Jaime Lannister

That's my line! Good hunting friends, enjoy yourselves out there!

Pirates!

Real low. The justifications even lower.

Mensa coming through!

Two minutes of awesome.

Hope you stocked up on power armor. Lets have fun now.

What's this? Unwanted visitors? Hold on let me get my sword... Honored though that you decided to start things off with us, makes me feel special.

Of course! What else could it be? People get such silly ideas.

Going through the little collaboration discussion book on Islam by Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz. Though I think the talk they did at Harvard a little while back sums it up well.

Ehhh, haven't checked what's coming out, I'll probably wait until they end, find out what the successes are. I haven't been that impressed for a few years now, it all seems so repetitive.

When you said "triggered" I thought you meant something completely different, like feminists being triggered by that eggplant emoji.

That is fine, a personal reason would be much preferable to me then that someone just saying "religion is stoopid" was all it took to change your mind. I had hoped the religious dumped these talking point long ago. Atheists disregard human life? Stalin and Mao acted in the name of atheism? These are so absurd I didn't think it was possible to maintain a straight face while saying.

Wait, you find that some atheists don't respect people who believe in a religion which you don't like so you decided to start believing in a god yourself? I really don't see how that follows.

Clearly, it has been a disappointment to read through this thread and see all the people acting like a jackass.

!@#$ can be entertaining but likable? That is pushing it.

Yep, I do. Though I question your assertion that it promotes women's rights, much of it is rather cliche and has rather conservative views towards the girls in the shows, those that don't involve sci-fi/fantasy that is and even there it is usually the male that takes the "hero" role. There are exceptions of course but just that I think, exceptions. You're still much more likely to get a Kamina from TTGL than a Ryuuko from Kill la Kill. Who didn't even have a love interest, shocker.

At least here you have to actually commit a crime and not just have a "criminal tendency" or whatever term the anime used.

If we don't keep drugs illegal who are we going to imprison?

Depends on what you mean by wrong. Its wrong factually but not wrong in any moral sense. As long as they aren't forcing these beliefs on anyone else that is. Including their children. They certainly have that right though I personally don't really understand the choice. It must be such a bother to have to worry what your personal deity thinks of your every act and thought.

Haven't played most in a long time but I have II-V along with Alpha Centauri and Call to Power. Most time spent in II and IV I think.

Finding comfort in something doesn't make it true. I'd think that would be more important.

Well then. Isn't this an interesting move.

Bernie is certainly the best of who is running at the moment though that isn't hard to accomplish.

My thoughts on this line up with a blog post Sam Harris made a couple years ago after Newtown, neither rabid opponent or supporter of gun control. http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-riddle-of-the-gun This paragraph sums it up rather well I think.

This may very well be true but I can't help but notice that those who oppose gay marriage justify it with "states rights". As if it gives the argument more weight. Even if he is a supporter of it but thinks states can ban it if they wish, I still find this incredibly obscene. I see no reason why it should be allowed that states be able to strip individuals of equality because local governments have more "rights" than individuals. Especially coming from libertarians who are supposively supporters of personal freedom... except when it just so happens to go against their own opinions. No problem at all outlawing things in that case. Personally I think government should be out of marriage entirely but since I don't see that ever happening then the marriage contract should be extended to all consenting adults who want to take part.