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Dammit! You took everything that I was going to say.

Honestly, would you have expected anything else?

You owe me .

As someone who criticizes a lot of things *coughswordartonlinecoughcough*, I find Titan very much worth the hype it has (granted, I have only watched the anime). The conflicts are really fun, and I rather like how the characters are done. They start as generic archetypes, but they do change over time. Of course, the animation is the show's strongest point. It's a fun action series that plays with a lot of shonen tropes, but also goes away from the norm and comfortable to try something different, unlike other shonen series.

Awesome! And I would be glad to help out in any way that I can.

Ohh, what a difference context makes.

So, I did end up going to meet with the guy when he said that he would be there. We actually had a pretty decent conversation. From what he told me was that he had no problem with the various clubs/organizations having their meetings, but to not preach to him. He didn't like the chalk Bible passages, and he decided to counter against that. There was a big chalk argument on display as well, and he clarified that there were other atheists involved that had nothing to do with him that provided the snied comments (his always had that Anarchy symbol, which he explained was actually the atheist symbol since the symbol was an "A" inside of a circle and had no protrusions).

His whole idea behind this was to start a conversation, to have people from different backgrounds talk about their beliefs in a civil manner. While I can commend him for wanting to do such a thing, I feel that there was a better way of going about this.

While I will give him that once I separated the posts from his and others, I saw that he wasn't really attacking religion, but those who were attacking him. The only part we disagree on is him responding to the Bible quote. As I said before, sidewalk chalk means nothing to me for the most part. It's white noise that can be ignored, and I felt that responding to that set him up for this.

I'm sure I worded it wrong. It didn't equate it, but rather brought it up as looking at how people thought language was brought into the world.

It's a public university, and as far as I know, teachers aren't allowed to discuss such things unless you are taking a religious course. Now, there have been instances in class where religion has been mention. In my Introduction to Language class, when we were discussing the origins of Language, my teacher brought up the Tower of Babel as a theory that goes around, but brings up other supernatural theories as well as explaining how language came through evolution and such. I was looking up a Creative Writing minor and it had a required class called "The Bible as Literature". Yes, I'm guessing you have to read through the Bible, but not in a religious sense. Of course, I don't know what classes this guy has taken besides general education course (most of which I've already done, and so far had no religious troubles outside of a professor that bashed on those who believed in a God(s)), so I don't know about what he has experienced. Being a CJ major, it seems unlikely to be dealing with such things.

And I think it just heated up on my campus. Came by the library today to see an entire chalk argument happening, where the guy posting the Atheist stuff actually got the cops called on him. It's very much a back and forth, which has become so much of a circus that I can't help but laugh at it. And my campus is sort of the same too, the Christians and Atheists are the loudest groups here, although there hasn't been much tension until now. I hate it when Christians say "you're going to hell" as I do Atheists saying that believing in something bigger then yourself is "childish and stupid".

It turns out that this guy is a Criminal Justice major and is setting up meetings in front of the library to "discuss" what is happening. I'm half willing to talk to this guy, to see what he's really like. I'll tell him that he's not any better than the radical Christians and he's giving others with his beliefs a bad name.

That's the thing with radicals though. They don't represent the vast majority of those who follow that faith/belief at all, but they are the loudest, so they're heard more than others.

Something going on at my school made me think of this thread.

It's a large university, with a very diverse array of students. While there is a lot of Christian organizations on campus, we also have many other clubs for different religions. There's one for Islam, the Wiccans give tarot card readings on Fridays, and Atheists/Agnostics have their own organization. Everyone has posters everywhere advertising their particular club, may have a booth standing outside the student union or library, and the school even allows them to use chalk to write on the sidewalk. Basically, religions organizations are no better than any other club.

Recently, one organization was putting Bible verses on the sidewalk. I pass by them, not really reading them, but I don't think they're inflamitory. Just standard stuff: be a good person with the occasional "be redeemed through Jesus" stuff. Well, in front of the library, right next to one of the verses, someone wrote something along the lines of "I didn't pay to come to this school to be taught religion. If I want to give you my money, I'd throw it in the basket" with the Anarchy symbol next to it. This has hapened a few more times, mostly around the main library. One of them even signed it "Have a very Atheist day", again with the anarchy symbol next to it (the next morning, I found that someone crossed out "Atheist" and put "Anarchy" above it).

With all of this, what is your take on it?

Personally, it feels very much like a double standard. I've said it before (in this thread I believe), I don't care what you believe, just don't be a dick because of it. Everyone has a right to believe what they wish to. Are these same people who are going after the bible quotes going to protest against the Wiccans or the Islams when they are spreading their beliefs? I'm willing to say they wouldn't.

One of the complains was that they didn't want to see religion everywhere. My guess would be they wouldn't want all the advertisement to be there for the various clubs/organizations. Wouldn't that also mean that they would have to take down all of their posters and flyers as well?

I'm curious at others think of this.

Oh, this movie. Is it controversial to say that Rebellion was in my top five movies of last year? I say this not as a fan of the Madoka Magica series, but as a film lover. Everything just felt really spot on for me, from the characters, to the story, and especially the animation. Pretty much half the movie is just one fight scene, and it works so well.


And the ending!

Spoiler

I really liked that ending! I’ve heard people say that it’s out of character for Homura to have done what she did. From my point of view though, she seems justified. Think about it; she went through so much emotional trauma during the original series, she’s not going to simply be okay. She didn’t complete her journey during that time. This movie was a completion of her journey (for the time being, anyway).


She wants to be with Madoka. She doesn’t want her to be forgotten. Essentially, Homura does become the Devil, but for her own justifiable reasons. Is it the best decision? Of course not, but the way she goes about it is completely in character.


And those final moments between Homura and Madoka only hinted of what could be possible now. It also showed the true form of their relationship: enemies. Yes, the two of them care about each other, but at the end of the day, their philosophies will clash against each other. It was clear in the series, and it’s shown much more here.

Submitting mine now!

So, you gonna make this worth my while?

Bunny Drop

A Japanese film with English subtitles. A really heartwarming story for those who want something relaxing and sappy.

Company (2011)

This version of the Stephen Sondheim musical stars Neil Patrick Harris, Stephen Colbert, Patti Lupone, and others with musical accompaniment by the New York Philharmonic. (personal side note: while this is a good version, my favorite was the 2006 Broadway revival, which you can watch on Netflix)


The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

English dubbed with the same cast that did the series.

Made my way through Divergent by Victoria Roth rather quickly, since I needed a bit of an emotional break from Ender's Game. It felt very much like a blend of The Giver and Hunger Games.

I really liked the premise of the who thing, but I don't think Roth could properly deliever it. It's written a lot better than most YA novels (Hunger Games and Twilight, I'm looking right at you) and it doesn't feel like I'm reading glorified fan fiction. The ending though, it kind of didn't stick for me. I really didn't like the romance in here (I was heavily rooting against it), and there seems to be no emotional reward come the ending. I may check out the other books, but it currently holds no interest for me.

I can say that it has the potential to be a good film where they could easily fix the issues with the book. Judging by the trailer, it seems unlikely.

However, this book is intended for a different audience than what I am associated with, so I can see how this became popular

Never have, never will for me. It comes from the fact that my body is already messed up as is, so it'd be kind of stupid to make a decision that will only make me feel worse in the long run. Yes, it's someone's choice to smoke, and I'm fine with that. I have friends who smoke, and they are courteous enough to not do that around me. But if some random guy just sits next to me and is either smoking (like at the bus stop) or just smells of the stuff, I'm going to move. It sounds harsh to say, but I find it better to appear rude and save my lungs instead of sitting there, trying to be polite, and cause what could eventually become long term damage.

Did the apes finally take over?

You're a good friend.

That's okay. We can start the bets for how long it'll be until I get admitted again.

Looks like it may have been a bug.

Get to be discharged today.