Finally free of my job.

[SaiKar]

If we're not doing well, that's not because of having the same laws through the country, that's because we've been a colony until much later than the US and Canada, and we had almost 30 years of a dictatorship until very recently, during which we didn't grow at all.

Wait wait. You were under the joke of an oppressive dictatorship of 30 years, and you tell the US that they suck because of state laws?

Man. Dude. Duuuuuude.

[Felix-0]

dear god what have I started.
*slowly scuttles out of thread*

[Prpl_Mage]

Countries have some weird laws and norms back and forth, like that underage girl who got raped by her stepdad and did and abortion that people didn't like. (They didn't like the abortion, the rape was all "meh")
Or when people argue against taxes,  gaycouples, interracial marriages or inter-religious marriages.

[daoman89]

I still don't fully understand how we influence the electoral colleges vote, if we do at all.  I think we technically vote for the ppl that represent the president in the college, but I am not positive and don't feel like looking it up. 

As for inter-religious marriages... who gives a damn.  we should spend less time fighting over religion issues.

Interracial marriages... not a big deal to debate over.

Gay couples... who cares about that too.  But I'll admit that homosexual males that act feminine bug me because u need to act ur gender lol

What we should be worried about and be preparing for is when our North and South poles flip and we lose all our electronic technology that we've grown to take for granted and our magnetic field barrier that protects us from the Suns harmful radiation that cause skin cancer and possibly severe weather.  The magnet is our friend lol

[Felix-0]

so yea.... nice battleground topic we created.

[SaiKar]

Eh. Lucas + anything that can be remotely turned into hating the United States = the topic is hating the United States. You get used to it.

[drenrin2120]

I still don't fully understand how we influence the electoral colleges vote, if we do at all.  I think we technically vote for the ppl that represent the president in the college, but I am not positive and don't feel like looking it up. 

As for inter-religious marriages... who gives a damn.  we should spend less time fighting over religion issues.

Interracial marriages... not a big deal to debate over.

Gay couples... who cares about that too.  But I'll admit that homosexual males that act feminine bug me because u need to act ur gender lol

What we should be worried about and be preparing for is when our North and South poles flip and we lose all our electronic technology that we've grown to take for granted and our magnetic field barrier that protects us from the Suns harmful radiation that cause skin cancer and possibly severe weather.  The magnet is our friend lol

The electoral college basically distributes voting power among states. Theoretically it gives states equal voting power so that states with larger populations still matter during the election. All it really does is create a system where only a few states actually matter, hence the term "swing-states". It also takes away or gives people's more voting power as an individual. For example, my vote this year won't count as much as some dude in Ohio because I live in Massachuetts, and Massachusetts delegates will vote for Obama basically no matter what and only because he's democrat. Of course, I do get to vote for Massachusetts Senator, which is a pretty big deal this election cycle... But sadly only because of which party will get senate majority... Seriously, Warren and Brown's campaign platforms are literally, "Don't let that psycho bitch/bastard give their incompetent party a majority in the Senate! Vote for me!" -_-

Also, ever heard of a little chain restaurant called Chick-filet? Yeah, gay rights are a pretty hot topic issue. Unfortunately, lots of people in the US DO think it's somehow their business if two men or women wanna get married. Oh, and I also just saw your comment on gender roles. I don't know what to tell ya, man. Have you taken Sociology 101? That's a course I really think oughta be taught in every high school in this country, along with a slew of other college courses that are high school level courses in basically every other country.

so yea.... nice battleground topic we created.

You cannot even begin to fathom it's sinister-ness! (x_0)

[Prpl_Mage]

Oh, and I also just saw your comment on gender roles. I don't know what to tell ya, man. Have you taken Sociology 101? That's a course I really think oughta be taught in every high school in this country, along with a slew of other college courses that are high school level courses in basically every other country.

Yes gender roles are socially created and maintained. It's the product of our society and all that.
But there's been research showing that kids growing up without a clear model on how to act and behave usually get confused and insecure. Not saying that they will magically turn gay or something though. That's a different thing.
People need some sort of guidelines on how to live life since it isn't exactly the most obvious thing. Yeah sure some might argue that we should live life as we please, but that kinda removes the point of even having a society.
Those who usually "don't act their gender" are well aware of how they are expected to act. For a lot of people it is just a matter of not acting like that to establish a role as an individual and other crap like it.


Also, voting systems.
We vote. Votes are counted.
The party that gets the highest percentage wins and gets to assign people to the different posts of the government.
People from the other parties get some commissioners based on the amount of votes they received. (we have 349 commissioners, so if your party got 10% of the votes, you'll get approx 34 seats in the riksdag/parliament)
And then there are some seats saved for those who received a huge amount of votes in a certain district. So a party may be doing bad in total but have a lot of support in a single place. Gotta reward that.

[daoman89]

...what even.
The reversal of Earth's magnetic poles is a natural process that happens every several hundred thousand years. It moves all the time and is moving right now and if it didn't we'd be fucked. When it 'flips', nothing will happen, and the barrier will stay there and we'll still be alive.

Our magnetic field would take a while to fully i guess we can say "recover" from the flip.  And with it weakened, we will lose our protection from the sun as stated before plus migrating animals will get confused.  Of course, nothing could happen is true statement was well, but we don't know.  If we study the sun's magnetic pole switching, which is every 11 years, we can get more of an understanding.  Either way, we should be prepared for anything within the next hundred or thousand of years because we're overdue for a flip.  And yes, what I stated above COULD happen.  The world isn't a perfect place.

As for America haters... good for you guys.

And yeah what purp said is about what I learned, nice lil memory refresher.  Thanks.

[Felix-0]

Charas!
Stahp!

[Archem]

Charas!
Stahp!

You know we can't do that, Felix.

Anyway, I'm all for gay rights and whatever, but I dislike the idea that it's a lifestyle instead of a sexual preference. That's a load of horseshit, and gives credence to the people who claim that it's a choice to be gay, rather than a born-identity. Sex is sex; don't act like idiot because you don't think it's worth it if you aren't obnoxious to boot. I feel that way about every race, gender, gender identity, sexuality, etc., because there's no reason not to just be a normal person. Some quirks and eccentricities are fine, but there's no reason to be a goddam stereotype and enhance the negative public view of your social group.

[Prpl_Mage]

I have to say that I agree in many aspects with what Archem is saying here.
Homosexuality is about being homosexual, same gendered sex. It's not about knowing everything about theatre, dance and brands. And acting like a pansy.

Because of stereotypes I bet there are pansies who make the assumption that they are gay.
And I bet there are gays who make the assumptions that they should be pansies.

But the gay people I know are just normal people with another sexual life than I have. I don't care what they do. I don't want to know. But that isn't just true for my gay friends.
That's kinda true for all the people I know. I have no interest whatsoever in what anyone does under the sheets.

[drenrin2120]

I agree with both you and Archem. In bringing up Sociology, I was merely stating how gender roles are societal and sexuality is individual. Gender roles are as real as you want them to be while sexuality is inescapable. Gay isn't a gender, meaning it's not a choice.

Purp, not sure what you're getting at about kids needing a clear model of standard to grow up with. I wasn't refuting that. I guess I wasn't clear with why I mentioned soc101. At least the courses I've taken have focused heavily on what is and isn't societal and how society, at least American society, can place a whole lot of blame on an individual when the problems are much broader and larger than that. Example, guilting homosexuals into Mrs. Bachman's gay-reversing clinic.

Also, Felic-0, we're not gutting eachother (just yet), we're just having a friendly debate (for now!!!).

[Prpl_Mage]

Purp, not sure what you're getting at about kids needing a clear model of standard to grow up with. I wasn't refuting that. I guess I wasn't clear with why I mentioned soc101.

Well kids needs something to become. A role-model, doesn't matter what as long as there is a clear personage that they can learn from. Male or female. Gender roles usually does this. Society creates that mostly, ideas on how you should behave.
Really had nothing to do with what you mentioned. I just got a bit off-topic (which we do thanks to Felix).

[daoman89]

I know a lesbian and she's cool as ****.  She's a girl you can talk to like she's a man lol.  I believe everyone should just be who they are, gay, nerdy, obsessed with lifting, musician, etc you get the point.  A lot of people care about what others think of them and that can influence how they grow up blah blah. 

And I think we all know that Lucas doesn't truly hate America...  right?  I mean the only reason he could hate us is if we did something to him personally or to his country etc.  I don't know where the dude lives so if he could say and explain why he hates us, if he really does, then that'd be swqueet.  Otherwise, don't hate our race!