The Rant Thread

[danielwarwick]

1000?, you mean 1000 soldiers? first off theres a little more than that, but thats how many are DEAD, what about the ones wounded, who will never use some parts of theyre bodys again, what about the THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS of INNOCENT people in iraq.!! people that were killed for what?, absolutley NOTHING, this war is all bullshit and based on all lies, this country isbeing fucked up the butt and if bush doesent start to change the way he does shit then everyone is fucked.

the ones who will never use some parts of their body again are first, very few. second, they volunteered to serve their country and knew the hazards of the job going in.

yeah, theres about 50,000 iraqis dead. dead not because of us, but because of iraqi insurgents: their own countrymen. the united states has killed extremely few iraqi citizens. they are dying due to muslim extremists who make up a minority of the country, not us.

killed for nothing? are you dumb? they died for the freedom. if thats nothing to you feel free to move to north korea.

I dont agree matt, but then again i have no idea what i believe, im still kindve confused, i dont see why a hindu or a buddha shouldnt go to the same place we go?, is there a heaven, is there a hell?

according to what jesus says in the bible, yeah. its not what god you believe in, its how you lead your life. of course theres still people in the church that will tell you "if you havent accepted jesus as your savior you cant get into heaven", but personally i think thats bullshit. its your actions that define your life, not your thoughts.

1st bold, no im not dumb, they did die for nothing, they wouldnt have died if bush wasnt a fucking idiot and invaded iraq for absolutley nothing, there was pretty much no point in this war.

2nd bold, haha i go from completley disagreeing with you to completley agreeeing with you, couldnt have said it better right there.

 

[Travis House]

Died for freedom? I dont think Sadam was almost ready to enslave USA. Its almost seems as they made up objectives as they went along.

1) Find WMD's

oh shit, there are none... lets get that sadam guy now that we are here.

 

[Matt Ogle]

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, and that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

thats a pretty blunt verse sean/dan.

 

[whoopa]

blunt is a sick word


hey this is my rant.. WTF is up with the police these days the just do random ass shit in this town like its nothing....

 

[seankane]

Died for freedom? I dont think Sadam was almost ready to enslave USA. Its almost seems as they made up objectives as they went along.

1) Find WMD's

oh shit, there are none... lets get that sadam guy now that we are here.

the iraqis that are dying are mainly police officers and government officials, theyre dying because they believe in a free country, one the terrorists dont want set up. when saddam was in government he was killing his own people. how can the rest of the world let a tyrant like that keep ruling?

i agree, theres a lot of things about this war that went very wrong, but you have to look at the big picture. yes, innocent people are dying, but they are dying for a good cause. id rather be fighting for my freedom than being afraid of my government and living a life of oppression.

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, and that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

thats a pretty blunt verse sean/dan.

1st: that doesnt say you have to believe in jesus to get into heaven, just that those who do will.

2nd: back to a point i made before, the bible is not meant to be taken literally. just because i believe jesus existed meant i get into heaven? i dont think so. i think that you can "believe" in jesus in many different ways.

mahatma gandhi: one of the best men that ever lived. he lived his life through peace and loving others. doesnt it sound like he "believed" in jesus although he wasn't catholic? he lived just as jesus said people should. are you saying that he wont get into heaven because he didnt think jesus was the son of god?

if so, how is that fair at all? how would an "all loving god" not let a man that lived just as his son said a person should, into heaven?

 

[danielwarwick]

Sean, you put it the best way it could be put.

 

[skadityska]

how did we all come from munkeys? non of those topics are scientificly proove'n. just quesses. well i actualy dont know alot about jeasus and his teachings and his teachings arent proove'n either but its either faith or quess. i chose faith becuase whenever i just guess its way off... !amazed :?

have you ever seen the old cavemen / people before river valley cultures, the ones from africa?
THEY ARE BEASTLY like apes...i don't thnk its that unheard of that we could be some sort of evolved monkey...just with larger brains and and less hair.

 

[skadityska]

oh yeah, and heres one thats gonna catalyst a big argument:

the legalization of marijuana.

i know most of you will say "drugs are stupid dumb and result in nothing good at all".
i beg to differ. my brothers friend who is 25 told me he does it every once in a while to cool off and relax, he also has a 7 figure salary...im not saying that kids don't get screwed over off of it, but its when they start messing around with other stuff is when they usually start to have problems.
i think it should be legalized, but should be treated like alcohol, a dangerous substance would could kill people and ruin lives, and you should have to be some age to do it...
it does have positives, it does promote creative ness and stuff, and makes things much more enjoyable...

now everyone rant on it, and yell at me for being pro mairjuaana.

 

[Pete Pachota]

Ehh maybe that's right, Ive read on some marijuana related page that in 5000 years of the history of medicine there was no evidence of death caused by overdorsing marijuana. And how many people died of lung cancer caused by cigarettes? It is allowed in a way you described in Netherlands and I think, Belgium, and it seems fairly reasonable.

When we're on subject of allowing things, what do you all think about legalization of prostitution? As for now, I dont feel like I'd like to use such services, lol, but as it's illegal in most places it sometimes leads to awful things like slave trading women and making them work in brothels. Legalizing would end all crime effects of it, give prostitutes standard worker's rights, support government with taxes etc. After all, it's considered to be the oldest profession in the world, so I dont think that there's a way to stop it.

 

[brandon kilbury]

i think whether or not we can stop it, it should stay illegal. people kill, and have forever, and theres no way we can stop all of it, but that doesnt mean we should make it legal. also, i think prostitution is an extremely degrading profession. im sure the majority of prostitutes arent all that happy with their lives.


something id like to rant about is scooter related a few things acctually. 1. do any of you notice that if theres a little kid getting in the way at a skatepark on a skateboard everyone is like "ugh..little kids" but if theyre on a scooter everyone is like 'ugh...scooters"? i think its bullshit. another thing, i HATE when people ask me to try shit at skateparks, maybe like one trick i dont care but at rye airfield for instance. i did a few flat scooterflips in front of the front desk while i was waiting to get in, and so when i finally got into the park, a kid came up to me and were like "hey what is that thing you did blah blah, can you do anoher?" so id do one, then someone else would come up and want me to show them one, and like 3 more. then, i did a backflip and some kid came up to me and was like "hey did you just do a backflip?" "yea" "can you do another?" so id do another, and about 3 more kids who didnt see it would come up and ask me to do more. its annoying as hell. i came to the skatepark to ride, not perform for people. one last thing i hate at skateparks, is when adults are in the way. a guy at rye airfield was taking pictures of his son, and he would stand RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE RAMPS for like 10 minutes while he waited for his son to go again. i told him to move at one point and he moved for about 10 seconds, then moved back.

 

[Matt Ogle]

yea iknow what you mean. all of the kids at my local park will tell me to do backflips. but by now most of them know not to ask me to do it because im not giong to if they ask. ha

 

[Nate Grant]

yea matt and bk, the most annoying thing ever is when i have a whole bunch of skaters going, "Do a scooterflip!!!!"

and then yesterday, i only had about 10 minutes at the park, so i wanted to get in some practice for my SD best trick. but nooooooooo. some fat ass dude was trying to teach his son how to "drop in" on a tiny bank. i went up and asked him if he could move and he goes, "not now, i'm teaching my son." so i reply with, "well, this is everyones skatepark, so i'd like a chance to ride this ramp" and he says, "shut the hell up son, and go cause trouble somewhere else." i was like "whatever, fuck this shit" then i walked out and went over to the middle school and started jumpin the 3 and 5 stairs. as i was leaving tho, i noticed one of the local skaters purposely crashed into the man haha.

 

[Brian Boston]

oh yeah, and heres one thats gonna catalyst a big argument:

the legalization of marijuana.

i know most of you will say "drugs are stupid dumb and result in nothing good at all".
i beg to differ. my brothers friend who is 25 told me he does it every once in a while to cool off and relax, he also has a 7 figure salary...im not saying that kids don't get screwed over off of it, but its when they start messing around with other stuff is when they usually start to have problems.
i think it should be legalized, but should be treated like alcohol, a dangerous substance would could kill people and ruin lives, and you should have to be some age to do it...
it does have positives, it does promote creative ness and stuff, and makes things much more enjoyable...

now everyone rant on it, and yell at me for being pro mairjuaana.

If it is legal and starts getting sold in stores and stuff it will end up getting taxed and prices will go up and all that junk. Anyway its not like its hard for anyone to smoke a blunt now a days. Its better off illegal.

 

[seankane]

oh yeah, and heres one thats gonna catalyst a big argument:

the legalization of marijuana.

i know most of you will say "drugs are stupid dumb and result in nothing good at all".
i beg to differ. my brothers friend who is 25 told me he does it every once in a while to cool off and relax, he also has a 7 figure salary...im not saying that kids don't get screwed over off of it, but its when they start messing around with other stuff is when they usually start to have problems.
i think it should be legalized, but should be treated like alcohol, a dangerous substance would could kill people and ruin lives, and you should have to be some age to do it...
it does have positives, it does promote creative ness and stuff, and makes things much more enjoyable...

now everyone rant on it, and yell at me for being pro mairjuaana.

agree 100%

alcohol is a deadly, addictive drug, yet its legal just about everywhere. marijuana, on the other hand, is in no way deadly and not addictive, yet illegal. on top of that, it actually has medicinal uses. alcohol ruins peoples lives, pot doesnt. i dont see why its illegal.

If it is legal and starts getting sold in stores and stuff it will end up getting taxed and prices will go up and all that junk. Anyway its not like its hard for anyone to smoke a blunt now a days. Its better off illegal.

i dunno, im sure cigarette companies would start producing it, then it would be mass produced and commercialized, which could mean lower prices?

 

[dre]

oh yeah, and heres one thats gonna catalyst a big argument:

the legalization of marijuana.

i know most of you will say "drugs are stupid dumb and result in nothing good at all".
i beg to differ. my brothers friend who is 25 told me he does it every once in a while to cool off and relax, he also has a 7 figure salary...im not saying that kids don't get screwed over off of it, but its when they start messing around with other stuff is when they usually start to have problems.
i think it should be legalized, but should be treated like alcohol, a dangerous substance would could kill people and ruin lives, and you should have to be some age to do it...
it does have positives, it does promote creative ness and stuff, and makes things much more enjoyable...

now everyone rant on it, and yell at me for being pro mairjuaana.

agree 100%

alcohol is a deadly, addictive drug, yet its legal just about everywhere. marijuana, on the other hand, is in no way deadly and not addictive, yet illegal. on top of that, it actually has medicinal uses. alcohol ruins peoples lives, pot doesnt. i dont see why its illegal.

Yes, I think that either they make the two illegal, or legal both at the same time. But what I think it comes down to, is that people take marijuana to get high, and then they sometimes act completely irrationally if they were in a bad mood before they got high - marijuana can act as a depressant or a stimulant, depending on your mood. But alcohol on the other hand, is often drunk for it's taste/kick, so it's easier to take in smaller amounts. But I agree with skadityska that it should be legalized but sold to a certain age group (like alcohol and cigarettes) so we don't have a bunch of retarded pothead teenagers who have smoked their IQ down about 30 points...

 

[Brian Boston]

Age group laws would be pointless. Do you know easy it is for me to get a case of beer? Hell i've even bought tabaco products for people in stores and didn't get carded and im 17 (age for tabbaco is 18 in US, 21 to drink/buy beer). All you have to do is ask somone walking into the store to buy it for you and give them an extra 2 bucks. They both should be illegal IMO.

 

[Chris_Bartnicki]

Age group laws would be pointless. Do you know easy it is for me to get a case of beer? Hell i've even bought tabaco products for people in stores and didn't get carded and im 17 (age for tabbaco is 18 in US, 21 to drink/buy beer). All you have to do is ask somone walking into the store to buy it for you and give them an extra 2 bucks. They both should be illegal IMO.

nj the ae for ciggereetttetetsttsss is 19

 

[seankane]

Yes, I think that either they make the two illegal, or legal both at the same time. But what I think it comes down to, is that people take marijuana to get high, and then they sometimes act completely irrationally if they were in a bad mood before they got high - marijuana can act as a depressant or a stimulant, depending on your mood. But alcohol on the other hand, is often drunk for it's taste/kick, so it's easier to take in smaller amounts. But I agree with skadityska that it should be legalized but sold to a certain age group (like alcohol and cigarettes) so we don't have a bunch of retarded pothead teenagers who have smoked their IQ down about 30 points...

well theres no way they can ever make alcohol illegal. they tried... prohibition, the 18th amendment. that ended up being one of the worst times in the country, murder rates increases by 80 percent and led to a huge increase in organized crime. yeah, if weed was legalized itd probably lead to more people smoking, but seeing that its effects arent that great, it wouldnt be that bad. i think itd do alot of good if it was legalized and would definitely hurt alot of drug dealers.

 

[skadityska]

i read somewhere that if they were to legalize it, our economy would boost up like a bazillion dollars, which is not exactly a bad thing...

alcohols a wholelee lot worse, one of my friends just got alcohol poisoning and almost died and had to get his stomach pumped...it's almost impossible to overdose on marijuana...



i think the main reason they can't legalize it is cause theres no way to figure if you're high at that moment... for alcohol, you can simply breathe into a bbreathalyzer thingy and it can tell the bac, but with marijauana theres no way to tell if you've had any... therefore dui's could not be issued for marijuana, cause it would take 2-3 weeks to get your pee checked out in a lab...

otherwise i'd say marijuana would be in the clear to be legalized.

 

[Brian Boston]

Now that im thinking of it, the government can't really tax it, well though could but people could get around the tax easily buy growing their own plant. If they grown their own plant they know what their getting and its extremly cheaper, they could also profit from selling it too. Probably another reason its not legal