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SkinWalker

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Posted in: Do video games corrupt our youth?
  SkinWalker
05-04-2005, 9:37 PM
#16
This is from the Jan/Feb 2005 issue of Psychology Today: Brain PARENTS HAVE LONG had misgivings about gory video-game scenes, but new research suggests yet another reason to limit time at the joystick. A study by Adelphi University researchers in...  [Read More]
Posted in: Do video games corrupt our youth?
  SkinWalker
05-04-2005, 11:18 AM
#11
Originally posted by Dagobahn Eagle Thank you, SkinWalker, finally someone else on my side than just me:). That is, if your "side" is the side of objective truth, waiting to be discovered by the scientific method." :cool: I can be s...  [Read More]
Posted in: Do video games corrupt our youth?
  SkinWalker
05-04-2005, 1:19 AM
#8
Originally posted by InsaneSith So one could say it's because of their own, natural, aggressive behaviour that they're attracted to the type of game, and not that the game causes it. Yes, that is a possibility with the first study that I noted as...  [Read More]
Posted in: Do video games corrupt our youth?
  SkinWalker
05-04-2005, 12:04 AM
#6
There were some studies done in the past few years on this, both reported on here:http://my.webmd.com/content/article/23/1728_56903 " those who had played more violent video games as teenagers reported engaging in more aggressive behavior. Men...  [Read More]
Posted in: Rap and Hip-Hop: A Serious Discussion
  SkinWalker
05-04-2005, 12:06 AM
#9
The sad irony is, that beat usually isn't original music. I'm a big fan of Jazz and Blues, two genres that are the progenitors of Hip-Hopp and Rapp....  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas may ban gay foster parents
  SkinWalker
05-04-2005, 12:54 PM
#106
CTBD! Welcome back!...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas may ban gay foster parents
  SkinWalker
05-03-2005, 3:22 PM
#104
Originally posted by Spider AL Anus + KY = lubricated Vagina + Natural lubricant + KY = better lubricated. Anus loses, flawless victory. You're using fallacious logic. At what point is lubrication under lubricated? Come on, now. Either you're lubri...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas may ban gay foster parents
  SkinWalker
04-30-2005, 2:28 AM
#99
I apparently missed this post a few pages back.... Originally posted by Spider AL Heh. A followup of Hamer's own study on the X chromesome was performed in 1999 (Rice et al., 1999) which notably failed to achieve the same finding as Hamer. In the...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas may ban gay foster parents
  SkinWalker
04-30-2005, 1:47 AM
#98
@ Spider AL: I think your perspective on the population problem is a bit misdirected. It isn't population that is the problem, as has been demonstrated many times by many anthropologists and sociologists. It's easy for the neo-Malthusians to point th...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas may ban gay foster parents
  SkinWalker
04-29-2005, 3:10 PM
#93
Originally posted by Spider AL Well there's no question that Eagle was, as he's been specifically addressing queries and rebuttals towards me. As for Toms, you can ask him. It certainly appeared that he was responding to my argument. I didn't see i...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas may ban gay foster parents
  SkinWalker
04-29-2005, 2:31 PM
#92
Originally posted by Spider AL I don't believe couples should get any special help at all. In fact, since we have a global population problem, I think couples who breed should be penalised for adding to it. ;) But there isn't really a problem with...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas may ban gay foster parents
  SkinWalker
04-29-2005, 2:03 PM
#90
Originally posted by Spider AL I have not said once that homosexuality should be made illegal. I haven't said once that homosexuals should be banned from adopting. The question was asked "is there a logical reason to refrain from homosexuality&...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas may ban gay foster parents
  SkinWalker
04-26-2005, 5:57 PM
#66
I'm glad that Hidden One is posting, not simply for an opposing viewpoint (he really hasn't offered one), but for the demonstration on the fallacious reasoning that people are capable of. He apparently doesn't have a logical reason for disliking homo...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas may ban gay foster parents
  SkinWalker
04-26-2005, 2:21 PM
#62
There actually is some evidence to suggest that homosexuality has genetic roots. Homosexual males have been demonstrated to be more likely than you'd expect by chance to have homosexual brothers as well as homosexual maternal uncles and cousins on th...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas may ban gay foster parents
  SkinWalker
04-25-2005, 8:57 PM
#53
People weren't created to be sterile, either. But many are born that way, forever unable to reproduce. Would you deny their right to marry as well? The inability for homosexuals to reproduce is the only actual logical argument against the practice,...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas may ban gay foster parents
  SkinWalker
04-23-2005, 6:30 PM
#33
Originally posted by The Hidden One This law shoudn't be passed because homosexuality is wrong Why? Give me a non-superstitious answer if you can. One that is based on critical reasoning and logic. Originally posted by The Hidden One and it's wi...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas may ban gay foster parents
  SkinWalker
04-22-2005, 1:28 PM
#25
Originally posted by ET Warrior The one argument I hear all the time is "Just think how you'd feel being raised with two dads? How much torture would you get on the playground" As a youth, I used to hear that argument quite often. Only,...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas may ban gay foster parents
  SkinWalker
04-22-2005, 11:15 AM
#20
Also rather than turn this into a thread of one-liners getting laughs about "Texas" and the bigottry/hatred that exists there (and inexplicably doesn't exist in your own states?), let's have a discussion. I challenge all those that made a...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas may ban gay foster parents
  SkinWalker
04-22-2005, 11:11 AM
#19
I warn you, my reply in this post is critical of certain aspects of Christianity, so if you find yourself easily offended by those that question and criticize religion, you might want to do one or both of the following: 1)bear in mind that I respec...  [Read More]
Posted in: The New Pope
  SkinWalker
04-28-2005, 5:10 PM
#22
http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/article/2439745 By WENN ............................................ New Pope Benedict XVI has blasted J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books for "undermining the soul of Christianity". Nicknamed 'God's...  [Read More]
Posted in: The New Pope
  SkinWalker
04-25-2005, 1:34 PM
#19
Originally posted by ShadowTemplar Still, the vast majority of all German children during those years were in the Hitler-Jugend. It was if not compulsory then... recommended to enroll your children. Failure to do so could be... unhealthy. He was i...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Da Vinci Code & Dan Brown
  SkinWalker
04-19-2005, 8:50 PM
#12
Originally posted by Kurgan The Gnostic sects had their own writings just like the more orthodox Christians and Jewish groups. In the end it's better to read what those folks wrote rather than some 21st century pulp writer trying to make a buck......  [Read More]
Posted in: TK names?
  SkinWalker
04-22-2005, 3:38 PM
#17
He was the stormtrooper that "wasn't at his post" because the hidden crew and passengers of the Millennium Falcon stole his uniform, presumably rendering him unconscious. But the usage of the name is an homage to the movie THX-1138....  [Read More]
Posted in: TK names?
  SkinWalker
04-22-2005, 2:55 PM
#15
I can't verify it, but I thought "TK-421" was one of the robot police officers in TK-1138, Lucas' first film. THX-1138, of course, was the main character of the film. So the whole thing is a tribute to THX-1138 and I believe that was the o...  [Read More]
Posted in: Introduce yourself!
  SkinWalker
04-25-2005, 1:48 PM
#114
Originally posted by ET Warrior Welcome Viceroy, I hope your stay at LucasForums is pleasant. if you do feel so inclined, you may want to venture over to Yoda's Swamp (http://lucasforums.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=162) where we also have of...  [Read More]
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