Can I just interject about this spoiler thing? If I don't want spoilers, I don't read the thread until I've seen the ep. It should be pretty obvious that people are going to be talking about the latest episode, so there's not going to be much else to read. And that's assuming people will tag them p...

Guys, it is not arranged marriages as such that I (and I suspect Jem) have the issue with. I have known people from other cultures who had arranged marriages, though they live in America now, and they're fine with them. But they also were given the choice by their parents that if they could not sta...

To FIst and Faith and Storm: Did you actually read the entire original Dune Series, specifically Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse: Dune? Did you read the part where the Mother Superior of the Bene Gesserit explicitly stated that the entire purpose of the Bene Gesserit was the survival of the Human ...

Cail, I'm going to believe Ph. D.'s in Anthropology over you. Go get an Anthropology textbook if you want a refutation.

But not as good as a debate with moderators.

Drew, IMO a better version of that joke is: Q: Why do 75% of women fake their orgasms? A: Because they think we give a shit. I'm evil :( All sorts of info on fake orgasms: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_orgasm Anyway, as far as the time and money thing goes, here's the close thread we discussed it on e...

Cagliostro wrote:I'm glad I murdered that hobo 5 years ago. I know he would have blown up the world had he lived.

You know?

I thought I was the only one!

This is horrible! We haven't averted Ragnarok at all!

Honestly? Elric would win. I've had this conversation with someone who has read both series, whom I have conversations like this to death with, and we're both of the opinion that Stormbringer would not only be able to shield Elric from TC's wrath, much as the Kemper was able to do, and then Elric wo...

Cail, there are human universals. There is always marriage. There is always family. There are always incest taboos. There is always a system for defining right and wrong. And there is always a system of belief for working out how the universe works, whether it is religion or science.

That's all very well and good, but who wants to be the individuals whose well-being is sacrificed for the good of all? Who is willing to subsume their personal freedom and "rights" so that a long-term good is achieved? Who gets to decide what that good is? And what if you disagree with th...

Hell yes we can force them. The right to do whatever you want is absolute. If you want to die, go for it. If you're ambivalent about it, no one else has the right to make that choice for you. 70 grand is a lot of money, but your family should not have been able to end your grandmother's life withou...

Cail wrote:Kong blew.

I dunno, I find most films overhyped.

How did everyone miss Battlefield: Earth?

dlbpharmd wrote:Sure seems that way.

(Side note - it seems to me that if anyone comes into this thread, they should expect spoilers.)

One day after the show has aired I should not have to expect spoilers. I did not get to watch the DVR'd episode till a day or two after it had aired.

Good posts folks, really good posts. I certainly agree that, even when it was socially aceptable, it still probably wasn't much fun for the women. (There's that difference between morality and legality again.) Edit: Side note, Cail, I think you've done more to shape my political and ethical views t...

What we desperately need is a group like the Bene Gesserit to provide some sort of long term continuity to human affairs, whose primary concern is the continuation of the species as a whole, not any single individual of the species.

...I tend to hold to the Natural Rights doctrine of John Locke, we all have inalienable god given rights to live free (this could of course bring about another debate on what is truly freedom). Or of course on whether there is a god to grant those rights. :D So I believe we should be free, but I do...

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Ahem.

Star Wars!

I feel very fed up.

Wyldewode wrote:Sounds like a great idea.

Yep. My work here is almost done, and then I can finally get some rest.

Wyldewode wrote:Then I suggest that you say something now, rather than later at the wedding.

I'm trying to manage a time where she can be out of our collective hair long enough for us to have a serious conversation.