I had a permit at 15 from driver's ed and then a driver's license at 16. I didn't drive though alone any way till I had a job where I needed the transportation. Otherwise I just drove for practice or to get groceries for my parents. I also paid half on the car I first owned and shared with my dad. So 16 seems the best age as you have reasons to. Before that really I don't think kids should be on the road alone. Where I was too had a curfew for kids so I could only be out till 10 any way whether in a car or not before I was 18. I really can't think what a kid before 16 needs a car license for.
I have a pet cat that thinks it's a dog. That counts! Enjoying the summer so far?
I'd have to say no in most cases. I think 15 for permit and 16 for driving seems fair as 16 is the age when teens can get legitimate part time jobs. Before that, I don't think they need cars as they would be driving to school and to friends and that would be it other than parents doing errands.
It's not the Heartless that have to be worried about anymore. Kairi is on the warpath with her fancy new red camo, tribal makeup.
lol, I shouldn't have brought up the 2012 thing. Now we are going all off topic. Go me! But back to the topic, I think that KH3 is going to be made unless something odd happens because it is such a big money maker and BBS, 358/2 Days and Coded are just filler games until that comes.
It happens in China because it has to as they are tremendously over populated. Those who don't want to live in China and get out to go to other countries though can have more kids with no problems. In America and Europe I don't see that happening so much. I know in the U.S. actually the youth population is a lot less than former generations such as the Baby Boomers, which is why we are actually having problems with Social Security (along with the fact the Baby Boomer factory heads sent our jobs overseas). Japan also has less people to take care of their elderly as they age so they are even trying to invent robots for the job. I can't see this being enacted into American or European areas truly because with the way people changed lifeways and now women and men can work, there have been less children born any way. I am pretty sure if it was attempted that a lot of people would say gtfo and revolt, but it's pretty unreasonable for many governments to institute the law. China is a different story.
I believe that it's more 'normal' than people want it to be and that's why religion labels it as a sin. I don't see why a God would care about whether two people together are straight or gay. I think it's far more of a 'sin' for a gay and straight person to be together while one of them is cheating with someone else etc than I do for two people who want to be together and be committed; whether gay or straight. I think cheating is a more annoying thing that hurts people far more than two gay people walking down the street and showing affection just as straight people do. If I see a gay couple kissing I can turn away and go on my way. If I'm being cheated on by a girl that is with another girl etc...that's kind of going to tick me off when I find out because of the matters of safe sex and well, I just wouldn't trust her anymore. It's unproductive to reproduction but it's been around since the dawn of man and if God had so much of a hatred for it why didn't he extinct it out of people so long ago? Of course I don't believe in the religion but that would just be my point of view if I did. I really just don't care what people feel guided to do unless it harms others. The only way gays harm others is that some people fear them or hate them and that's not a justifiable reason in my mind to say it shouldn't exist and people shouldn't be left alone.
Sadly there is always someone that will come and do that and there's no point griping about it. It sucks someone does that instead of posting to the forums to debate it and rationally talk it out, but that's their right to do so. I'm sure it will be made up for elsewhere. Axel and Roxas to me weren't gay. I can see why some people think they might have been but I didn't really see proof of it either. In the end, Nomura leaves stuff up to the players of the games so we just take it as it goes until we see them kissing and such.
I'm pretty sure there will be a KH3 since Nomura hinted that in Coded there was going to be information on a new villain. Why give info if you aren't going to do future KH things? I think unless something odd happens, there will be KH stuff going for a while. Though no news has come out on it yet, KH3 probably will be out in 2010 or 2011 or the end of the world in 2012.
Homophobia is a phobia. People can learn to face a fear and get over it. One way is by exposure to something that is going to be around and seeing it's not going to bite the person or make them keel over and die etc. However, if someone clings to a phobia and doesn't want to get rid of it, well, they will keep it till the end of their lives. I say this not for just you but also BaseSebastion who has homophobia. BaseSebastion, there is a point though that you are trying to 'rationalize' homophobia, which in seriousness a phobia can usually hardly ever be rationalized. It is an over-exaggerated fear of something which is in fact irrational in most cases, if not all, which is why we are discussing it out, right? You aren't a bad guy, and I appreciate you talking it out because that is in a sense facing the fear, so I'm glad you do it. The problem is some people aren't going to understand a phobia because it -is- irrational to have it. So if people are short with you, that would be the reason why. It's not that they hate you. It's just that it is logically a silly thing to worry about. There are phobias for nearly anything and they can terrify people and yet other people can look and say 'what's your problem?'. That's just how it goes. Seriously, it's a bit more serious than just a 'choice' and I see you acknowledge it to some degree but it is an attraction and hormonal thing. Some people who are bisexual can swing both ways and that's how they are but someone straight out homosexual will just not be attracted to a person of the opposite sex, regardless of how you try to say they will. Someone who is straight will not be attracted to the same gender no matter what you do. Homosexuals have been in existence since the dawn of mankind and it is even seen clearly in the ape world that it exists. Bonobos are largely bisexual, homosexual and straight. I don't believe it is a 'taste' at all but a hormonal attraction and this has been scientifically shown in rats by altering hormones in them that they can change gender 'preference'. There are gay couples that raise straight kids and vice versa. There have been homosexuals under the Dark Ages, Crusades, etc where even though it was greatly threatening, including in even the Nazi regime if we want a more current time, and the behavior was very frowned upon. It is a part of human nature that some people will be homosexual, some bisexual and some straight. What I think you are thinking of is teens etc that 'experiment' to find out what exactly they are. They do seem to play around as their sexuality is awakening in some cases but generally figure out what they actually are attracted to, and if bisexual, it can change what they think is inviting or not. As I gave an example before, I think it works strongly along hormones and wiring. We have different things we can eat too. Because I was raised in my family and they all love peas, one would figure I did too. However, the smell of them drives me from the room. I love ice cream and yet my twin doesn't as it bothers her teeth. The only way I feel environment is involved is that if gay behavior is permitted and not shot down, gays can know what they feel and experiment as straight people do. It's just like you might never think that Asian girls were hot if you had no exposure to them at all, but if you did...zing, there it is, so you know. This is the reason I don't like how some Christians feel they can voice Homosexuality is wrong. The suicide of these kids is horrible and they feel terribly guilty for something that is natural to them. Evangelical Protestants especially are the worst right now with how fascist they seem to be and many deaths happen because parents are really rotten to their kids. Again though, I have to disagree with you that it is just a 'taste' in purely homosexual males and females as well as straight males and females. Bisexual people are different in that they can go either way but even their attractions are usually for similar traits in the men and women they get drawn to. If people can say it's a choice to be gay, it means it's also a choice to be straight. There is no middle ground here. And by experience and talking to plenty of straight guys and gay guys, I can say that it just doesn't feel like it's a real choice but more strongly what a person feels attracted to. Well, the point is for purely homosexuals or straight people, no, the taste of the person I don't think will alter so easily at all if it is even possible. For bisexuals, sure, but that's because they can swing both ways and it doesn't really matter to them. I think the aversion a straight person feels to doing someone of the same sex is literally disgusting. I know it is to me. Just like I can say with certainty I will always find peas to be the most disgusting vegetable in the world and that even though I'm not allergic to them, anytime I've been forced to eat them, I threw up or felt like I would. Now, if I feel such an aversion to being with another man, I can buy it that homosexuals feel the same amount of disgust to being with someone of the opposite sex. I've had lesbians tell me straight out that penises are so gross to them and had gay males tell me bluntly that the thought of putting anything near a woman's genitals is so nasty to them. I don't get it. I won't profess to, but I can also say the thought of having sex with another man grosses me out too. So that's just how I have to accept what it is from their end. The Nazis were fascists. They murdered many homosexuals in Germany along with Jews, Gypsies, rebels, Communists, handicapped people, etc. There is a serious difference between having a phobia and seeking the annihilation of people based on other circumstances. Not all Nazis were bad, and I'm a big WWII buff but in the end, I'm not sure what your statement is actually referring to here. Those who died were Nazi war criminals and that's how war works. Some Nazis who actually were soldiers etc did not die, some SS did not die for being soldiers and surrendering, and some Nazi party people did not die because they were shown to not be taking part as much in these death camp operations as well as some actually did what they could to liberate Jews such as Oskar Schindler, Georg Duckwitz, Albert Goring (excuse I can't put .. above the o), Wilm Hosenfeld, Von Moltke, Eduard Shulte, Albert Battel, etc did do things though most were in service to the Nazi order. These people however obviously weren't with the fascist movement of the Nazis which was to what.... force people to live under the guidelines they set because anything else was unacceptable. This is exactly -why- people fight today about learning to accept things of our human nature and to stop persecution on others by race, gender, sexuality etc. No one wants to see another fascist movement birthed that gains power in any government that can have the power to do what Germany did. This is why people try to fight against tyrants in 3rd world countries before they use the fascism to become warlords that threaten neighboring countries and they get away with massacring their own people behind their borders. So a phobia is one thing. Fascism to get rid of gays, or any harmless group to society is purely wrong and deadly. A phobia is a silly thing that a person must deal with, or a group in the case of something as massive as xenophobia (fear of outsiders). However, once a motion of phobia turns to hate, violence, disgust and a desire to destroy, such as what happens with the Nazis, it's time to stop the people at nearly any cost. I see you accept gays but do have the phobia you do so I would not compare you along the lines of Nazis, but I also don't think you should compare others who have a problem with a phobia as Nazis either.
He didn't let Roxas go to the beach. That is what Riku and DiZ argued about because Riku thought it would be a nice thing for him to do. Ansem felt he should not though because of the Organization finding weaknesses in the system and getting through so it never happened. However, I will say I understood Ansem and felt sorry for him. He was angry and wanted revenge which I could understand. After all, he thought he was doing a good thing and it turned out to be a very poor decision that caused a disaster with Xehanort releasing Heartless, creating Emblem Heartless, his loss of good friends in his apprentices and their succumbing to Darkness, and his world that he seemed to adore. Not only was he vengeful though, but placed the blame on himself too for being foolish and naive. It wasn't like he blamed the apprentices for it all. He had a fair share of the blame and he knew it. I did feel he was biased against the Nobodies, but all things considered, I could understand why he felt as he did. He also used Riku who had to make it clear to him he wasn't going to do that and Riku did try to help him get out of the motions he was employing, which at the end he acknowledged, along with King Mickey's help. He was a guy that was misled, heart broken and sacrificed himself. So, despite how some people believe he's so bad, he lost a ton of things including his life and home due to what started out as just a scientific study which was also initially meant to help Xehanort. I can't find it in me to hate the guy.
What CtR said and also you are pretty cool yourself. I hope you hang out with us more.
I see. Welp, not my first anniversary yet then. I notice all the difficult stuff but always miss these simple things. Anywhoo, congrats!
Then tell the person they sound like they are on drugs. It works.
Is your voice high pitched? I know some girls in their late 20s that sound like they are teens.
We're so inventive around here.
Happy Birth...Anniversary! Another soul that has been enslaved by the Boards! You guys actually keep track of the day. I can't remember when I joined specifically though in June sometime last year. You guys are just addictive and also for remembering the actual day you joined, addicted to KH-Vids like a drug.
Hooray! You've been a prisoner to the forums for a full year. You will never escape now!
WTL - good one. Some of my friends and I also came up with FoF = Full of fail. It's fun to say.
There were 6 days in the fake Twilight Town, but I'm assuming that the extra missing day is probably the one where Riku catches Roxas as it would make sense they'd have to take him, get Namine to wipe his memories and then put him in the fake world.
