I haven't been this pissed in a VERY long time

[Meiscool]

Liking boobs doesn't necessarily make you straight, and I'm saying that from personal experience here.

It makes me straight.

Get it?

[Cerebus]

You have to be specific, though. On my side, I only like female breasts. Because man-boobs? No.

[Felix-0]

As someone who is Bi, that hurts to see. Thinking I would get life in prison for just being bisexual makes me cring.e

[drenrin2120]

Honestly, I don't see the point in arguing there's nothing people can do. What good is it to tell someone they just need to calm down and do nothing? You're basically saying he shouldn't even talk about this because "there's nothing you can do about it". That's a load of bullshit. Just because you some how manage to turn a blind eye doesn't mean everyone else can or should do the same.

[Archem]

A blind eye is what lets injustice continue to exist. A twig is weak, but a bundle of twigs holds strong. Lucas alone can't do anything. This is true. However, by giving in and going along with it, nothing changes. If Lucas continues to make the issue known, makes others aware, and has opposition to these ridiculous laws, maybe something can happen. It's not a guarantee, but it's a start. Violence and an attempt to extinguish what is different is a part of the natural order, but so is the rise of the abnormal. It's called "evolution". No attempt means no change. So even if his outrage is in vain, at least he's made an attempt at making the issue vanish.

[drenrin2120]

Yes, you worded that far more eloquently then I did.

[Prpl_Mage]

Well my vote goes to trying to get the countries a bit closer to you to change first. Trying to change the most distant and extreme countries just won't work unless you got a budget of 3 million $ and a staff of people.
It may be turning a blind eye but that's how it goes when you keep hearing what the people who immigrate here had to put up with. That's the whole reason people flee, something is really wrong where they came from. What we do is accept those oppressed people into our country in an attempt to give them a dignified life. And if we're lucky, those people care enough about their homeland that they'll fight for their rights later on. But there is nothing you can do when you're dead.

[drenrin2120]

Not so in America. They're exploited by corporations, harassed by Homeland Security and ICE, then deported where they repeat the process because there's nothing for them in the country they came from where the US probably played a hand in ruining in x, y, or z fashion.

[SaiKar]

Oh, look. A thread about some awful country doing awful people to its citizens that gets derailed into, shock and awe, bashing on America. You have exactly however long it takes me to look at this thread again to stop that **** before its getting locked.

[drenrin2120]

Firstly, you mistake me bashing America's government for bashing America. Secondly, stop whining. You barely post around here anymore, but when you do it's always just negative stupidity. Everyone else here is fine with getting involved in conversations they like and staying out of those they don't.

[Archem]

One post from Dren does not equal derailment and America bashing. Cool your jets.

[HackersTotalMassLaser]

Oh goody I'll jump in and say drenrin is completely wrong. While I am right.

Nobody is turning a blind eye you dimwit. What this thread should have been about is that he's disappointed and how he's doing something about it, not about how he's angry and how he isn't doing anything about it.
No, posting shiz on a forum barely trafficked is not doing something. If you think Drenrin, it is, then i am sorry, you will never achieve anything past feeling of wishing to do something.

And although I don't care about America, you did in fact, bashed it, three times. Intentionally or not, you never clarified whether or not you were speaking of a government. Your vagueness is at fault.

Step 4. This is the internet. WELCOME.

[Archem]

Step 4. This is the internet. WELCOME.

That's, like, a pro-level burn. Internet burn. Totally gonna chap his ***. He'll be burning for a week.

[HackersTotalMassLaser]

I did want to post an image of willy wonka, but it didn't let me.

After post-post I read it and it sounded lame =\

[drenrin2120]

Well, first you gotta get mad...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMz_RQuTBlI&feature=related

So while posting on the internet doesn't effectively do anything, it's a start. I hope people take it one step farther and start organizing, but that's up to individuals. And yeah, I bashed America while mentioning extensions of its government. So take it how you want.