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  A Question no one can answer?

  by moman in

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  a long, long, time ago, when, i waz in dubland,i asked a question to a coulpe of fellow dubs.

  the "question" got me a lot of strange looks & a little "shunning" to boot.

  it waz later spread around i waz boasting of having, "a question no one can answer"which of course, waz not true.. my question: if every decision one makes iz based on heredity & environment,things we originaly have no choice over, do we really have a choice or free will?.

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  My Question: If every decision one makes iz based on HEREDITY & ENVIRONMENT,things we originaly have no choice over, do we really have a choice or FREE WILL?

  Easy answer. Of course we have free will. We may have little choice over our childhood environment, but we do get to control our adult environment. So while heredity and childhood environment will push us in one direction, there is nothing stopping any of us from altering that course whenever we wish.

  All you have to do is look at those people who come from abusive backgrounds, but make a conscious effort to break that chain, to see that heredity and childhood environment are merely nudging us, not forcing us to act in one way and one way only. And thus we have free will. As simple as that.
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  Did Israel Know in Advance?

  by teejay in

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  et tu, israel?

  - did the israelis have advance warning?

  by justin raimondo.

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  It wouldn't surprise me if Israel had advance knowedge, for two reasons:

  1. All nations spy on all other nations. The U.S., for instance, used it's Echelon technology to do industrial espionage on behalf of U.S. corporations against foreign nations. That's the way the game is played, folks. Allies spy on allies for whatever competitive advantage they can get. So am I surprised that Israel was spying on the U.S.? Of course not. I knew that a long time ago.

  2. The F.B.I. had advance notice of the WTC attacks, but didn't do anything because they didn't get around to reading what they had captured until the attacks had already occurred. For those who argue that we need new laws to capture terrorists, remember that under the existing laws the F.B.I. already had enough information to capture the 9/11 terrorists and didn't do a thing -- because they didn't get around to the information in time. Now if the F.B.I. had advanced warning about 9/11, what would prevent Israeli spies from also capturing this information?
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  Purpose of life

  by ItsJustMe in

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  the ageold question that i'm sure we have all given some degree of thought to...what is the purpose of life?

  anyone have a theory/opinion they would like to share?.

  my personal opinion on this is not solid enough yet to be considered a belief.

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  Creation and design had no purpose behind it?
  Out of thin air all we see just happened?
  There is no purpose...we just ended up this way
  Get real!
  Common sense tells any thinking person someone put us here.

  No, it does not.

  We may have been put here by someone, or we may not have. If we have, then perhaps there is a purpose to life and he or she ain't talking. If we have not, then there really is no purpose to life.

  Either way could be valid.
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  Purpose of life

  by ItsJustMe in

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  the ageold question that i'm sure we have all given some degree of thought to...what is the purpose of life?

  anyone have a theory/opinion they would like to share?.

  my personal opinion on this is not solid enough yet to be considered a belief.

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  I personally have never understood this need to find meaning where maybe none exists. What is the purpose of life? Who says it has a purpose? Maybe there is no purpose, and the existentialists are correct.

  Seriously, why do we need a purpose? What difference will it make? Live your life, enjoy it, treat others well, and that's all we need.

  I have no purpose in my life, see no need for one, don't think one exists for anyone else in reality, and couldn't care less. I still enjoy my life tremendously, and what more do I need?

  Please understand, this is only my opinion, and I'm not trying to undercut what others have said. I genuinely don't understand why others feel a need for a purpose to life. But if it makes you happy to think you have one, more power to you. I'll respect that.
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  And the survey says . . .

  by patio34 in

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  greetings and felicitations to all of you great people!.

  please answer some survey questions, if you're interested.

  then i'll write the rationale.

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  That figures. All my life I've been different.
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  Lord of the Rings

  by think41self in

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  hey guys,.

  the family and i just got back from seeing the movie.

  those of you who read the books will not be disappointed!

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  Found an interesting article about the movie with a viewpoint that closely matches my own. Here's an excerpt:

  I'm sure I'm not the only adult in the audience who, while watching the film, flashed back to their first time seeing "Star Wars." Of course, I'm not 12 years old now, and sitting through a three-hour movie was harder, but still, I was swept away by the film and enjoyed every minute of it.

  The best part is that my vision of Tolkien wasn't compromised at all. What I realized after watching the film was that my version was still safe and sound in the musty reaches of my brain. Jackson's vision didn't change or negate mine -- it wasn't necessarily better than what I'd dreamed up all those years ago, just different.

  But what a difference. Up there on the screen was the passion of a man who has devoted several years of his life to telling this story. Accompanying press materials say that the director personally approved every single handmade prop that appears in the film, signed off on every single detailed sketch. And it shows. Though I have quibbles with a few elements of the film, nothing about it is by the numbers or offhand -- every frame shows a unique and personal vision, one that I respect as much as I respect the original Tolkien novels.

  The key was not that Jackson was faithful to every detail of the books. True, he was as faithful as he could be, but if he'd filmed every twist of the tale, the film would have been 10 hours long. But the way he shaped and molded the books, to make the adventure flow without sacrificing small, personal moments -- that showed a sure hand and confident creativity. Jackson was faithful to the spirit of the books -- more faithful than I would have thought possible. He made "The Lord of the Rings" into a truly enjoyable movie -- his movie.

  Fear-driven Hollywood

  And that kind of passion and commitment is what we need more of in movies. The other big literary adaptation of the holiday season is Chris Columbus' "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," which I enjoyed and which was competent in almost every way. But it took no chances: It showed me nothing new, nothing I hadn't imagined myself. It never made me gasp with wonder or horror. I never felt the filmmaker's passion to get it right -- only his fear of getting it wrong.

  Full article at: http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/arts/chi-0112230303dec23.story?coll=chi%2Dleisurearts%2Dhed
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  NEVER piss a woman off

  by Xena in

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  a wife came home just in time to find her husband in bed with another .

  woman.

  with super-human strength borne of fury, she dragged him down the .

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  Seeker

  That's what makes men's brains so brilliant: no matter the subject, we can turn it toward sex instantly.
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  Oral Sex is Good for You!.....Official!

  by ISP in

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  daily mirror december 20th!.

  pregnant women can reduce the risk of life threatening high blood pressure - by practising oral sex.

  researchers have discovered that oral sex allows a mother-to-be to develop protection against an allergic reaction to sperm which causes pre-eclampsia, a condition which kills an average 600 babies and 10 mothers in the uk every year.. dr. louise kenny, who specialises in the condition, says"normally something happens in pregnancy which allows the woman to accept sperm, but in some cases rejects it, which results in her developing dangerously high blood pressure.

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  I know oral sex is great therapy for me too.

  Oh, nurse!...
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  Request for next few days

  by joelbear in

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  hey my friends,.

  throw me some positive thoughts over the next few days.. my job worries are back and my brother called yesterday to say my mother is going downhill more quickly than i imagined.. mitch and i are off to visit her and dad tomorrow.. i had a terrible panic attack last night.

  mitch got a xanax in me in the nick of time and i calmed down and went to sleep.. hope everyone is having a good holiday season.

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  Seeker

  My empathy is headed in your direction, Joel. You know where you can find some friends when you need a break, right?
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  NEVER piss a woman off

  by Xena in

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  a wife came home just in time to find her husband in bed with another .

  woman.

  with super-human strength borne of fury, she dragged him down the .

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  Seeker

  hhhhhmmmm Seeker why not stop by my house some time and we will see what I can actually do with a vice and your penis....just in the name of research of course..

  ROFL! Now there's an invitation I just can't refuse!

  Now if you're talking about my penis and something else of yours that has a, uh, vice-like grip, then we're really talking...