TL10

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  1. It may (or may not) be fake, but being the teenager I am, that sponatinious explosion was the deal maker for me... which is why Michael Bay is able to make money off his poorly made films.
  2. This 2 minuites and 30 seconds almost makes up for 'the last one'. Also, I think we've been long overdue for another epic Apollo Mission movie like Apollo 13.
  3. Weirder things will happen. You have been warned. (Hint: It gets good at the end)
  4. Hmm... this question sounds almost like the good ol': "What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow." question. Coincidence?
  5. Okay, obviously I didn't get my opinion in the previous post properly explained. Would you think any of these examples should be protected by freedom of speech. 1) A group of Neo-Nazis have gathered downtown in Anti-Semitic protests. They are holding signs related to the holocaust, Hitler, etc. etc. Casting them in a favourable light while they are using racial slurs against Jews. Would you protect their freedom of speech? 2) Westboro members have gathered across the street from a community center (church, gym, etc.) that is hosting the funeral of a fallen soldier, angerly shouting the typical offending comments such as "God Hates ---s" including torments to the late soldier saying he's ----- to hell. The family members of the late soldier have been offended enough that they're in tears. Would you protect their (Westboro's) freedom of speech? 3) It's General Conference, and naturally, the anti-mormons have gathered across the street from the Conference Center, shouting that Joesph Smith is a liar and such and that we're going to hell. They also bear signs with their offending comments on it as well. Would you protect their freedom of speech? Here's basically the problem I see. We're being told not to be racist, anti-semetic, et cetera, yet we are still allowing racists, anti-semtics, and anti-mormons to do these things even though they're offending and cursing against politically sensitive demographics. In a sense, we're almost encouraging them. Sure we could arrest some of these guys for hate crimes, but they can always fall back on their admendmants, charter of rights, or whatever human rights laws may be established in our respective country because we protect free speech. Yes, this ad, isn't as bad as the example's I have given, but you can see future problems arising this ad. This ad to me, is like a test bed (for the select group of athesists who are doing this) to see how far they (the atheists who run these ads) can get away with prodding at one's religion. I'd expect to see far worse things (perhaps not from the same group) in the future related to this. And yes, I am 16 and Canadian. The only reason I'm going indepth about this is because I like Current Events, and it has been the only subject I'm really good at in High School. All my other subject have been... sub-par. *shifts eyes*
  6. My main issue is this. What falls under freedom of speech, and what doesn't. What I frown upon the most is that people seem to be abusing that right to free speech. Basically, I'm concerned mainly about the type of ads in the OP and Religious/Political groups 'protesting' against political issues in which their arguments have no base whatsover ie. Westboro protesting @ military funerals, Fox News claiming that Obama is Muslim, etc. etc. These claims are unjustified, and lack support, and are more like verbal assaults against a group of people/a person of a certain demographic. What I'm saying in short is that things like I listed above, shouldn't be considered as right, it's a misuse of that right, a right that people have fought and died for you. Yes, I strongly believe in freedom of speech, but I would NEVER consider something along the lines of the ad in the OP as something that should be protected. I would like to point out again, that I am NOT against atheists, I think they deserve the right to share their beliefs, but I am against this small minority of atheists who initiated this ad campagin.
  7. Here in Canada, there's an athesit group enacting an ad campagin on major citys' transit. This is the second capaign they have done, with the first ad claiming that "there probobly isn't a god..." and so on and so forth. The first one offended me, but this one was just downright innaporopiate and disrespective. I don't care if you're atheist or not, I won't judge people about their beliefs, but this is just disgusting in so many ways. Yes, there are some people of different faiths (including ours) that are intolerant of other faiths/beliefs, but I for one think that apart from Westboro, these people from other religions don't disrespect one's beliefs like this. I believe that the atheist group should cease and desist. There are very good people who (in times like these) only have God, or some religious figure, to rely on. I believe this ad takes their faith, and smashes it to bits, instead of holding some sort of respect for them. What do you think about this?
  8. A topic full of people's favourite things. My top five things that I wish were real. 5) Star Wars Reasons: 1. The Force 2. Epic Space Battles 3. Lightsabers 4. Laser Guns 5. Millenium Falcon 6. Darth Vader 7. Battle Droids 8. Regular Droids 9. Boba Fett 10. Lightsabers AND the Force 11. You can shout "Red leader standing by", "May the force be with you", "I have a bad feeling about this", "Punch it Chewie!", "Arrooooarrr", "Mesa Jar Jar Binks", and of course "Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi" and "I am your Father" whenever you dang well please! 4)Bionicle Reason: What happens when you mix robots with superpowers? Best-Childhood-Ever. If they existed. Best-Life-Ever 3) Iron Man Reason: Who wouldn't want a metal suit that makes you fly and kick butt faster than the speed of sound? 2)Batman (Christopher Nolan version) Reasons: a) God is his trusty assistant. b) He also has a british manservant that is pretty smart c) BATMOBILE FTW!!! d) Cool gadgets courtesy of a) e) HE IS THE FREAKIN' BATMAN FOR PETE'S SAKE 1) Transformers Reasons: Sure, the sequel to transformers sucked but, who doesn't: -want a car who's also a sentient robotic alien that can transform into virtually anything. -want to fight against evil with sentient robotic aliens. -want to chill with Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and the gang. How about you, what are 5 things that you wish existed and why? (And no, you cannot quote the Favourite Things song from Sound of Music)
  9. Regrettebly, I fell for the simplest trick in the book. My Jr. High Science teacher said Gullible wasn't in the dictionary. I insisted it was indeed in the dictionary. I grabbed a dictionary to prove him wrong.
  10. I FOUND A SUBLIMINAL MESSAGE! IT PROMOTES CANNIBALISM AT 0:21! LOL
  11. Hmm... this guy sounds familiar.
  12. I'll direct you to post #37 as the reason for so many votes for an abortion.
  13. Well, a rule of thumb is that you don't eat that Double Big Mac before the gold medal round, especially Hockey.
  14. This is why us Canadians beat you in the Gold Medal tally for this year's Olympics.
  15. Does this mean I can eat this then?
  16. MASSIVE IMPORTANT UPDATE RELATED TO THE TOPIC!!! Good news everybody! Details here.
  17. LOL, you guys don't even know what winter is until you've stayed up in Canada for a couple years. Surprisingly, some recent Christmases here (at least, where I live) were brown.
  18. They'd easily detect that in a heartbeat with what they're using now. The real reason why they're doing this is because of terrorist 'threats'. The least concern with the TSA I believe is somebody trying to smuggle drugs throughout the country. They're more concerned about people like the underwear bomber last year.
  19. That's because /b/ is involved, and have been spamming in the polls for days now for abortion. When /b/ gets involved, things go crazy. Point of case: Also: Users of 4chan helped to track him down by finding the perpetrator's father's name in the Exif data of a photograph he took, and contacted the police. He was arrested before school began that day. The incident turned out to be a hoax; the "weapons" were toys and there were no actual bombs.Jarrad Willis, a 20-year-old from Melbourne, Australia was arrested on December 8, 2007, after apparently posting on 4chan that he was "going to shoot and kill as many people as I can until which time I am incapacitated or killed by the police". The post, accompanied by an image of another man holding a shotgun, threatened a shopping mall near Beverly Hills. While the investigation was still open, Willis was charged with criminal defamation for a separate incident but died before the case was heard. On February 4, 2009, a posting on the 4chan /b/ said there would be a school shooting at St Eskils Gymnasium in Eskilstuna, Sweden. 1250 students and 50 teachers were evacuated. A 21-year-old man was arrested after 4chan had provided the police with the IP address of the poster. According to the police the suspect said it was a joke and he was released after they found no indication that the threat was serious. ~Wikipedia.org The couple running the site have been aware of this, and as such, their final descision may not be dependant on the poll results.
  20. The same goes for Alberta too. Welcome.
  21. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the new definition of lack of trust. If I wanted a reason not to travel into the United States, I definitely have one now.
  22. Here's the problem though. Will we (Me and my fellow Canadians) be able to transport it to Russia and bury it under center ice for the Olympics?
  23. Minnesota couple put abortion to an online vote- The Kanas City Star
  24. ...And not get in trouble for it... For now.
  25. WARNING: Comments on the video are explicit, and the YouTube Channel from which the video originated seems to have atheist views. View with your own discretion. A boy in the United States claims he went up into heaven when he was four when he was having surgery on his appendix. This is the interview about that expierence. I honstly feel bad for saying this, but because of prior events, I doubt the credibility of this story. I mean, if it is true, good for him for being blessed with an expierence such as this, but I'm slightly convinced this is a hoax. My sincere apologies for anybody that I may have offended. I only posted this topic for us users to have a informative discussion.