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+1 General comments/insults don't bother me. Once they start getting personal is when I take notice. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Solution; Any trait determined solely by DNA: race, hair color, sex, sexual orientation, etc. is no longer a valid description or criteria of or for a group of people and more importantly can't be used as a differentiating metric for statistics or census. In return, any DNA based name offensive to anyone is subject to censure. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Huh? Calling oneself and identifying by the corresponding racial pejorative is empowering? Yet other races do call white people cracker or honkey. For the most part, we don't take offense to it. Double standard. Ever think "it's just the way it is" because we let it? Here's a guy who (yeah, I heard that as Madden in my head) for whatever reason is standing up to political correctness idiocy and being vilified. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Any name change could be used in a lawsuit as evidence of guilt. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Almost went to that. 16 hours of driving, having to get my haircut as they required a dress code didn't phase me. It was the impending snowstorm that weekend that made me bail. . Didn't even care about the non refundable (think it was less than $50) deposit. Rumor is, someone else did, and contacted JAG. Think they got two jumps, both hop n pops. Apparently they left the plane running while people packed too. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

You forgot the third option. They succeed in changing the person and then leave them because they've changed. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Well, they actually HAVE a history of being racially discriminated against, lied to, enslaved, raped, tortured, been victims of germ warfare, genocide, had their land taken away from them by invaders . . . the list is kind of long. Who hasn't been mistreated by another race? Hell, who hasn't been mistreated by their own race? Are they really? How is that helping them advance and working to eliminate racism? Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

I've been white all my life. I was born a poor black child. That's because words only have power when people let them. Only if people in those ethnic groups choose to let words cause them pain. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

And if they decide to should be able to do so with limited government interference. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Prevention or defense? In areas with less gun restrictions and/or a higher percentage of gun owners, criminals have to consider whether or not their potential victims are armed which in itself is a deterrent. The general public thinks that it would be a deterrent but the actual statistics do not agree. Something I like about published academic research is that findings have to be backed up by statistics and unfortunately most of what you read on the internet is invented opinions. The only thing I might be interested in using a firearm for is if this zombie apocalypse starts but the chance of that is probably higher than a home invasion anyway. -Michael How many mass shootings occur in "gun free" zones vs. standard areas? One doesn't have to use or even own a firearm to benefit from them. Criminals like easy targets. Concealed carry and people owning guns make it harder for them to identify. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Prevention or defense? In areas with less gun restrictions and/or a higher percentage of gun owners, criminals have to consider whether or not their potential victims are armed which in itself is a deterrent. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

To drive on public roads, yes. What requirements/restrictions are there to operate a motor vehicle solely on one's own land? One could also carry that vehicle in an open or closed (concealed) trailer over public roads to other private property. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Meh, they'll come around. It just takes them time. http://articles.latimes.com/1992-11-01/news/mn-1827_1_galileo-galilei Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes http://youtu.be/8Gv0H-vPoDc Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

LOL There is no way the US is willing to turn their back on Saudie Arabia. Especially them. And how do you propose we do that? Short of putting in another regime like Sadam's, if we get back involved we can chase ISIS out of the country but the minute we leave they or someone like them will come back and the Iraqi army will just surrender the weapons we gave them to them again. If they aren't willing to fight, why should we do it for them? Maybe the best way to learn that lesson is by completely exiting the area to realize the futility and foolishness of thinking wars that have gone on for over a thousand years can be resolved by outside forces by anything less then genocide. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Show me the proof you have. Had Bush never invaded Iraq, this shit would not be going on right now. That's your proof. I bet the people of Iraq wish that Saddam was still in power, considering the huge mess that the US created. Hell, BushCo gave the terrorist a training ground to hone their skills. I can imagine how much they love him. Going by that logic, had the Soviet Union not fallen, we wouldn't have the mess in Afghanistan either. So the choice appears to be between extremely powerful governments that terrorize their citizens but crush opposition or weak governments that quickly surrender to terrorists who then in turn terrorize their citizens. There is no militarily right answer in the Middle East. We should just GTFO: stop providing aid, and stop trading with any country that harbors or funds terrorists. The only thing IMO that could possibly end the fighting over there is education, particularly on atheism. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Are you proposing just kill them all? Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Racist.

Sometimes ya just need to get as many nonviolent civilians and refugees as you can out of an area, and then just lay waste to it. At that point, can start rebuilding. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Here's the difference I see. When Hamas attacks they do so for religious reasons in the name of their religion with the intent to kill Jews. Israel's attacks/counter attacks,are to stop the attackers/terrorists who just happen to be Muslim. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Reversible? No. Correctable? No. Attemptable to amend/compensate? Sorta. A wrongly convicted person who was almost definitely raped on numerous occasions, may have had their spouse leave them, possibly denied access to their children is never going to be the same, even if fully exonerated and released. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

7 unicorns in series... Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

...remarkably similar to magnets, actually. I don't find that to be either a weak, or a strong, analogy Don't polarize this argument. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Ok, anybody who can decide God doesn't exist should have no trouble making a hobby out of not collecting stamps. But how does that work without using faith to convince yourself that you are actually not doing it? ... Make sense now?

Exactly how many anti religion zealots have flown hijacked aircraft into building at 400kts? THAT is the difference. The most that we anti religion zealots do is write a book, go on tour and harass politicians who want to be theocrats. http://atheism.about.com/od/atheismmyths/p/AtheismKills.htm Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.