YOLO again!"
Rubiksnoob "Next you'll say driving a stick with a Scandinavian supermodel on your lap while ripping a bong impairs your driving. And you know what, I'M NOT GOING TO STOP, YOU FILTHY COMMUNIST"
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Humanity has developed language to the point where it can communicate vastly complex ideas to each other. It adapted those languages in to written forms, so those ideas can be spread far and wide, and even from generation to generation. And now it's developed computers that linked to each other across the planet so all the ideas and concepts are all right there for everyone with a computer to access... and those people even get to contribute their own thoughts and ideas.
And you sit down at one such computer, connected to such an incredible network, and all you want to do is write off all of humanity because of the animal cruelty of some random donkey-cave.
“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
sebster wrote: Humanity has developed language to the point where it can communicate vastly complex ideas to each other. It adapted those languages in to written forms, so those ideas can be spread far and wide, and even from generation to generation. And now it's developed computers that linked to each other across the planet so all the ideas and concepts are all right there for everyone with a computer to access... and those people even get to contribute their own thoughts and ideas.
And you sit down at one such computer, connected to such an incredible network, and all you want to do is write off all of humanity because of the animal cruelty of some random donkey-cave.
I wanted to type something like that originally, but I wasn't sure where to start or how to go about it. Have an exalt.
If you don't have to go and travel the world and compare horrible mean Britain to it and realise that this is the land of beer and honey. Life is gravy here and you should be grateful you can think on the poor circumstances of a kitty cat In fething Preston rather than dodging nutjobs, bullets, religion, extremists, poverty (the real one not relative) and war.
Considering you lot have had soldiers beheaded in your streets RECENTLY I'd say you have plenty of actual religion and extremists running around, and I'm not even counting Northern Ireland.
I beg of you sarge let me lead the charge when the battle lines are drawn
Lemme at least leave a good hoof beat they'll remember loud and long
If you don't have to go and travel the world and compare horrible mean Britain to it and realise that this is the land of beer and honey. Life is gravy here and you should be grateful you can think on the poor circumstances of a kitty cat In fething Preston rather than dodging nutjobs, bullets, religion, extremists, poverty (the real one not relative) and war.
Considering you lot have had soldiers beheaded in your streets RECENTLY
Putting aside the main thrust, I'm pretty sure it only happened once so referring to it in plural seems to exaggerate it needlessly; one is to many as it is.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
If you can read this post, your life is better than 90% of the global population.
I for one, am grateful I have a job to go to, a home to return to and plenty of food so I don't go hungry. The chances of me being killed doing, or on my way to/from any of these things is pretty much nil.
There a ass-hats everywhere, but I think we've got it pretty cushy IMO.
If you don't have to go and travel the world and compare horrible mean Britain to it and realise that this is the land of beer and honey. Life is gravy here and you should be grateful you can think on the poor circumstances of a kitty cat In fething Preston rather than dodging nutjobs, bullets, religion, extremists, poverty (the real one not relative) and war.
Considering you lot have had soldiers beheaded in your streets RECENTLY I'd say you have plenty of actual religion and extremists running around, and I'm not even counting Northern Ireland.
A soldier. Up here for thinking the internet for not it appears.
Now as I say we could compare that to another examples of Western Soldiers being killed by religious extremists on home soil RECENTLY; I don't know say the Fort Hood attacks where 13 died and 30 were injured.
Like I say beer and honey chum, beer and honey.
I would carry on this pointless post to compare 30+ years of US funded terrorism and criminality under the façade of "freedom" in NI vs. some other well know attacks in other Western countries but that would be equally pointless.
We have it good here even taking into account such topics so the OP pissing an moaning about kitty cats is risible at best.
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smithy12262 wrote: If you can read this post, your life is better than 90% of the global population.
I for one, am grateful I have a job to go to, a home to return to and plenty of food so I don't go hungry. The chances of me being killed doing, or on my way to/from any of these things is pretty much nil.
There a ass-hats everywhere, but I think we've got it pretty cushy IMO.
More than 10% of the global population have internet access.
Many people in the UK and USA who have internet go to bed hungry, and suffer various forms of abuse/poverty/illness etc.
Automatically Appended Next Post: On a related note, Humanity is still young. We've only just started recording things (about five minutes ago on the scale of things), and we're starting to hit puberty (if a little early).
Humanity has begun growing obscene abouts of greasy hair, harbouring all kinds of scum, and is having a tantrum every other day (seeing any correlations?).
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smithy12262 wrote: If you can read this post, your life is better than 70% of the global population.
I for one, am grateful I have a job to go to, a home to return to and plenty of food so I don't go hungry. The chances of me being killed doing, or on my way to/from any of these things is pretty much nil.
There a ass-hats everywhere, but I think we've got it pretty cushy IMO.
More than 10% of the global population have internet access.
Many people in the UK and USA who have internet go to bed hungry, and suffer various forms of abuse/poverty/illness etc.
Automatically Appended Next Post: On a related note, Humanity is still young. We've only just started recording things (about five minutes ago on the scale of things), and we're starting to hit puberty (if a little early).
Humanity has begun growing obscene abouts of greasy hair, harbouring all kinds of scum, and is having a tantrum every other day (seeing any correlations?).
Fixed it
You get my point nonetheless.
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I gave up on humanity shortly after the other 8th graders started calling me pink eye, gnome, and potato. I also stopped believing in god, and this year the "cuzzie-bores" in year 9 decided that they all agree I am their least favourite persOn.
I once saw one of the aforementioned "cuzzie-bros" shove a bird into a bin. Broke it's wings. Pissed me off.
the shrouded lord wrote: I gave up on humanity shortly after the other 8th graders started calling me pink eye, gnome, and potato. I also stopped believing in god, and this year the "cuzzie-bores" in year 9 decided that they all agree I am their least favourite persOn.
I once saw one of the aforementioned "cuzzie-bros" shove a bird into a bin. Broke it's wings. Pissed me off.
How old are you?
NVM, it's in your profile.
Important lesson here. What is happening now means nothing in the long run. It is not a reflection of humanity overall. Everyone goes through it. Even the ones who are doing the "picking" receive it as well. It may not be obvious to you, but it happens. Furthermore social pecking order of highschool means absolute dick. The only impact it will have on your real life, is what you let it have.
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Humanity is neither inherently good or evil. It is inherently self-interested, like any other species. We are no more good or evil than platypuses or cats.
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innocence.
He Who Controls The Dice Controls The Universe 
. I'm very happy that there are people in this world who take time to help in such ways. 
