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  3. Prosecutors Call Student's Shooting A Hate Crime

    in News & Views

    Posted

    It is not gun culture. It is America itself. :S

    We have gun-control here. Permit to carry license, permit to own, permit to purchase, stuff like that. My father has an M-16, a shotgun, and a revolver. I have seen it at different times, but we were never allowed to touch it. I have only seen dad use the shotgun once. On a really BIG king cobra on the front yard.

    That said, we live on Mindanao. The most volatile island in the Philippines. Where the islamic separatists and the terrorists are. We are a prominent (in name) family here, and we have received threats before.

    The guns are justified. It is there for protection.

    However, I once had this high school teacher. Young (probably only in his early thirties when he started teaching). The son of a prominent member of the University. He was a 'bad boy' who 'found religion'. A prodigal son, you might call him. He carried a gun whenever he goes out drinking. On the fiesta of the nearest city here, he got angry at the comments of another guy. He was drunk. He attempted to pull the gun (a .45) from his holster with every intention of shooting the guy.

    He was lucky. He fumbled and pulled the trigger. He shot himself in the leg instead (his thigh I think). Much much better than murder. He went MIA at school for 2 weeks, then when he came back he was on crutches. He acted like the victim, and he actually broke down in front of the class, apologizing and stuff. He was a prick. Nobody liked him.

    America... is not a warzone. Why the need for guns? I doubt any 1984-esque government control is eminent any time soon.

    Anyway, gun control is not the issue. It is public education systems over there. It encourages bullying, xenophobia, homophobia, social stratification. I have a childhood friend studying now in Texas, and she says the schools there are waaay different than it is here. The cliques are much more... umm... self-contained, everyone gets labels, and the teachers just don't care. Isn't it strange that almost all of the school shootings by students happen in America?

    Until the schools there start educating children against hate crimes, or at least to be more accepting of diversity, school shootings, suicides, and murders will still continue. Gun control won't stop that alone.

  8. YA Librarians Honor Homophobe Writer, Stir Hornet's Nest

    in News & Views

    Posted

    I certainly don't.

    I just realized how eerily like him we are sounding. LOL. We're all basically saying, "Love the sinner, hate the sin."

    He may or not deserve it, but one thing I do know is that I really hate it when religion twists people into something like Card.

    I hate the way they always hide the streak of arrogance and cruelty in false humility and piety. As if the blanket of religion gives him the right to pass judgment on everything. He claims to not be a homophobe and is obviously not pro-gay at all. So what is he? Like everyone else of his kind, he probably believes everything he says is direct from his deity's mouth. Religion has a way of making men feel threatened by everything. It feeds on fear, guilt, and anger. It sucks to see a good man wasted by something like this. :abduct[1]:

    I'm atheist, obviously. Heh. I have my own ideas of what is "sin", and it's far less judgmental and ignorant. :raccoon:

    Sorry if I offend some people. /me stomps off

  10. YA Librarians Honor Homophobe Writer, Stir Hornet's Nest

    in News & Views

    Posted

    He views individual homosexuals as "human beings with as complex a combination of good and evil in them as I find within myself". Speaking of tolerance, he says "That we must treat sinners kindly is true; that we must courageously and firmly reject sin is also true." Thus he condemns the behaviour but equally condemns violence against those practising it: "I think there is no room in America for violence directed against any group (or any individual) for any reason short of immediate defense against physical attack -- which doesn't often come up with homosexuals."

    "as I find within myself" - I kinda have the suspicions he's one of those 'fighting it'. He may feel that the only way to preserving his 'success' is to actively fight against the source of confusion.

    He shares the same views as the Catholic church. Why not say, "treat sinners kindly, they're the ones going to burn in hell anyway"?

    The last statement is stereotyping. He's calling us weak and not worth the effort. :hehe:

    Finally, I find it strange that he got the idea of the 'ansible' in his stories from Ursula LeGuin - who, though not outspoken about it, is very accepting of homosexuals and sexual deviation in general.

    It rankles for him to be given an award for the youth literature for sure, but he's blinded. But even though I've never read any of his works, I think he deserves it. The books singled out do not seem to tackle any topic about homosexuality. So I say, he grew up in a homophobic age, he can't help it. :lol: Let him have the goddarn award.

  16. A Riddle

    in The Raccoon's Den

    Posted

    Hey did you know that the fascination for the number 42 did not actually start with 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy'?

    It actually began with Lewis Carroll, and incidentally the creators of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy' were fans of Lewis Carroll (obviously, since their own work is mostly nonsense, LOL)

    Quoted from Wikipedia, but you can check his works. ;)

    1) He wrote The Hunting Of The Snark when he was 42.

    2) Douglas Adams divided the radio series of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy into "fits", after a suggestion by Geoffrey Perkins, inspired by the Hunting of the Snark.

    3) The Baker (a character in The Hunting Of The Snark) is around the same age, as the phrase "I skip forty years" in Fit the Third: The Baker's Tale discloses.

    4) The Baker had "forty-two boxes, all carefully packed, With his name painted clearly on each" (Fit the First), which he left on the beach, presumably his previous life.

    5) Rule 42 of the Code (!) in the preface of The Hunting of the Snark:

    No one shall speak to the Man at the Helm

    6) Rule 42 in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland:

    All persons more than a mile high to leave the court

    7) and the fact that Carroll referred to his age as 42 when he was still in his thirties (!)

    Now back to the question...

    The question was: What is the question?

    The answer to everything is 42.

    Hence 42! :icon_geek:

    You can probably use that as a question... i.e.

    Man 2: 42!

    Man 1: 42?

    Man 2: 84!

    Man 1: What was my question?

    Man 2: 42!

    Man 1: Are you sure?

    Man 2: 42!

    Man 1: Do you like cats?

    Man 2: 42!

    Man 1: ...

    Man 2: 42!

    ...ad infinitum...

    Note: Man 2 may be slightly retarded.

  24. 2007 Darwin Awards

    in The Raccoon's Den

    Posted

    8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, "Yes, officer, that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from."

    Foot in mouth. LOL. I especially loved the Zimbabwean bus driver's trick. :D Perhaps I should do that with people I know... :icon_geek:

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