Recent posts by Aaron_ on Kongregate

Topic: Serious Discussion / Germany is on the verge of banning violent games

Again, parents can’t see or know everything. Getting others involved is common sense, especially for a social species.

But the government can? Besides, kids can’t even legally buy these games; they must have an adult (presumably a parent) buy them. I won’t say it is impossible for a child to get a hold of the games without parental consent, but I think it’s fair to say that it is difficult.

Topic: Serious Discussion / Conservatives online

Originally posted by jitters:

Originally posted by Aaron_:

I think the issue here is that we don’t have a standard definition of ‘liberal’ and ‘conservative’. They are both general terms with some pretty poor connotations.

Also, what do these terms mean to you guys?

That sounds like a new thread waiting to happen.

Be my guest man.

Topic: Serious Discussion / Conservatives online

I think the issue here is that we don’t have a standard definition of ‘liberal’ and ‘conservative’. They are both general terms with some pretty poor connotations.

Also, what do these terms mean to you guys?

Topic: Serious Discussion / Air France flight 447 Rio to ?

5: My real guess: A POSITIVE lightning strike during an intense turbulence patch damaged the plane beyond help. It fell out of the sky.

Aren’t modern airplanes designed to withstand lightning strikes?

I’m a curious to know how a multimillion dollar piece of equipment like a jetliner could crash and not be located. The crash itself isn’t the surprise here, but the fact that they don’t have a clue where it is. How can you loose something that large and valuable and not have some way to figure out where it is? I’m not by any means an aviation expert, but some form of communications (radio, satellite, cellular, whatever) must have reached somebody on land, correct? Besides, don’t commercial airliners track their flights throughout their journey?

Topic: Serious Discussion / Proposition 8 vote upheld. A great victory for democracy.

Also yea what happens then when the already married gay couples die out?
There wont be any gays married left making the 2nd part of it kind of wasted for conservation.

Dude, gays aren’t an endangered species… They can’t die out unless the rest of humanity does. There will always be gay men and women.

Topic: Serious Discussion / The War on Drugs

The main point made about that in Freakonomics was that because the dealers at the top were making so much money, the very large risk being involved in being a drug dealer seemed worth it to the low level people, if they could one day get to the top. In the same way that people want to become famous actors or sports stars, even if there is a high oppurtunity cost in chasing that dream. So, you see, it’s not much different from many other legal careers.

Exactly.

Heres the PDF I promised, although you have to do some searching for the specific chapter I mentioned.

http://web.iiit.ac.in/~karthik_ravikanti/pdf_do…

Topic: Serious Discussion / The War on Drugs

Originally posted by TheBSG:

That’s a stupid argument. Drug dealing is only lucrative because it is illegal. The risks involved with drug dealing make it increadibly retarded for a poor person to take on. The assumption that drug running is the only legitimizing business is why young black ghettos in America are overrun with crack. Yes, you have to be sensitive to why they do what they do (and why it shouldn’t necessarily be criminal) but you can’t honestly suggest it is a support system of any kind.

Freakonomics actually covered this pretty well. Low lever drug dealers make less than minimum wage.

I’ll post the PDF as soon as I can.

Topic: Serious Discussion / Proposition 8 vote upheld. A great victory for democracy.

Can the computer consent?

Y/N prompt?

The ruling was a joke. The fact that they allowed existing marriages to remain says it all. If they truly thought the proposition was constitutional, they would have thrown those out, correct? It seems like the court is trying to appeal to voters rather than justice.

Topic: Serious Discussion / The teaching of Geography in Schools

Originally posted by woodythedon:

Originally posted by darkfrogger:

Canadians also kind of fail at geography, but not nearly as much as Americans.

‘’War is God’s way of teaching Americans about geography’’.

Ironically, something like 80% of Americans can’t find Iraq on a world map.

Thats just sad.

Topic: Off-topic / what person on these forums do u hate the most?

I don’t hate anyone.

Topic: Serious Discussion / What do you feel is the most worthless country on the face of the Earth?

Originally posted by Someguyinworld:

Originally posted by Aaron_:

Originally posted by Someguyinworld:

Nigeria, who needs scams?

Hey, that Prince is going to make good on that loan any day now.

Man, thats classic.

Topic: Serious Discussion / Your opinions of Abortion

I am going to mute you, stop being a pest please

I think shes trying to help you, not pester you.

Topic: Serious Discussion / You've been given an opportunity to delete one thing from life.

Originally posted by iMachine:

Imperialism

Agreed, if only to see how Eastern nations would have developed without Western interference.

If I had to choose my own though, it’d be religion, for the reason listed above. The world would be so drastically different, and it would be amazing to see the differences, for better or worse. To anyone that questions my motives, ask yourself, what has been one of the most influential aspects of every society, past and present? Religion.

Topic: Serious Discussion / What do you feel is the most worthless country on the face of the Earth?

Originally posted by Someguyinworld:

Nigeria, who needs scams?

Hey, that Prince is going to make good on that loan any day now.

Topic: Serious Discussion / AX: Gay Rights

be yourself that should be the right of everyone.

Well said. I like that sentiment a lot.

i just realized many people on here fight for gay rights and rights of criminals but not the rights of gun owners?

I’m not sure if you were replying to me or in general, but I’m a big proponent of the second amendment… I’m just not as vocal about it as I am gay rights. I feel like the latter is the bigger fish to fry at the moment, you know?

what about the gay pedophile incidents?

Wait… What?

Topic: Serious Discussion / AX: Gay Rights

Originally posted by GodofFiction:

gays deserve the rights that everyone else has. it’s not like we’re lesser for being attracted to the same gender. and for the record, i would be okay if slavery were still around, because it would be the norm. i would be taught that slave were a good and necessary part of society. i’m glad today that slavery isn’t around (for the most part) anymore, but the point remains. gays are not some sort of horrible abomination against god. we merely are. just as heterosexuals are, we are. are what? nothing. just are. there’s your friggin intelligent response.

How can you abhor the restriction of rights for some but allow others to have them eliminated?

Topic: Off-topic / Am I like kingzak?

Why does everyone hate kingzak?

Can’t we all just get along?

Topic: Serious Discussion / Your opinions of Abortion

Originally posted by ASH265:

Originally posted by Carados:

We are entitled to freedom of speech. lol

Uhh, you didn’t read the terms and conditions for signing up on Kongregate, did you?

No did anyone? Any who what does it say ’bout that?

You missed the Article Four of Subsection B:

“By checking the below box, I cede all constitutionally protected rights to Kongregate Inc. and its subsidiaries.”

Topic: Off-topic / Cofee or Soda

Iced Coffee.

Topic: Serious Discussion / celebrity gossip

Not to be apathetic, but what is there to discuss?

Topic: Serious Discussion / Your opinions of Abortion

Did I say that?? You miss interpreted me wrong.
So did Aaron….

How?

Topic: Serious Discussion / @Navarre - an attempt of answer

I’d love to discuss the notion of free will itself and it’s physical implications (for there are many) with you though, just not here.

I actually made a thread about this. Look up Causal Determinism, it’s good stuff.

It pretty much boils down to what the BSG said… “Essentially, we don’t have a choice.”. The layman’s version is that everything has a cause and an effect, and in any identical situation someone would make the same choice. If you could replicate a situation in every thinkable way, you’d get the same result.

Topic: Serious Discussion / Your opinions of Abortion

No, not true, that would be the basis of the whole entire discussion. Because killing a baby is infanticide and a baby has rights unlike a "Fetus’ so if people considered a child in the womb a baby, then we wouldn’t probably have abortion unless health for the mother is affecting from the pregnancy. Or the 1% from rape and incest…

I can call my dog a human but it doesn’t give it rights, right?

Topic: Serious Discussion / What do you feel is the most worthless country on the face of the Earth?

Just curious, why South Africa?

Also: Somalia is really starting to become a pit, but I wouldn’t go so far as to call it worthless.

Topic: Off-topic / Total drama island fans?

Originally posted by AwesomeX0:

I dislike it.

Agreed.