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white_wolf
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Thu May-12-11 12:07 AM Original message |
Why is sex considered worse for children than violence? |
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LoZoccolo
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Thu May-12-11 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. Because violence is easier to understand. |
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villager
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Thu May-12-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Well, in America, sure. It's the thing all your countrymen are doing. |
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Cid_B
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Thu May-12-11 08:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
51. Right.. just in America... |
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villager
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Thu May-12-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #51 |
62. how dare I get snooty about who is more violent! While our military/death spending sets the record |
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Rage for Order
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Thu May-12-11 11:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
108. It's like the continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa in the 20th century never existed |
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TransitJohn
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Thu May-12-11 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. Have you ever watched the documentary 'This Film Is Not Yet Rated'? |
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white_wolf
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Thu May-12-11 12:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. No, I haven't. |
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Sonoman
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Thu May-12-11 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. Dude... |
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white_wolf
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Thu May-12-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yeah, that is my point. |
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Sonoman
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Thu May-12-11 12:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I only wish that I had time.... |
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Initech
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Thu May-12-11 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. See: George Carlin's "Seven words you cant say on TV" |
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XemaSab
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Thu May-12-11 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. I have asked myself this many a time |
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Initech
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Thu May-12-11 12:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I always point this out as my favorite freedom of speech comparison: US vs. France |
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white_wolf
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Thu May-12-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I'll have to look that up. |
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Initech
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Thu May-12-11 12:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Here ya go: |
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JonLP24
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Thu May-12-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I thought it was awful |
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TheMadMonk
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Thu May-12-11 07:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
45. dooby, dooby, dooby. Chicken ina pot. |
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JonLP24
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Thu May-12-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
81. It was so offensive |
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XemaSab
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Thu May-12-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Similarly |
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Initech
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Thu May-12-11 12:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. You haven't seen the Jackass movies, I take it. |
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seabeyond
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Thu May-12-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #24 |
49. taking a golden dildo up the ass. and really, the op asks why parents are concerned with "sex" |
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TheMadMonk
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Thu May-12-11 07:21 AM Response to Reply #18 |
46. Try "Not Another Teen Movie" for a wiggly wubber willy. |
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PassingFair
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Thu May-12-11 07:26 AM Response to Reply #18 |
47. Room with a View n/t |
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Art_from_Ark
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Thu May-12-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
90. I have a DVD called, I think, "European Vacation" |
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white_wolf
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Thu May-12-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #90 |
112. its called Eurotrip, at least if we are thinking of the same movie. |
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Art_from_Ark
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Sat May-14-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #112 |
121. I took another look at the DVD |
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CanSocDem
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Thu May-12-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
53. But... |
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Newest Reality
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Thu May-12-11 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
8. That should really be obvious! |
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patrice
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Thu May-12-11 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
10. Violence enforces social order/power. Sex destroys it? |
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patrice
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Thu May-12-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Apparently, I think it's ALL about power, either autonomous or projected onto others. nt |
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Warren DeMontague
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Thu May-12-11 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
14. Are you INSANE? You probably think babies should be looking at naked breasts all the time, too.. |
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defendandprotect
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Thu May-12-11 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
17. For a first -- think you're wrong about media -- |
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patrice
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Thu May-12-11 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
19. Why is it okay to say "Excrement!" but not "Shit!" ? |
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patrice
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Thu May-12-11 12:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Oh! FEEEEEEEEEE CEEEEEEEEESSSSSS!!! . . . k? |
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eridani
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Thu May-12-11 02:04 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. Because of the Battle of Hastings in 1066 n/t |
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Rex
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Thu May-12-11 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
21. Because the govt likes it when kids grow up to be violent monsters. |
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seabeyond
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Thu May-12-11 08:41 AM Response to Reply #21 |
52. are you saying that kids being fed this shit are effected by what they watch/play. |
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stevenleser
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Thu May-12-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
103. Simple: Sex is natural and good and violence is undesireable. n/t |
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Rage for Order
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Thu May-12-11 11:25 PM Response to Reply #103 |
110. Violence is also natural, and good in some instances |
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stevenleser
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Thu May-12-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #110 |
113. Violence is natural and always undesireable. I recognize that sometimes it may be necessary n/t |
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ZombieHorde
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Thu May-12-11 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
23. I enjoy a video game franchise called Battlefield. It is a modern day online shooter. |
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jberryhill
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Thu May-12-11 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
25. Huh? Violence won't work. You only get children by having sex. |
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patrice
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Thu May-12-11 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
26. Hey, it's not just violence. It's violence cubed: disembowelings, decapitations, |
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barbtries
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Thu May-12-11 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
27. my theory is |
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white_wolf
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Thu May-12-11 12:56 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. That's the theory I heard in Eurotrip. |
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Liquorice
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Thu May-12-11 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
28. It's not right to expose children to either one. But I think we generally |
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intaglio
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Thu May-12-11 01:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. A good thought but ... |
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Liquorice
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Thu May-12-11 02:29 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. People did a lot of terrible things in the past that were just awful and abusive to children. |
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elias49
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Thu May-12-11 05:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Wow! I can't agree! The human body isn't a foreign concept! |
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seabeyond
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Thu May-12-11 07:00 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. the parent has to ask.... |
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JonLP24
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Thu May-12-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
99. Read the label |
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Liquorice
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Thu May-12-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
80. That's not what I wrote. A little reading comprehension would go a long way here. nt |
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Occulus
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Thu May-12-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #80 |
98. Maybe you should apply it to the posts you've responded to. |
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stevenleser
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Thu May-12-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
107. People forget that human families used to live in one room houses and apartments all the time... |
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Chris_Texas
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Thu May-12-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
54. Why? |
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hifiguy
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Thu May-12-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. Word |
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Withywindle
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Thu May-12-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #54 |
65. Great post! |
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seabeyond
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Thu May-12-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. what i have found with young kids, they dont want to be a part of the adult sex world |
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Chris_Texas
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Thu May-12-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #67 |
75. You probably want to elaborate here |
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seabeyond
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Thu May-12-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. and what you ignore is that what we feed in the movies and the games is far from being |
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Chris_Texas
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Fri May-13-11 02:13 AM Response to Reply #78 |
118. Good post. You sound like a fine parent. |
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seabeyond
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Fri May-13-11 06:37 AM Response to Reply #118 |
120. you place the blame on sexual repression. i put it squarely on patriarchal dominance |
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Withywindle
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Thu May-12-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #67 |
83. It's not a matter of making them be a part of the adult sex world |
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stevenleser
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Thu May-12-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #83 |
115. What you describe is the way sex is treated in most other developed/western countries. n/t |
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Chris_Texas
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Thu May-12-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. Very well said! |
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Thu May-12-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #54 |
77. Deleted message |
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Thu May-12-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Deleted sub-thread |
MicaelS
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Thu May-12-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #77 |
85. "they should not be watching people having sex" |
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seabeyond
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Thu May-12-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. say the word boob on du and listen to the men jumping up and down yelling... boobie boobie |
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jp11
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Thu May-12-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #87 |
94. If our society wasn't so repressed I imagine that |
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seabeyond
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Thu May-12-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #94 |
97. bull.... |
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stevenleser
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Thu May-12-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #94 |
109. Exactly. Nudity is not shameful in many parts of Europe. The reactions of some in this thread is |
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Liquorice
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Thu May-12-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. There is a serious problem when you don't see the difference between |
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Chris_Texas
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Thu May-12-11 09:22 PM Response to Reply #77 |
95. And I think your reaction says more about you than it does about me |
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Liquorice
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Thu May-12-11 09:37 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. Bullshit. You said that little girls are lying about their innocence. |
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Occulus
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Thu May-12-11 10:02 PM Original message |
But... kids DO lie about what they've seen and where. |
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Liquorice
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Thu May-12-11 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
105. I didn't say kids don't lie. But kids are innocent about sex. They should |
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Occulus
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Fri May-13-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #105 |
117. I won't even bother to read your pathetic fucking claptrap any more |
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Liquorice
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Fri May-13-11 03:17 AM Response to Reply #117 |
119. Where did I write that kids don't lie? You cut off the rest of my sentence, |
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Chris_Texas
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Thu May-12-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #96 |
100. Okay... |
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Occulus
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Thu May-12-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. Based on what I've seen from that poster, what you just said will fall upon VERY deaf ears. |
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Chris_Texas
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Thu May-12-11 10:32 PM Response to Reply #102 |
106. Peace my friend :) |
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NC_Nurse
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Thu May-12-11 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
30. religion. |
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Thu May-12-11 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
31. Considering the story arc for Mass Effect, the sex is the least of the worries. |
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white_wolf
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Thu May-12-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #31 |
58. Yeah I know. |
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Thu May-12-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #58 |
88. I think destroying a star system in the new DLC for Mass Effect 2 might be worse. |
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Chris_Texas
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Thu May-12-11 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
34. Two reasons come to mind |
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left coaster
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Thu May-12-11 03:39 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. BINGO! You nailed it on all counts. nt |
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elias49
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Thu May-12-11 05:54 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Yes! Thank you! |
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seabeyond
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Thu May-12-11 08:25 AM Response to Reply #34 |
50. from a parents view, her taking that picture, sending out on net, create issues... |
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Chris_Texas
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Thu May-12-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #50 |
56. The same might be said for a Mormon teen who drinks coffee |
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seabeyond
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Thu May-12-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. i have read enough of your posts to know i am not going to discuss this with you. |
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Chris_Texas
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Thu May-12-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
68. You ask a lot of questions. I will answer as best I can |
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Zorra
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Thu May-12-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. Great response! |
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jp11
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Thu May-12-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Very well said. |
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Thu May-12-11 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
36. Because sex hasn't been shown in the media for as long as violence has. |
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Thu May-12-11 06:28 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. That's a good point |
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Keith Bee
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Thu May-12-11 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
38. We're all violent Puritans! |
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marmar
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Thu May-12-11 05:58 AM Response to Original message |
41. Because this is a very confused country. |
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seabeyond
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Thu May-12-11 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
43. so much of the sex and nudity in the games and movies for men is prostitutes and strippers |
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Arkansas Granny
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Thu May-12-11 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
48. I'm with you on this one. I've had several conversations with other parents |
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lumberjack_jeff
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Thu May-12-11 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
55. A prudent person wouldn't take this bait |
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jp11
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Thu May-12-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
59. Main thing is that even adults have taboos about discussing sex in public with |
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seabeyond
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Thu May-12-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. the village.... i think it is a great movie and told kids, gotta watch |
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Thu May-12-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
61. Because religious nuts want to maintain that sex-negative environment. |
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hifiguy
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Thu May-12-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
63. That question has existentially baffled me for years |
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Dr Fate
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Thu May-12-11 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
69. B/c the nasty sex is "liberal" and good old American violence is "centrist." n/t |
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Dr Fate
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Thu May-12-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
70. Jack Nicholson noted that you can put a bullet or a knife into a woman's breast... |
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Chris_Texas
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Thu May-12-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. It is not "harmless" to those who claim the power to dictate morality |
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Dr Fate
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Thu May-12-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. No, Second base is indeed quite harmless, or I'd have died by 10th grade. n/t |
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Zorra
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Thu May-12-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
74. IMO, it is because modern western cultures are based on |
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Incitatus
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Thu May-12-11 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
82. This reminds me of a scene from The People vs Larry Flynt |
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felix_numinous
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Thu May-12-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
84. Margaret Mead |
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MicaelS
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Thu May-12-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
86. I asked some religious Conservatives this very question, |
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Thu May-12-11 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
91. IMO |
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LetTimmySmoke
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Thu May-12-11 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
92. Becuae the propagandists that she listens to want a violent society. |
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Thu May-12-11 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
93. People assume their kid would never kill anyone; but |
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deaniac21
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Thu May-12-11 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
101. It's because most kids aren't any good at sex. |
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robcon
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Thu May-12-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
104. Total strawman thread. |
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stevenleser
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Thu May-12-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #104 |
111. Really? Whose argument are they creating a strawman from? n/t |
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white_wolf
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Thu May-12-11 11:31 PM Response to Reply #104 |
114. Care to explain your baseless accusation? |
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stevenleser
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Thu May-12-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #114 |
116. First problem is that the poster does not know what a strawman is. They know they disagree with you |
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XanaDUer
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Sat May-14-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
122. B/c America is a violent, puritanical country? |
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