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good v. evil does not apply to you

or anything other than Disney movies.

I'm writing this after reading one too many descriptions of the Islamic terrorists of 9/11 and terrorists in general as "evil". Yes, it's fine to hate them, they destroy good things, this I know. However, you do not get to simplify these people to a black figure with glowing red eyes.  Read More »

"why should my taxes pay for something i'm morally obligated to stand against?"

A quote pulled off another blog on this site. Speaker was referring to the military funding of Plan B contraceptives. I'd include the article/speaker if I were less lazy.

Lesser point:  Read More »

School has made itself useless

Oh, there's just so much to this topic. I love it. I've been dreaming up new reasons not to go to school for years, mostly while in class. Now though, I've gotten up the progression enough to find a fun one.  Read More »

Eugenics is underrated

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I don't mean Eugenics as it was practiced - based on race. But really, the idea of trying to produce "better" people through breeding could have at least some merit.  Read More »

Magic

My biology teacher is awesome. He truly loves his subject. Somewhat rare in a high school teacher, more rare to have this level of excitement. The guy actually started the AP bio program at my high school, he's won several awards for his classes and website. And the coolest thing about him:  Read More »

Religion isn't right

Most of the discussion of religions i read or listen to at some point bring up the question of certain contradictions between religions. "How can both religions coexist, both be right, if they disagree on ...(whatever)"  Read More »

conservapedia (hahahahAAAA)

oh, where to begin...  Read More »

I'm not even black

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To make this clear - not my words.

Found this in a Dear Abby article (advice column). Normally I wouldn't read that kind of thing, but I was done with the funnies, and I like reading about other peoples' problems once in a while instead of turning to the front page to read about what will inevitably become mine.

The Dear Abby article:
Some chick in LA or Vegas or some big flash city like that was complaining about her boyfriend. Actually she didn't specify, it could have been her husband. Problem with this dude was that he was verbally abusing her. I wish I had the article, but it got thrown out. It said something along these lines (not the exact wording, but close):  Read More »

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