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by luminousnerd
Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:11 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Marijuana...
Replies: 173
Views: 58336

I like how you totally ignored my entire post which explained exactly how marijuana is a poison so you could insist that it wasn't. it's not dominating you if you're one of the people who smoke a lot every day; you're running away from something. Like me, running away from the depression of a faile...
by luminousnerd
Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:03 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Marijuana...
Replies: 173
Views: 58336

Convenience stores: to be more precise, they are seldom pharmacies, and don't sell legal _prescription_ drugs. What they're supposed to sell is things like Aspirin, Tylenol, Over-The-Counter cold medicine (along with their real, basic trade in food, magazines, gasoline, basic automotive supples.) A...
by luminousnerd
Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:01 pm
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: My first Ender
Replies: 21
Views: 12775

Umm...Card frowns on fanfics. He hates them. At what point did I lead you to believe that I even care what Card thinks about fanfics? Whether he likes them or not would have no impact on me writing or reading what I described above. Fanfics are not out there for Card anyways, they are created by th...
by luminousnerd
Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:07 pm
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: My first Ender
Replies: 21
Views: 12775

True, I think it would have been interesting to see a war between Peter and Ender happen on Earth. Actually that might be a really good fanfic (even as I wrote that the thought came that it might already have been done, time for searching!) It would be a great story to have Ender come back from spa...
by luminousnerd
Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:55 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Name-Change Stereotypes
Replies: 92
Views: 27882

I know. I have a difficult time explaining my beliefs.

I should stick to fiction.
by luminousnerd
Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:08 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Marijuana...
Replies: 173
Views: 58336

1.- Never heard of 7-Eleven thingies 2.- Evan water can kill you by overdose! Cannabis has effects on brain chemistry so it can change your behaviour... that doesn't sound like toxic to you? 3.- But you cannot import or export drugs from the country http://static.flickr.com/53/144489982_0e0b54cc6a_...
by luminousnerd
Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:59 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Name-Change Stereotypes
Replies: 92
Views: 27882

I think that if the love you share with someone is so fragile that it needs that symbol, it's not love.
*Sigh* you just don't get what I'm saying. Sorry I'm not better with words.
by luminousnerd
Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:57 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: which political group?
Replies: 26
Views: 10627

Constitutionalist. :P Just kidding. I do like a lot of what they believe in, but not as law for this country. They're extremists. Anyway, I believe political parties are a bunch of crap, as they are today. It's America. It's not Democrats and Republicans. Way too much competition. But I lean mostly ...
by luminousnerd
Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:35 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: The truth is out there...
Replies: 65
Views: 38680

Humans are a cannibalistic species and we've managed space travel just fine.
No we aren't o_O
by luminousnerd
Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:33 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Name-Change Stereotypes
Replies: 92
Views: 27882

Anyway, i still stand by my belief: changing the surname is just a signal of submission of one of the members of the couple to the other. In a relationship, the two people have to stand in equal footing, and changing surnames doesn't help for that. It is NOT a signal of submission...it's a signal o...
by luminousnerd
Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:30 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Marijuana...
Replies: 173
Views: 58336

I agree that US banning the use of public funding for cannabinnoids research is stupid. But i don't think that they should be readily available: no drug (medicine) is. They have toxic effects, just like any drug (medicine). I don't know, i just see that is natural that their use is strictly regulat...
by luminousnerd
Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:33 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Marijuana...
Replies: 173
Views: 58336

I think that it should be legalized, but legalized in the same way that alcohol is, with controls, and probably prescriptions for kids under at least twenty-one. Your attitudes are a prime reason _why_ I think that. There exist pain-killers (analgesics) much stronger than Tylenol, Aspirin, and Ibup...
by luminousnerd
Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:35 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Name-Change Stereotypes
Replies: 92
Views: 27882

I still say that it's a lot to ask someone to change their name if they don't want to, and there are many good reasons why she might not want to. You should make your feelings known but I certainly don't think that it should be a deal breaker. I highly doubt it would be. I've been making my point d...
by luminousnerd
Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:32 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Name-Change Stereotypes
Replies: 92
Views: 27882

Names are things that other people give you. I wouldn't ask anyone to change their name on my behalf. If I were to marry, they would choose what they would want - take my name if they wish, or keep the one they already have. Not only would it be irrelevant to the relationship, but adhering to custo...
by luminousnerd
Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:25 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: The truth is out there...
Replies: 65
Views: 38680

Yep ^_^ Jota Be is J.B. And would it be pronounced "Hota Be"? and with the accent on the first or second syllable of "Hota" or "Jota"? (I'm a non-Spanish-speaker, with just the vocabulary and general principles that anyone in the US picks up, what with place names, loa...
by luminousnerd
Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:23 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: The truth is out there...
Replies: 65
Views: 38680

Sentience derives from the complexity of the brain as well as (partially) the size. In order for us to have a brain that develops, we have to sacrifice the hardness of our skull for a weaker one. Either way, I would disagree with you on the "lack of sentience means lack of interest" appro...
by luminousnerd
Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:16 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Name-Change Stereotypes
Replies: 92
Views: 27882

You know what's funny? I fully realize how utterly naive and idealistic that statement is, but I feel the same way. It's not naive at all. I think it's pretty naive for people to go into a marriage unsure. The problem is, people go into marriage with the idea that they can always get out if they ne...
by luminousnerd
Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:11 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Name-Change Stereotypes
Replies: 92
Views: 27882

Lum as much as I hate saying this, but it is in your best interests to find out more about today's changing customs and historical precedents on name changing. In matriachial societies, men often took the last name of the female. In patriachal societies (many countries in Europe, South America, Afr...
by luminousnerd
Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:08 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Name-Change Stereotypes
Replies: 92
Views: 27882

Only to an insecure guy. If you love a name more than a girl, you're not worth marrying. Or dating, for that matter. I hate men like that. Why doesn't your argument apply to you? It isn't insecurity. I can see the other side of the debate, but it isn't insecurity at all. It's a matter of, this is h...
by luminousnerd
Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:06 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Name-Change Stereotypes
Replies: 92
Views: 27882

Ya know, I get where you're coming from, but I can't stand those "if you really love me you'd make the sacrifice" ultimatums (in general, not just for name changes). Sometimes they're reasonable, for instance, asking your mate to give up smoking so as not to kill you with second hand smok...
by luminousnerd
Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:27 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Name-Change Stereotypes
Replies: 92
Views: 27882

It's a total slap in the face to a guy if the girl won't change her name. Not because she's a girl, but because that's the custom.

If the custom were for guys to change their names, I would have no problem doing it. But if a girl loves a name more than me, she's not for me.
by luminousnerd
Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:11 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: The truth is out there...
Replies: 65
Views: 38680

Sentience.

It sounds similar, but is spelled differently.
Heh...I knew that.... :P
by luminousnerd
Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:56 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Marijuana...
Replies: 173
Views: 58336

Even so, I think the main reason drug companies are all for keeping it illegal is that they fear it would kill their profits.
Seems pretty clear to me.
by luminousnerd
Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:53 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Marijuana...
Replies: 173
Views: 58336

That's the main reason it's illegal. It could kill pain killers. It's quite possible that if they sent a certain message in the media, it wouldn't kill them because people wouldn't believe weed works better than Aspirin. Even so, I think the main reason drug companies are all for keeping it illegal...
by luminousnerd
Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:24 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: The truth is out there...
Replies: 65
Views: 38680

For a proper species to thrive, you would need an entire planet filled with various other types of creatures or, failing that...a species that either doesn't have to eat (which defies earth's definition of "living") or a species that can reproduce quickly and are cannibals. I think we're ...
by luminousnerd
Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:47 pm
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: My first Ender
Replies: 21
Views: 12775

The IF did not have control over Ender, they authorized his birth, yes, but the decision to join the battle was Ender's alone. When Graff ask him then he could have said no, and then Ender's game would have been a very short, and a very boring story. I doubt it highly. Ender was genius. No matter w...
by luminousnerd
Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:05 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Marijuana...
Replies: 173
Views: 58336

I guess you have to hear the record. It's very funny, but also makes a lot of serious points. Since it's out on CD, maybe one of your friends has it. Not likely. I hang out with my own kind: nerds. They aren't into CDs. And I'm the only one who advocates weed :) I don't really understand what you'r...
by luminousnerd
Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:58 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Is Kim right? Or is the doctor right?
Replies: 22
Views: 8486

...Are you kidding me? 20%? That guy's a moron, like a lot of the doctors I know.
by luminousnerd
Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:40 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: The truth is out there...
Replies: 65
Views: 38680

Good point as well, Seiryu. Maybe we could have an extraterrestrial club? I am fascinated by it, and we haven't even scratched the surface of all there is to talk about in this thread. Or maybe just a space in general thread. I'd love to talk about the necessity of leaving the planet, the realistic ...
by luminousnerd
Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:23 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Marijuana...
Replies: 173
Views: 58336

You should read more carefully. It's good for many things, including quelling the nausea from cancer chemotherapy, relieving the pressure of glaucoma, and as an antidepressant, giving people a relief from the Black Fog and a reminder of what it is to feel happy. And it's a great painkiller, too. Ho...
by luminousnerd
Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:51 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: The truth is out there...
Replies: 65
Views: 38680

Okay. "If you roll a normal (spots opposite eachother add up to seven) six-side dice" is what I meant. I'll edit Heh, I was just joking around :P From a RELIGIOUS standpoint, I'd have to say that it's pretty pointless for God to have created so many planets unless he put something on them...
by luminousnerd
Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:39 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Marijuana...
Replies: 173
Views: 58336

luminousnerd, if I'm of the opinion that you're always wrong, and opinions can't be disproved (according to you), does that mean it's true? No, because it's not an opinon that can't be disproved. I can disprove it right now by saying: The sky appears blue. Sorry, Lumi, but I am speaking from person...
by luminousnerd
Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:23 pm
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: Favorite Enderverse quotes
Replies: 95
Views: 63918

"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man stupid and blind in the eyes."
--Mazer Rackham
How could I have forgotten that? :D
by luminousnerd
Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:27 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: The Sanctity of Marriage
Replies: 56
Views: 21167

*sigh* I'm done here.

I don't concede. I'm just tired of fighting it. It's not a healthy debate any more. Not fun. And I know I'm not going to convince any of you.

So I'm done.
by luminousnerd
Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:19 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: The Sanctity of Marriage
Replies: 56
Views: 21167

*sigh* I'm done here.

I don't concede. I'm just tired of fighting it. It's not a healthy debate any more. Not fun. And I know I'm not going to convince any of you.

So I'm done.

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