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Aww, thanks! *nomnomnom* the thought was there. lol

And axelrific is so much fun to say. >.>

I do think 18 is a good age to set it at considering that is the time people can have the right to vote in many places, be independent of parents, live on their own, etc. Before that with parental consent is another thing that is also present here which I think the age is 16 in most places in the U.S. with parental consent.

Depending on where people are and their cultures, marriages can happen and even be arranged at birth so laws will be different in some places for various reasons. For the culture though I live in, I think the way it is set up now is pretty good and gives people the option when they are old enough to be considered legally adults that they are actually treated like it. It does seem though people often make hasty decisions and marry at 18-20 which doesn't really tend to work out so well, but I still wouldn't change it because some people do actually succeed.

You are probably right. If only it was an oversized burrito...I'm so hungry right now. lol

Darkwatch! Darkwatch!

He does to 'Salesmen' what 'It' did to clowns. >.>

Nomura said himself that Axel was NOT Reno. Axel was modeled off of Reno and has the same voice actor. Other than that there is no connection to them.

I did look at humanity as a whole. Homosexuality is found -everywhere- though sometimes digging it up can be difficult because in some parts of the world they are stoned to death still, such as in some areas of heavy Islamic control. Hitler had a thing against homosexuals and sent many to concentration camps when they were discovered. Christians throughout history massacred homosexuals. Despite all these things, homosexuality still exists in these cultures and others that turned a deaf ear to it.

Homosexuality is only feared because we are -taught- to fear it instead of raised to know there's different strokes for different folks. We are raised with values that say it is a sin, it is wrong, it is a horrible thing etc. The reason why...? If someone is totally straight, homosexuality is going to by nature be something that person has no interest in and may even be repulsed by. Just as if someone is homosexual all the way, they are going to think heterosexual sex is nasty, but of course, homosexuals would never outlaw it like heteros did because well, it would make no sense and we'd have no more kids. Homosexuality may also be feared because 'rape' is an instinctive fear in both men and women and the most common way for a man to be raped isn't by women. It's by other men because men are naturally usually more sexually aggressive. However, the fear is a foolish one considering that homosexuals that can do their thing and even the majority who can't, aren't going to rape them anymore than rape happens any way by anyone who's going to do it.

Also...there are some areas that are more gay tolerant and so gays will be more open about it and move around each other, sure. However, there are homosexuals everywhere there is a population, despite what you are saying. Not everyone can go around saying 'hey, where's the homosexual block' etc. Some people are in fear of their lives to mention things and even in areas where homosexuality is more 'tolerated' it doesn't mean families or churches accept them so they may choose to not say anything out about it. Also take into account people in some countries where they don't even own a car to get around. Those people aren't going to get very far. Homophobes for a long time did not realize how many people were gay around and gay bashers of course made homosexuals want to hide. So really though there are more straight people out there by what we know, it makes sense there are homosexuals in several places.

The 2nd Amendment was not just about letting people have a gun for military purposes. It was the point of also keeping the government in check and that the populace had a way if something like Hitler happened, having a safety against it. Really, in the end, I don't believe there's a problem with the Constitution and wish we'd follow it more...but I digress.

Guns have both led people to make good and bad decisions. They have saved people's lives and also some people hunt and they can be for sport, which these things don't bug me really as long as someone isn't poaching. Guns have certainly helped crime and every time people try to take guns away, the black market gets more money. I do agree with making sure anyone who purchases a gun has to meet requirements such as not having a criminal record and also displaying proper ID that can be checked etc, but I also feel that taking away gun rights would just erupt into madness as the criminals can ALWAYS get guns and the people that want to defend themselves would suddenly be quite powerless. Unless people are willing to go through each house etc and conduct searches to remove them all there's just no way of decreasing guns. Gun 'control' I agree with. Removing guns, as much as I don't really care for them, is just not going to happen, regardless of what people want. If they make a 'gun war' it will be as successful as the 'drug war'.

In the end, the point is to make owning guns a lesser important thing in society and to fix up areas of society that require it. Guns themselves aren't necessarily the problem and are tools. It's people's mindsets and their activities they do that are the real problems. There are plenty of people that own guns and do the right things with them. However, the ones doing the wrong things that are harmful to society...it's really time to analyze their culture mentality more and make guns less appealing to them to use to settle conflicts with.

I would consider the biological parents to be just that...the biological parents. However, if someone is raised up by another person/people, those become parents as well and should probably be closer to the person as they did raise him/her. I wouldn't discount either by calling one group the parents and the other not the parents.

There is kind of a saying though of ...a 'dad' or 'mom' donates but only parents that raise kids and are there for them can be called a 'father' or 'mother'. So both are considered parents, just one is obviously doing more work.

I was not saying Bonobo society mirrors our own by saying it's matriarchal. I was saying that Bonobos are our closest related relatives in terms of biology and they have a whole society around sex for pleasure, resolving fights, acceptance etc. There are many homosexual as well as straight tendencies displayed amongst them. You kind of missed the point there and went off on a tangent of one word. Homosexuality is known in apes and they are often very social creatures that constantly touch one another etc.

I doubt it's a population control mechanism. I used to think that way when I was first beginning to understand homosexuals because it seemed the more populated an area was, the more one would hear about homosexuals, but it is inaccurate as gay behavior has been seen in isolated small populations as well. Evolution is by no means 'perfect' and we all have our attractions, dislikes, allergies, weaknesses, and differences. It to me just would seem it's the way we have evolved and that we aren't all mirror images of each other. On the same note some of us get ADD or OCD etc...and in some cases these are beneficial and in others, not. The same goes for homosexuality. Marking it as a sin and abomination against existence was a very foolish thing to do as there is evidence of it from the earliest civilizations and I have no doubts it was there at the dawn of man. As I said before, it's very hard to pinpoint 'why' it came to be, but we are starting to learn 'how' it happens. It may not be beneficial in one sense as far as reproduction goes but primates, including humans, do not have sex merely for reproduction.

It's just one of those things not answerable right now and can be so 'repulsed' by some people that they make religions say it is a wretched sin. Think that if people who are straight can make homosexual behavior to be a sin and abomination, think on how homosexuals feel repulsed by having to carry out heterosexual behavior. It's not just a choice. As for having 'no sexual preference', some people ARE in fact turned off by sex and don't like it which sometimes they are called asexual and in this meaning it implies that the person jus has no interest in sex, though of course it can in other circumstances mean a reproduction ability in some animals. This has happened with males and females and it is not that uncommon. That's why there are drugs out there to help and there are also warnings on some drugs that say they have the potential to harm sex drive or increase it; especially mental drugs. If you think on it though we have a quite a few different sexual things that go on with homosexuality, asexuality, heterosexuality, transgender, bisexuality, intersexuality, etc. People just don't seem to often want to know.

Since there are multiple debates that go on, a debate of the month idea would not work here. Of course, this is welcome to here to debate on the actual topic you've brought up so I'll leave it but just keep it in mind that there can be several debates going on in a month's time so feel free to post your own debates on various subjects.

Immigration to me is both a good and a bad thing, for the reasons you mentioned.

As a good thing, it is pretty well how the U.S. was founded and continues to this day to grow. Though we have an issue with 'illegal' immigration, most people here would not say legal immigration is at all a bad thing unless people are bringing with them some nasty things that are meant to collapse society. Also, having multiple cultures around can liven things up and you can go to some areas and see the culture instead of having to go overseas to. We get more foods, dances, drinks, music etc this way.

The bad thing is that some people who immigrate expect societies to forcefully adjust to them to their rules they had where they came from. i.e. respecting a marriage with 4 women because where the person is from does but where they are going only recognizes a marriage union between two people. Also, sometimes the people are very arrogant and will say others around are garbage even though they have chosen to move to the society. Also, immigrants that are illegal do not pay taxes and help society at all and if they get sick, they are getting every care for free. Some also die because of being injured on crummy low paying corp jobs and they are useless so homeless. What a crap way to go.

So there are positives and negatives to it. I would hate to see it stop altogether though because having a world where we have options to find our desired country to live in etc is a great thing.

Men and women figure out their sexuality but because of religions and peer pressure etc, many will hide and even loathe their attractions. People commit suicide over it so that should tell people something is more than just a choice and always was. Also, with how badly it has been outlawed, to the point of people killing people over it...yet it pops back up in mainstream society to hear about, it's not just something that is a choice. That is the reality of the situation. Also, sex for a homosexual with the opposite gender is never really satisfying and can even be rather gross to them. Bisexual are the ones that can go either way. If you aren't attracted to either gender, you are not bisexual. You just aren't sexually interested.

Also, homosexual tendencies do occur in animals more often than people like to say. It's very common to find, especially in apes like Bonobos which are seen as having more bisexual tendencies than just being straight actually. They use sex for pleasure, bonding and to settle disputes etc. Bonobos are our closest relatives in evolution so it makes sense we'd also have homosexuals. Also other apes have homosexual behavior found in their ranks as well though not as prominent as Bonobos. In nature there are many animals that have been monitored as doing gay behavior. The vast majority of Hyena females also have a sort of phallus that they mate with each other when no males are around. There are many flamingos that have been found to be gay and the list could go on for hours.

Why homosexuality exists? It doesn't help for reproduction, sure. For Bonobos, it's a way of having sex for pleasure and not producing offspring. The society is ran very matriarchal and is actually more peaceful because of the practices they do where sex is used to settle the problems of their culture. It could be they've adapted to a lifeway because homosexuality existed and the way they exist. No one knows exactly why homosexuality itself exists but as the person/animal is wired that way to be attracted to the same sex. Someday we may find out but in the end, for now sometimes it's just best to say 'it's there' and accept it so we can learn more about it. We may never learn more about why it exists but at least we can learn 'how' it exists.

I pretty much agree with everything here. Very well said.

It is in human nature to be benevolent and care for others dying in a social group. It is also a form of self-protection so that we can defend against becoming ill. Disease isn't bad. It just 'is'. Curing disease is in our natures to do and beneficial to our species, but not just our own. We also take care of our pets and sometimes wild animals. Great efforts have been done to understand not only the impact of disease on humanity but also the rest of the animal kingdom. People simply care so disease becomes an adversary we try to overcome. Disease is as natural as we are at fighting it.

It's not stopping nature. It actually goes well with nature if you think about it. If an animal is feeling sick, it will go and eat certain plants. It will sometimes lick its wounds. We want to survive as long as we can and live life to the fullest. Disease obviously gets in the way of that. So we develop what we can to go on. If you have the power to do something that makes things better, we evolved as we are, so it's not really fighting nature to do something about disease. Also, bacteria and viruses are there to eat, just as we are. It's an eat or be eaten world and we all are a part of the cycle. Doesn't mean we're not going to fight to get around it to survive which is also part of nature.

Repliku looked at Mewtwo and listened to his words. "Yeah, in that way I guess you were merciful". His question wasn't one of challenge it seemed but actual curiosity. He knew the same words from some others would have been an attempt at brainwashing and control. It was kind of refreshing in a way. He looked over at Namine and then back at Mewtwo. "I guess in the end I'm not mad enough to want revenge for things she did because it wasn't really what she wanted to do. Marluxia, Larxene and Vexen are responsible for it and she was just a tool. Being one myself, I know how it is to be forced or conned into doing things that otherwise I might have never thought up. Also, though the memories of a life were fake, at least it had some kindness in it so I could learn off it and so I don't want to waste my time just hating anymore. There are a few people I may never forgive but they don't care any way. It seems maybe finally she actually does."

Since this has been answered and there are multiple threads on it, I'm going to close it up. It sucks there's no English (or other languages) version but that's how it is. The game was released for Japanese audiences only.

I'm glad. Sometimes it's the little things that get us back into a good mood.

No feeling bad now. I hope you had -some- fun at your church group. Don't let things here get you down. Quarrels happen and this one will pass like the others. Keep your head up and best thing to do is avoid the drama. :)

Doing fine, thank you. Hope you are doing well too. :)

Yeah, that one was just weird though I am prompted to ask why she had a spatula on her... but still that's just ridiculous.