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i dont think that if the 2nd one is changed, all of a sudden theres going to be other amendments in the bill of rights thats going to be targeted....
i am more concerned with growing power from the supreme court; they can say the 2nd amendment or any other amendment doesnt pertain to certain situations...
well, our constitution was designed to allow it to be changed, nothing can't be changed by future amendments...
your argument ignores one of the statistics: "Percentage of seniors (65 and older) with low income who say they are in
the US does have a decent chance of beating Ghana and making it to the quarter-finals; and if they do, their chances arent even that bad to get to the semi-finals.... winning the semi is probably going to require a miracle though... probably would face either brazil, netherlands, or possibly even portugal there.
so... basically you're saying england's performance wasnt unlucky, but the US was lucky that england performed poorly?
also, i agree, lulz at italy.
i dont think you can look at the English performance in the world cup and blame it on bad luck for them; the way the english played was a reflection of the state of their team, and were not flukes.
hmmm, so Primo said the US would need lots of luck to get the top slot over England in their group...... Whats the consensus? was the US very lucky? i think that overall so far the US was much unluckier then they were lucky...
as for US's medical status being third world...
a survey by the UN International Health Organization showed that:
ercentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after diagnosis: U.S. 65 percent, Eng-land 46 percent, Canada 42 percent.
Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received treatment within six months: U.S. 93 percent, England 15 percent, Canada 43 percent.
Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it within six months: U.S. 90 percent, England 15 percent, Canada 43 percent.
Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within one month: U.S. 77 percent, England 40 percent, Canada 43 percent.
Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people: U.S. 71, England 14, Canada 18.
Percentage of seniors (65 and older) with low income who say they are in
> Khaz Modan wrote:
> You have to understand no matter your beliefs that for a Euro, seeing a world leader say "hey guys, how about we help poor people and those in poverty in our country by allowing them medical care" and then not being able to get any support, makes him look very weak.
and you have to understand that you or any other euro that fails to take into account cultural differences between Americans and Europeans while following American politics makes you look like a complete and utter retard...
i dont understand people giving him props for good intentions... did people ever think that a previous president was trying to destroy the country, that they had bad intentions? no, thats ridiculous...
hmmm, theres still democrats, hispanics, and blacks that will vote for him next election, he has a chance.... what he needs to do is push a bill through that give illegal immigrants the right to vote...
is there some significance to Sunday that people not familiar with the history between england and germany in the world cup would miss?
Rooney needs to wake the [] up.... both games should be fun to watch though, im happy england got germany and us got ghana... man, look at that bracket, on one side germany, england, argentina, and mexico fighting for a single semi-finals spot, and on the other side us, ghana, uruguay, and south korea fighting for single semi-finals spot....
> [TI] Primo wrote:
> USA got a bit lucky there
and the refereeing is so incredibly horrible this world cup 
is why i prefer the european championship over the world cup
yeah... the US got a little lucky, they also got very unlucky.... they were robbed of a win against Slovenia and they were robbed of a goal against Algeria and they were robbed of a pk against Algeria....
well, i must say none of the 3 US games were boring...
"-- Eh? Negative - Precognition refers to knowledge -not yet obtained- "
so once you know one black person, you know them all? no. in the bad types of racism you are using certain information to make assumptions of a mass of people you know nothing about, which is precognition because you have not yet obtained knowledge on the people you are racist against.
"If the debate in question is -IF- curb stomping is consider a racially inspire hate crime, then - negative, that knowledge was obtained from past, and present sources- not lack of -- So the usage of Precognition is void, if your referring to the fact that i do not -have objective proof- that DM intended his name to be racist - Then that irrelevant in whole - If i call you a Jew, and don't stand -why- i called you a Jew, as per popular -past- understanding -of normal interpretations- you *Should (I say should as it's not an absolute case by case), take in an offensive meaning, now i could mean Jew in a good way, as you got the money of a jew, the work ethics of a Jew, ect -- But if i FAIL TO SPECIFIC INTENTION AND LEAVE IT TO PERCEPTIONAL INTERPRETATION I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT EFFECT IT WILL HAVE ON THOSE WHO WITNESS IT.
To SAY anything otherwise is you condoning the insane notion that we are not responsible for what we say, but responsible for what we hear from others, and how we interpreted it -
And you Sir, will never find any respected PhD in Sociology that would agree with, responsibility of communications is always in the transmission, not in the reception - as you can never -assume- the receiving parties education/intellectual/ethic/morale/religious/ect standards or levels/degrees of understanding.
That is the root of mis-communication.
And if - DM's name of CurbStomper is a mis-communication, the fault lies within him for choosing a name that can be ambiguously interpreted as something so extremely hateful.
Furthermore, i've never met a person in my life that took the A.H.X Scene to be an Anti-Nazi projection - The movie's grand message was that hate breeds more hate, and violence breeds more violence, thus the inescapable cycle of racial hate only leads to loss on both sides, and it's all a product of ignorance, and that with proper education, and social exposure we can over-come racially inspired hate."
so you think that overcoming racially inspired hate isnt contrary to nazi philosophy? i think it is. so, i would think someone referencing a movie about overcoming racially inspired hate and saying nothing else about it, is serving of nothing else but a reminder to the movie and its message. the responsability of communications clearly lie on both. you cant blame the author of a book for some crazed nut that burns down a house after reading it.
"It's intention vrs precognition - If the intent of the 2 words Curb, and stomper is to identify one's self with the hate assault of curb stomping, or some sort of non-existent dance move? (Everyone body do the curb stomp, YAH!) -- That holds no predicate towards recognition"
lets follow the example of curb stomp. you called it racist, did you not? you are basing the racist card on precognition. the view of curb stomping largely comes from american history x; as you pointed out, and in that movie, i think its pretty clear that it was painted as quite horrific, was it not? so wouldnt most normal people that are familar with the term think back to a scene that strongly discourages nazism? he has done nothing to suggest that his intention is in support of curb stomping, and with the lack of support for it, it clearly acts of a reminder of evils of racism and not an endorsement of it. i also was not saying precognition is bad. but that racism is precognition.
"1. You are obviously not a student of philosophy - Because clearly you can not quantify or standardize the requirement for intra-humanity scaling - Superiority/Inferiority with out absolute quantification is relative to social/culture perception, and NOT under any circumstances a valid back-source for such claims of superiority or inferiority.
To further piggy back off the above statement
Consider the movie Avatar (Or the European-Native American relations) Both the Human's and the Na'vi consider each other inferior, and primitive -- Humanity was out of touch with nature, and their natural spirituality, and affinity for equilibrium within nature, while the Na'vi lacked technology -- But which was inferior? Neither, as it's relative.
Your kind of thinking is what will doom humanity to ruin, there is under no pretense or circumstances a time that racism will be "Ok" -- As to implement the notion of it will be to limit potential of race progression, enlightenment, and cause overall distension within a close-minded and ignorant society."
its not about superiority or inferiority, inferiority was merely an example. recognizing the differences between different races is not morally wrong and is not fundamentally wrong. even if you want to hold on to inferiority, if certain races have a tendency to certain diseases, i think that would universally be considered an inferior trait, but recognizing this race's tendency to the inferior trait can save many lives by being better prepared to treat them of that disease.
you fool, do the gun threads drag on due to discussion of what the founding fathers thought, or do the threads drag on from discussing current day pro's and con's of gun control? i am pretty sure its the latter....
"So what you are saying is that the biggest topics about these three options because that is what everyone argues about.... almost circular arguments there... probably true though."
no, i am saying the biggest topics are about these three options because that is what everyone feels they know enough about to be qualified to discuss.
also, not one commented on my idea as the first response to the OP? gay! those are the three main topics, because everyone thinks they know a lot about religion, economics, and war..... everyone has parents that are of one religion (counting atheism as a religion) so everyone thinks they know something about religion. almost everyone has a job so they know about making ends meet and think they know about economics. and everyone has gone to school and learned about wars, so they think they know a lot about wars.... if you think you dont know anything about a subject, you would rarely debate about the subject....
i have not seen a single gun discussion discussing the origins of the right to bear arms, but the current legitimacy of the right to bear arms regarding the modern benefits and disadvantages of having the right to bear arms, inwhich case it does not fit the war category.
racism isnt inherently wrong. we encounter many inferior races throughout the earth. the wrong part of it is when you take observations of a few, and apply it to similar situations. for example taking a few uses of the term: curb stomper, and applying those uses whenever someone uses the term, curb stomper.....
Imperial, you're a racist...
they only have power over weak-minded men...
when going to a 50/50 ball there are things you can and cannot do. hitting someone's feet with your chest while punching the ball away as a keeper is not a foul, going cleats up at a keeper and completely missing the ball is genuinely something that you cant do... if what the brits did was allowable, the general strategy of football would to chip shots at the keeper and have people try to injure the goalie while challenging the keeper for the chip, and then once their best keepers are out of the game, you have an easy time scoring. 50/50 balls are not an excuse to foul other players. and as someone who has played striker plenty, the guy was obviously going for the keeper and not the ball... he wasnt close to the ball and when it was obvious he wasnt getting the ball, he stuck his cleats up and went for the keeper.
so in the england us game, the cleats to Howard's chest.... how was that not a card? the guy wasnt even close to the ball and the guy had his cleats up.... i was a striker in highschool, and they never let me get away with things half as bad as that...
> BiefstukFriet wrote:
> > A rough tackle gets a yellow card. Mistaking someones head for the ball and hitting it with an elbow, thats a red card.
everyone raises their arms when jumping up for a header to protect themselves, he did nothing more...
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