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 Dec 4 2004, 11:09 PM
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 cheeeesy like theres no tomorrow  Group: Member Posts: 3,316 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 37,142  |
QUOTE(waccoon @ Dec 4 2004, 1:11 PM) Homosexuality isn't with you at birth. It's a decision. What's to say Darwin isn't possible? wow just shoot me in the face .. yea ok so homosexuality ... you mean to say when you were little you decided to be straight rather than homosexual. you are born with it..... QUOTE ... so what are you trying to say about Darwin? QUOTE What's to say Darwin isn't possible? what i mean about my statement about darwin is that alabama... no wait georga they put stickers on their text books that said DARWINS iDEAS ARE A POSSIBILITY. you should look up that article on google waccoon.... but darwins ideas are very very possible but i do have my questions about it. |
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Dec 5 2004, 12:45 AM
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 dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
we have the sticker too.
in fact, to clear things up i think i should post what the sticker says: "this textbook covers the theory of evolution. students should approach this topic with an open view, and remember that it is only a theory. (yada yada crap about other possibilitys " or something like that... i can't giver you all the text in exact because i don't have the book anymore... and chemistry doesn't cover evolution... oh yea.. and for my scarecrow comment... i suck at typing... so it's have you met the wizard of oz yet scarecrow? |
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Dec 5 2004, 10:42 PM
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 E! Online Group: Member Posts: 302 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 47,082 |
QUOTE -where our cheif justice is a jesus freak that thinks we should admit that we're trying to spread christianity in iraq and afganistan and the muslims will stop blowing us up (i couldn't figure it out either) QUOTE The Bible has gay characters in it... heheh |
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Dec 5 2004, 10:53 PM
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 I'm your worst nightmare... Group: Member Posts: 391 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 56,600 |
the guy who wants to ban gay people in books is psycho. nobodys gonna die if theres a gay person in a book.
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Dec 5 2004, 11:20 PM
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 Can't have the hand without the cock. Group: Member Posts: 2,481 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 50,622 |
pfft. the people that determine whether or not books are banned or challenged are limiting a young reader's limits even more.
teachers teach that "the sky is our limit" Yet school can't teach you everything. On your own, you`ll read books. & yet books about drugs, sex, sexuality. are being banned and challenged. plus, books that were never written, aren't going to be written because of that specific reason. |
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Dec 5 2004, 11:39 PM
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 Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
QUOTE(pandamonium @ Dec 4 2004, 11:09 PM) what i mean about my statement about darwin is that alabama... no wait georga they put stickers on their text books that said DARWINS iDEAS ARE A POSSIBILITY. you should look up that article on google waccoon.... but darwins ideas are very very possible but i do have my questions about it. Possible? I guess gravity is only a possibility too then, after all, they're both just theories. Back on topic, I think it's kind of silly to ban gay characters in books. Homosexuality is a part of our world culture, a part of history, and banning such would erase an important part of our history. |
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Dec 6 2004, 07:15 AM
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 Dark Lord of McCandless Group: Member Posts: 2,226 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 16,761 |
Well, Darwin messed up a lot of specifics, but he got the general idea...
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Dec 6 2004, 08:26 PM
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 i'm susan Group: Official Member Posts: 13,875 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,029 |
LOL! you serious? lol... cause he hates gay marriage doesnt mean he has to ban the gay characters from a book!!!! LOL!! HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAA he must be way too religious. he reminds me of the pastor from the movie "Saved" lOL!!
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Dec 6 2004, 08:34 PM
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 old school member Group: Member Posts: 1,796 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 843 |
Darwin's theories, gay people, book bannings.
I swear this country gets better every second. |
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Dec 11 2004, 05:20 PM
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 my <3 is in Ohio Group: Member Posts: 899 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 27,599 |
wtf?!?!?! that's stupid! we should be entitled to read whatever we want. not whatever the government tells us to. i say they are starting to get to much control over us. i mean just because our president doesn't like homosexual people doesn't mean the rest of the country should have a problem with it.
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Dec 11 2004, 05:56 PM
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 We are the cure. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,936 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,456 |
QUOTE(angel_roh @ Dec 6 2004, 8:26 PM) LOL! you serious? lol... cause he hates gay marriage doesnt mean he has to ban the gay characters from a book!!!! LOL!! HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAA he must be way too religious. he reminds me of the pastor from the movie "Saved" lOL!! lOL!!! |
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Dec 14 2004, 05:18 PM
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QUOTE(Yemmerz @ Dec 6 2004, 8:34 PM) Darwin's theories, gay people, book bannings. I swear this country gets better every second. Are you implying that gay people make the country worse? Anyway, I think it's stupid for him to ban books with gay characters just because he's against gay marriage. It's obviously because of his bias against gay people, which isn't right in the first place. |
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Dec 14 2004, 05:25 PM
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how dumb. if it's banned, people will want to show it even more.
someone said that homosexuality is a decison. its not really. either you're born with it or not, because most people figure out or get signs that theyre gay when they are toddlers or a little older. i'm pretty sure they don't know the meaning of gay and homosexuality at that age; they just start realizing it or acting like one when they're older. |
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Dec 20 2004, 06:44 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,498 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 25,711 |
Violation of freedom of press.(or was that newspapers? w/e o_O)
Just because he doesnt like gay characters. Think about all the people who do like gay characters in books/are gay 
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Dec 20 2004, 07:46 PM
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 WWMD?! - i am from the age of BM 2 Group: Member Posts: 5,308 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,848 |
1) banning gay characters from books is ridiculous, period. people before me have provided sufficient reasoning in me saying that.
2) if you don't want to see books with gay people in them, don't read them. if you don't want to see gay people making out, don't watch. if you don't want gay marraiges to commence near you, don't attend them. 3) WHY WOULD ANYONE CHOOSE TO BE GAY? sure, if someone preferred the same sex more but didn't do anything about it, that's a deicision. it's a decision to come out and admit to yourself that you're just downright gay. but BEING gay..is not a decision. kids in college experiment, but they turn out the way they're supposed to go. hormones develop in teenagers through puberty, which is why most kids realize their sexuality when they're in middle/high school. with the persecution people get for being gay..i would be very surprised if anyone wanted to be gay. 'nuff said. |
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Dec 20 2004, 07:48 PM
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 *rawr baby* Group: Member Posts: 821 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 48,941 |
What a dumbass! You can't ban that cos it's freedom of speech.
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Dec 20 2004, 08:34 PM
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Dark Lord of McCandless Group: Member Posts: 2,226 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 16,761 |
But you can ban it from public SCHOOLS, which are government property.
A violation of freedom speech would be something like not letting you write it in the first place. |
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Dec 20 2004, 09:19 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
LOTR is banned by a chuch because it promotes satan.
you know... not all banning is logical. |
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Dec 20 2004, 09:30 PM
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cheeeesy like theres no tomorrow Group: Member Posts: 3,316 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 37,142 |
QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Dec 20 2004, 9:19 PM) LOTR is banned by a chuch because it promotes satan. you know... not all banning is logical. yea and i just heard like from my aunt that some religious people banned harry potter.. cause its satanic... |
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Dec 20 2004, 09:41 PM
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WWMD?! - i am from the age of BM 2 Group: Member Posts: 5,308 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,848 |
my neighbors, who are extremely religious, are not allowed to watch harry potter, but are allowed to watch lord of the rings......weird.
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Dec 20 2004, 09:45 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
haha...
i compete in academic competitions, with teams... once we were up against a catholic school. and they weren't allowed to read harry potter and guess what the question set was on? harry potter! |
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Dec 22 2004, 03:58 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Posts: 8,274 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,001 |
its stupid, its all becuase of gay sex marriage.. it affected everyone else and it make people think differently now ..
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Jan 13 2005, 08:30 AM
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 Life without danger is a waste of oxygen. Group: Member Posts: 119 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 56,077 |
On my way home from doing some shopping Tuesday I pulled up behind a truck at a red light. On the truck there was a sticker thing that had one of those fish shaped Jesus promoting symbols (i forgot what they're called). It had TRUTH written on it. and it was eating another one of those symbols with feet that said DARWIN.... And I thought to myslef... I wonder if they have that in the oposite because I'd put that on my car...
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Jan 13 2005, 05:29 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
lemme guess... you live in the south.
i see spread truth stickers and stuff... and a bunch of stuff that says only jesus is the true god and all. i mean, if i were to put an anti-christ sticker on my car it'd be blown up. |
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Jan 13 2005, 06:57 PM
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 The Bone Collector Group: Member Posts: 2,860 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 44,162 |
That is pathetic! I think gay books are the most interesting ones. Why would you banned them, it's not going to stop you from being gay, or reading gay books.
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