[quote]nephorm wrote:
Slaughter wrote:
Paying for sex is illegal. You’re supposed to walk away from them and put some effort into a real relationship.
You’re “supposed” to, eh? Says who? People are so weird about sex… if this were anything else in life, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.
“I want a car.”
“You can’t just BUY a car! You have to marry someone who has one, and treat her like a queen!”
“I just want to get to work, dude.”
But I guess it’s nice to know that Big Brother is there to help me on the path to moral uprightness. [/quote]
First of all, I’m pretty sure Glee was kidding. People do have some messed up attitudes towards sex. But are you really equating prostitiution with buying a car?
First of all, I’m pretty sure Glee was kidding. People do have some messed up attitudes towards sex. But are you really equating prostitiution with buying a car?
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No, he’s equating it to just getting a ride in a car…without having to buy it. Pay attention.
[quote]nephorm wrote:
You’re “supposed” to, eh? Says who? [/quote]
Says the people who create and enforce the laws of our nations. My personal view is that prostitutes should be licensed, regulated, and taxed, but until that time, it’s still against the law.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
I pointed out that there were NOT that many G-rated movies when we were kids. MOST of the movies released that we went to go see as kids were PG, not G-rated, and even then, if a movie is G-rated, when the hell did your parents drop a bunch of 5 year olds off at the theater by themselves? Exactly, they watched the freaking movie with you so you have no point.[/quote]
Professor, remember we are talking about ‘animated movies’. The first PG rated animated movie wasn’t released until 1985. (The Black Cauldron) That means ALL animated movies from 1927 (the first animated movie being Snow White)until 1985 were, guess what, rated G. How old are you? If you went to see animated PG movies when you were young, you can’t be more than 20 years or so old.
[quote]dukefan4ever wrote:
Professor X wrote:
I pointed out that there were NOT that many G-rated movies when we were kids. MOST of the movies released that we went to go see as kids were PG, not G-rated, and even then, if a movie is G-rated, when the hell did your parents drop a bunch of 5 year olds off at the theater by themselves? Exactly, they watched the freaking movie with you so you have no point.
Professor, remember we are talking about ‘animated movies’. The first PG rated animated movie wasn’t released until 1985. (The Black Cauldron) That means ALL animated movies from 1927 (the first animated movie being Snow White)until 1985 were, guess what, rated G. How old are you? If you went to see animated PG movies when you were young, you can’t be more than 20 years or so old.
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What is your point? That movie execs recognized that not only 5 year olds were watching “cartoons”? Good for them. Bad for you since you can’t seem to grow with the rest of society. The Simpsons have been on the air since the 80’s in one form or another yet you are complaining because you want all cartoons to return to being only for 5 year olds? Let it go!
I am in my late 20’s. I remember The Black Cauldron…as being one of the most boring pieces of shit I ever saw on screen. I fell asleep through it somewhere after the opening credits. If I even see that movie today, I will purposely spit on it for you.
[quote]dukefan4ever wrote:
The first PG rated animated movie wasn’t released until 1985. (The Black Cauldron) That means ALL animated movies from 1927 (the first animated movie being Snow White)until 1985 were, guess what, rated G. How old are you? If you went to see animated PG movies when you were young, you can’t be more than 20 years or so old.
[quote]jsbrook wrote:
First of all, I’m pretty sure Glee was kidding. People do have some messed up attitudes towards sex. But are you really equating prostitiution with buying a car?
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I’m kidding, for the most part, but I see no problem with “freedom of contract” between consenting parties. There are limits to this (such as selling oneself into slavery), but in general, a service is a service.
And really, is there that much of a difference between directly paying a prostitute and paying for an expensive dinner with a woman who you have little interest in beyond a one-time sexual liason? The former is at least honest from both sides of the table.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
I am in my late 20’s. I remember The Black Cauldron…as being one of the most boring pieces of shit I ever saw on screen. I fell asleep through it somewhere after the opening credits. If I even see that movie today, I will purposely spit on it for you.[/quote]
Heh, there’s always something that is deemed to be the root of all evil…
This year, in my education psychology class, we watched “Wrestling with Manhood”, a documentary on wrestling. At the end of it, out of 300 or so people, I think I may have been one of the handful of people stating that it is not as bad as all that, and watching pro wrestling does not neccessarily lead to a life of violence and rape.
What makes me mention this here, is that people brought up how “you can’t control what your child sees on TV”. I have broken bones, seperated muscles from sad bones, and hyperextended various limbs. During these events, I have never shed a tear. This statement, and some of the various other things I have heard, have made me want to break down into a river of tears.
I wonder how much of this was just attempting to suck up to the PC thought, and to the views of the professor? I would be afraid of those who are going to teach my children because of these statements if I didn’t know how these people behaved most of the time…
[quote]FlawlessCowboy wrote:
Heh, there’s always something that is deemed to be the root of all evil…
This year, in my education psychology class, we watched “Wrestling with Manhood”, a documentary on wrestling. At the end of it, out of 300 or so people, I think I may have been one of the handful of people stating that it is not as bad as all that, and watching pro wrestling does not neccessarily lead to a life of violence and rape.
What makes me mention this here, is that people brought up how “you can’t control what your child sees on TV”. I have broken bones, seperated muscles from sad bones, and hyperextended various limbs. During these events, I have never shed a tear. This statement, and some of the various other things I have heard, have made me want to break down into a river of tears.
I wonder how much of this was just attempting to suck up to the PC thought, and to the views of the professor? I would be afraid of those who are going to teach my children because of these statements if I didn’t know how these people behaved most of the time…
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I must be missing your point. You can control what your kids see on tv…turn that bitch off.
I must be missing your point. You can control what your kids see on tv…turn that bitch off.
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Indeed, you are missing it; I was implying that you can control it, and thus hearing the statement that you cannot control what they watch made me sad, and thus the desire to shed tears.
You may have been lost by my powerful, metaphoric imagery of broken bones. My, uh, literary prowess can overwhelm the masses at times; for what I say is ALWAYS perfectly understandable.
[quote]Slaughter wrote:
Paying for sex is illegal.
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Not where I live. Solliciting for prostitution is illegal, but the prostitution itself is 100% in the clear. This also varies around the world (Amsterdam, Las Vegas, Thailand, etc…).
“Selling is legal; fucking is legal. Why isn’t selling fucking legal?!” -George Carlin
[quote]Gleemonex wrote:
Kuz wrote:
nephorm wrote:
Several of you have said that modded systems are illegal. What makes them illegal in the US? The DMCA doesn’t necessarily make mod-chips illegal, unless there’s some precedent I’m unaware of. They are illegal in Australia, or so I’ve read.
Good point, nephorm. I think people are likely confusing the idea of them being illegal with how Microsoft deems those mods to be some sort of copyright or intellectual property violation (an argument I’ve never quite come to grips with given the fact that once I buy the system, how is Microsoft’s intellectual property rights affected by what I do with it unless I am making a knock-off copycat or something?)
They’re not illegal per se, but they can be used to run pirated games (which is evil and bad!), and they also void most manufacturers’ warranties. So, considering how hard MicroSoft bangs the piracy drum, they are de facto, if not de jure illegal.
-Glee[/quote]
Must… resist… urge… to enter… geeky… legal debate… aww, screw it.
Something cannot be de facto illegal - either it is or it is not. Microsoft is HOPING they can win on their argument, but it does not necessarily make it true. Granted, they can succeed and those actions can be interpreted that way… but then it would be de jure illegal anyway. People end up using modded XBoxes for things besides pirated games (although that is clearly a big part of it). They basically turn the XBoxes into mini, stand-alone computers… and it’s in that form that I cannot understand how this in violation of their intellectual property/copyright rights.
[quote]nephorm wrote:
jsbrook wrote:
First of all, I’m pretty sure Glee was kidding. People do have some messed up attitudes towards sex. But are you really equating prostitiution with buying a car?
I’m kidding, for the most part, but I see no problem with “freedom of contract” between consenting parties. There are limits to this (such as selling oneself into slavery), but in general, a service is a service.
And really, is there that much of a difference between directly paying a prostitute and paying for an expensive dinner with a woman who you have little interest in beyond a one-time sexual liason? The former is at least honest from both sides of the table.[/quote]
I somewhat agree with what you’re saying. There is an honesty to it. I would never have pay a prostitute for sex, but I don’t see it greatly harming our society. Much less than a lot of other things, some of them legal.
It seems today that all you see is violence in movies and sex on Tv.
But, Where are those good ol’ fashion values …
… on which we used to rely?
Lucky theres a Family Guy!
Lucky theres a man who, positively can do all the things that make us …
…Laugh and cry!
He’s a Family Guuuuuuuuuuuuy!
I wish they’d have shown titties on cable tv, then I wouldn’t have had to wait for the times HBO and Cinemax were free to see them. Ah, the good ol’ days. If kids want to see titties, they will see titties.
violence? Turn on the news.
violence and titties in an animated video game intended for adults?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
I am in my late 20’s. I remember The Black Cauldron…as being one of the most boring pieces of shit I ever saw on screen. I fell asleep through it somewhere after the opening credits. If I even see that movie today, I will purposely spit on it for you.[/quote]
Geez, I don’t know Prof. X, the Horned King was pretty damned scary looking. He’s still freaky even today!
[quote]ToShinDo wrote:
Professor X wrote:
I am in my late 20’s. I remember The Black Cauldron…as being one of the most boring pieces of shit I ever saw on screen. I fell asleep through it somewhere after the opening credits. If I even see that movie today, I will purposely spit on it for you.
Geez, I don’t know Prof. X, the Horned King was pretty damned scary looking. He’s still freaky even today!
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Man, I had the video game…for a Tandy 1000…the most primitive of PC’s. I want my money back…even if it was on floppy disk.