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  1. If the gun thing happened in England there'd be helicopters, stun guns, The Sun, The Daily Mail, The Express and just about every other retard paper interviewing kids and posting out of context quotes and the school would get closed down and there would be a video three weeks later of the head teacher owning a gimp suit gyrating to Britney spears music, and some girl would commit suicide because it was her boyfriend who got arrested, and one of the police officers would have ended up accidentally touching a kids 'speshul places' during a frisk and would have been put on the child protection list... but it's utter bollocks, no way would of they had paid for any counseling! -L
  2. A quick edit: On the euthanasia being practiced for centuries... Hippocratic Oath: I swear by Apollo, Asclepius, Hygieia, and Panacea, and I take to witness all the gods, all the goddesses, to keep according to my ability and my judgment, the following Oath. To consider dear to me, as my parents, him who taught me this art; to live in common with him and, if necessary, to share my goods with him; To look upon his children as my own brothers, to teach them this art. I will prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and never do harm to anyone. I will not give a lethal drug to anyone if I am asked, nor will I advise such a plan; and similarly I will not give a woman a pessary to cause an abortion. But I will preserve the purity of my life and my arts. I will not cut for stone, even for patients in whom the disease is manifest; I will leave this operation to be performed by practitioners, specialists in this art. In every house where I come I will enter only for the good of my patients, keeping myself far from all intentional ill-doing and all seduction and especially from the pleasures of love with women or with men, be they free or slaves. All that may come to my knowledge in the exercise of my profession or in daily commerce with men, which ought not to be spread abroad, I will keep secret and will never reveal. If I keep this oath faithfully, may I enjoy my life and practice my art, respected by all men and in all times; but if I swerve from it or violate it, may the reverse be my lot. - Dates back to 4th century BC.
  3. You're saying that a horse is the same a human? You're saying that your life is as important as a rabbits? Well sorry Rodger, but that whole argument is void, and if that's your way of thinking about this subject then I'm glad you're not in any power to make a decision. A horse is put down after it's leg is broken, because of our understanding of a horse - it runs. However, a human isn't there to just complete a simplified set of functions (simplified for whatever reason, greed, ignorance or whatever else), but we're here to exist. We make friends, we have emotion, and whatever other trait an animal doesn't do. The very fact that we're having this conversation makes your whole argument mood and pointless and apparently only there to set a very dumbed-down point. As for people practicing euthanasia for centuries... People have been practicing abortion for centuries too, even very late in the birth process however yes now, it is 'magically' very wrong. I agree, this is a debate of opinions and views and morals and ideologies and whatever other drive is personal to you. And yes, if you were to become a quadrapalegic... Or, paralised, then it would be very wrong for somebody to assist in your suicide with an euphoric sympathy death, other than a natural death. Also, could your elaborate on the pain and torture of tetraplegia? If we still stoned people to death, would it make it any more right? History is no backing for the acceptance of euthanasia. However as you've said, and I've said - that's my opinion, and you can hold yours. If I were disabled for whatever reason, I'd be thankful that at least I'm alive. If I were deaf, I'd still appreciate the beauty that I can see through my eyes, and if I were to be in a car crash tomorrow and become quadrapalegic, I'd be unhappy but eventually accept this circumstance, and appreciate what I do have. And as for regulation, and as I've already said, what makes this regulation right other than the views of a small sect of people? History has shown that environmental factors that can sway decisions consistently occur, and if that's the case surely it's easier to practice medication the way we do now, a way which the majority of professionals accept as working, beneficial and morally correct. It's not like this kind of this is not regularly discussed, and that euthanasia isn't loosely practiced when people are allowed to pass away painlessly. -L edit: typo
  4. It's nice to see that Aceflyer still has a hard time taking a joke.
  5. Agreed PoL. Pro-lifers shouldn't have the right to force other people - people who may not share their views - to endure such cruel and unusual torture. You make it sound like the pro-lifers are administering the illness or problem which is killing the person. As I said, you have the right to deny treatment and you also have the right to pain medication. On top of that, if you're incapacitated your medical proxy has the right to deny treatment for you... The only cases where this logic doesn't really flow so well are cases where the brain has been damaged, in whatever way, for example dementia. I have pity for the loved ones who have to watch the person they love slipping away slowing, and I have pity for the person suffering dementia to witness them selves switch from a conscious state, to an uncontrollable body, back to a conscious state, and in this type of case then assisted suicide is understandable, but again... In the case of dementia, a lot of people demand that they do not want to die, however a lot of people do. It's also not like you can just ask somebody with dementia 'Would you like to die' as the trauma of dementia alone is likely to prevent somebody to think along any kind of rational train of thought. So then, it falls to the proxy, loved one, or whoever who has to decide - but as I said in the first place, what gives them the right to the choice of life? Then, another view in this debate is the doctor who is actually administering the medication to assisted suicide. What if he doesn't want to? What if it's against his personal views and ideology? What gives the patient the right to demand a doctor to go against his Hippocratic oath? This whole debate isn't as simple as 'do you think it's right or wrong' but more so 'it's very wrong, however in certain circumstances it's slightly less complicated, but a still a hell of a conundrum'. Also, no doubt the T&C's of assisted suicide will change every year, as each case is reviewed, and as new doctors are voted into the decision makers board. This is probably one of the most greyscale things you can argue about, and furthermore, there's the chances of people bastardising other peoples decisions, and it becoming more of a normality (like abortion) and getting abused. -L
  6. PAH... you're never on there! Lol... I bought a TV for it and even got a new chair, but... I dunno, I just can't ever be arsed. I'll only ever go on for an hour before 6 now, because I generally just hit gym mon-fri at 6:30 and then when I get home eat, then sleep. I also do the fitness instruction gym on the weekends, or go out so... Bleh. Text me when you're next online, I think I lost your number - I got a new number also, it's not the one that ends in 6969. -L
  7. i'll d/l it on xbl later.
  8. I wish I could play games like they play in the trailers.
  9. Are all of the zones in your current list red?
  10. I heard on the radio recently that women and men earn on ~ the same... Sorry that was a bit of useless information, but .. meh, just what I heard on the radio. I also heard something about black women now earning more than white women on ~.
  11. Who has the right to the choice of life? I know that somebody in so much pain they can't think straight shouldn't, neither should the doctor, and the family shouldn't be left with the burden. I believe the only right you should have (and do have) is the right to deny treatment (while being capable to do so). The only thing this will lead to is an easy way out of something difficult, which shouldn't even be an option. Look at abortion, in the UK they've increased tenfold since abortion laws have loosened up, which I personally believe isn't right either. Then again, each to their own. I'm very pro-life, and I think death shouldn't be a choice at any time. btw, I'm not at all religious. -L
  12. In hindsight, we should have won before the summer school breakup. :/ -L
  13. I was really drunk and high when I watched slum dog millionaire and i thought it was one of the best films I had ever seen...
  14. Lynx

    HIV Cure?

    I think they should genetically engineer bunnies with one floppy ear and one perky one...
  15. Oh that is what the 16 represents...
  16. At least with all the news paper publications that they're releasing they're making plenty of money for baby clothes and shit like that. Good for them, now all he needs is a drug habit for her first birthday and they'll be able to get her a pony. him, whatever the kid is.
  17. Lol@that The weird thing is, that whenever I've said that hip-hop and negative music is a reason to these stupid neanderthal sheep-like kids shooting one another, I've always got a look of 'No way man, how can you blame it on the music' but now there are established chess clubs created by hip-hop icons that reinforce that logic. I see no hip-hop in that video, all I see is chess and the traits you pick up while playing chess - patience and strategic thinking. Therefore, the negativity in the video must have been expressed in the title via the hip-hop reference. Also, I'm skeptical to chess being the reason why these kids are no longer 'bustin' caps' in each others arses, but more so they're actually doing something that may not be productive, but doesn't require sitting on their arses loitering, drinking, smoking... or whatever negative 'something is bound to happen soon' activity you can fit into this void. Further, that kids bum fluff on his top lip is annoying, somebody please tell him to stick his head out of a car doing 40 so it falls of. -l
  18. That's really cool.
  19. Lynx

    HIV Cure?

    Dude. Ministry of Defense head quarters, Feltham. You've got an army barracks about a ten minute drive away, Tesco within walking distance for food and a very high security building. Plenty of time to wait out/defend against any zombie attack. You're also on a high street with plenty of shops so if you ever needed any other necessity it's nothing more than a small mission away. The whole place is surrounded by 9ft high barb wire fences, so the only zombies you'd need to worry about are ones that are already in there. If you got enough friends together, it would just be a mission of killing all the 'in house' zombies and then taking them off the grounds. You wouldn't even need to worry about electricity, as they've got a load of generators near their heli-pad... Oh yeah, and they've got a helicopter, so if it comes to you needing to get out there in style (and probably dying) then... Gah, I'd be running towards that. This idea is fool proof (well it's not, because a fool wouldn't know how to get in) but.. Jesus, I just thought of this. brb, enlisting into the Marines or ... whatever.
  20. I actually own nearly all of them DVDs, kudos to your collection. Someday it might be as cool as mine.
  21. You will be better off making a game that's similar to Subspace for the iPhone that doesn't actually connect to the Subspace servers. I've played around a lot with the iPhone SDK and I have a feeling that getting the game to connect to the servers would be near impossible. Also, with the work involved in a game like that, I think it might be better to use that time on creating a cross-platform client that more people will get a better use of. Just my opinion, though -L
  22. If you liked Friday 13th, you also probably liked other hits like watching the washing machine spin, and paint drying! Woo
  23. Lynx

    HIV Cure?

    What this thread has to do with I am Legend: The Title.
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