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SilentScope001

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Posted in: Do you think the world will end in 2012?
  SilentScope001
06-28-2007, 11:42 AM
#21
No, it won't end. There's been lots of people claiming it would end at X date for a long time now. No one has been right so far, and as far as I can tell the claims you mention aren't any different evidence-wise. You heard it from me first: The wor...  [Read More]
Posted in: Chavez has lost his mind
  SilentScope001
06-26-2007, 5:14 PM
#27
You know what is the freest place on Earth? Somaila. Virtually no goverenment interference in the affairs of its people. Somehow, I don't feel compelled to move there though. Maybe it has to do with that recently new law that grants people the free...  [Read More]
Posted in: Chavez has lost his mind
  SilentScope001
06-26-2007, 10:52 AM
#17
What makes you think he's waging war PHYSICALLY? President Hugo Chavez urged soldiers on Sunday to prepare for a guerrilla-style war against the United States, saying that Washington is using psychological and economic warfare as part of an unconven...  [Read More]
Posted in: Scream For Independence!
  SilentScope001
06-26-2007, 10:55 AM
#41
Yup :S Democracy works without all that pesky democracy. :)...  [Read More]
Posted in: Scream For Independence!
  SilentScope001
06-25-2007, 12:48 AM
#8
We are a country not a house... And why you are complaining why would we should be independence?.... because we are not Americans and don’t have the same culture , dose who are loyal to U.S.A well they have 50 states to choose and go live there. Ab...  [Read More]
Posted in: Scream For Independence!
  SilentScope001
06-25-2007, 12:05 AM
#5
Why should Pureto Rico gets freedom when Vermont gets to continue to stay within the Union (http://www.vermontrepublic.org/), despite having 30% of people wanting to leave the Union? And, what about me? I can't leave the United States of America. Th...  [Read More]
Posted in: Let Decide Where Our Tax Money Go!
  SilentScope001
06-26-2007, 5:03 PM
#15
And what you make you think I'm going to attempt to campagin this to the US Senate? I don't want to be laughed upon. I was thinking of merely getting my own state to approve to this, only for state taxes (maybe local as well, but again, I don't want...  [Read More]
Posted in: Let Decide Where Our Tax Money Go!
  SilentScope001
06-26-2007, 10:46 AM
#13
Um...aren't people supposed to criticize my idea for being a hyper-democracy, like Prime did?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Let Decide Where Our Tax Money Go!
  SilentScope001
06-25-2007, 8:42 PM
#10
Don't we decide by electing our officials? Don't like the way thngs are being done, should vote for someone else next election. It's only a matter of time before [somewhat] younger politicians that are actually in touch with the times are elected i...  [Read More]
Posted in: Let Decide Where Our Tax Money Go!
  SilentScope001
06-22-2007, 8:26 PM
#1
I pay taxes in the USA, and well, I am quite upset that I have no say whatsoever on where exactly my tax money go. Other people feel the same way. Republicans may be angry at how they are pouring money into that Ponzi Scheme known as Social Security...  [Read More]
Posted in: Gerrymandering/Redistricting Reform
  SilentScope001
06-21-2007, 3:34 PM
#5
Hey, congrats on the 666th post, Toten. On some websites, they state that all you really need is just a computer to randomly generate such maps (hence sastifiying the random chance device), but then there are some arguments that the computer isn't r...  [Read More]
Posted in: Gerrymandering/Redistricting Reform
  SilentScope001
06-21-2007, 3:18 PM
#3
Well, first obvious question is: what constitutes an "independent" voice in your opinion? Uh. One who randomly draw lines on the graph without any regard to who lives there and what political party they belong to?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Gerrymandering/Redistricting Reform
  SilentScope001
06-21-2007, 3:03 PM
#1
http://www.redistrictinggame.org This is a new game that allows you to play as a mapper, and gerrymander/redistrict the seats for the House of Represnatives to help the Democratic/Republican party out. It's a very fun and political game. And it rais...  [Read More]
Posted in: Pressing political viewpoints on kids in school...
  SilentScope001
06-26-2007, 5:43 PM
#49
I was speaking generally, not specifically. I know right now, it is being handled well, but I have seen similar debates, in the meatspace, get pretty ugly. More importantly, it does become quite hard to do a history lesson when every single "fac...  [Read More]
Posted in: Pressing political viewpoints on kids in school...
  SilentScope001
06-26-2007, 5:09 PM
#47
And this debate over Israel and Lebanon is PROOF why we shouldn't press political viewpoints on kids in school. Do we really want our classrooms to turn into a flame war argument with the teachers and students screaming?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Pressing political viewpoints on kids in school...
  SilentScope001
06-20-2007, 2:57 PM
#13
Mandate that at the begining of every class, the teacher states his political bias up front and admits that it is the responsiblity of the student to do indepedent research on the topic and not rely SOLEY on his word. There. Once that happens, I'll...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why I Think Kreia Could Be Right...
  SilentScope001
06-22-2007, 1:24 PM
#11
How so? Run your own church. Get elected to public office. Write books promoting your view. Whatever you want to do in order to influence other people to see stuff your way. Do whatever it takes to control someone else's view. Yes, you are still con...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why I Think Kreia Could Be Right...
  SilentScope001
06-22-2007, 11:11 AM
#9
Tysyacha, the good news is that while you may be a pawn, you could also rise to be a puppetter. I think some people believe that while The Force/God does control people, it acts benevloently. That quote of: Either God controls you or Satan controls...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why I Think Kreia Could Be Right...
  SilentScope001
06-20-2007, 3:07 PM
#7
Perform the first formulation of the categorical imperative, and I think you will see what I mean Oh, the universal law. If it is okay to do something, then everyone OUGHT to do something. The most strangest of rules. It is not okay to lie, because...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why I Think Kreia Could Be Right...
  SilentScope001
06-20-2007, 11:02 AM
#5
Ah. Here we have an answer. Since not killing is in all probability a categorical imperative, killing the Force is wrong. Ah, but where's all the proof that killing is wrong? Besides, don't the Jedi kill Sith? Therefore, are the Jedi committing wron...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why I Think Kreia Could Be Right...
  SilentScope001
06-20-2007, 1:25 AM
#3
If I'm one of the "Proles", as Orwell puts it, what can I do to break free and rise? Not in order to control others or torture them or anything, but just to have power beyond the basics of life (working, eating, drinking, reproducing?) I a...  [Read More]
Posted in: Battlefront: Renegade Squadron trailer
  SilentScope001
06-27-2007, 11:35 AM
#17
I'm not so angry at the jetpack issue. The only thing I do have an issue with is the fact that players can LEVEL UP, but since there is likely to be a point system, there will not be too many avatars with jetpacks. Besides, if you see someone with a...  [Read More]
Posted in: Battlefront: Renegade Squadron trailer
  SilentScope001
06-22-2007, 9:17 PM
#11
You see, from what I heard, there is only going to be Imperial and Rebel forces you can play as. The campagin mode lets you play as the Rebels, but you can play as Imperial or Rebel in MP. I don't think they'll do the Clone Wars era though....  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  SilentScope001
06-19-2007, 9:51 AM
#205
Fifteen thousand years ago everybody knew Earth was the centre of the universe, five hundred years ago everybody knew the world was flat and five years ago everybody knew that Bush wouldn't be reelected. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow Technically...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  SilentScope001
06-19-2007, 8:55 AM
#201
Perhaps a better question would be why do people want to go beyond the acceptance of their beliefs and go into trying to make others have the same beliefs? 1) One has to gratify his ego. :) 2) Here's a theory I have been having: People are secretly...  [Read More]
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