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AnthonyByakko

AnthonyByakko wrote "Altruism is an unattainable ideal, and only suitable as cover for another idealogy. If you want to do "good", that's just fine. But at some level there is, and must, be a personal, rationally-self-interested reason. Altruism is self-sacrifice - and that's a BAD t...

AnthonyByakko

Or society could realize that rail-thin zombies with no breasts and no asses are not only not sexy, but are horrifyingly undead-looking. But oh well.

AnthonyByakko

If there were no Iraq war? Hell yes. Not only would the economy not be in the s***** (EDIT: I wrote "sh*tter, but with the filter it came out s***), but our relations (and subsequently, trade) with other nations would be improved (increasing wealth). I would be all for spending that money on so...

AnthonyByakko

because no one here knows how to have a spirited discussion.

AnthonyByakko

That's a logical fallacy, and egregious at that. Both young children and dogs learn the same way - reinforcement, either positive or negative. BOTH need to be used to provide a balanced approach. When a dog s***** on the carpet, you drag it over there and punish the dog, so it is aware of not only t...

AnthonyByakko

Of course. Now, it isn't a simple matter, not by any stretch of the imagination - but it's painfully obvious that our current society, though with much handwringing and angst, has been unable to stem the tide. Even in our marginally capitalistic society, there are those who, either by circumstance o...

AnthonyByakko

Now what did I just tell you?

AnthonyByakko

There are some that fall through the cracks in every ideal, philosophy, party, program, etc. As for the reason I don't respond to your queries? I don't like you.

AnthonyByakko

H_K, there's a reason I didn't respond to your post in the first place.

AnthonyByakko

Altruism is an unattainable ideal, and only suitable as cover for another idealogy. If you want to do "good", that's just fine. But at some level there is, and must, be a personal, rationally-self-interested reason. Altruism is self-sacrifice - and that's a BAD thing folks. God didn't put ...

AnthonyByakko

Fortunately, NO.

AnthonyByakko

The whole "positive reinforcement" thing only works up to a point. You have to teach ____ (be it a dog, a kid, a student, etc) both that doing whatever is considered good will be rewarded, and that doing what is considered bad will be punished. They have to learn to associate right with re...

AnthonyByakko

People don't have a right not to be offended. People don't have a right to be respected. There's a fundemental difference between tolerance and respect. People have the right to be tolerated - nothing else. Hell, I'm still warned from when I first joined; and I get insulted and disrespected all the ...

AnthonyByakko

Anthony: I think you're the one who deserves to be shot in the face, numbnuts. You obviously have no concept whatsoever of what an eating disorder is or how it affects a person. First off, do you really think that those people really want to be doing binge/purge cycles? Do you really think they enj...

AnthonyByakko

And... why is that good? Shouldn't that person have been able to do what was needed for themselves? Couldn't you have spent that time/energy/money on a better purpose?

AnthonyByakko

I tried, but I just can't care enough about this. Carry on.

AnthonyByakko

Trust me, I know what negative reinforcement is.

AnthonyByakko

I posit that NO ONE CARES.

Srsly. People who want to starve themselves should send their food to Africa instead of purging it into waste, and then shoot themselves in the face.

AnthonyByakko

Hakkai had the best story arc, for sure.

All I need to do is find 1,000 demons to kill.

AnthonyByakko

You should post them anyways. Sanzo was my favorite character.

AnthonyByakko

I think I'm more excited for the Turtlesmovie.

Trailer #2

AnthonyByakko

Sorry. I was saying that, Madrid is taking the time to worry about the health of models and those who imitate them, who bring about health trouble to themselves, when millions of people are dying in the Middle East, Darfur, Somalia, etc.

AnthonyByakko

Saiyuki, The SoulTaker, Elfen Lied, Grave of the Fireflies, 3x3 Eyes, Yaroiden Samurai Troopers, Jin-Roh, Kenshin (and Samurai X), X the series and movie, A Wind Named Amnesia, Tokyo Babylon.. Of course I've seen/read the mainstream ones like DBZ, Bebop, Naruto, Inuyasha, FMA, Bleach, and the whole ...

AnthonyByakko

I mean, it's not like people care about a bunch of Arabs dying, amirite?

AnthonyByakko

Somewhere ? Yes. With the unfathomable number of planets in the universe, any number of which being capable of sustaining and nurturing life, one or more can very well have reached the point of intelligence. This is not even taking into consideration the myriad number of dimensions and different un...

AnthonyByakko

Celebration? Uh... what's that?

AnthonyByakko

Maybe I just don't know much (or care) about the Catholic church. *shrug*

AnthonyByakko

That's a pretty bold statement, Jota. I mean, I can understand their stance - the churches I was in didn't exactly foster a communal spirit of faith and celebration. Is it their own fault that they don't want (but feel they HAVE) to go to a place that wants to talk about fire and brimstone and make ...

AnthonyByakko

Anthony, did you even read the extracts i posted from Catholic official documents? (these documents are written by the Pope and his theologians in the Vatican, and have the Papal approval) They clearly say that salvation may come to honest and good people who have never heard from God (because, unk...

AnthonyByakko

That's a valid point, FT; but how many Christians go to church simply because it's expected of them? Because they would not only look bad in the eyes of other people, but perceivedly in the eyes of God? Many of the people I knew of in the churches I went to (though admittedly, they were all Baptist,...

AnthonyByakko

I have a question, for those on either side of this argument. I was raised in a Christian church. I was saved and also baptised. After over a decade of being in the church, I'm not really involved anymore. I don't go to services nor seek out other Christians. You could say I'm not a "practicing...

AnthonyByakko

Well this was a waste of time. Well, at least you learned that most of Christianity believes that non-christians do not go to hell necesarily :wink: Not that is a a matter that really bothers you, though :lol: I think you're wrong. What is illustrated is that a lot of individual Christians hope/wis...

AnthonyByakko

Rei, Please have the respect not to assume that, because someone generalises what "many" people in a given organisation might do, that they consider all members of that organisation to be deluded, pathetic, or whatever else you you think of non-followers of religions. And further, please d...

AnthonyByakko

Humans as communal animals? :lol: "The most ridiculous concept ever perpetrated by Homo Sapiens is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of the Universes, wants the sacharrine adoration of his creations, that he can be persuaded by their prayers, and becomes petulant if he does not re...

AnthonyByakko

Well this was a waste of time.

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