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Oooh. "liason"... You're talking sexy talk now.... In an argument, you can never prove you're right. The best you can do is prove that they are more wrong.

I found this when I was checking out Aerohio for a future skydiving trip. Pretty funny. 1 mile In an argument, you can never prove you're right. The best you can do is prove that they are more wrong.

My point is that for the statement in red to work, then that would play out in every instance. By making a blanket statement like that, all that is necessary for it to be wrong is one exception. What I was saying is that in any situation were you might try to apply this, that exception will be there. Which is why I was asking about a situation where there is no exception. "If one were raised to believe that ---------- was socially acceptible, then he/she would ----------." I don't see how I have any reason to make any argument against it, considering that I specifically stated that I was just presenting my opinion. I could write a very (very) lengthy reply that was well researched, but I don't feel that that is worth spending my time on, because anything I say won't make a difference to the people who actually disagree with me, because people get it in their heads that their way of looking at things is absolute truth and generally tend to not be open to new perspectives anyway. Simply put, what you said defies common sense to me, and the people who might benefit from my detailed explanation of my views, more than likely can already see the logic in what I am saying, thus making it unnecesary to write something out for them. I'm no rapist, so I don't know this for a fact, but I think that if someone wanted to rape someone else, penis size wouldn't be much of a factor in that decision. Finally, you can say, "altogether possible" and talk about social trends and patterns like they are hewn in stone solid facts, until you are blue in the face. But it still comes down to the fact that that is just your opinion based on the way that you perceive the world. Doesn't make it true, regardless of how nicely worded what you say is. 200 feet of Saran Wrap and noone to play with. . .

I started skydiving because I wasn't wasting my money as quickly, efficiently, and pointlessly enough beforehand. Thank god those days are gone.

First off, I don't believe that anyone is "raised to believe" anything. When you are raised, your parents try to instill certain values in you, but it still comes down to being a value judgement on your part as to whether you decide to view things that particular way or not. Can you think of an example where this is always true? If it's not always true, then that fits into the "not true" area. IMO, sociology is someone's attempt to lump a bunch of individuals into one nice neat group for the purpose of finding some statistics that fit with whatever they are trying to prove. Human's are too strongly individualistic for this to be more than just a very rough approximation of the population. This statement is flawed from the get-go. It is impossible for "All other things to be equal." So that only emphasizes the ludicrousness of the rest of the statment. 200 feet of Saran Wrap and noone to play with. . .

That is easily the most common python name. Not very orginal, but apparently everyone thinks it's clever.

If you buy a snake, plan on having mice as well. That's what you feed them. And if you don't keep the thing you are keeping it in immaculate, it tends to develop a funny smell, of course it is that way with most pets. They are fun to play with though.

I did my first jump on the weekend after September 11th, so "More often" is the only choice I have.

Not true. At least I don't believe it is. Maybe that's why I got a C in my college Sociology class. 200 feet of Saran Wrap and noone to play with. . .

Hehe. Big deal. We have a chopper full time at my DZ. 200 feet of Saran Wrap and noone to play with. . .

"Fun" isn't how I would describe it.

2 minutes!? I can do it in about 15 seconds in Paint Shop Pro.

I am considering coming, but you can count me out of the record attempt, as I don't yet have enough experience to be in a big way of that size.

Bill, Well you did say most men so I guess that leaves room for exceptions but I still disagree. What separates "men" from the rest of the animal kingdom is exactly that "higher brain function" that let's a man think through the possible consequences of his actions as opposed to acting on "primal" urges. You can damage parts of any animal's brain to induce a permanent behavior trait. Agression comes to mind. But that doesn't mean that those animals just naturally have this tendency to attack other animals. It is a result of injury to a certain part of the brain. Can't believe I'm arguing with the great billvon, but stranger things have happened.

Yea, I'm not good enough for you. 200 feet of Saran Wrap and noone to play with. . .

You're a smart guy, bill, but that is just ludicrous. 200 feet of Saran Wrap and noone to play with. . .

There is always an exception though. 200 feet of Saran Wrap and noone to play with. . .

Still waiting for a reason to care...

That's not hard, just fly next to each other. 200 feet of Saran Wrap and noone to play with. . .

Buncha wussies! 200 feet of Saran Wrap and noone to play with. . .

How about Kaa? For the literature-awareness challenged, that is the name of the python in The Jungle Book.

Not very adaptable huh? Hmmm... sunshine on the darkside. Wonder how exactly that is possible.

Ok, I give up sunshine. You have way more pointless, valueless, useless things to say than I do, and I'm going to try to keep up anymore. You're just a big (post) whore and I'm not willing to stoop quite as low as you are.

At least they like to think that they can. 200 feet of Saran Wrap and noone to play with. . .

That's just stupid. Everyone knows that chickens can't fly. 200 feet of Saran Wrap and noone to play with. . .