826

(12 replies, posted in Politics)

> Kanye West wrote:
"Black people never domesticated horses. So without people of other races, the invention is useless."
This is not true. The original cowboys of the wild west were black.  Feel free to look that up.<

The horses they rode were already domesticated.
Had been for hundreds of years.
By others.
Africans themselves had never domesticated horses.
Sorry.


>"No black structure would have ever needed escape ladders if it wasn't for the introduction of other races and their technologies."
That is also not true. You might want to take a moment to do some research on the egyptian pyramids and find out exactly how they managed to get down from those pyramids wink <

Ramps, pulleys, cranes and ladders.
Well done... apart from one small thing.
Can you guess what that thing is?
It's a little strand of DNA.
Egyptians and Africans were different ethnicities.
(but there were Africans in Egypt)


>"4)) "Key Chain" Same reason as #1. Without other races, black people would never of had a reason for keys..."
Ummmm, also not true. Feel free to find out how they opened up the tombs of the ancient egyptian pharoahs. They didn't use the traditional keys that we use today but still, the method of locking and unlocking doors applied. <

I don't think I need to repeat myself here....


>Honestly, it just seems to me that you're prejudiced skoe. I could be wrong, but I don't see how people learning about their history is a bad thing. The same concept applies to Independence Day, Memorial Day and pretty much any other day where you celebrate and take time to remember. There are no financial benefits to black history month. There is no donations given to hispanics during hispanic heritage month. What is it all about? It's about unity and cultural education and awareness. <

But Black History Month is just the tip of the iceberg. Remember that this is America we're talking about, the land that goes all in or not at all. For example, there are the Black Only colleges and scolarships, the Black Only Social-Fund (dont know what that is in American).... I could go on, but I have blood-pressure to think about.


>It has nothing to do with you really. You're not black, you're probably not interested in learning about black history judging from your uneducated posts. They also rarely speak of black culture in school. However if it's so stupid, then don't celebrate it. Nobody is forcing you to. As of now, what you're doing is the equivalent of seeing your neighbors having an anniversary party and going over there complaining about how it's prejudiced of them to do so when there are people that are single.
In the simplest way, why do you care what they do if it's not hurting you?<

Tip of iceberg.
If it was ONLY black history month then nobody would care, like in the UK we (sometimes) have Asian (indian etc) history and culture month, or Black, but that's it, that's where it ends, we don't have colleges or scolarships or funding for Blacks only.
We do it by postcode, if you're from a poor area then you may get *some* educational help, but only because you are poor.

827

(676 replies, posted in Community)

> Translucent Night wrote:

> I dont understand the first part...about ignoring people lol....sorry <

  Right... so you don't understand the concept of not talking to people you don't want to talk to, for whatever reason? (I don't mean to sound snotty)


> My goal isnt to drag out a debate with you. It's to answer honest questions and proclaim the gospel <

  Honest questions? Is there such a thing as a dishonest question? Does it sound like "Hey, do you have a girlfriend?" but really means "Hey, can I rape you?".... must be my turn to be apparently dumb.

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Some answers as I see them:

"1. Why did Adam and Eve sin in the first place, where they not perfect?"

No. Adam was man v1.0, and nobody get's it right the first time, and Eve was woman v2.0, the first version being Lillith, made of mud and slime, who was effectively shunned from eden after refusing to submit to Adam, from whom god made Eve.
Biblically speaking Eve is Man v1.5.
Professionally speaking, only an idiot or an arrogant fool assumes that their v1.0 prototype is perfect.


"2. Another question is of Jesus. We humans were born with sin and the punishment is to stay forever in hell. Jesus took our place for us on the cross but He was only in hell or Hades for three days, not forever. Wouldn't Jesus have to stay forever in hell to fully atone our sins?"

Yes, but the dominion of god is not a democracy. See: Nepotism.


"3. If God were all knowing, he would see that many people would be going to hell. Why did he create man just to send most of them to hell?"

Because God is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end of everthing, the source of all good and evil?


"5. How can we be sure God isn't just playing with us? [...]"

We can't, which is something no true Christian can deny.


"7. Why aren

828

(676 replies, posted in Community)

> it because it does no good for 1000 people to comment tongue
nothing gets solved and things get perpetuated. I prefer not to have big discussions over boards because
no one leaves satisfied. Therefore I perfer a more personal approach smile <

Have you ever considered ignoring anyone who you are not talking to? People like Deci only bother those they know will react.
As for satisfaction; Why is this important? Do you need win?


"If things can be of God but separate of God [...]"

If...? hmm

829

(81 replies, posted in Politics)

> Chris_Balsz wrote:
> ...they want a great global be-in? <

That's probably hysterical to an American.


> I said why: AGW hopefuls demand we believe first and seek proof second.  We must accept CO2 CAUSES effects, then we go out and catalogue whatever we think might be an effect.  Then we might get around to some weather process. <

Well whoever they are if they truly operate like that then you are right to question them, but to assume that all Climate Change data/proof/whtever comes from them, to assume they speak for us all... It's like a black man giving me grief because of the actions of the KKK.


> So the burden is not on global warming to provide empirical proof; the burden is on me to have the moral integrity not to beat up on the fledgling global warming n00blet until it can defend itself. <

Climate change has already been proven: The climate is changing.
The believed cause, thanks to this mishap with the rocket, will not be studied or empirically tested for years. And like it or not, you demanding, or making snide remarks about, proof when the proof gathering device has just broken... well let us just say that is the kind of behaviour I expect from certain racist Scandinavians, ok.


> Yeah I heard of the Gulf Stream.  It's about 2000 miles from the Great Lakes, which have had a horrible winter. <

Now how did I know you wouldn't think about this? Why, surely I must be God!


> Guess you hadn't heard:

Arctic Sea Ice Underestimated for Weeks Due to Faulty Sensor

By Alex Morales

Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- A glitch in satellite sensors caused scientists to underestimate the extent of Arctic sea ice by 500,000 square kilometers (193,000 square miles), a California- size area, the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center said.
  The error, due to a problem called

830

(9 replies, posted in Politics)

The Justice Secretary Mr Jack Straw will veto the release of minutes taken during key Cabinet meetings during the run-up to Britain's involvement in the war.

"He said he would use a clause in the Freedom of Information Act to block the release of details of meetings in which the war's legality was discussed.
Releasing the papers would do "serious damage" to cabinet government, he said, and outweighed public interest needs."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7907991.stm

Serious damage to government outweighs our right to know? Sounds like someone is trying to hide some embarrasing details, like "The release of the cabinet minutes would have reopened controversy over then attorney general Lord Goldsmith's legal advice on the war.

"On the eve of war, 17 March, Lord Goldsmith's opinion unequivocally saying military action was legal was presented to cabinet, MPs and the military and published.
But after long-running reports that he had changed his mind as the planned invasion approached, his initial lengthy advice given to Mr Blair on 7 March was leaked and then published in 2005.
This advice raised a number of questions and concerns about the possible legality of military action against Iraq without a second UN resolution and was never shown to the cabinet."

It all makes me wonder about something our beloved government once said when we had a problem with out freedoms and privacies being eroded; "You have nothing to worry about if you have nothing to hide".
O rly?

831

(51 replies, posted in Politics)

> Red_Rooster wrote:
> uhhh macaroni and cheese? i forgot what did white people invent? <


> [RPA] Arocalex wrote:
> America! <


Damn that was fast.
/me gives Aro a silver star
I'll swap it for a gold one if you can expand on your post.

832

(81 replies, posted in Politics)

> Chris_Balsz wrote:

> Pseudoscience, like economics.  They measure the CO2 in the atmosphere and then say "oh when CO2 is present at so many ppm then we know there tend to be such and such an effect"  But CO2 is not equally distributed around the world, there are bands of CO2 density. <

And you think nobody but you knew this because...


> Yet the EFFECTS of CO2 are held to be global. <

Yep. You know why? Of course you don't, that's why you're waving this around like it's some kind of doomday device when all you actually have is a service-station spoon.


> This is the clearest sign that "Global warming" fails to explain a physical process.  It attempts to equate statistical anamolies by hypothesizing such a process might be ongoing but fails to propose ANY clear empirical test of the process. <

How brave you are, attacking climate change now that you can be certain that the emirical testing is years away once again.


> Lower temperatures? Well that doesn't signify, because we know global warming is real. <

Actually it does "signify". Ever heard of the gulf-stream? The "winter" we just had here in the UK is related. Not that you'll think about this...


> Ice buildup on the poles?  Doesn't signify. <

Each year the Arctic ice receeds further than ever before, anyone who watches the news can tell you this.


> The problem with science by statistical anamoly is that if you developed broader and more complete data sets, your anomaly might vanish. <

The only truth you have written here...
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> thisyearsmostopen wrote:
> fact is - is global warming/climate change however you wanna call it is natural ! <

Thankyou for partially accepting our acceptance that Global Warming was a misnomer and the resulting shift thereafter.


> these scientists crying about warming are the same ones that where 99.9% certain that we where entering another ice age in the 1970's.... <

I still can't understand how they could have thought that with such low levels of supporting evidence, and such limited evidence gathering ability.


> having studied environmental science to university level i know for a fact you can prove whatever you like through science wherever your agender [...] <

You seriously expect me to believe you have been to University when you cannot even spell properly, let alone punctuate? <

> is - oil company sponsored scientists prove its natural - government sponsored scientists prove its people - because its the governments agender to do this - both to collect tax through the guilt related 'green taxes' and like obama said his 'green industry' will get use threw this recession.....  yeah right..... <

So your only real problem with Climate Change is that you shitty excuse for a government (they're both the same dimwits!) is using it as yet another excuse tou gouge your bank accounts? Sad...
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833

(51 replies, posted in Politics)

Welcome to the thread for discussing the achievements of white people, good or bad, which brought us to the place we occupy in the world today.
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Play nice.

834

(19 replies, posted in General)

how do you do the colours, anyway?

I wonder, how long has it been since we last had a Rugby vs NFL fight?

836

(52 replies, posted in Roleplay)

> Salamandastron wrote:

> I just felt it was my duty as an American to say a random quote that only makes sense to fellow Americans, though it's true meaning is completely useless. It seems to work pretty well, until the Bush Administration :\ <

Sorry; misquote. I meant to quote Aro... tongue

837

(676 replies, posted in Community)

Why do you have an aversion to having discussions here? Is this thread not the right place?
You need to realise that some of us can't use messenger.

838

(585 replies, posted in Community)

http://www.dudestuff.net/BoobCollage.jpg

839

(126 replies, posted in General)

That's... a surprisingly accurate description! big_smile

840

(52 replies, posted in Roleplay)

> Salamandastron wrote:
> Oh gawd, the British are coming! <

Like? (

841

(16 replies, posted in Politics)

I always liked Mr George W Bush. President George W Bush, on the other hand, needed a slap.

842

(126 replies, posted in General)

> [RPA] Lloyd List wrote:
> [...] I for one find gore-bands could do with some more original lyrics and themes, and I'm a born sadist for god's sake. <

Gore? Like "Mortician"?

843

(676 replies, posted in Community)

see?

844

(19 replies, posted in General)

We need this!

845

(83 replies, posted in Politics)

> Zarf BeebleBrix wrote:
> It's perfectly logical.  It's just something you don't necessarily get. [...] <

Kinda like me and this game... damn maths X(

846

(52 replies, posted in Roleplay)

> Where the hell do you live? <

Nottinghamshire.

847

(66 replies, posted in Politics)

> Kal-el wrote:
> People are so blind .... yes some over eat, however some just have a slow metabolism and thus cannot break down their fat as well as others making them overweight.
~ Cloud <

Aww, how cute! It always makes me smile whenever I hear that argument.
"It's my glands."
"It's my hormones."
"It's my metabolism."
Maybe fat people should have some kind of test done to find that root cause of this glandular/metabolic disease, especially seeing as though ALL of them seem to suffer from it?
Or perhaps they would like to grow some harbles, and earn some respect, and say "I am fat because I eat vast amounts of food and do no excercise."?

Like it or not the leading cause of Obesity is VAST AMOUNTS OF FOOD, and not big bones.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w12954
http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v30/n11/full/0803326a.html

848

(181 replies, posted in Politics)

"People in poor neighborhoods didn't build AK 47's out of table spoons and house hold products. Yes, anybody can get their hands on one, but where does it come from?"

Around here, Crazy Ivan. I shit you not.


"How do high school teenagers in colorado get their hands on C4's?"

Our local paper said something similar to that in the 80's when the local Bobby caught some kids playing with hand grenades and semtex. And then again in the 90's when they were playing with knives. And again now now that they are playing with guns.


How many supplies do you have in your house to mix together anthrax?

I had a go at making my own leather once (I seriously have that much spare time) so: All of them.


"How do you even know how to put an AK 47 together let alone to use it if they aren't teaching it in school? I mean, rather than open your eyes, you choose to blame the original victims."

It's not hard, all an AK has is a trigger, a spring, a firing pin, and a piece of string. Oh, and some bullets obviously.


"Things are different now of course, people are more educated on things and have the choices to make. But yes, the government did poor crack cocaine into the poor black communities."

You mean like when the British Government tried to do away with the miners and their families by filling the council estates with smack?

"It's a great form of oppression. This is something that has happened all throughout history with different countries and cultures. There have even been former CIA agents who have confessed to knowing about this. I mean....does nobody else bother to read? =/"

We have the National Enquirer too.

Hmm... It seems that if I had been born in the US of A I would have been black. Imagine how far I would have gotten with all of that special help available just for me! big_smile

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7890002.stm

[Personal Opinion] 
  That's right, Jade Goody, the woman whos only claim to fame is taking it in the gob on Big Brother (and being fat and loud, obviously) has mere months to live.
Good.
  Harsh words? Sure, Cancer is a nasty disease and an unpleasant way to go, but when you are famous solely for being a Chav, and your only charitable actions come from your own self-interest, somehow there seems to be a greater force at work.
[/Personal Opinion]

850

(17 replies, posted in Politics)

1. Africa
2. The West (beyond Europe)
3. The West (Europe)